Fic: Close Up

[visiblemarket]

Title: Close Up
Characters: Peter, Matt, Mohinder, Hiro, and Ando. But mostly Peter.
Pairings: None. I know. I'm shocked. All right, it's about as subtextually slashy as a real episode would be, nothing more or less.
Rating: PG13, if that. Probably not even that.
Warnings: I honestly can't think of any.
Spoilers: Up through " Trust and Blood".

Comments

[lotus0kid]

He wishes for training, experience, world-weary cynicism that’ll get him through it even as he knows they probably wouldn’t work.
Haven’t, in the past, he remembers; not if he’d had anything to do with them, and maybe he still feels guilty about that.
Aww, Peter *pats*. This is great, a really interesting look into his head, while also feeling very realistic to what could happen on the show.

worth a post to peterandclaude or no?
Sure! We always need more fic, and I'm pretty sure the comm rules are Peter and/or Claude, not just Peter/Claude.

[visiblemarket]

Aww, Peter *pats*. This is great, a really interesting look into his head, while also feeling very realistic to what could happen on the show.

Oh, like they'd bother with it on the show. I'm still wondering how Peter got back to NYC from the middle of Haiti in, like, a day.

Sure! We always need more fic, and I'm pretty sure the comm rules are Peter and/or Claude, not just Peter/Claude.

Plus there are, ahem, undertones. If only in my imagination. Probably just in my imagination.

Thanks!

[lotus0kid]

Well, barring some new big thing happening, I don't really see how they can avoid it, because, as you point out, these guys have basically no assets and a ton of liabilities. All they can do is run.

Pssh, anyone versed in Plaude can hear the undertones loud and clear, don't even worry about that.

[visiblemarket]

Well, I guess we'll see. The writers have been being pretty good about stuff lately though. I'm shocked.

Hee. Well, I'm sure that'll help, then. Everything has Plaude undertones in my mind these days.

[virtualinsomnia]

I really loved this. It felt like you really got into Peter's head. Awesome!

[visiblemarket]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[guanin]

This is fantastic! I feel so bad for Peter. He tries so hard and yet everything keeps going to hell around him. I really hope at the end of all this he manages to find some happiness with Claude, although I fear that we might have to wait till the very end of the show.

Is it terribly shallow of me to get a little grin at reading that they're heading for Chicago?

But hey, maybe you are in all of them, another voice suggest, friendlier than the last few have been, almost teasing. Just invisible.

You could not help yourself, could you? Oh, how I wish that could be true.

[visiblemarket]

Thank you! I feel bad for Peter too. I know the show's trying to sell us on him being the new rebel leader type guy, but that's not going to happen overnight. I think he's putting on a brave face but inside it's just..."Oh my god I'm going to die and get everyone killed what do I do now oh my god." But he's trying so hard, and I love him for it. And hey, he's not doing a bad job of things.

I really hope at the end of all this he manages to find some happiness with Claude, although I fear that we might have to wait till the very end of the show.

I subscribe to lotus0kid's endgame theory: when the last scene that Peter's in ends Claude'll be waiting just out of frame and throwing him a, "You done with all that, then?" And then they will walk off into the sunset together and be happy. They just better not kill either of them. Not that I couldn't get to that scene even if they did but it would be so much ahrder.

Is it terribly shallow of me to get a little grin at reading that they're heading for Chicago?Hee. It's not why I chose it, but I

[guanin]

He is being awfully competent so far, which is wonderful. But like you said, the poor thing must be scared to death.

That sounds like a good theory. But yes, the death of either of them, or both, would not be appreciated. In fact, it would make me quite cross. I have enough favorite characters dying, thank you.

O'Hare is incredibly convenient for going anywhere. By teh way, I've decided that Claude was living in Chicago when he was caught by the Company, just because I feel like it. And he was working in a motorcycle shop. Or not. That might change, but I seriously want to see that man on a motorcycle.

Plaude must live on, even if it's only in Peter's memory.

You're welcome!

[visiblemarket]

He has been, and in a way that makes sense to me; he's done a lot of ambushing, using the resources he has, being decently smart about things but making a few mistakes, because he's new at this.

Ohh, I would be crushed. Especially if it was Claude because let's face it they're not going to kill Peter.

