Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire

[nvgvup]

Title: Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire
Rating:
T
Fandom/Pairing: Independence Day; Marilyn Whitmore/Thomas J. Whitmore
Word Count: 2,917
Author’s Note: Written for the mary_mcdonnell Month of Love Challenge: lesser known Mary characters.  
Disclaimer: Independence Day (1996) and the characters used here all belong to Twentieth Century Fox and the writers, directors,

Comments

[afrakaday]

Nicely done with this character! I love them as law students going to law prom, lol. And then of course it goes all tragic, which was wonderfully done as well. Fantastic.

[nvgvup]

I had to create a whole backstory for the two of them based on very few facts, but I figure our Mary deserves to be a smart one in any universe, and law school was as good a place to meet as any for the future first lady and her husband :D

[outuendo_11]

You have like a hundred comments. Allow me to write you a really awesome one anyway. :P So once again, I have not seen this movie, but I feel like you filled in a lot of backstory (?) maybe, and I really liked your common theme -"Liar" - throughout all these little vignettes (because it's sooo something you say all the time.)

I love your dialogue (;)), and your writing. I shall point out several sentences that really stuck out to me:

"and a pretty good backside when she’s had the chance to admire it discreetly." < you know why.

"Marilyn stares at him, her red dress matching the red roses blooming all around them." < pretttty.

Well let's just say the entire end of 4 is quoteworthy...you know why.

and this... "“I can’t, I can’t.” Marilyn motions for Thomas to take Patricia away. It’s too much." < sooo deep and sooo sad and I can totally see Mary saying this.

I want to seeee this movie now. :) AND this is like a record breaking length story for you! Good job. It's wonderful!

[nvgvup]

The story I wrote for you was longer. Still my longest, I think :p You should feel super honoured.

The "Liar" thing is actually from the movie. She says it in 3 of the 5 scenes she's in! So I can't take credit. I just took the idea and expanded on it. And the last line you quoted, Mary DOES say that. All of #5s dialogue is straight from the movie, I just filled in the emotions, etc. If you watch it, you'll see.

I no comment on your you know why's :p

[outuendo_11]

Well now my entire comment is ruined basically. This is why I need to watch the movies before I comment on stories about them. :P

And from others comments I gathered that she used the word liar to some avail. Though you STILL say it. So there. :P

Coitus. (hehe)

[lindsey_grissom]

Ouch. I forgot for a moment how this had to end. But, even knowing where it simply had to go, I couldn't help laughing and enjoying it. I love the back story, it's a shame the characters couldn't be developed further in the film.

Thanks for this! It's been a long time since I indulged in this little Mary-fandom.

[nvgvup]

Thank you! I'm glad you still enjoyed it even with the ending :(
It was fun to create a backstory for these two. I kinda like that I had a lot of freedom with it, especially since I've never read any other fanfic for this film so I was working from a blank slate!