"Duck's Tale, or How Life Came to Be" for sam80853

[tharaist]

Title - Duck's Tale, or How How Life Came to Be
Author - Tharaist
Fandom - Wilby Wonderful, written for sam80853
Rating - R
Length - 1300 words
Beta - A big thank you to isiscolo for beta!
Summary - Set pre-movie. Duck MacDonald has always liked the Watch and the quietness there.

Duck's Tale, or How Life Came to Be

But what of life whose bitter hungry sea

Flows at

Comments

[petronelle]

The healing and not-healing wounds in this make me want to hug Duck, or get someone else to hug him. I suspect this is part of the point of the story. The bitter and sweet, all mixed together, work very well.

[tharaist]

Thank you, I'm glad you liked the mix of bitter and sweet, I'm very fond of the combination in many forms!

[akite]

Something worth watching.

Indeed. That was lovely.

[tharaist]

Thank you for your kind words!

Love your icon, btw. Oh, Dan!

[china_shop]

Oh, I'm so glad Duck had a good relationship in there, if only for a while. Lovely!

[tharaist]

Thank you, I figured Duck deserved some happy bits in between! *g*

[exeterlinden]

This was lovely. Duck is such an awesome character - quiet and still, and wonderful to write and read.

For some reason, the paragraph that particularly touched me was Duck's matter-of-fact retelling of his life, starting with: "Duck remembered the old times..." and ending with: "...Pain and regret, his mother's tears, leaving the island after graduation, open road and the rest." So moving, and so very, very Duck MacDonald <3

[tharaist]

Thank you, it is especially Duck's quietness that appeals to me, how you can sense the big currents of emotion under the calm and smiling exterior. I'm glad you liked this!

[tharaist]

Thank you for your wonderful feedback and kind words! I figure that Duck and Dan are pretty much meant to be, because Duck understands what's going on in Dan's mind - the pain, longing and the rest - Duck's experienced it all himself.