Hiatus Fic Preview

[va32h]

So, I am going to do the hiatus fic I promised, since so many of you were kind enough to donate to Paige's World Wildlife Fund effort. The winning premise was...retelling the series from Pain in the Heart onward (with teh sex, of course).

Yes, there was some ballot stuffing, but it's all for a good cause.

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[huronia]

Please oh please can we get to Double Trouble. I want that trailer to rock for realz.

[rankor01]

That does make so much more sense. I knew season 1 was out of order and vaguely had the same knowledge about season 4, I hadn't realized 6 had that big a difference between filmed and aired order. It does make a lot more sense the way you describe it. It is a big sad that they are so worried about Booth's honour in one context though, but throw it away in others, and as much as I had a problem with Brennan's recent actions, I don't get how we're not supposed to see her as an FBI agent in all but name, and therefore having the same stigma attached to her actions. To say Booth is honorable for not running is a pretty blatant double standard against Brennan.

Your fic concept sounds very intruiging and I am looking forward to responding and interpeting the dramatic gestures used by these two. (it is somewhat disheartening to realize how many times Hart and Co. dipped into the same kit bag with the UST between the two.) I've enjoyed your work and appreciate you taking the time to make the plotline make sense.

[rankor01]

doh, that should have read: 'and I am looking forward to seeing your responding and interpreting the dramatic gestures used by these two.'

[officelove_10]

Well I'm just going to assume it will go 11 chapters cause I just really want that!

I knew season 6 had been switched at the time, but I think I just hated it so much I ignored anything I knew. It makes so much more sense to me in the order it was filmed.

[tempertemper]

Reading my friend page backwards fail... I see where you're going with this now.. and I like it! Yay! And sod Yanks in the UK, it was crapola anyway!

ETA: I had no idea the filming schedule for S6 was all over the place like this - I thought they'd quit those shenanigans a while back...

In filming order, we see that Booth's immediate reaction to Brennan's confession is a dramatic gesture that reasserts his commitment to Hannah - i.e. introducing her to Parker (and it's telling to me that despite insisting it was serious as a heart attack, he hadn't done that yet). Knowing the order, Booth's relief at the end of that episode is more than just relief that Parker likes her, it's relief that he did make the right decision, that Hannah is going to be around (she bonded with his son!). Then comes Bullet in the Brain and that scene at the end and it's clear that Booth is not over Brennan one bit, which leads to another dramatic gesture, telling Hannah. While I still hate that Booth did that, having it come after that scene in Bullet

[fourth_rose]

Yay, fic! :)))

To be honest, the order in which the season 6 episodes aired works better for me than the filming order. I was really glad we got "Body in the Bag" out of the way first before we got to "Bullet", and I rather liked the fact that Brennan's confession in "Doctor" rattled Booth so much that he immediately had to hide behind his girlfriend's back by telling her (which I found understandable, but still very much not okay). If they did that to make Booth appear more "honorable", they failed spectacularly as far as I'm concerned, but it worked for me as confirmation just how out of his depth Booth was throughout this arc.

I had no problem with Booth's characterization during the first half of season 6 because he kept messing up since he clearly had no idea how to deal with the situation, but I would have considered it a pretty assholish move if he'd forced Brennan to watch the "happy family" display with Hannah and Parker after her confession, when he knew perfectly well what it would do to her

[va32h]

well there you go, ruining my theory with facts!

I wonder what the network POV was? I agree, Twisted Bones would have be so much more painful knowing what had happened, and Booth would have come off badly...but in retrospect, I think I prefer Kind Of An Ass Booth to Suffering Saint Seeley.

Another thought that amused me for ten minutes - if we go with the "self-sabotage" theory and keep the episodes in filmed order...Booth tries getting rid of Hannah first by introducing her to Parker (whom she doesn't want to meet and who doesn't like her), then confessing Brennan's confession (surely that would make her re-evaluate the relationship) then finally proposing (damn, woman! What do I have to do to drive you away!)

[fourth_rose]

Sorry ;)

I have to admit that to me SSS is much more of an ass than Booth ever was during the first half of season 6 - the harder HH&SN try to make him come across as perfect, the more they tarnish his character for me.

*g* I'd say it was a gradual process, especially since I'm sure the whole self-sabotaging thing was always subconscious (seeing how hell-bent he was to make the whole thing "work" come hell or high water). I also don't think his confession to Hannah was meant to drive her away - rather, telling her made the whole thing *her* problem so he wouldn't have to deal with his own mixed feelings any more...

[rankor01]

I think Booth is definitely the type to self-sabotage, though I kind of wish they hadn't been so blatant about it. I never had the huge issues that many did with Season 6 (minus Mastodon), though the hope that the angst had taught them something and perhaps even made them grow up a little evaporated as I saw the two in season 7 combining their flaws with a child in the mix too. Frankly, as soon as Booth agreed to continue working together in Mastadon and Couple, and especially body in the bag, there was going to be an explosion somewhere. Whatever else you can say, the two are the master at advance and retreat.