Comments | featheredraven: Fic: Lightning Grounded

featheredraven

Fic: Lightning Grounded

Mar 22, 2011 10:33

Title: Lightening Grounded
Characters/Pairing: Anders/F!Hawke
Rating: PG-13
Summary: They try for a life together, but things will never be all right, not as long as Justice remains.
A/N: Doesn't mention specific endgame spoilers, but still takes place post-game. Prequel to The Hunt for Gravity

( He thinks that he doesn't deserve it, but he wants just a little happiness. Just a little. )

character: hawke, character: anders, fanfiction

Comments 16

ironicdiscordia March 23 2011, 02:36:47 UTC

I really love the way you handle this pairing and the emotions of it. And as much as a part of me wants there to be hope for Anders and Hawke, I think you're depicting the most likely scenario.

(Also, minor note, Lightning as in the electrical phenomenon doesn't have an 'e' in it.)

featheredraven March 23 2011, 02:57:53 UTC

Thanks! I want to write something happier at some point, but it just lends itself to tragedy so well...

(And thanks! I knew there had to be some spelling errors in there somewhere!)

rhiannon87 March 23 2011, 18:11:56 UTC

Oh, this is heartbreaking and beautiful, again. Reading this in light of the one that comes after chronologically, with Sebastian... I shouldn't have read this at work, I'm getting all teary-eyed.

disalae March 24 2011, 23:11:53 UTC

This is achingly wonderful, and exactly what I want to see in this pairing. There isn't going to be a happy ending, there can't be. But I love their little idea of happiness, which is so wretchedly unhappy, and fits with their situation and personalities perfectly.

The way you handled Justice is brilliant, it somewhat reminds me of Heavy Rain when he just blacks out, except...well, those episodes make little sense. Your use of it is awesome! And as was said before by another commenter, you treat Justice almost as Anders' mental illness, which is a great way to go about it and works really well.

The way you write them both is spot on, and absolutely brilliant. Your headcanon and my headcanon are definitely on the same wavelength. I can't wait to read more of your things!

featheredraven March 29 2011, 00:54:47 UTC

I've never actually played Heavy Rain (don't have a PS3) - though I really want to. But I'm glad the blackouts mentioned in this make sense!

I wanted to get across a strong sense that there is something desperately wrong about their relationship, but that they're still trying to make it work. I think that's what I like about the romance - it's obsessive and bad, but you still want it to work out somehow.

I'm currently working on another piece, which is turning into something a lot bigger than I initially intended.