Sublime!! I loved that you got into Michael's head without making it...I don't know; unrealistic, I suppose. It was understated but with maximum impact in spite, or maybe because, of that. Especially now since I don't quite fit in my body anymore That for me was the one sentence that summed up everything Michael was feeling. You dealt brilliantly with the physical impact of the attack and even more brilliantly with the psychological trauma. I'm blown away by it!!
As for LJ..."I wish you had died instead of Mom!" I almost reeled back from that physically! It was a cruel and vicious thing for him to say but when you consider what he witnessed, what he's been through it's not hard to understand that he would hit out at his father in that way. Espcecially since he is so close to his Uncle and I feel he'd subconsciously blame Lincoln for robbing him of Michael too.
The pictures Michael is drawing are painful in the extreme and even though I find your descriptions of them distrurbing I can see why he would externalize his pain in that way. Brilliantly conceived idea, btw!
Rose is...well, she could be me!! Michael needs taking care of and since he has no parents, no brother around in prison and for now no Alex, Rose is the perfect carer while he's in the psyche ward. But I'm longing to see what happens when he does return to gen pop!
Loving Pam and Cameron!! Lincoln needs someone like Pam, and this is a pairing I'd love to see explored more often in fics. Pam smiled crookedly. "Beat some sense into him and forced him to go?" She is a very astute woman because that is so the Lincoln way of dealing with things! But I guess she wouldn't have been married to Alex if she weren't, huh?
I've rambled on a bit here, haven't I? Sorry! I just needed to tell you how much I love this fic and the reasons why!
In summary, probably my favourite chapter so far! And that's saying something!
Thank you for being such a brilliant writer and for sharing the product of your brilliance with us! :D
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Date: 2007-02-17 12:53 pm (UTC)As for LJ..."I wish you had died instead of Mom!"
I almost reeled back from that physically! It was a cruel and vicious thing for him to say but when you consider what he witnessed, what he's been through it's not hard to understand that he would hit out at his father in that way. Espcecially since he is so close to his Uncle and I feel he'd subconsciously blame Lincoln for robbing him of Michael too.
The pictures Michael is drawing are painful in the extreme and even though I find your descriptions of them distrurbing I can see why he would externalize his pain in that way. Brilliantly conceived idea, btw!
Rose is...well, she could be me!! Michael needs taking care of and since he has no parents, no brother around in prison and for now no Alex, Rose is the perfect carer while he's in the psyche ward. But I'm longing to see what happens when he does return to gen pop!
Loving Pam and Cameron!! Lincoln needs someone like Pam, and this is a pairing I'd love to see explored more often in fics. Pam smiled crookedly. "Beat some sense into him and forced him to go?" She is a very astute woman because that is so the Lincoln way of dealing with things! But I guess she wouldn't have been married to Alex if she weren't, huh?
I've rambled on a bit here, haven't I? Sorry! I just needed to tell you how much I love this fic and the reasons why!
In summary, probably my favourite chapter so far! And that's saying something!
Thank you for being such a brilliant writer and for sharing the product of your brilliance with us! :D