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14Dimac99
That's a really, really good piece and it's astonishing how good a read you had on the characters after only four eps. Colour me really, REALLY impressed, especially considering your age - which I realise may sound condescending, but I don't mean it to be. I'm looking forward to reading the rest of your Lie To Me fics and I hope you'll be writing them for a good long while.
14Dimac99That's a really, really good piece and it's astonishing how good a read you had on the characters after only four eps. Colour me really, REALLY impressed, especially considering your age - which I realise may sound condescending, but I don't mean it to be. I'm looking forward to reading the rest of your Lie To Me fics and I hope you'll be writing them for a good long while.
6/17/2009 c1 Aleia
Oh, Excellent. I'd planned to avoid any fanfic for Lie to Me because I didn't want to spoil the dynamic Lightman and Foster have by reading emotions from fanfic into it, but this is great. I love their relationship: how they manage to care deeply but professionally for each other and this captured that perfectly.
Oh, Excellent. I'd planned to avoid any fanfic for Lie to Me because I didn't want to spoil the dynamic Lightman and Foster have by reading emotions from fanfic into it, but this is great. I love their relationship: how they manage to care deeply but professionally for each other and this captured that perfectly.
4/10/2009 c1 84Miss Mila
Just catching up on some other Lie to Me fics you wrote. This one caught my eye. Great job, you really did do an amazing job!
~Mila
84Miss MilaJust catching up on some other Lie to Me fics you wrote. This one caught my eye. Great job, you really did do an amazing job!
~Mila
3/23/2009 c1 33a tattered rose
First off, major props for writing this so early in the game, double props for not only being in character but giving us a well-written story to boot. This scene made me fall in love with these two characters, and I was delighted to find that someone out there had managed to provide what I, for one, was craving: more.
This piece is somewhat duplicitous, setting up contradictions that are spot on. "Gillian was no happier than he was." I love this conclusion. It is supported by the hypothesis that "Happiness is relative" and the arguments that get us there are so very Cal. Right down to the way he would focus on the bottom line of emotion, whereas others, Gillian included, might rather look at how Gillian is often to unrestrainedly joyful. Or at least rationalize that a range of emotions is necessary, there is no pure joy without sadness, and she's really way ahead of the game.
I love the tension in the way Cal regards Gillian: on the one hand he respects her as an equal, and she is his 'foil.' But on the other he seems to see himself as a bit of a mentor, watching her and guiding her through a field which he has already come to terms with. He's critical of her and her unnatural joy, but also in awe of her ability to turn around and shake it off. Very true to the show and how they're relationship is portrayed.
Through the way he thinks about Gillian, we also get an intriguing insight into Cal - he broods. He can't shake it off, or won't let himself. It very much ties in to what we learned in one of his early converstions with Ria, without directly referencing it, which is very subtly done. :)
I also very much like how Cal maintains a veneer of analytic observer throughout the piece, and by the end he is somewhat removed. He plans no action or intervention, merely watches and waits. Yet we get the sense that his lack of intervention is rooted in a bit of self-denial. He talks up the science, their professions as if Gillian being a psychologist means she ought to be entirely self-aware. But of course no one is, and no one can be.
33a tattered roseFirst off, major props for writing this so early in the game, double props for not only being in character but giving us a well-written story to boot. This scene made me fall in love with these two characters, and I was delighted to find that someone out there had managed to provide what I, for one, was craving: more.
This piece is somewhat duplicitous, setting up contradictions that are spot on. "Gillian was no happier than he was." I love this conclusion. It is supported by the hypothesis that "Happiness is relative" and the arguments that get us there are so very Cal. Right down to the way he would focus on the bottom line of emotion, whereas others, Gillian included, might rather look at how Gillian is often to unrestrainedly joyful. Or at least rationalize that a range of emotions is necessary, there is no pure joy without sadness, and she's really way ahead of the game.
I love the tension in the way Cal regards Gillian: on the one hand he respects her as an equal, and she is his 'foil.' But on the other he seems to see himself as a bit of a mentor, watching her and guiding her through a field which he has already come to terms with. He's critical of her and her unnatural joy, but also in awe of her ability to turn around and shake it off. Very true to the show and how they're relationship is portrayed.
