Fic: Fade to Black Pt 6 - Purple Heart [The Mentalist]

[broedym]

Title: Fade to Black Pt 6 - Purple Heart
Summary: She had a choice to make. Post episode 2x05.
Rating: T
Characters: Jane, Van Pelt

Comments

[pensive1]

omg honey, you broke me a little with this. I love that you brought the angst here, that you didn't ignore what happened on the screen last ep, but that you explained it in a believable way. Cheers!!!

You know I love this little series :)

[broedym]

Bless. Thank you! :)

I was so disillusioned by the end of this episode after such promise (hello? Jane was the one who interrupted them at the house). I will have to follow my own little version of events now, if the show is going to insist on coupling up Rigsby and Van Pelt.

Delusion instead of disillusion. Huzzah!

[pensive1]

LOL.

Keep hope alive; she's young, yet. I do not dismiss Lisbon's comment about Grace going far if she manages to keep from sleeping with Wayne.

Since you'll Get It, I'll share a little fanon with you: Of all the members of the team, Grace is the most diametrically opposed to Jane, as far as philosophy goes. He's the disbeliever, she's the believer; he is consumed, she is hopeful; he's inner dark, while she is inner light. She's ambitious, true, but it has yet to manifest in a dark way. If there is anyone capable of salvaging the wreckage that is Patrick Jane, it's her. She won't do it preaching at him like she does now. She'll have to grow a little first to be able to reflect good for him.

[broedym]

All I can say is... Word. That's why I just don't see the Jane/Lisbon thing (I refuse to call it its other spermified name).

The dynamic between Jane and Van Pelt is far more intriguing. We need more gallery-like scenes (angstbunny's Prof!Jane/Co-ed!Grace has ruined me forever) and less Lisbon pretending to crack up scenes. Get it right, Heller!