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I Was Other People You're Never Gonna Know by Michelle K (PG-13)
Fandom: CSI
Pairing: Grissom/Sara, Catherine/Sara with some implied Grissom/Catherine and Grissom/Greg, and Grissom/Nick
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michellek
Author Website: The Dizzy Dancing Way
Why this must be read:
I don't think squealing and screaming, "OHMIGOD!!!! You HAVE to read this fic because it is SOOOOO awesome in a totally GIL way!!!!11", really captures why this fic by Michelle K is so great, but it was my first reaction, so I thought it should be included.
So, why is this fic OHMIGOD inducing? Because Michelle K shows us Gil through his isolation. This is another of those '5 Things that Never Happened' fic, but this is only similar to Julian Lee's fic in its basic set up of how the story is told. Michelle K tells us five tales of Gil's isolation that only happened in her very fertile and awesome imagination. We see Gil as a seven-year-old. We see Gil as a depressed and quietly dangerous teenager [because it's always the quiet ones]. We see Gil having his version of a mid-life crisis with a one-night stand. We see Gil attempting to step out of his own isolation that he doesn't usually realize, and we see Gil as he takes the first step out of his own isolation.
They're five completely different stories with five completely different endings, and if Michelle K ever wants to take one of them and go all the way, I am SO there. Until then, these five pieces of insight to five different Gils are [really, I mean this] awesome. Very few writers tackle Gil as a complete character, and to tackle five Gils that never were makes it all the more interesting.
[I would like to mention, on a totally personal squeal note, that there is no Gil/Warrick pairing to this story, which means that in Michelle K's little universe of ficlets, they, perhaps have happened. Hey, a girl can dream.]
I Was Other People You're Never Gonna Know
Pairing: Grissom/Sara, Catherine/Sara with some implied Grissom/Catherine and Grissom/Greg, and Grissom/Nick
Author on LJ:
michellekAuthor Website: The Dizzy Dancing Way
Why this must be read:
I don't think squealing and screaming, "OHMIGOD!!!! You HAVE to read this fic because it is SOOOOO awesome in a totally GIL way!!!!11", really captures why this fic by Michelle K is so great, but it was my first reaction, so I thought it should be included.
So, why is this fic OHMIGOD inducing? Because Michelle K shows us Gil through his isolation. This is another of those '5 Things that Never Happened' fic, but this is only similar to Julian Lee's fic in its basic set up of how the story is told. Michelle K tells us five tales of Gil's isolation that only happened in her very fertile and awesome imagination. We see Gil as a seven-year-old. We see Gil as a depressed and quietly dangerous teenager [because it's always the quiet ones]. We see Gil having his version of a mid-life crisis with a one-night stand. We see Gil attempting to step out of his own isolation that he doesn't usually realize, and we see Gil as he takes the first step out of his own isolation.
They're five completely different stories with five completely different endings, and if Michelle K ever wants to take one of them and go all the way, I am SO there. Until then, these five pieces of insight to five different Gils are [really, I mean this] awesome. Very few writers tackle Gil as a complete character, and to tackle five Gils that never were makes it all the more interesting.
[I would like to mention, on a totally personal squeal note, that there is no Gil/Warrick pairing to this story, which means that in Michelle K's little universe of ficlets, they, perhaps have happened. Hey, a girl can dream.]
I Was Other People You're Never Gonna Know