New fic: Six Things

[namasteyoga]

Title: Six Things
Author: Namaste
Rating: Gen, with references to events in “Forever,” “Who’s Your Daddy” and “No Reason.”
Summary: Six things that Lisa Cuddy is not, and six things that Lisa Cuddy is.
Author’s Note: An outgrowth of the drabble challenge on Housefic_Pens, combining two sets of six drabbles with a Cuddy character study. Each

Comments

[topaz_eyes]

Drabbles are addictive, aren't they? :-) I like these very much, nice insight into Cuddy. Each one stands on its own.

One minor quibble: “Listen up. You not have the bird flu!”--shouldn't "not" be "don't"?

[namasteyoga]

Fixed now. Thanks. And drabbles are a good way to deal with bits and pieces of story that otherwise might be abandoned by the side of the road because they don't fit in with a larger story.

[cincoflex]

These are a really powerful set of drabbles and very insightful into Lisa Cuddy. I love how you make her both strong but human in all of them; that's rare in writing. I had some trouble with tenses in a few places, but the overall connection of the drabbles holds true. Nice job.

[namasteyoga]

Thanks. And feel free to point out any tense issues. My betas will tell you that tense issues are my achilles heel. I intentionally went with a present tense in a few of these, however -- particularly those relating to "No Reason" because to my mind until we see how it all resolves in the new season, the events are still occurring.

Re: (:

[namasteyoga]

Thank you.
I've always thought of Cuddy as a strong and complex woman who doesn't base her concept of self-worth solely on someone else. Those kinds of real adult figures are too rare in popular culture these days.

[sincerly_juicy]

I like how you went into post-gunshot (shutting down the clinic etc etc). Am I the only one that was upset that the Finale did not show everyones reactions. Well maybe because it was a dream...

[namasteyoga]

I'm glad you liked it. I hadn't planned on going into the "No Reasons" area, but I'm curious, so decided to at least suggest what happened next.

[elliestories]

This group of drabbles is a wonderful bit of insight into Cuddy, something we don't see enough of on the show. I love the idea of a desk file full of cards from patients, and believing medicine can give her everything she wants.

Lovely.

[namasteyoga]

Thank you. As I mentioned above, I think the drabble structure does let us play with some of the bits and pieces that make up a person's life -- even if it's a fictional life.