Oh my god, young!Claude, futzing around with anything mechanical...engine grease all over himself...sweaty...mmmmm.

I know it does! I just want him mention him again. Is that wrong?

[gingerberrysnap]

I am in favor of these episode tags. :)

I really loved this, because I think that even though he had his speech, Peter wouldn't know what to do next. I think that his moral compass, sense of right and wrong, and natural tendency to think of everyone else do make him a good leader in a lot of ways. But at the same time, he lacks real strategy and just doesn't really know how to function in a leadership position, spending so much time in Nathan's shadow.

I don't want to over quote, but I think my favorite parts were Peter realizing that he isn't part of a team, and maybe it would be better for everyone if they just split up and he disappeared-- and then feeling guilty about it. That and his musings on how he wasn't in any of the pictures. *laughs* Because seriously. But was he not in any of them? I think I need to rewatch that scene, because I wasn't sure as soon as it happened who all the pictures were of.

Edit: This is the drawing I thought might have been Peter. They show him looking at it, and the face and clothing we

[visiblemarket]

I am in favor of these episode tags. :)

I am completely unsurprised by that ;) But it still makes me happy to here.

I think that even though he had his speech, Peter wouldn't know what to do next.

Same. And a lot of people are complaining about the speech, but the thing is, I think in that situation, someone like Peter would think it was necessary to give it, but still be completely mystified about what to do after that.

I think that his moral compass, sense of right and wrong, and natural tendency to think of everyone else do make him a good leader in a lot of ways.

I tried to give hints of that, because I think it says something that he usually does end up leading people in whatever scary future he shows up in (not so much the 28 Days Later future, but the other two). He's got the foundations of it, but he needs the experience, trial and error stuff to back it up.

But was he not in any of them? I think I need to rewatch that scene, because I wasn't sure as soon as it happened who all the pictures were of.Well, we didn't see

[gingerberrysnap]

I figured there would be people complaining about the speech. But there is pretty much nothing Peter can do to win with a lot of segments of fandom.

I definitely think Peter has the foundations of leadership. He strikes me more as the reluctant leader, rather than someone who just has a natural aptitude for it. I think Peter does instinctually know the morally right and wrong things to do. But he could probably benefit from a Claude like character-- someone he can trust who's able to give him a proper kick in the ass and help him strategically.

This is the one you mean. That's definitely Matt holding guns. I have no idea who the person next to him is. The hairline doesn't look right for it to be Peter. They're standing in front of a house and next to an open car trunk. I actually wonder if maybe Matt is just getting guns off an arms dealer? Because I can't figure out who he's supposed to be with. The only reason I don't think the one Peter was holding was Matt after Daphne got shot is because I think it was all stuff

[visiblemarket]

This is true. Just like Sylar will probably never win me over. So that's all right.

That's one of my favorite things about Peter; he's not ambitious at all. He's never been out to get power for the sake of power; it's always to fix things or help people. But his empathy makes him good at understanding people, and theoretically good at recognizing their strengths, which would make him a really good leader if he needed to be. And he doesn't have to be a strategic genius; he just has to find someone who he can trust who is.

Heh. That is the one I mean. And to me it does look a bit like Sylar, actually. I guess we'll find out eventually, who everyone is. I could do without the paintings as a device, though. Seriously, it's getting a little ridiculous.

[cadesama]

This is such a wonderfully insightful look into Peter's head at the beginning of Fugitives. I especially love your comments on how he wasn't in any of the prophetic drawings -- how that was so unusual and maybe even freeing for Peter, not to be the pawn of destiny for once.

The little details are what make this fic work so well, and I adore the addition of Peter giving Hiro a notebook to record what they owe to strangers. That's just the kind of note that gives a good idea of what the grand Peter-Hiro friendship of the 5YG-verse was all about.

Great job! :)

[visiblemarket]

Aw, thank you so much!

That's just the kind of note that gives a good idea of what the grand Peter-Hiro friendship of the 5YG-verse was all about.

I love the idea of a friendship between the two of them. They have a lot in common and really would get each other, I think. And I am continually disappointed that they rarely interact on the show. *laughs* Which is why I write these things.

Anyway! Thank you so much for your wonderful review!