Yuletide Fic: I've Been Screaming On The Inside (and I know you feel the pain)

[sasha_b]

Author: Ashley
I've Been Screaming On The Inside (and I know you feel the pain)disclaimer: not my characters

Comments

[cat_o_wen]

Goodness that was quite a journey you took with him! Very detailed and well written! I can't find the exact bit now, but I liked the reference to Atlas and the weight he was carrying. Excellent comparison. And great job writing the progression or rather 'digression' in his character. I like to think that he heard Miles' voice in his head too. I bet it was fun for you to write 'Houston' that way too. Ha! Extremely thorough and well done!! I hope the recipient loved it as it is obviously a labor of love!

[sasha_b]

Gah, I can't believe you read all this rambly thing. Thank you! I really enjoyed writing it, although it took a month and much worry about character development. Bass is a screwed up sort and I wanted to do him justice as I love his crazy ass, and I'm glad you thought it worked.

One of the best things in The Passage and The Twelve (the Justin Cronin books I stole the Houston idea from) was the sequences here and how he described it. I couldn't not use it. :)

Gods love you for getting through this and I so appreciate the time and comment, especially as your opinion means a lot to me.

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[ivy_b]

the air in Texas as heavy as any stone that Atlas might have carried

Didn't Atlas carry the earth, while Sisyphus had to roll boulders up a hill? That line confused me a bit.

i really liked this and Bass' pov during those missing 6 months, the flashbacks to when he lost his family, all the little lines of dialogue from the show ("I've got nothing left"/"What would I be without you"/the flashback to the birthday bombing). I loved that Bass had an inner Miles and tried to find Miles again, loved the whole thing with remembering Emma dead/alive. Who was that woman and why did she save Bass? I guess that's an unexplained mystery. Anyway, nice job, I really wish the show would give us info on Bass' missing 6 months, rather than freaking Aaron.

[sasha_b]

OY I'm Greek enough to know that. *headdesk* Thanks for the call out.

I couldn't give a rat's ass about Aaron, as much as I've tried to. I liked him in season one…but then I realized he has ONE expression and it started getting really old.

Thank you for reading this monster; I did really enjoy doing it even if I worried Bass was a bit too weak. I just thought he'd be broken as Hell and this is how his crazy came out (to me at any rate).

Appreciate you so much Ivy! :)