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wren_kt7oz

Christmas stories - update

Dec 27, 2005 22:46

I'm still working on the third. It took ages to reach any sort of form in my brain and when it did I wound up with three pages of notes! I'm working on it, and hope to have it up by New Year ( Read more... )

fic: christmas

Comments 27

queenydiva December 27 2005, 09:14:07 UTC

I loved this! Sadly, I could easily see Mel doing all of these things. She was such a bitch in S5, especially. I was glad to see Justin deciding to make Brian make his wishes plain, for once. And good for Brian for growing up, and still being himself.

wren_kt7oz December 27 2005, 14:02:44 UTC

I could see Mel doing them too. ITA that she was totally a bitch in S5. As for Brian ... I think if there was one good thing that came out of the cancer arc (which I hated with a deep and abiding passion), it was that Brian learned that it's alright for him to want to be happy. He doesn't have to lose his edge, he can still be himself, and yet find happiness. That's what I would have liked C/L to explore ... and of course, they ... well, let's not go there ( ... )

asm614 December 27 2005, 09:31:18 UTC

Wren, this was absolutely beautiful. I think everything is captured perfectly, and I love your introspective Justin/Brian.

Thank you, and hope you had a Merry Christmas as well :)

wren_kt7oz December 27 2005, 14:04:12 UTC

Thank you. I had a lovely Christmas. Hope you did too. And happy New Year!

W

dreambee3 December 27 2005, 18:19:40 UTC

This was truly lovely Wren - sad that Brian has to cope with his son growing up in that environment, beautiful that he filled in the gaps to make Gus' christmas the wonder that a child deserves it to be, and generous that he then shared the day with his undeserving "family". Beautiful Brian/Justin teamwork and love and support throughout. Love Brian stories with Gus, and the love that just pours out of him for his son - and with Justin making up their little family, this was gorgeous. A true spirit of christmas story ( ... )

wren_kt7oz December 28 2005, 02:10:45 UTC

Thanks. I love Brian with Gus, too. Have since that first time he held him in 101.

Glad their trees came tumbling down - how un-chrismassy of me.

Me, too. *g* I should feel guilty, but the worst part is that I don't at all. lol.

The icon is by url_girl. (I hope that for once I remembered how to write that code so it will work properly.) She had some fabulous Christmas icons. And this one was just right.

I read most of the Scrooged stuff. Well, not the Justin and Mikey one, obviously. Eeeewwww.

But there were some very nice ones in there.

Fortunately, I really liked the one that was written for me. It's called "Unbroken Crust".

And I had a most excellent day at the cricket. Brett (and you're right, he is very cute) got two wickets and Warney got one, and along the way young Simons (or does he spell it with a 'y'?) got three. It was all good.

The only thing I like about summer.

dreambee3 December 28 2005, 20:11:19 UTC

Re my comment re scrooged, I must place apologies to the contributors - I went back and really read a few - in a manner different to my previous efforts during some busy days, when I was rushing and skipping and just wanting to get to the end - never ever a good way to appreciate writing. So, based on my shame in having been unfairly harsh, I actually started again, and I’ve already hit the jackpot with a couple that were really lovely - Home for Christmas, would it be yours by any chance, but I know you can’t say, I'll have to check it on the 30th - and The First Noel was lovely too.

mdlaw December 27 2005, 19:43:46 UTC

Wren, that was lovely. I too could see no logical reason why Brian and Justin couldn't have had it all. This just shows what good writing can do with strong, interesting characters. Thanks,
m

wren_kt7oz December 28 2005, 02:07:10 UTC

Thank you. I appreciate it.

Just wish ...

Sigh.

strlingdragnfly December 29 2005, 11:27:01 UTC

Lovely story, Wren. I thought it was amusing that Justin was waiting for Brian to ask for the tree, instead of just getting it himself.

And I can totally see Mel acting this way - I liked her at first, but by Season 5, I thought she was a total bitch! She would do anything to get her way, especially if it thwarted Brian in some manner.

Even though Mikey didn't really show up in the story, you still managed to get him, huh? Having had a tree fall over one Christmas (three cats helped!) actually made me sympathize with him for once. Which I'm sure wasn't your goal! **grin**

(One little correction: "If we’re going to be invaded by the hoards, we need to get some sleep." - the word you want to use here should be 'hordes', not 'hoards'.)

wren_kt7oz December 29 2005, 23:53:58 UTC

Ooops! Fixed the "hordes" thing. Thank you.

I can totally see Mel acting this way - I liked her at first, but by Season 5, I thought she was a total bitch! She would do anything to get her way, especially if it thwarted Brian in some manner.Yes, that's how I felt about her too ( ... )