Comments | runaway_tales: FOTD, Guava 2: Why Can't

bookblather in runaway_tales

FOTD, Guava 2: Why Can't

Jun 28, 2011 23:18

Title: Why Can't
Main Story: In the Heart
Flavors, Toppings, Extras: FOTD (catawampus: off-center; askew; awry), guava 2 (why can't you be more like ___?), malt (gandolforf's flavor roulette: Of Summer's oddities), pocky chain, caramel.
Word Count: 400
Rating: PG.
Summary: Four times someone asked Summer why.

( Why Can't )

[topping] caramel, [extra] pocky chain, [challenge] guava, [inactive-author] bookblather, [challenge] flavor of the day

Comments 13

gandolforf June 29 2011, 13:36:49 UTC

Oh, Summer. That would suck, being asked that over and over in your life.

bookblather July 4 2011, 04:10:59 UTC

It really kind of does. At least her boys get it and quit asking after a while.

Thank you.

niee87 June 29 2011, 13:57:30 UTC

:( Summer! Madison needs to die in a fire, as does her teacher for not understanding, since she totally should! I'm glad that she takes Felipe and Zack's in the right way, even if it makes her sad too. They understand that she is who she is, even if sometimes even that is hard. Well done!

bookblather July 4 2011, 04:11:40 UTC

Well, if it helps, Madison does sort of kind of die in a fire in an AU? And Summer's teacher just pissed off the director of special education in NYC, soooo... yeah. Well done there. Summer's boys do get her, at least, even if no one else does, and they love her for it.

Thank you.

marika_kailaya June 29 2011, 14:42:42 UTC

...is summer autistic by any chance?

i have not read much of your writing, tragically! but even so this really hit damned hard, especially here: sometimes, when you were different, you could not be yourself. excellent writing.

bookblather July 4 2011, 04:12:48 UTC

Yes, actually! Technically she was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, but that's on the spectrum. She's very high-functioning; the only real indication is that she just doesn't get things a lot of the time.

Thank you so much. I enjoy your writing so much that a compliment from you really means a lot.

kay_brooke June 29 2011, 16:12:31 UTC

Poor Summer. Felipe at least tries to understand, but Summer has had too many bad experiences to truly be herself all the time. People's ignorance wears a person down after awhile.

bookblather July 4 2011, 04:13:42 UTC

It really does. Felipe and Zack do quit asking after a while, to their credit.

Thank you.

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bookblather July 4 2011, 04:14:33 UTC

It was before her diagnosis, but that particular teacher is.. not the best. And she's very much comfortable with Felipe and Zack! They quit asking after a while, too, which is good for them. And Madison is a terribly rotten sort. It's kind of a pity Summer didn't tell Lars, because he'd have kicked her ass to the curb first and then saved us all a lot of trouble and drunk bastardliness.

Thank you!