The suddenly amorous doctor took me, like everyone else, aback -- in fairness I thought he was an otherwise well-drawn character. Yes he was, wasn't he? And it's not Doyle making the pass that's the problem, either. It's the doctor's response to it that seems to jar.
And yes, Far Shore genuinely moves me, too. Which is rare in fanfic for me. I don't think of it as soap-opera, though, I don't feel that my emotions are being manipulated by trauma for the sheer sake of it. Her world and her vision of the lads is one she sells me. Like Kate Maclean, she's never an easy read but entirely worth the effort.
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Date: 2007-07-26 07:52 pm (UTC)And yes, Far Shore genuinely moves me, too. Which is rare in fanfic for me. I don't think of it as soap-opera, though, I don't feel that my emotions are being manipulated by trauma for the sheer sake of it. Her world and her vision of the lads is one she sells me. Like Kate Maclean, she's never an easy read but entirely worth the effort.