Fic: Criminal Minds drabble: Luminescence

[celtic_forest]

Title: Luminescence
Author: celtic_forest
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Rating: PG
Warnings, spoilers: None
Pairing: Gideon/Reid
Word count: 100
Disclaimer: Criminal Minds isn't mine. If it were, I'd have to spend all of my time looking for profound literary quotations.
Summary: Gideon and Reid watching fireflies - the insects, not the show ;)

Comments

[sylvanwitch]

This is such a sweet little snapshot, poignant and beautifully in character. Bravo!

[celtic_forest]

Thank you so much! You watch Criminal Minds? I haven't found a lot of overlap of fans between this and spn.
Here's a pop quiz (I really am asking): To whose lost youth was Gideon referring?

To get all existential 'n stuff (in honor of your new icon), it was my intent that each of them really was enjoying the fireflies but the other didn't fully understand that; conversely, each of them was trying to protect the other, but regretfully knew that was ultimately out of their power. The "lost youth," appearing in the middle of the piece, was intended as a fulcrum of uncertainty/double meaning. An "old" guy affectionate toward a much younger man, wishing he was younger himself because of the dynamics of the relationship, and secondly, of course, the conditions that made Spencer naive yet adult at a very early age. (BTW I refuse to count words to see if this response to a response is longer than the fic! :)

[daylyn]

Ooh, this is really cool, especially since Reid wouldn't have seen fireflies growing up in Vegas or at school at Cal Tech. I love what's not said here as much as what's said. Well done.

[celtic_forest]

Thank you very much! I hadn't even thought about the absence of fireflies when he was young, even though I was going for a youthful excitement in his reaction. Your compliment is very kind.
And now for something completely different,
I LOVE that icon. When I saw it posted I laughed and laughed. It's the closest I've ever come to accepting an icon someone else has made.
OMG I just laughed again.

[daylyn]

The icon was made by madlori, who makes some great ones. This one is particularly good.

And yeah, I grew up in NY (where there are fireflies) and I now live in L.A. (no fireflies) and have been to Vegas a few times (no fireflies), so that was something that really struck me with your fic.

[celtic_forest]

Yes, her icons are fantastic - humor plus an eye for just the right image.

I'm so glad you brought up firefly distribution, because I'm writing a fic in which it's essential that there are fireflies in Texas, and I hadn't even thought to check! Luckily for me they're there, although not as many as in NY (where I also grew up, BTW)
Thanks!

[samueljames]

Very nice.

[celtic_forest]

Thank you! :)

[maldeluxx]

Beautifully minimal <3 :)

[celtic_forest]

Thanks, I'm glad you liked it. I imagine peaceful moments are precious to bau'ers.

[rowena_dawson]

Very beautiful.

[celtic_forest]

Thank you! I'd hoped the title would be appropriate not just for the fireflies, but for the moment itself, so "beautiful" is a particularly nice compliment.