For Everything There is a Season : Light Switch

[natural_blue_26]

Done after a very extended delay for the lovely rattyjol on livejournal to complete their commentfic prompt: Animorphs, Rachel, she never turns on the light in the bathroom these days, because she can't bear to look at herself in the mirror

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Conscience is the mirror of our souls, which represents the errors of our lives in their full shape.
George Bancroft

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Comments

[rattyjol]

:O

This.

This is sadflkjfd NO WORDS.

Midnight battles both won and lost often make her as ravenous in her human stomach as they do in the ever growing side of her soul crying for her enemy's blood. She'd tried so very hard to push through and ignore-

-The call's grown louder anyways.

DD':

[natural_blue_26]

I'd apologize for the sad, but you didn't exactly give a *happy* prompt. ^_^

Hope you enjoyed my dark!late war!Rachel anyways!

[amusesme]

I like this a lot. The concept alone speaks fathoms of Rachel's characterization. As the war went on, she was forced to examine herself under a harsh and honest light. She found out there were things she was willing to do, things other people would have trouble doing. And I think it took her a long time to come to terms with herself, to really see herself for what she was and accept it.

The last bit of the fic is the most powerful, I think. When I got to the line, "People. Bleeding. Broken" I felt like you were punching me in the stomach. I re-read the lines after that several times, and I love them. I love shameful scarlet and the idea of Rachel spitting out blood along with her toothpaste. And I love the idea that the only thing that really scares Rachel, is herself.

[natural_blue_26]

Oh, wow- excellent review is most excellent! *happyhappyhappy* Seriously, my rather craptastic evening is so much better now ^_^

You apparently crawled right into my brain* and read the piece exactly how I was trying to interpret late series Rachel- fandom mind-melds ftw.

Thank you so much for your kind comments Mels! ♥

*fandom pun intended

[with_rainfall]

You've set up these fantastic dynamics between looking and choosing not to look, looking vs. seeing, sight vs. invisibility, clarity vs. blurring. The Bloody Mary metaphor was a particularly clever way to show how Rachel's terrified of her own past, her own thoughts and actions in the war, and how she doesn't want to face herself and who she's become. And the creeping through the house, not wanting to disturb her family...
You've just tied it all together so beautifully, and you've explored her daily life (or what passes for one at this stage of the war) at the same time. I only hope I can do my David prompts as much justice.

[natural_blue_26]

Awwww thank you! This piece edges on the fucked up side if dark in a sense, but on the other side if the same coin it has been a favorite of mine from that set of prompts at the same time. You know I have my dark!Rachel cravings lol. ;)

The wording of your review *totally* has me doing a mental happy dance right now, just so you know! ♥

[with_rainfall]

:D You're welcome!