Comments | britishwannabe1: you can thank my anthro class for this little bones fic ♥

britishwannabe1

you can thank my anthro class for this little bones fic ♥

Sep 19, 2009 17:42

Title: The Naturalistic Fallacy.
Author: britishwannabe1
Pairing/Characters: Booth/Brennan, Brennan
Rating: PG
Word Count: ~2279
Spoilers: General
Disclaimer: Belongs to Hart Hanson and those folks at the wonderful FOX network.
Summary: Her faith lies in her science, but maybe, just maybe, she can learn to believe in him too ( Read more... )

show: bones, bones fic, ship: booth/brennan

Comments 78

butterflyborn September 20 2009, 07:44:06 UTC

This is amazing! It's so smooth, it reads like poetry. I love how you book end it with the section about the human brain and how the second time I almost heard a key change in my head with the next sentence. I'm definitely adding to my favs! I hope you don't mind if I friend you so I can find you again to hunt down the other goodies I hear you have written. ;-)

britishwannabe1 October 4 2009, 23:15:18 UTC

Go right ahead! However, all of my fics are public, so they should be very easy to find!

Thanks so much for your feedback! It means a lot to me.

foolishy September 20 2009, 08:09:58 UTC

OMG I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. This was really amazing, Sam! I like how this piece can apply to early S1 Brennan but also to where she's at now. Brennan would and does struggle with reconciling her views, Booth's views and how she views Booth and his views. If that makes sense, LOL. You really got Brennan right in this one.

I'm totally thanking your anthro class, bb! ♥

britishwannabe1 October 4 2009, 23:17:48 UTC

lol hai late reply is late.

BUT LAURA OMG YOUR WORDS MAKE ME HAPPY. I love getting good feedback from friends because my fics are like my little pieces of love offerings. I'm glad you enjoyed it and I'm glad that I could get the characters right!

LOL YOU TOTES SHOULD BE. THIS FIC WOULD TOTES BE NON-EXISTENT WITHOUT IT.

bradyyface September 20 2009, 08:33:14 UTC

It was always just a dull ache in her day-to-day existence, a gradual period of debilitating loneliness that gave her the cynicism to carry a life of awkward pleasures and ordinary days.

As soon as I got to the end of this sentence, my heart was in my throat. Everyone has said it before me, but you really just see right through Brennan. A gradual period of debilitating loneliness. My god. I love that you just shifted the way I see her. And as always, your wording is so brilliant that it takes my breath away.

Knowledge was the constant in her life, unchanging in its stability.

I'm going to end up quoting this whole damn thing if I'm not careful. I just really love your insight into her, and how smoothly you bring her weaknesses to the front.

Faith is a shakable thing, Bones. It’s times like that when I can’t not believe in God.

I thought this whole section was incredible. lol double negative. Brennan's voice was great, of course. But my favorite part about this section was Booth's perspective. I mean, yes, faith is shakeable, ( ... )

britishwannabe1 October 4 2009, 23:23:51 UTC

BB I LOVE YOU BECAUSE I THINK YOU ARE MY BIGGEST WRITING FAN.

Honestly, I'm very self-conscious about my writing, but your ~analysis~ of my words almost makes me feel like I'm saying things and expressing emotions I don't mean to. It really really inspires me to write more. And JSYK, I'm starting XF fic soom because I have a pretty good idea of how to do it.

Some of the lines you picked out are my favorite too. I'm decent at the introspective stuff, but I'm glad you liked parts of the dialogue too because that's what I worry about.

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

ILU SO MUCH, YOU HAVE NO IDEA.

gideon_harker September 20 2009, 11:48:14 UTC

Usually I prefer action to introspection, but this...this has actual depth that made me think and enough dialogue to keep me interested. Hopefully we'll see more of this conflicted side of Booth this season...and if not, you can always write another beautiful piece.

britishwannabe1 October 4 2009, 23:24:40 UTC

Thanks! I really wish I could write action more but unfortunately thats not my forte ;) I'm glad you could enjoy this though!

giddyfilly September 20 2009, 12:35:04 UTC

*sends massive gift basket to your anthro class*

I'm so very glad you're back writing fic. The structure of this piece was delightful - it was also very "academically precise" - as in presenting the case, lay out the facts, and then the exception to the rule. I loved it.
I also loved that this showed B/B in different situations, but all linearly leading to that last scene, where everything merged together - two became one, on so many levels.

That was the moment that Brennan knew she and Booth had more in common than appearances led the world to believe.
This line made me so happy. I really like reading the Brennan is not as oblivious as she seems type fic, mainly because she's not. She's just biding her time.

Wearing his shirt, she felt vulnerability in how it dwarfed her; it made her feel child-like and small.
Awwww.....*snuggles Brennan*

Waking up in his bed, she felt like a woman. Not like a scientist, a doctor. Not even like Temperance.
♥ ♥ ♥

britishwannabe1 October 4 2009, 23:26:50 UTC

I find it interesting that you pointed out the academic precision because that's exactly what I was going for. I see Brennan as someone who thinks very academically in her head, even when thinking about her emotions.

I love that I made things mold together and I'm glad I got Brennan right. I really believe that she knows more than she lets on. She's not that emotionally stunted.

♥ thanks bb