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What It Means to Love Your Country by Another Juxtaposition (G)
Fandom: THE WEST WING
Pairing: none
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furies
Author Website: Several stories are collected here
Why this must be read:
One of the beautiful things about the characters Sorkin created for TWW is the fact that we know most of them only in broad strokes, with the occasional details filled in. For the many characters who float on the periphery of the action, there's a multitude of stories and conflicts we can only dream about knowing. This is another of those stories that tries to shade in the gaps, to build up on what we've already seen in order to give us the character we think we know.
I can only speak for myself here, but Nancy McNally was one of the characters who always left me wanting more. How did she end up in her position? How did she justify her decisions -- to herself and to the world at large? Unlike the uniformed men in the Sit Room, she made decisions to end lives without the comfort of a military background and a wall of men and women to support her. Written for Jae Gecko's Defining Moments challenge, What It Means... gives us a glimpse of how Nancy came to reconcile herself to the things she did. It's heartbreaking and so very realistic and, like the show, leaves me breathless for more.
What It Means to Love Your Country
Pairing: none
Author on LJ:
furiesAuthor Website: Several stories are collected here
Why this must be read:
One of the beautiful things about the characters Sorkin created for TWW is the fact that we know most of them only in broad strokes, with the occasional details filled in. For the many characters who float on the periphery of the action, there's a multitude of stories and conflicts we can only dream about knowing. This is another of those stories that tries to shade in the gaps, to build up on what we've already seen in order to give us the character we think we know.
I can only speak for myself here, but Nancy McNally was one of the characters who always left me wanting more. How did she end up in her position? How did she justify her decisions -- to herself and to the world at large? Unlike the uniformed men in the Sit Room, she made decisions to end lives without the comfort of a military background and a wall of men and women to support her. Written for Jae Gecko's Defining Moments challenge, What It Means... gives us a glimpse of how Nancy came to reconcile herself to the things she did. It's heartbreaking and so very realistic and, like the show, leaves me breathless for more.
What It Means to Love Your Country
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