You really have to reason to be nervous. I think that the way that all of this is resolved in Jack's mind is done incredibly well.
Sawyer confessed a horrible secret to him, two in fact, that have had Jack doubting Sawyer and the kind of person that he is, trying to not think of him as that person, the one that used to con people and lie and steal and kill, and seeing him more as the kind of person that he's been while they're together. Meeting Sawyer's grandmother and seeing in her a kind of malice and, like you said, evil that he's never seen in Sawyer, I believe, is just the right kind of thing to let him know that he can trust Sawyer, that he can believe in him, because no matter what he's done, or what mistakes he's made, he isn't an evil person and he never was. It's a way for him to regain faith in Sawyer, to solidify in his mind that he can trust him.
I also find it incredibly ironic that she told this story to Jack, about how Sawyer's mother turned her back on all of the plans that her family made for her and thinks Jack
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This detailed feedback deserves a detailed response and it will get one first thing in the morning, but I had to answer your last question. Just like Sawyer's poor house, Jack and Sawyer's relationship needs a hell of a lot of work. Be patient with me through one more chapter and then the happy might make you puke. ;)
Don't say I didn't warn you. Who'd want angst for Christmas??? ♥ ♥ ♥
I just was looking back at comments and realized that I never came back and replied to this like I meant to. That makes it look like I didn't appreciate every word you said, and I SO did! That's a great observation, that of all people for her to expect to see her point about her daughter, Jack is the LAST one who would. And yes, it would be interesting to see a scene between Millie and Margo, both of them talking about how their children ruined their lives by not living according to "plan." True, both Brooke and Jack made mistakes, but they had a right to make their own choices and I don't think either mother believes that. So much of Lost is about toxic parenting, isn't it
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Re: smokeyversealliecat8December 15 2006, 04:03:18 UTC
Oh. That was the most wonderful feedback. It left me speechless. THANK YOU. It deserves a better response than this, and I will comment properly tomorrow when I'm not so overwhelmed. Again, thank you!
Thank you for saying that about not going overboard. That's what I was worried about. Maybe one of these days we can AIM and I'll tell you which parts (and there are a lot of them) in this story are autobiographical. Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction, and that's why I was afraid some of the "truth" I put in these chapters might seem strange! I adore you for staying on board and reading and liking! ♥
Okay. So I've been stalking this for a while. Loved this chapter - I have this unhealthy love for angst, especially when I know it will end happily. The boys are pretty when they're suffering.
I love that Jack wants to understand Sawyer and fight for Sawyer.
Sawyer had known even then that it was the last time, even as he’d stopped fighting Jack and given in. He closes his eyes, needing to hold on to the memory of Jack’s body, of Jack’s hands pushing him down onto the bed, of himself already hard from all the fighting that came before, both of them so hard and ready, Jack tearing blindly at his clothes, too impatient to wait for them each to undress themselves, trying to strip them both bare at the same time. Sawyer had stopped struggling, had given in, not out of lust though there was plenty of that, but because he’d wanted to give Jack that one last night of happiness before he destroyed what they had forever. He’d wanted to give it to Jack, but even more than that, he’d needed to take it for himself.Oh God
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Hee, it makes me smile to know my story has stalkers. :)
Poor Jack, understanding Sawyer is a JOB. But I love our stubborn Doc, he doesn't give up easily. Sawyer might've just met his match!
And yes, I DID mean Staffordshire in England! I hostess in an antebellum home every spring, and the lady whose home I give tours of has a collection of Staffordshire dogs. And I have Wedgewood china. That is so interesting to know that it comes from your home town! And another coincidence? I grew up on Staffordshire Blvd. in, um, Sawyer's hometown! Honestly, it seems like everything having to do with Lost is all about fate.
Jack's stubborness is something I identify with, and therefore can never dislike in him. I have moments when I briefly consider falling out of love with him, but Jack and I always pull through.
I have this thing where I'm a huge fangirl of my hometown and will gladly talk anyone's ear off about it for hours. I get it from my grandmothers - one was the pillar-of-the-community type in a hundred clubs and committees, the other is a local history buff. But yes, the city of Stoke's main claim to fame is the beautiful china, especially Wedgewood. We also use the word 'duck' as an endearment. Which I'm told is strange, but that the cute accent makes up for it. :)
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Sawyer confessed a horrible secret to him, two in fact, that have had Jack doubting Sawyer and the kind of person that he is, trying to not think of him as that person, the one that used to con people and lie and steal and kill, and seeing him more as the kind of person that he's been while they're together. Meeting Sawyer's grandmother and seeing in her a kind of malice and, like you said, evil that he's never seen in Sawyer, I believe, is just the right kind of thing to let him know that he can trust Sawyer, that he can believe in him, because no matter what he's done, or what mistakes he's made, he isn't an evil person and he never was. It's a way for him to regain faith in Sawyer, to solidify in his mind that he can trust him.
I also find it incredibly ironic that she told this story to Jack, about how Sawyer's mother turned her back on all of the plans that her family made for her and thinks Jack ( ... )
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Don't say I didn't warn you. Who'd want angst for Christmas??? ♥ ♥ ♥
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I love that Jack wants to understand Sawyer and fight for Sawyer.
Sawyer had known even then that it was the last time, even as he’d stopped fighting Jack and given in. He closes his eyes, needing to hold on to the memory of Jack’s body, of Jack’s hands pushing him down onto the bed, of himself already hard from all the fighting that came before, both of them so hard and ready, Jack tearing blindly at his clothes, too impatient to wait for them each to undress themselves, trying to strip them both bare at the same time. Sawyer had stopped struggling, had given in, not out of lust though there was plenty of that, but because he’d wanted to give Jack that one last night of happiness before he destroyed what they had forever. He’d wanted to give it to Jack, but even more than that, he’d needed to take it for himself.Oh God ( ... )
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Poor Jack, understanding Sawyer is a JOB. But I love our stubborn Doc, he doesn't give up easily. Sawyer might've just met his match!
And yes, I DID mean Staffordshire in England! I hostess in an antebellum home every spring, and the lady whose home I give tours of has a collection of Staffordshire dogs. And I have Wedgewood china. That is so interesting to know that it comes from your home town! And another coincidence? I grew up on Staffordshire Blvd. in, um, Sawyer's hometown! Honestly, it seems like everything having to do with Lost is all about fate.
I'm so glad you're reading and liking! *hugs*
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I have this thing where I'm a huge fangirl of my hometown and will gladly talk anyone's ear off about it for hours. I get it from my grandmothers - one was the pillar-of-the-community type in a hundred clubs and committees, the other is a local history buff. But yes, the city of Stoke's main claim to fame is the beautiful china, especially Wedgewood. We also use the word 'duck' as an endearment. Which I'm told is strange, but that the cute accent makes up for it. :)
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