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crack_van2010-03-22 10:36 pm
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Five Things That Never Happened To Janey Slater by gisho (Unrated, worksafe)
Fandom: WATCHMEN
Pairing: Various
Length: ~4000
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
gisho
Author Website: Here
Why this must be read: This is another fic -- or, more accurately, a set of ficlets -- focusing on a fairly minor canon character. It's recently been recced on![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
sequentialcrack, but I love it enough to give it another mention. ;) We don't see that much of Janey in canon, and there's little character development outside of her relationship with Jon. This highlights the different ways her life could have panned out, and develops her as a strong, intelligent and sympathetic character who isn't simply defined by being Jon's ex. The glimpses we get of canon characters are also illuminating; I'm particularly fond of ficlet #2, where Janey and Laurie actually end up becoming friends.
"If you could perceive the world as I do -"
"Well, I can't!" She bites back a scream. "I'm only human! You should know that by now! So unless you feel like rearranging my subatomic structure into something just like yours -" She takes a deep breath, and the silence hangs between them, heavy with unspoken words.
Jon closes his eyes. "If that's what you wish," he says.
His hand on hers is cold and tingles with suppressed energy. He said to her once that he no longer felt heat or cold.
"You could do that?" She means it for a simple question, diffident, but it comes out heavy with wonder and hope.
"Yes. The process is painful," he adds, almost absently, "but not difficult. You have the necessary understanding to complete it safely."
Janey squeezes her eyes shut and thinks what it would be like to look at an atom and be able to see its inner workings. To move through a wall as easily as solid air. To know the future as well as the present, events falling together into logical sequence with the inevitability of clockwork. To understand Jon again.
"Do it," she says.
Five Things That Never Happened To Janey Slater
Pairing: Various
Length: ~4000
Author on LJ:
gishoAuthor Website: Here
Why this must be read: This is another fic -- or, more accurately, a set of ficlets -- focusing on a fairly minor canon character. It's recently been recced on
sequentialcrack, but I love it enough to give it another mention. ;) We don't see that much of Janey in canon, and there's little character development outside of her relationship with Jon. This highlights the different ways her life could have panned out, and develops her as a strong, intelligent and sympathetic character who isn't simply defined by being Jon's ex. The glimpses we get of canon characters are also illuminating; I'm particularly fond of ficlet #2, where Janey and Laurie actually end up becoming friends."If you could perceive the world as I do -"
"Well, I can't!" She bites back a scream. "I'm only human! You should know that by now! So unless you feel like rearranging my subatomic structure into something just like yours -" She takes a deep breath, and the silence hangs between them, heavy with unspoken words.
Jon closes his eyes. "If that's what you wish," he says.
His hand on hers is cold and tingles with suppressed energy. He said to her once that he no longer felt heat or cold.
"You could do that?" She means it for a simple question, diffident, but it comes out heavy with wonder and hope.
"Yes. The process is painful," he adds, almost absently, "but not difficult. You have the necessary understanding to complete it safely."
Janey squeezes her eyes shut and thinks what it would be like to look at an atom and be able to see its inner workings. To move through a wall as easily as solid air. To know the future as well as the present, events falling together into logical sequence with the inevitability of clockwork. To understand Jon again.
"Do it," she says.
Five Things That Never Happened To Janey Slater