Fic: Something New Under The Sun

[zinkini]

Title: Something New Under The Sun
Pairing: Christy/Mark
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: TSN and its characters are not mine.
Summary: Christy was still growing into her skin when she first met Mark.
Author's Notes: A special thanks to reogulus, who helped me throughout the writing process and gave the the push I needed. Also, another thanks to everyone at Chatzy for

Comments

[reogulus]

Mark wouldn’t. You either kept up with him or get left behind.
i think it should be got?

but grammar policing aside, THE BREATHING THE SILENCES THE PHONE THE VOID. it was exactly what i hoped you would add ♥ that bit made their interaction feel a lot more tangible to me. i also like how you reiterated the discord and friction between eduardo and christy, how he was just another piece in the game she was playing to fool herself, how mark and her only saw each other through after eduardo was gone. and the ending was beautiful because she finally learned, from mark, to be true to herself and let go of her insecurities.

all in all, you're wonderful for writing this ♥

[zinkini]

(FIXED! Thank you so much for pointing all of that out! WHY ARE YOU SO AWESOME???)

You are absolutely spot on with what I am trying to achieve in Christy's characterization. I thought about what you said in the first draft, how Eduardo's true role in Christy's life was obscure, and I'm glad that it's all cleared up now. :D

And again, thank you so much for the suggestions. <3

[writeranon99]

I really like this version of Christy.... in the movie we only see Eduardo's POV regarding Christy's true or perceived true character. The way you handled her side of the story made me empathize with her unlike in the movie in which I got the impression that she was kinda a skank(sexism i guess) and a little unbalanced but that probably was just my skewed perception. Anyway I really think that Mark and Christy fit well together :-D

[zinkini]

To be honest, Christy, as seen in the movie through Eduardo's POV, does not strike me as an interesting character because she is not as well-developed as Mark or Eduardo. Nevertheless, I thought it would be an interesting exercise to build on her character into something new yet recognizable. :)

Thank you so much for reading. <3

[indecentexposed]

honestly, christy is one of those characters who tend to make me face-punchy (which is apparently a thing now) when i see them in fic. i think because she's so one-dimensional in the film, it's easy to tuck her away in the psycho!slutty!bitch box and forget about her, except as a foil to the profound connection between mark and eduardo (dysfunctional as they are).

in conclusion, you've written a thoughtful, developed characterization which made me empathize with a character i couldn't stand when i started reading-- not an easy thing to do for any writer. thank you for sharing this! ♥

[zinkini]

Thank you so much.♥

Christy is one of those "Meh, no" character to me too, but I thought it would be fun to expand on her development a bit in fic.

I'm glad that you enjoyed the read.

[salvadore_hart]

I thought I might actually leave a comment for this since I said I had read it (and realized I hadn't commented...)
I love three-dimensional Christy, and basically that the sorta-throw-away characters end up getting fleshed out stories (and mark and christy commiserating about eduardo ♥)

[zinkini]

YES! LJ LIKES ME AGAIN!

(It's okay. I am guilty of reading your stuff and being too bedazzled to comment, I think I've told you before.)

Haha, I'm glad that you enjoyed this Christy. (Mark commiserating Eduardo in general is my fav.)