The bomb-defusing scene was great - I could just picture it too!
I suppose Bodie's damage came out a bit when he started getting his gun out to put the bombing victim out of his misery, and the way he wasn't sure what Doyle was doing when he tried to comfort the man - but he does seem to have things a bit more in check now...
It was a good chapter end!
"life has nearly broken both of them but they save each other" and one that means "they're already survivors, each in his own way, and all they need is to respect and trust each other" are both perfectly plausible, but they do not mesh Hmmn, why wouldn't they mesh? Surely they could both be nearly broken but survivors, but they save each other into being something more than just survivors because they each open the other's eyes to ways to react to things...? But I might not be understanding what you mean...
I'm still finding Bodie a bit Mary-Sue - the hero who rushes in, but then is tragically flawed in a way that means he'll save everyone else... but he's getting a bit better, I think. And I mean, I'd expect them both to rush into the bombing site, because that's the sort of thing they're trained to do - it's Doyle not doing it that bugs me rather than Bodie doing it this time!
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I suppose Bodie's damage came out a bit when he started getting his gun out to put the bombing victim out of his misery, and the way he wasn't sure what Doyle was doing when he tried to comfort the man - but he does seem to have things a bit more in check now...
It was a good chapter end!
"life has nearly broken both of them but they save each other" and one that means "they're already survivors, each in his own way, and all they need is to respect and trust each other" are both perfectly plausible, but they do not mesh
Hmmn, why wouldn't they mesh? Surely they could both be nearly broken but survivors, but they save each other into being something more than just survivors because they each open the other's eyes to ways to react to things...? But I might not be understanding what you mean...
I'm still finding Bodie a bit Mary-Sue - the hero who rushes in, but then is tragically flawed in a way that means he'll save everyone else... but he's getting a bit better, I think. And I mean, I'd expect them both to rush into the bombing site, because that's the sort of thing they're trained to do - it's Doyle not doing it that bugs me rather than Bodie doing it this time!