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eponine119.livejournal.com) wrote in crack_van2006-04-09 10:38 am
Implosion by mysticxf (PG-13)
Fandom: Lost
Pairing: no pairing; just Kate
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mysticxf
Author Website: Mystic Portal
Why this must be read: This is my favorite Kate story. Admittedly, most stories centering on Kate make me hit the "back" button. In many ways, Kate is the audience's proxy on Lost, and even her character is formed in such a way she tries to be all things to all people, and that makes her hard to capture accurately in fiction.
Written in reaction to second season "What Kate Did," this story takes us back to the moments leading up to Kate committing her crime and fills in all the reasons and emotions that the episode left out. It is, in essence, why Kate did it. It doesn't shy away from darkness, which is made more powerful by its almost matter-of-fact telling. The story also makes excellent use of sensory details and is well structured, toying with Lost's flashback motif, with each memory fragment here triggered by the flick of a lighter.
It’s the sound of a few random sparks kissing the air, the meeting, the combustion, the flame. It’s the sound Kate has hated for as long as she can remember. It’s her first memory of him. She was four, maybe five, and her father had just left her mother. He’d gone off to some faraway place and Wayne had moved right in.
Implosion
Pairing: no pairing; just Kate
Author on LJ:
mysticxfAuthor Website: Mystic Portal
Why this must be read: This is my favorite Kate story. Admittedly, most stories centering on Kate make me hit the "back" button. In many ways, Kate is the audience's proxy on Lost, and even her character is formed in such a way she tries to be all things to all people, and that makes her hard to capture accurately in fiction.
Written in reaction to second season "What Kate Did," this story takes us back to the moments leading up to Kate committing her crime and fills in all the reasons and emotions that the episode left out. It is, in essence, why Kate did it. It doesn't shy away from darkness, which is made more powerful by its almost matter-of-fact telling. The story also makes excellent use of sensory details and is well structured, toying with Lost's flashback motif, with each memory fragment here triggered by the flick of a lighter.
It’s the sound of a few random sparks kissing the air, the meeting, the combustion, the flame. It’s the sound Kate has hated for as long as she can remember. It’s her first memory of him. She was four, maybe five, and her father had just left her mother. He’d gone off to some faraway place and Wayne had moved right in.
Implosion