Drabble - Compass

[caer]

Title: Compass
Rating/Warning: G.
Spoilers: Post-M/L breakup.
Word Count: 100
Character/Pairing: Mark
Disclaimer: All television shows, movies, books, and other copyrighted material referred to in this work, and the characters, settings, and events thereof, are the properties of their respective owners. As this work is an interpretation of the original

Comments

[waltzmatildah]

Argh! Your fic brain has not been consumed by mid-terms! YAY!

Also, this is awesome. Why oh why is fic Mark so much more compelling to me than show Mark?!!! He's so one note on the show, but in fic, he's so much more than that... including this fic.

and all this time, he figured he had just been facing the wrong direction. Loved this line in particular.

[caer]

My fic brain is kept in a drawer entirely separately from my midterms-brain, and only pulled out for the most arduous of fic-writing ;D Although, yes, I'm surprised to find the moths didn't eat it.

And, thank you! :D Glad you liked. I often find fic!Mark more endearing than show!Mark too :)

P.S. Hot Mark icon!

[waltzmatildah]

P.S. ONLY Mark icon!

[caer]

You chose well O_O

[ullman79]

Hee this reminds me both of how much I missed your writing and how much I love awesome Mark-centric fic! Thanks so much for sharing!

[caer]

Thanks for reading! :D And the awesomely superb thoughts. Hope everything is going well!

[citron_presse]

First of all, congratulations on such a beautifully worked compass conceit - it reminded me a little of reading the Metaphysical poets!

I think the part that most affected me was the idea that Addison might have been True North. True North is in itself a kind of romantic concept for me (yes, I'm weird . . . and not at all scientific or geographical, so I latch onto concepts and make them philosophical, lol!) and I love you/Mark associated it with Addison. I sensed wistfulness here and I thought it was lovely.

Lexie did redefine all the laws. Partly in a good way; partly just confusing him, I think, and making him lose sight of himself.

Anyway, I'm glad that the compass stopped in the end; and I loved the child's voice (which I assumed was his, way back, in a rare moment of not being messed up and just being curious) - it felt like he found himself for a moment, and I hope he can grow from that.

Dear God, I rambled on here. In short, I loved it :D

[caer]

I sensed wistfulness here
You sensed right! Those two together are a little bit of tragedy :( I usually imagine Mark feeling along those lines when thinking back on Addison (or maybe that's just me feeling it, lol).

I have to admit, romanticizing True North IS a bit weird...but I've come to expect that from you. Especially where Mark is concerned ;)

and making him lose sight of himself.
This made me go, "REALLY??" So don't mind if I ask you to elaborate that thought, possibly? :)

t felt like he found himself for a moment
I'm happy that it came out across to you so well; it's exactly what I had pictured, this sudden moment of clarity - almost epiphany like - when he realizes the answer to the question.

Thanks for all the lovely comments! :D I'm glad you enjoyed it. Hah, I don't think I've ever turned out a fic so fast after I pledged to write it!

[citron_presse]

romanticizing True North IS a bit weird
It's the relationship to the stars and the fact that the star in question changes every ?5,000 years or so, I think, but we still think of it as an absolute. No? Never mind ;)

and making him lose sight of himself
I think she added to his sense that whatever he does, however hard he tries, he's still going to lose out. She insisted that he open up to her (hair stroking); she insisted that they have a real relationship (telling Derek, dinner with Thatcher); she made it clear that family comes first when she was considering have a major surgical procedure on her father's behalf without even telling Mark. And when he bent himself out of shape to comply with her definition of connection, she turned around and said she didn't want to be committed to him and it wasn't acceptable that he picked his family over her.

Now he's floundering around between wanting a family and commitment with anyone, wanting to marry Lexie and sleeping with yet another Derek substitute ;) around again

[waltzmatildah]

and sleeping with yet another Derek substitute ;)

BAHHH!!!

[waltzmatildah]

and making him lose sight of himself.
I agree with citron_presse here, so I'll be interested to see if her thoughts on why mirror mine...

(Also, don't forget citron_presse, ...and partly because it only made it all the more clear that it's really Mark +/ Alex that he wants...!)

Ahem... don't mind us, caer.

Edited because typing CP is lazy and I'm trying hard not to be!

[citron_presse]

Ahem... don't mind us, caer.
The more exposure she gets to this concept the better: she's a natural for this ship and just needs a little more pushing ;)

typing CP is lazy
I'm used to it. It became my nickname for a while between caer and foibles_fables. I've kinda missed it, actually!

I agree with citron_presse here, so I'll be interested to see if her thoughts on why mirror mine...
Crap! (And that goes for caer's request too) . . . now I have to think of something intelligent to say.

[caer]

The more exposure she gets to this concept the better:

Mark and Alex?? I might love like the icon well enough, but I don't think I could ever get on board THAT ship. Sorry, hahah!

Btw, what episode is that from? Why is Mark so happy??

[citron_presse]

I don't remember the episode number off-hand. But it's S4, the high-school bus accident - he was enjoying the "hot cheerleader ass" :)

[folie_lex]

So pretty....

[caer]

Thank you! :D

(horrendously late reply, I know, sorry!)

[folie_lex]

No worries :)