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crack_van2005-08-29 01:39 am
riverlight.livejournal.com) wrote in crack_van2005-08-29 01:39 am
Ryan and Seth by Vera (PG)
Fandom: THE O.C
Pairing: Ryan/Seth
Author on LJ:![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
l_vera01 (though I don't see any entries there)
Author Website: Intimate Warriors
Why this must be read:
I've always greatly enjoyed fics where a peripheral character observes and reacts to the main pairing. There's something about seeing my favorite characters from the eyes of someone who's not the main love interest or the best friend or the enemy--I don't know what it is, but it gets me every time. I think in many cases the appeal is that when a story of this kind is done well, the narrator is someone more objective, someone with a new perpective. In this story, the narrator is Kristen, and the perspective she has on Ryan is very different than, say, the perspective Seth would have if the story were told from his point of view. This is a Kristen who is maternal in the best way--the mother who watches and worries and loves her boys, who has to deal with unexpected situations and things that don't make her happy, but who (no matter how much she may question the wisdom of her children's choices) ends up trusting them anyway. It's a characterization that struck me as particularly true.
Ryan and Seth
Pairing: Ryan/Seth
Author on LJ:
l_vera01 (though I don't see any entries there)Author Website: Intimate Warriors
Why this must be read:
I've always greatly enjoyed fics where a peripheral character observes and reacts to the main pairing. There's something about seeing my favorite characters from the eyes of someone who's not the main love interest or the best friend or the enemy--I don't know what it is, but it gets me every time. I think in many cases the appeal is that when a story of this kind is done well, the narrator is someone more objective, someone with a new perpective. In this story, the narrator is Kristen, and the perspective she has on Ryan is very different than, say, the perspective Seth would have if the story were told from his point of view. This is a Kristen who is maternal in the best way--the mother who watches and worries and loves her boys, who has to deal with unexpected situations and things that don't make her happy, but who (no matter how much she may question the wisdom of her children's choices) ends up trusting them anyway. It's a characterization that struck me as particularly true.
Ryan and Seth