WC Fic: I Can’t Go Back to Yesterday (I Was a Different Person Then), Part 2/2

[rabidchild]

Title: I Can’t Go Back to Yesterday (I Was a Different Person Then), Part 2
Rating: R for language
Characters/Pairings: Tim DeKay, Neal Caffrey, Elizabeth Burke, OFC; Gen
Spoilers: Mentions canon events up to and including Season 4
Content Notice: NOT RPF, I swear; crack; h/c; casefic; friendship; humor. Also, this probably qualifies as parody.

Comments

[maiac]

Awwwwwwwwww! Fun!

"Little Toronto" made me laugh and laugh and laugh. The real Toronto is my favorite city.

Nitpick: It's Tim Hortons, not Tim Horton's. (The apostrophe was removed because it was a violation of the language sign laws in Québec. Yes, really.)

[rabidchild]

I love Toronto as well - it really is one of my fave cities as well.

But IDK if I care much about the branding of Tim Hortons...

[maiac]

Oh yeah, every time I see a Tim Hortons sign (which is every day, since there's a shop in the building where I work), I feel like there should be an apostrophe.

The founder, Tim Horton, was a hockey player. How much more Canadian can it be? :-)

[kanarek13]

Wheeeee \o/ BB is officially here \o/

And what a wonderful start to this round. I am so in love with this story, you wouldn't believe :D It has everything that makes me squeee: lots and lots of bromance, humor and awwwwwwwww moments. Tim is beyond adorable when he is doubting himself and Neal is the best friend anyone can ever hope for. He really did step up to make sure Tim would get through this :D

And I have to say it again - the art is so perfect :D

Yay \o/ It's a winner :D

[rabidchild]

Awww, thanks so moish! *preens*

Kudos

[anonymous]

They're Canadians - how upset could they get??? And this is all kinds of brilliant.

Re: Kudos

[rabidchild]

I'm sure they could get plenty upset, but they will still be vey polite and considerate about it...

[teaboyfan]

I loved everything about this, from homesick insecure Tim to the affably lethal (or lethally affable) Canadians. But what really impressed me was your seeing the differences between Matt and Neal. Both are basically nice people, and I'm sure Matt's life hasn't always been a bed of roses, but there's a bone-deep wariness about Neal that Matt doesn't seem to show. Neal is definitely darker, and I can't see him loosening up enough to show the sheer goofiness that Matt can. I'm glad Tim got back to his true life and family.

[rabidchild]

I'ma go with "affably lethal" lol.

And thanks for noticing that little detail of Matt vs. Neal, because it's very deliberately done. Neal's had a hard life despite all the lightness of the show, and I wanted Tim to see that.

[doctor_fangeek]

I continue to be amazed at how you can take an incredibly cracky premise and make it work so well.

This was laugh out loud funny, and sometimes completely ridiculous, but also sweet in places as well. Poor uncertain Tim. And I love Neal just knowing that it's not Peter.

So much fun!

[rabidchild]

Thanks! Poor Peter, honestly - Tim's just plain nicer in so many ways. But Neal misses him no matter what.