Through the way he thinks about Gillian, we also get an intriguing insight into Cal - he broods. He can't shake it off, or won't let himself. It very much ties in to what we learned in one of his early converstions with Ria, without directly referencing it, which is very subtly done. :)
I also very much like how Cal maintains a veneer of analytic observer throughout the piece, and by the end he is somewhat removed. He plans no action or intervention, merely watches and waits. Yet we get the sense that his lack of intervention is rooted in a bit of self-denial. He talks up the science, their professions as if Gillian being a psychologist means she ought to be entirely self-aware. But of course no one is, and no one can be.
3/22/2009 c1 2Koneka-Guardian
Aw... I think this is an accurate interpretation of the characters' relationship, considering, like you said, that there have been few episodes yet.
I like your writing, btw- I can definitely feel a voice emanating from it. Normally I dislike first person, but you are one of the few people able to use it to your advantage. Good job!
~Koneka
2Koneka-GuardianAw... I think this is an accurate interpretation of the characters' relationship, considering, like you said, that there have been few episodes yet.
I like your writing, btw- I can definitely feel a voice emanating from it. Normally I dislike first person, but you are one of the few people able to use it to your advantage. Good job!
~Koneka
3/19/2009 c1 33Alamo Girl
I came to perus some fic for this new show and look who I find? A familiar face from Medical Investigations.
As always, your prose capture the honesty of Lightman's thoughts over Gillian, who seems so adept at seeing lies in everyone but herself and her husband. I admit, this irked me at first, but now I like seeing what Lightman will do for her, seeing how far he'll let the lie propogate itself. The most recent episode lends me to believe not long.
Great job with this little fic. I always enjoy reading your take on the characters.
33Alamo GirlI came to perus some fic for this new show and look who I find? A familiar face from Medical Investigations.
As always, your prose capture the honesty of Lightman's thoughts over Gillian, who seems so adept at seeing lies in everyone but herself and her husband. I admit, this irked me at first, but now I like seeing what Lightman will do for her, seeing how far he'll let the lie propogate itself. The most recent episode lends me to believe not long.
Great job with this little fic. I always enjoy reading your take on the characters.
3/17/2009 c1 Blackheart
Lovely, i hope you write more
Lovely, i hope you write more
3/12/2009 c1 makani
Well-worded so that the story conveys a lot in a little bit of space; I liked it.
Favorite line: It was ghastly, wasn’t it? Gillian Foster was his foil, and yet, as she spoke of marital duties and explained that it was her responsibility to apologize to her husband, he caught the downward cast of her gaze and saw the first signs of himself radiating from distinctly unhappy eyes.
Well-worded so that the story conveys a lot in a little bit of space; I liked it.
Favorite line: It was ghastly, wasn’t it? Gillian Foster was his foil, and yet, as she spoke of marital duties and explained that it was her responsibility to apologize to her husband, he caught the downward cast of her gaze and saw the first signs of himself radiating from distinctly unhappy eyes.
3/7/2009 c1 penelope
You're a very good writer, and I really hope you continue this story. It has a lot of promise.
You're a very good writer, and I really hope you continue this story. It has a lot of promise.
3/5/2009 c1 10Gryphin
Hi Syd!
This is the first story of yours that I've read. I'm usually always over neck deep in Bones fics, but I've been waiting for Lie to Me fics since the very first episode, and I'm so excited they are coming now!
You know, writing fic for a new series is always so daunting because we don't have the character history that we really need to get down into the real meaty stories. But I thought that this little ficlet was very well done, and I enjoyed it. It jived true to character based off of what we know so far!
Thanks so much of this, and hopefully we'll both be contributing more stories in the future for such a great show!
~Gryph
10GryphinHi Syd!
This is the first story of yours that I've read. I'm usually always over neck deep in Bones fics, but I've been waiting for Lie to Me fics since the very first episode, and I'm so excited they are coming now!
You know, writing fic for a new series is always so daunting because we don't have the character history that we really need to get down into the real meaty stories. But I thought that this little ficlet was very well done, and I enjoyed it. It jived true to character based off of what we know so far!
Thanks so much of this, and hopefully we'll both be contributing more stories in the future for such a great show!
~Gryph
3/4/2009 c1 17SnerkyOne
I liked that scene on the show, but it left me wanting more... Which you very nicely provided! :)
Thank you!
17SnerkyOneI liked that scene on the show, but it left me wanting more... Which you very nicely provided! :)
Thank you!
3/2/2009 c1 Kate Andromeda
I like this one-shot because I think it fits very well into the character Lightman, the episode and the series. Thanks so much for writing.
I like this one-shot because I think it fits very well into the character Lightman, the episode and the series. Thanks so much for writing.