Lost Fic: Find a Map and Draw a Straight Line (1/4) (Juliet)

[ozmissage]

*Alright guys, here’s the deal: as I was reading over the fic of doom today I realized it very naturally split into three parts. This is the first one. I’m still editing the second one so it should be up tomorrow, the third will hopefully be finished and posted by Monday. A big thank you to my amazing flist for all of your awesome advice, I don’t

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[ozmissage]

Thank you so much!

I knew I wanted Juliet to be involved with someone in the Altverse and Kevin sort of won because of his location, but I'm enjoying writing him (and them) so much. He's definitely getting the short end of the stick though. Poor guy.

[phelipa]

5000 words for the first part! EPIC!
MUST finish writing peds notes but I will be back :D

[phelipa]

Ok, back!

Standing on the other side of the fence staring into the flickering heart of a monster she saw herself die.
BRILLIANT! I love this idea - how tragic for Juliet to already know it's coming but go along with everything...because, really, what else can you do?

Her eyes are wide and concerned and her grip tightens on Juliet’s arm. Juliet smiles tentatively at first, but then her smile turns into a grin and her grin into a laugh.
I agree with toes. I LOVE the sister dynamic here. The two of them are just perfect and I'm really sad we didn't get to see more of them on the show.

Her hair is cut short, it falls just to her shoulders and somehow this is the thing that throws her the most.
This? Icing on the cake that is this fic. I have a weird obsession with dying or cutting Claire or Juliet's hair in fic. I just LOVE it - it's such a random little detail when it's included but I LOOOOVE it. I'm weird ;)

He laughs again, shakes his head as if she’s becoming a handful, but she thinks he likes it. Hell, she knows he does.Frig, I

[ozmissage]

Thank you so much!

Heh. Somehow I knew you would like the bit about Juliet cutting her hair. ;)

This whole story kind of came out of me not wanting an AU!James and AU!Juliet hooking up. I mean that's fine, but I want our James and Juliet together. It just about killed me to write the scene where they have sex and it's just completely wrong, but I kind of wanted to turn the whole potential coffee getting thing on it's head.

Anyway, thank you again! I'm glad your enjoying it so far. :)

[elliotsmelliot]

Leave it to you to pull me into fic again! I can't wait to read more. Great job with Juliet's emotions and nice twist at the end with Desmond.

(Sorry for such a short comment.)

[ozmissage]

Every time you think you're out, they pull you back in...;)

Thank you so much! I'm glad your enjoying it so far. :)

[greedyslayer]

I'll try to come back later with a more coherent comment, but this is so awesome, and dealing with a lot of stuff I had thought/had plotbunnies about!

I LOVE that Kevin's going with her to London on her quest for Desmond.~

The Sawyer & Clem thing has thrown me for a loop, though it is undeniably sweet.

It’s two different lives. Two different Juliet’s all jumbled up inside one person. Only one of them is just a set of memories, like pictures in an album. The other feels real, it feels lived.

This is one of the things I thought about--that Island!Juliet's mind merged with AU!Juliet's mind somehow.

And she laughs then, sitting on the side of the road trying to force her hands to stop trembling enough to let her drive again because the terrible irony of this situation is that the horrible, bloody, painful life she left is the one she would give anything to have back.

;O; That IS cruel but fitting irony there.

Juliet should live forever in great fic like this.

[ozmissage]

Thank you so much! There was something so appealing about the idea of her getting this life but not being able to forget the old one. I'm having a lot of fun exploring what that could mean for her. :)

[cantbesilent]

I kind of really love this. I'm so intrigued! I kinda like this whole idea and all that is implied. Poor Juliet can't be happy even when she gets home, I love the idea of "home" shifting from the real world to the island. Poor, tortured Juliet. Ugh, love her. And this. Look forward to the rest!

[ozmissage]

Thank you so much!

I feel slightly evil for making her new "home" somewhere she can't really be happy...but I can't help myself. ;)