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md123

Triumphant Return

Dec 24, 2011 12:51

Title: Triumphant Return
Pairing: Jack/Liz
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1,516
Summary: Sequel to the AU Story “ That Kind of Girl.” With Liz back at TGS, events work out a little differently because Liz once quit.

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Comments 13

demilybones December 24 2011, 22:32:08 UTC

That was lovely :) happy Christmas present to me!

md123 December 28 2011, 06:07:17 UTC

Thanks! I was being crabby about this story, and I thought, "it's Christmas. Give the people what they want."

demilybones December 28 2011, 07:10:02 UTC

The crowd roars in approval *heavy applause*

foreverislong December 24 2011, 22:54:04 UTC

Merry Christmas to us all :) YAY

md123 December 28 2011, 06:07:49 UTC

Wheeeee!

peoplewantducks December 24 2011, 23:30:31 UTC

:DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Merry Christmas hooray!

md123 December 28 2011, 06:08:39 UTC

I had a feeling you'd like this ending better!

stresseater December 27 2011, 11:05:23 UTC

YAAAY! I love that you use lines from the show btw. Oh the shippiness that could've been.

md123 December 28 2011, 06:10:13 UTC

Definitely the most fun thing about writing this story arc was rethinking the events of each season and how they might be different given the AU-ness.

addikat January 5 2012, 12:43:53 UTC

Yay! I'm glad you followed up with a sequel - although, I thought the ending to that story worked as well. I just prefer this addition to their story :)

md123 January 5 2012, 15:04:37 UTC

I personally liked the original ending, although I thought from there that something like this would eventually happen. As a piece of writing, I didn't like this nearly as much, so I made it a separate piece.

But thanks!

addikat January 5 2012, 23:00:42 UTC

I should qualify my original comment. I did really like the original ending. I just like stories where they end up together since it's never going to happen on the show....

md123 January 5 2012, 23:09:20 UTC

Yeah, I understood from your first comment.

I think each fanfic makes its own assumptions about what the characters really think/feel about each other while staying in the bounds of canon, and in many cases that means they shouldn't get together in the end. Plus, I'm conscious of the very large weight of archives here, and strive to do something a little different. michellek et al have already covered a pretty wide swath of workable scenarios.

But yeah, the ones where they get together are fun, because it won't really happen. As I've said before, if I thought they would eventually hook up I'd sit back and wait for it rather than dreaming up fanfic. And in "That Kind of Girl", I think it was clearly leading to them eventually being together. I just didn't have a neat way to integrate it into that particular story.