Comments | oxoniensis: Wilby Wonderful ficlet: "you left some stars in my belly"

oxoniensis

Wilby Wonderful ficlet: "you left some stars in my belly"

Jan 10, 2007 22:01

Title: you left some stars in my belly
Author: Signe
Fandom: Wilby Wonderful
Pairing: Emily/Mackenzie
Rating: PG
Word count: 936
Notes: Written for today's wilbywednesday prompt. Many thanks to isiscolo for her speedy beta skills. Title from 'Jewel Box' by Jeff Buckley.

( Mackenzie's pretty when she's not scowling - Emily thinks she should smile more often )

fandom: wilby wonderful, fiction, fiction: wilby wonderful

Comments 20

vegetariansushi January 10 2007, 22:32:53 UTC

Oh, Signe, I love this! I love the sort of gentle first-kiss awkwardness of it, and Mackenzie seems so -- I don't know, such an insecure, surly teenager in this. It feels like the perfect extension of canon-Emily, as well. It's a lovely fic.

(Why haven't I got any WW icons uploaded? Pretend that I have, please.)

oxoniensis January 10 2007, 23:45:58 UTC

Aww, thanks! Rewatching the movie multiple times for yuletide made me grow rather fond of the girls, Mackenzie as well, surly as she is most of the time. Why this story just popped into my head, I have no idea, but I really enjoyed writing the two of them.

I only have one WW icon, and it's Dan, so it's not the most suitable one for this post! But I was too lazy to make another, just so I could use it to post (and yes, I have been known to delay posting a story so I could make a suitable icon for the post. *g*)

akite January 10 2007, 23:16:46 UTC

Oh! That was lovely. I never even thought of MacKenzie/Emily, but it certainly works. The title is most apt, too.

oxoniensis January 10 2007, 23:49:05 UTC

I'd never thought of the pairing either. And I still can't work out why a picture of the water tower should make me think of the two of them! Writing is weird like that. I'm so glad you thought it worked though - I wasn't sure if anyone would even be willing to try reading the pairing.

The title is most apt, too.

Thank you! I wanted to use something that gave an idea of the way Emily felt, and I read that lyric and knew it was right.

sansets January 11 2007, 01:07:00 UTC

Awww - that just made me very happy! Not a pair that I ever would have thought of, but the way you presented it seemed so natural and wonderful. Thank you ever so much for sharing this! :-)

oxoniensis January 12 2007, 01:36:54 UTC

It makes me ridiculously happy that this made the pairing work for you. They're actually not a pairing I'd ever thought of before, and I can't work out what made me write them, but it felt right as I went along, and I so thrilled that rightness came through! Thank you!

slidellra January 11 2007, 02:15:36 UTC

Oh, I like this a lot. You've got a great feel for their voices and that terribly awkward stop and start pacing of teens trying to figure out this sex stuff.

oxoniensis January 12 2007, 01:38:31 UTC

I listened really carefully to the movie a couple of times when I wrote my yuletide story, and I think Emily and Mackenzie's voices wormed their way in without me even realising. So I'm really pleased they worked for you, and all that awkwardness.

Thank you!

rhiannon_jehane January 11 2007, 12:47:24 UTC

Oh, this is lovely. Emily/Mackenzie isn't a pairing I would have thought of, and you made me wonder why I never thought of them together before -- you made it seem like the most natural thing in the world.

oxoniensis January 12 2007, 01:39:37 UTC

I just beamed, this huge happy grin, when I read this. It's one of the nicest compliments ever! Thank you!