I'm with Basalt up there in that I think the real joy of your fic was that it did oscillate so fluidly between explanations for Sam's situation and that the journey in itself was far more satisfying than any fixed answer. That said, this background on your thinking through the idea, the way it evolved and the amazing amount of detail you poured into it all is ridiculously awesome. No wonder your fic rocked so hard. *g*
As you know, I'm in that weird minority that doesn't find 2.08 near as sloppy or problematic as most seem to insist. In any other show, curveballs like that graveyard scene and the leap of faith may come off as bad writing but what I always loved about LoM is that it's not remotely like any other television series; the concept challenged expectations and played a very ambiguous game that is sustained very successfully, imho, by those final couple of twists in the knot given by 2.08. It works for me because i can rematch 2.08 and just as easily read a version of events where 2006 and Sam's suicide is entirely inside his mind, just as easily as I can see the version where he wakes in 2006 and all that was real. Not to ramble at length from my particular soapbox but that's all to say that I loved how your fic here took one of the hidden strengths of 2.08 and really made it sing with all the lively uncertainty that I really enjoy in LoM.
And yes, on a less conceptual note, I utterly adored your Gene. So true to canon and so utterly squishable at the same time. *squishes him*
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As you know, I'm in that weird minority that doesn't find 2.08 near as sloppy or problematic as most seem to insist. In any other show, curveballs like that graveyard scene and the leap of faith may come off as bad writing but what I always loved about LoM is that it's not remotely like any other television series; the concept challenged expectations and played a very ambiguous game that is sustained very successfully, imho, by those final couple of twists in the knot given by 2.08. It works for me because i can rematch 2.08 and just as easily read a version of events where 2006 and Sam's suicide is entirely inside his mind, just as easily as I can see the version where he wakes in 2006 and all that was real. Not to ramble at length from my particular soapbox but that's all to say that I loved how your fic here took one of the hidden strengths of 2.08 and really made it sing with all the lively uncertainty that I really enjoy in LoM.
And yes, on a less conceptual note, I utterly adored your Gene. So true to canon and so utterly squishable at the same time. *squishes him*