I have a not-terribly-secret love of kid!fic. If you had written that, I would have been pleased. Instead you wrote this and I am not pleased... I am something altogether beyond that. This is beautiful. It takes that well-used device from The Time Traveler's Wife and does such amazing things with it. I just adore what you've done here.
Your childhood version of Fraser is such a rich character. On the rare occasions he is written, I think he is often written as already scarred. But really, you managed to catch the truth of the matter, which is that he has absolutely no reason to be at that point. Instead, you offer this curious, rambunctious, wonderful child, who is entirely older!Fraser, yet not him at all. I think it's a remarkable insight and a fascinating one.
The whole story just killed me. We know that we're on the inevitable path toward tragedy, but there's so much momentum that we can't help but read. It was a stunning read. Your choice to end with the glove, with that moment of understanding and, perhaps, forgiveness was entirely correct. (Though, I suppose I wonder whether Ray ever shows up for Fraser as an older child or an adolescent, since we only know Ray's present reality, not Fraser's past. Whether the glove is the symbol of that particular event and the beginning of their secret, not necessarily Ray leaving permanently. I mean, adolescent!Fraser could know old!Ray, I guess. It kind of breaks my brain. Whatever.) Great, lovely, perfect story.
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Date: 2008-09-06 08:11 pm (UTC)Your childhood version of Fraser is such a rich character. On the rare occasions he is written, I think he is often written as already scarred. But really, you managed to catch the truth of the matter, which is that he has absolutely no reason to be at that point. Instead, you offer this curious, rambunctious, wonderful child, who is entirely older!Fraser, yet not him at all. I think it's a remarkable insight and a fascinating one.
The whole story just killed me. We know that we're on the inevitable path toward tragedy, but there's so much momentum that we can't help but read. It was a stunning read. Your choice to end with the glove, with that moment of understanding and, perhaps, forgiveness was entirely correct. (Though, I suppose I wonder whether Ray ever shows up for Fraser as an older child or an adolescent, since we only know Ray's present reality, not Fraser's past. Whether the glove is the symbol of that particular event and the beginning of their secret, not necessarily Ray leaving permanently. I mean, adolescent!Fraser could know old!Ray, I guess. It kind of breaks my brain. Whatever.) Great, lovely, perfect story.