Fic: Hope for Healing - Chapter 2

[wastingyourgum]

Title: Hope for Healing - Chapter 2
Author: wastingyourgum 
Characters: Guy of Gisborne, Sheriff Vaizey, Allan, Much, Will, Djaq, Robin
Mentions: Marian, Little John
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Drama, Angst
Warnings: None
Words: 1973
Disclaimer: BBC & TA own anything you find familiar.
Notes: Takes place at the start of July, after 2x11. Thank you to jagnikjen and robinfanatic for their very

Comments

[hippie_girl_31]

Hmm. John's still dead. Very disappointing as I was holding out hope that it was all some trick. Sigh. Maybe Marian intervened? That's a possibility, isn't it? We haven't seen her yet. Yes. There's still hope. I'm going to hold on to that for now. Okay, I feel better for the moment. :)

Allan's conflicted thoughts and feelings here were very well done. As much as he wants to think of himself as having moved on to something better, he can't help but still identify with the outlaws, despite his efforts to the contrary.

The part where Much made too many bowls of supper really got me. sniffle. It's those little things, the things you don't think about, that hurt the most when you lose someone close to you. I feel worst for Djaq, in a way, because she must be feeling so much guilt. But everyone's reactions were just perfect.

I'll be waiting for more.

[wastingyourgum]

Thanks for reading and commenting.

Marian will be along shortly.

Allan likes to tell himself that he's doing what's right by him - I can't help but think he may have felt differently if it had been Will or Djaq who was caught tho'... or even Robin himself - but in a different different way.

The too many bowls thing struck me as something Much would just automatically do and while I think he probably always liked John a bit more than Allan, I don't think that's why he didn't make the same mistake when Allan left. I think, in spite of his size, it would be easier for him to forget John wasn't there because he was usually so quiet. The loss of Allan's presence would have been more noticeable since I'm sure the camp was a lot quieter once he'd gone.

Djaq is feeling pretty bad - and you'll be seeing more of her shortly too.

Thanks again for commenting.

[ladykate63]

I think LJ is really dead. :(

Really like Allan's reflections here, and the bit with the outlaws -- everyone's reactions are very in-character, and the writing is vivid and moving. Like the part with Guy too, but I wonder if he would feel that publicly slaughtering an outlaw like that was degrading to him in a way? Not because he'd feel that LJ deserved mercy or anything, but because it would be beneath his dignity to publicly execute an outlaw, particularly if that act was likened to the slaughter of cattle.

[wastingyourgum]

Thanks for the comment. Guy's head is still a new and unfamiliar place for me to be in so I'm really grateful for any thoughts you can give me on how I'm doing with him

[ladykate63]

Hmm, I actually wonder if Guy's arsonist activities at Knighton would have been widely known. I think the nobles might have assumed that the house was burned down on Vaizey's direct orders.

And sadly most people would think absolutely no less of him for taking an outlaw's life in that manner since they were "non-person"s anyway.

Oh, I agree -- I was thinking that Guy might consider it beneath him in the sense of "dirtying his hands" that way.

Can't wait to see Guy's confrontation with Marian. (Poor Marian -- I think that after Get Carter! she would have seen Little John as a kind of substitute father figure.)

Oh, and I'm glad you saw Guy's reluctance to kill the miner in Turk Flu -- I definitely saw it, but sometimes I wonder if I'm reading more goodness or at least ambivalence into Guy than is really there. LOL.

[railise]

*sniffles* I keep thinking about the first chapter, and I'm glad to have some more story to keep moving forward. But I don't know that I'll ever completely get that out of my mind. (Which is a compliment! But also a "WHYYYY????" ;))

I really want to give some more intelligent feedback, but the emotions have captured me so thoroughly that that's all I've got.

[wastingyourgum]

Well if that's all you've got that's fine - thank you for commenting anyway and I'm sorry for the emotional distress.

Hopefully you'll feel better as the story progresses further.

[railise]

Nono, no apologies! That was meant as a compliment on the storytelling. :)

[roh_wyn]

Oh! I was really hoping John wasn't really dead, and this was all some horrible nightmare one of the others was having. :(

It's fascinating how Allan can rationalize anything, but here, you also see that he knows that he's rationalizing, and how that makes him feel. Well done.

I thought the gang's reactions when they returned to camp were really nicely written too. I can imagine they're still in a state of shock, and it's going to be a while before they recover from this.

I look forward to reading the rest, as I'm sure the more gruesome bit is behind us now...

[wastingyourgum]

No, not a dream!fic - sorry.

Thanks for the compliment on the Allan and gang parts. They're all a little stunned now and things will take time to sink in properly as you said.

Allan can justify anything to anybody it seems but I think he's all too aware when it's himself he's lying to...

Next part will be up soon.

[hippie_girl_31]

I think that, in all of my teary whining about John being dead, I may have forgotten to say how much I'm truly enjoying this fic. It's superbly written and every piece of it tugs at my heart strings. The characterizations are all incredible and you're writing is pure brilliance, as always. If I forgot to say so amidst all of my crying and speculating, than I apologize. I'm really glad you're writing this. Continuing fics make me happy (though not as happy as characters being alive...but I digress...) and give me something to look forward to. Great job on this! :)

[wastingyourgum]

You always say the most lovely things just when I need to hear them! Thank you!

This is still a WIP but it's mostly done and I figured starting posting it would be very good incentive for getting it finished.

Just out of curiosity - do you like to know how many parts something is going to be or do you like to not know and see how it progresses?

[hippie_girl_31]

Just out of curiosity - do you like to know how many parts something is going to be or do you like to not know and see how it progresses?

Personally, I like not knowing. I find I can get more absorbed in a story if I don't have the total number of chapters distracting me. :)

[wastingyourgum]

Then know, you shall not. ;)