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Taking Chances, by E. L. Van Hine and L.H. Nicoll
neatfreak:
--- Quote from: MaineWriter on July 12, 2006, 12:10:01 pm ---And Widower...I sometimes wonder if something is wrong with my eyeballs and brain. I couldn't even finish the first chapter! And believe me, I tried...I haven't been able to read the other annointed fics, either. Jack with Alzheimer's, Ennis as a VAMPIRE. People think this makes sense?
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Oh, thank heaven. I thought I was alone in not being able to read ANY of those fics above. I had enough pain from the story, thank you; reading of Ennis' continuing agony just would not be healthy for me. I need closure -- for Ennis and for me, and in canon if possible. And the Laramie Saga is the answer for me, hands down.
I know what it is to lose someone (in my case, my father and my brother) and I know that no one can possibly take their place. That doesn't close me off to love, though. My boss is like a brother to me, and there are men in whom I see components of my father. My love for those who have passed does not fade. There's room in my heart for more. I need to have hope for Ennis, as I have hope for everyone who needs love. And who among us does not?
Bigheart:
--- Quote from: MaineWriter on July 12, 2006, 12:10:48 pm ---He does so NOT work for me! Oh, no, please say no everyone!
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NO!!
I'm sorry Lucise, I hope you havent gone to too much trouble to find him
Helen:
--- Quote from: magicmountain on July 12, 2006, 12:00:11 pm ---Same here. I have just read that the people who appreciate The Widower are people who have sustained a loss and those, wait for it who are "thinkers and analysers". I would like to add another cateory: thise who resonate with misery and seems to take some pleasure in the angst of it all. Having got socked with a triple whammy of misery in BBM they actually go looking for more. One fic has Jack suffering from Alzheimers!
I have a feeling that those who genuinely felt grief over Ennis/Jack rather than indulging the sensation and drama of grief are those who really needed the break this fic is offering. Just my opinion.
I now feel that you are almost treated like a troll on the Cullen slash forum if you dont go along with The Widower line (just the name gives me the creeps) and post positive comments about the Saga.
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Once I got into the Widower I found it was okay. I would say that those who only appreciate the likes of Widower and look down on anything which, heaven forbid, has a bit of happiness to it (or doesn't have Ennis in purgatory for the rest of his life as a "punishment" for being a human being), need some serious medical intervention to retrieve their heads from their a$$holes.
And I'm pretty sure there are loads of people that have sustained loss but who, strangely to some, have no wish to wallow in it forever more.
Bigheart:
--- Quote from: MaineWriter on July 12, 2006, 12:10:01 pm ---Over there, they have what I call "the annointed fics." There are about five of them. They get discussed and "squeeed" endlessly. Then there are the rest of us who go into the big black hole of fic-dom. Fortunately for Louise (and me, my story has its own thread, too) we fell into that hole and came out on the other side...Bettermost.
L
And Widower...I sometimes wonder if something is wrong with my eyeballs and brain. I couldn't even finish the first chapter! And believe me, I tried...I haven't been able to read the other annointed fics, either. Jack with Alzheimer's, Ennis as a VAMPIRE. People think this makes sense?
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Jack with Alzheimers is the Pair of Deuces one isnt it? And the Vampire one?? Is that a new one? I havent been onto the DC boards at all today.
And yes I am totally sick of the squeeing over Widower.
scudder:
I'm with you Lucise. I think he makes a splendid Lauren. Good picking!
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