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Posthumous Wisdom (21)
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Carmen contemplated the series of coincidences that had contrived to allow yesterday’s events to unfold. Visiting her mother on a Monday morning was utterly out of the ordinary for her. Usually with her recent busy schedule she would have found herself tucked up in her bed following a Sunday night gig. The fact that this week’s show had been cancelled in the place she regularly worked at the weekends due to renovations was the first reason as to why she was even awake enough to be paying a visit. Perhaps the stranger thing though was that following a period of time where every waking second was consumed with thoughts of Shane, for the past few months she had thought that she was finally moving on. Her relationship with Tess had seemed to be going so well. They had met at a party a few months back and immediately hit it off.
Tess was the first girl Carmen had really dated since her break-up with Shane. There had been the odd date here and there with one or two different girls but at that time Carmen knew that she was damaged goods and getting involved with anyone would have been unfair to them. By the time she met Tess though she felt that she had turned a corner. Having never actually had a conversation with Shane since she left her in that aisle, it would be inaccurate to say that Carmen had come to terms with what had happened. What she believed she had achieved though was reaching a place where she accepted their relationship had ended and that she had to move on. Tess had little in common with the hairdresser that had so unceremoniously broken her heart. She was pretty, very pretty and that was a word which Carmen felt sure no-one would ever use to describe her ex. That’s not to say that Shane wasn’t the most attractive woman Carmen had ever met, it’s just her beauty was not one to be described as prettiness.
Tess was a teacher but was passionately interested in music. That’s what they had spent most of that first night talking about, Carmen had enjoyed the feeling of having someone be so interested in what she did and even appear to be impressed by it. Despite her soft demeanour, the thing that made Carmen realise that perhaps this girl could be more than a friend was the boldness with which at the end of the night she had invited Carmen on a date. Things had escalated from there and for the past few months Carmen had been in probably the most secure relationship of her life. In quiet moments, when she found herself alone she tried to fight off the voices in her head which told her that secure as it was, it was not passionate.
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Again I say…WOW!!! You’ve tapped into the essence of these characters in such a thoroughly convincing manner that I’m truly impressed. I love how you are proceeding and how each letter brings each womam face to face with her own strengths, weaknesses and most importantly the power of love. I’m eagerly awaiting your next instalment. Each one makes me smile, cry and ponder. PPS.
hey, me again :) this is my re-read, i can’t get enough of this story. i’ m not a TBer too. i love them in season 1, but now i am like whatever, TB or BJ, just bring on true love. but what the truest love is friendship. now that carmen moved on to a new relationship (or trying to)… i don’t know because sharmen is my most favorite couple on the show. it doesn’t seem right with shane/ paige. let’s see what’s on with sharmen. i have a weird, quick thought – i know lara is not (maybe) a member of the gangs, but i think dana should be thought of her when she was writing the letters. i love what dana wrote to carmen and look forward to you next update :)
Again I am completly blown away with how much insight you possess, not only for a couple of characters, but with all of them. Really enjoyed your thoughts for Carmen because I didn’t like how they made her bitchy in S3 just because Sarah was leaving the show, totally went against how she was in S2. Your rendition is more true to that. Thanks, it is an amazing story.
I love how you write this story because you do it so well great update please post soon and I can’t wait to see what will happen
Okay, okay. I discovered this story yesterday (Mon 31 Dec 2008) and pretty much plowed through to whatever chapter I just finished. It’s long past time to start leaving some feedback, so here it is: I haven’t read an L Word fan fic this good since Marie Brandt’s “Introspection” series set after season one (which is what I logged onto this site to read again only to discover its absence). Anyway, I stumbled upon your story, in my need to get somekind of TLW fix, and I’ve been hooked since the first chapter. I love Alice and Tasha and the scenes you’ve written about them so far. I guess what finally made me review was this last chapter where you gave us Carmen. I can’t begin to tell you how cheated I felt when IC & Co. wrote out Marina, wasted her re-appearance, and then gave us no closure with Carmen. Getting to see what’s going on with her has bumped you to the top of my list of authors. Please keep her coming…
haha, yeah, I’m still here…but who knows for how long after I admit that I’m really not a Sharmen supporter either. I know, I know, but I can’t help it! I hate relationships where one partner treats the other like crap, lol. And yeah I know Danish did that too, but they held off on doing that the longest, so even though they still aren’t great they get my vote. I have to like at least one of the couples on the show, lol. I’m totally rambling since I haven’t been to sleep in like two days now, but this is incredible as they always are, and you managed to make me care about Carmen, which is really freaking rare, so go you! Lol, but really, this is fabulous and I need to quit writing as it can never be this good.
yep. I sure have been following. (sorry but I forgot what I said..oops) but yes, I have. thanks for the update! WONDERFUL:)
I know your are going to make us wait for bette and tina to read their letters,lol. what great letter to carmen from dana… just mayeb carmen and shane can some type of closure? really loving this story and still wait til see about the rest of alice’s letters… more flashbacks they are great!!