Oh no no no, Angus, don’t go down that road! I cannot imagine what he’s going through. How does someone even process that all? Very well written. You don’t see much, in fanfic, when it comes to the characters family members. You know what they see when they visit, but you never get a glimpse of how life goes on with their loved one locked up. Now we all know Toby came up with the cash for the hit, but you never think about how. Most viewers probably just thought he asked family for money, but didn’t say for what. Or something like that. As if they might know, in the back of their head, when Hank turns up dead, that Toby had something to do with it, but they ignore that part. I’d never think, oh, Mama Beecher was 100% in the know and supports it. I really like seeing things from an outside prospective.
Thanks so much for such a nice comment, Ashley! I love stories that deal with Toby’s family and how his actions affected them. Relatively little fic has been written about (or even just involving) Angus, though, which is a shame because there’s enough information about him in canon to establish him as an interesting (and integral) character within the Beecher family.
Oh, I’ve actually spent a lot of time wondering about that $2,000 Toby gave to Pancamo for the hit on Hank, LOL. I was fairly certain for the longest time that Harrison must have had a hand in it, but then drsquidlove suggested in a discussion we had last year that maybe it could have been Victoria? Which I thought made for a fascinating twist! So I must give credit to her for the idea, I just took it and ran with it. :D
Thanks, maze! I’m sad for Angus, too! Maybe Buffy will provide the stabilizing influence he needs to help him move on with his life. (Or, maybe not. *evil laugh*)
Favorite line - "I’m Angus." In a self-deprecating tone, he added, "Just like the cow." - because, honestly, that's what I think every time I hear that name.
And I love the idea that Victoria supplied the money for Hank's murder. That was a pleasant surprise.
Thank you, cmk! Angus is an interesting character!
I’m happy to hear you liked that line-there wasn’t much opportunity for humor in this piece, but making fun of that name was just too tempting to pass up. :D
I must give credit for the Victoria plot twist to drsquidlove! At one point, we had quite the discussion about Angus and his stabbing and what role Harrison might have played in the hit on Hank, and she suggested maybe it’d been Victoria who helped Toby instead? So I just took the idea and ran with it. ;-)
And wow, seriously wow, what a job you did with it.
I'm so happy you gave Angus some flirty happiness, and let him be a dork. The Buffy reference and his self-deprecating cow reference save was wonderful. You play it perfectly: not some overblown romance, just a light, hopeful thing. (Which might be easily snuffed out, or grow into a big thing.)
Oh, this is so much more than I hoped for. I expected the heartbreaking awkwardness of Angus's relationship with Toby, or his parents. I wasn't ready for him to be musing about Gary or talking to Holly.
He fleetingly wondered, though, if his mother had thought to screen out any books involving kidnapping cases.Oh gawd! That is brutal
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Squid! I had (more than) a sneaking suspicion this was your wish! :D
You’re more than welcome! Thank you for such wonderful feedback! I was so excited to read it and have been happily wallowing in it for days! I will come back and leave a proper response to it when I have more time to share my thoughts because I HAVE SOME THOUGHTS. ;-)
Wheeeee back at you! Thanks again for such glorious feedback!
I loved your Harrison & Keller prompt, too, and would’ve enjoyed poking around with it. But then I remembered how we’d had a discussion about Angus’s stabbing over at oz_daily earlier in the year. Once I tracked that down and read through it again, I realized I had about two-thirds of the plot for this story already laid out for me. So I took it and ran with it!
My favourite thing about this story is how you throw all of these things out there but leave them open to the reader's imagination.Gah, I'm so happy to hear you say that! One of the things I wanted to do with this story was fill in some plot holes and answer some questions, and at some point I realized I was creating as many questions as I was answering. And while I could've answered those questions, too, I thought it would be more fun to give the reader something new to ponder. (For example, in my mind, Angus doesn't drink for Reason X, but maybe someone else would think it'd be more intriguing and make for a better
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Now we all know Toby came up with the cash for the hit, but you never think about how. Most viewers probably just thought he asked family for money, but didn’t say for what. Or something like that. As if they might know, in the back of their head, when Hank turns up dead, that Toby had something to do with it, but they ignore that part. I’d never think, oh, Mama Beecher was 100% in the know and supports it. I really like seeing things from an outside prospective.
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Oh, I’ve actually spent a lot of time wondering about that $2,000 Toby gave to Pancamo for the hit on Hank, LOL. I was fairly certain for the longest time that Harrison must have had a hand in it, but then drsquidlove suggested in a discussion we had last year that maybe it could have been Victoria? Which I thought made for a fascinating twist! So I must give credit to her for the idea, I just took it and ran with it. :D
Thanks again for such great feedback!
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Thanks for commenting, Sue!
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Favorite line - "I’m Angus." In a self-deprecating tone, he added, "Just like the cow." - because, honestly, that's what I think every time I hear that name.
And I love the idea that Victoria supplied the money for Hank's murder. That was a pleasant surprise.
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I’m happy to hear you liked that line-there wasn’t much opportunity for humor in this piece, but making fun of that name was just too tempting to pass up. :D
I must give credit for the Victoria plot twist to drsquidlove! At one point, we had quite the discussion about Angus and his stabbing and what role Harrison might have played in the hit on Hank, and she suggested maybe it’d been Victoria who helped Toby instead? So I just took the idea and ran with it. ;-)
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I'm so happy you did this prompt!
And wow, seriously wow, what a job you did with it.
I'm so happy you gave Angus some flirty happiness, and let him be a dork. The Buffy reference and his self-deprecating cow reference save was wonderful. You play it perfectly: not some overblown romance, just a light, hopeful thing. (Which might be easily snuffed out, or grow into a big thing.)
Oh, this is so much more than I hoped for. I expected the heartbreaking awkwardness of Angus's relationship with Toby, or his parents. I wasn't ready for him to be musing about Gary or talking to Holly.
He fleetingly wondered, though, if his mother had thought to screen out any books involving kidnapping cases.Oh gawd! That is brutal ( ... )
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Gah, of course it was you, vanillalime!
Because it's so insightful and awesome and beautifully written!
Thank you!!!
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You’re more than welcome! Thank you for such wonderful feedback! I was so excited to read it and have been happily wallowing in it for days! I will come back and leave a proper response to it when I have more time to share my thoughts because I HAVE SOME THOUGHTS. ;-)
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I loved your Harrison & Keller prompt, too, and would’ve enjoyed poking around with it. But then I remembered how we’d had a discussion about Angus’s stabbing over at oz_daily earlier in the year. Once I tracked that down and read through it again, I realized I had about two-thirds of the plot for this story already laid out for me. So I took it and ran with it!
My favourite thing about this story is how you throw all of these things out there but leave them open to the reader's imagination.Gah, I'm so happy to hear you say that! One of the things I wanted to do with this story was fill in some plot holes and answer some questions, and at some point I realized I was creating as many questions as I was answering. And while I could've answered those questions, too, I thought it would be more fun to give the reader something new to ponder. (For example, in my mind, Angus doesn't drink for Reason X, but maybe someone else would think it'd be more intriguing and make for a better ( ... )
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