this entry is entirely fannish.

[pocky_slash]

So, I guess WiP amnesty day was last week. I was kind of poking around at my old files earlier this week, completely unrelatedly, and I came across one thing I'm mildly sure I'm never going to finish. But I'm still going to hold onto it, at least for now

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[scrollgirl]

Oh wow, oh wow. First off? *squishes you* It's been a while since I last read Sam/Will, and this is just a lovely reminder of why I love them so :)

Secondly, It was a narrow little strip of beach, cut off from the public beach to the left and the rough, rocky area to the right. Sam liked it best, of all the lonely haunts within walking distance of the mattress factory. He liked the mattress factory. He liked the idea of doing this the hard way, doing this so it hurt, doing it the way Will had done it. He didn't really want an office and he didn't really want the best in the business. He wanted Will and Elsie. He wanted...

Gorgeous. Maybe I'm biased but this is just a goregous paragraph. I love the idea of Sam on a California beach, pensive but not brooding. Meditative. Every word here resonates. I almost quoted back your whole snippet to you! The idea of Sam thinking himself too old is just fascinating, because for all his youthful and energetic energy, it must've been a jolt to see the passion and fire in Will and his people.

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[pocky_slash]

Eee! I'm glad you liked it, even if it's beautiful potential will never be realized. (Also, I think part of it is that I just can't write a story to a song that pings me as hard as this one does. I could [and have] listen to this song all day and not get bored and still get a little choked up when she sings, "this town is a song about you / you don't know how lucky you are / you don't know how much i adore you." Or basically the whole song.)

The idea of Sam thinking himself too old is just fascinating
Exactly, because it's not so much that he is old, just that... he's become almost complacent. I mean, even earlier in the season we see it. He doesn't want to put energy into those races because he knows they're already lost, because that's the way the party works. He's learned to go through the routine without trying to shake it up, and seeing people shake it up and actually get something done inspires a whole new force within him.

Or so I like to think. XD

You know, I can't imagine Sam getting his seat according to less than honest