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Bitter Endings, Sweet Beginnings: Part Two
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Quietly chuckling in fond affection at this entirely spontaneous question, Helena brushed Alice’s cheek with the back of her hand and replied, “I would enjoy that very much, darling.”
“Is that a yes?” asked Alice suspiciously, pushing herself closer and pointing a stern finger in Helena’s face. “Because I would enjoy that isn’t a yes, you know. It’s an I would enjoy that.”
“It’s a yes,” Helena said, rolling her eyes in false aggravation.
“Good,” said Alice who now looked highly pleased with herself before returning to her previous position. She paused and wore a thoughtful frown and said slowly, “Only”
“Only what?” questioned Helena, combing her fingers through Alice’s hair in an attempt to make it look somewhat neat and cared for.
“Only my friend Jenny is coming too,” said Alice almost worriedly, nibbling on her bottom lip. “And she’s kind of weird. But in a good way!” she exclaimed. “She’s totally good weird.”
“Any friend of yours is a friend of mine,” said Helena in a soft but solemn utterance, her blue eyes reflecting an unspoken trust as she pushed a lock of blonde hair from Alice’s gaze. “I’m sure the two of us will get on splendidly. You’ll see.”
“Yeah,” said Alice, grinning happily at the thought. “I will.”
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Totally good weird was an entirely apt description of Jenny in Helena’s opinion as in the length of the initial wandering one hour conversation while waiting for the concert to begin included a discussion on the writings of the Marquis de Sade and the how the opening for British children’s show Bagpuss was fairly disturbing in retrospect.
“I remember being creeped out by it,” said Jenny, pointing her beer at Helena and squinting while she recalled the series introduction. “That huge yawn that puppet cat gave and then bad the piano playing when that narrator said ‘Bagpuss fat furry cat puss’,” Jenny gave a shudder before taking a drink of her beer. “It was unsettling, that show.”
“I always pondered why was it Emily’s shop never sold anything,” Helena murmured thoughtfully. “It never made sense to me, you see. I always felt that a shop ought to sell things otherwise it shouldn’t be called a shop.”
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so ok – you were totally right – i loved dana’s pov and it totally makes sense and you just rock for the way you make me still love her even though she broke Alice’s heart.
And again, you were right, Jenny is the perfect friend for Alice and Helena and her ‘weirdness’ fits perfectly and is something endearing in this, not off putting as it is on the show.
And finally – the comfort that alice and helena find in their shared experiences, insecurities and needs was just perfect! Loved it – but then again, knew I would! Great job!!!
Bagpuss Rocks I and my friends were bought up on him. Best British kids tv show ever!! Bring bagpuss to the world!
Hey now… lol. I’ve got nothing against Bagpuss! The show was cool but I’m mildly freaked out by it. Then again, I’m mildly freaked out by lawn gnomes too. Brrr. Lawn gnomes. Anyway, Helena and Jenny like Bagpuss. They just find it somewhat disturbing, much like me. =P
You’re good.. you’re good. You actually MAKE me like Helena… ;)
Positively loving this, anyone who takes the time to properly write Helena *and* who writes her so damn well gets heaps of gold stars in my book. =) And I’m even picking up on the joys of Helacious =D Squeee
This is great! It’s nice seeing Helena portrayed as someone who does actually have a good side! I’m enjoying it very muchly
Thank You! For reasons in no particular order:
1. For writing Jenny in a way that isn’t about her “bad” weirdss. For actually writing her as someone who underneath all the complexities i still someone who can be kind, and defintely someone can see Alice having a friendsip with.
2. For Dana’s pov–I danish shipper at heart and will be, damn all season 3 spoilers and what not, and even though this is helacious story at heart, there are still those undercurrents of Danish, which will always be true for me, no matter what happens with them.
3. For writing helacious in such a way that even I, as a self proclaimed Danisher, can enjoy and even root for. I can only hope (perhaps foolishly)that the writers of TLW will do as much justice.
You are by far my favorite Fan Fic writer on this board–effortlessly weaving stories together that explore connection, love and all the good stuff in between.
I loved this and I’m a little upset that you got four stars considering some of the crap on this board that gets five stars. Dumb fuckers.
Anyway. I already told you what I liked, but I think my favourite parts were getting into Helena’s background and in her head, particularly with her father and the issues she has with her mother and the thing about her running. Ha! I always got lost running cross-country and as I told you, getting lost 13 times is nothing to me because I got lost a lot more times than that. People totally do get lost! And how cute was it that Helena was all fixated and upset that she placed fourth after going a mile and half out of her way? Priceless and so her because she would totally demand so much of herself even at age 15.
And ohh, that last part with the phone call and the dinner arrangements and everything? God.
You’re killing me with Helacious cuteness!
great as always
Not content with making us love Helacious, now you’re going to make me like Jenny! This is a great chapter. The insight into Dana: the scene where she watched Alice in the Planet was just painful. I loved the scene at the end when Alice called Helena. Great mix of tension and humour. And, finally, speaking as someone from the UK: don’t knock Bagpuss! (OK, it was weird, what can I say).