Eat, Pray, Love: A Good Wife Fic

[randomizer]

Title: Eat, Pray, Love
Author: randomizer
Fandom: The Good Wife
Characters: Alicia; Kalinda
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1,823
Notes: In a lifetime as a TV fan, this story is my first attempt at writing fic.  I can’t imagine what’s gotten into me lately, other than my all-consuming obsession with everything Kalicia.  Thanks very much to sweetjamielee for her awesome and insightful

Comments

[zinnia_rose]

God, this is amazingly gorgeous. I can't even right now. *iz dead*

I'm so glad to see a fic based on the "Eat, Pray, Love" scene because it was one of my favorite Alicia/Kalinda moments.

Its third target is the church. Kalinda hates places of worship, the very idea of worship. She despises the lies, the complacent certainty that some empty ritual has the power to purify and banish the darkness. She hates the weakness of those who feel comforted there. Above all, she hates churches for allowing people to believe they have an escape route from what they have done in the past, and what they are almost certainly going to do again.
Oooh, this is PERFECT for Kalinda. So, so perfect.

What is it within her that binds her to Alicia Florrick, no matter what Alicia does or how Alicia feels?
Guh, I love this too. And the moment when she sees Alicia in Grace and just *knows* that she can't stop herself...fantastic.

And this:
And her whisper: Kalinda, you are not a bad person. Baptized by love, Kalinda drifts off, the darkness finally fading

[randomizer]

Thanks for the kind words! This is all pretty new to me, but I had a ton of fun writing this, especially imagining the fantasy ending in which everything I want (hugging, talking, smiling, drinking) actually happens! :-)

[swatkat24]

Doing that would make her no better than those who believe that mere liquid and words have the power to turn a bad person into a good one.

Oh, I didn't think of this scene this way, but it makes perfect sense that Kalinda would see it this way. Wonderful! <3

[randomizer]

Thanks. The whole church scene turned out to be really interesting to me, in light of Kalinda's self-loathing and certainty that she's a bad person. I also liked playing with the idea that Alicia isn't just some sui generis creature of light the way Kalinda sees her--in some sense, she's light because Kalinda makes her that way.

[demoka]

Ah, good flow and nice use of canon.

Loved the end. It was cute and sweet.

Thanks for sharing!

[meridian_rose]

Very nicely done :D

[hibernate]

Oh, wow, this gave me a lot of feelings. This bit, OMG:

Almost a year, Kalinda thinks but does not say. Since You have a tell. Since I work here and you work here, but that’s it.

Lovely! ♥