Lie to Me Fic: I've got my big coat on (Emily) 1/1

[etoilefilante]

Title: I’ve got my big coat on
Emily, gen, pg-13
Words: 1,000

Author’s Notes: Response to tempertemper77’s prompt all these things that I've done at the Lie to Me Comment Ficathon.

Comments

[tempertemper]

This is gorgeous and thank you thank you for making sense of 'two boyfriends ago' because up until now I totally hadn't been able to!

I LOVE that you wrote my prompt - and I totally know what you mean about it being weird to write something without your beta - when I post comment fic and Space reads it for the first time at the comm it feels almost wrong!!!!

This is just beautiful, darling. I think this is my favourite bit:

“He’s so much happier when he’s with you.”

She makes sure to keep her voice as even as possible, because though she knows her words are true, she knows Gillian needs to see and hear the evidence to back it up.

The surprised look on her face is the only confirmation Emily needs to know that she’s done it right.

[etoilefilante]

Thank you!! I am so thrilled that you like this. It was surprisingly hard trying to get Emily's voice and I'm still not sure I have it perfectly (a great deal of which has to do with trying to tie up who I thought she was with who they said she was in 2x22) but by the end I hope I got it almost right.

I love that you picked out that section. That scene remains one of my favourites because it was the first time they showed that Gillian and Emily were close.

♥

[insidethestars]

This is really really gorgeous!

She calls her Dad’s feelings for Gillian the first time she meets her. It’s something in the way he smiles when talking to her, the way his eyes follow her as she moves around the room. He’s taught her well, her Dad, and she files all this information away for a later date.
Love this, especially! ♥

[etoilefilante]

Thank you so much! I'm really happy you liked it. ♥ I can't seem to write this fandom without at least mentioning Cal/Gillian!

[pellucid]

Lovely! I was extremely ambivalent (to put it mildly) about the finale, and the Emily stuff seemed quite tacked on in the episode, but you do a great job here of fleshing out her actions and reactions, her relationships with the adults in her life, and her character in general.

Emily can never be that person, but she tries not to worry about it too much because what’s done is done and there’s nothing she can do about it.

This, in particular, feels right on, and it also feels like a uniquely Emily character trait. I can't imagine this line applying to Cal or Zoe or Gillian, all of whom have varying degrees of either guilt for things done or at least a need to maintain image control. But Emily is her own person, and I really love the way you show that.

[etoilefilante]

Thank you so much for your lovely comments. I can't say how disappointed I was by the finale, it's nice to know that I'm not alone in that. The Emily stuff seemed forced in this episode (and perhaps overall, I can't quite decide), I agree. This was my attempt at making sense of it all so I'm happy it worked for you, too.

I'm glad that part in particular felt right - she just strikes me as always being the one who fills that role, whether she wants to be or not.

[topaz_eyes]

This is a gorgeous coda to the finale, and you nail Emily's perceptiveness perfectly. :-)

[etoilefilante]

Thank you very much! I'm really happy you feel I got her right. :)

[crumpled_up]

This. Is. Gorgeous. You turn one little line from Emily and give it this wonderful background. All the little lies she's told to her parents as cover and the way she tells Gillian the truth that she noticed when she was a child. I love it and I love the ending where Emily releases it all and comes to terms with it. If this is what you churn out for this awesome ficathon, I can't wait for more! Fabulous. ♥

[etoilefilante]

Aww thank you so much. That line from Emily I felt just came out of nowhere and I really struggled to tie it up to what we already knew about her. This was the only way I could do that, so I'm happy it worked for you, too. Thank you. ♥