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# FanFic Challenge # Ep7
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“I am not responsible for her any more – are you saying that I didn’t deserve to leave her and find myself? “
Alice’s expression told Tina the answer – maybe coming here to the bar was a bad idea – Alice was in a foul mood and it wasn’t helping her own sense of guilt. Alice drained her drink
“I have a taxi booked to go to a production meeting – do let me know when you and your FIANCEE tell Angie I can clear my diary as I will no doubt have to stop Bette from falling apart. I wonder what Peabody is doing – must call her actually”
Alice stood up and regarded Tina “You CANNOT rub a barrel of salt into Bette’s wounds by insisting that the three of you form a little tag team and tell Angie that momma T has found a new playmate who is somehow better than Bette Fucking Porter for God’s sake “
There was a long silence after Alice left – Tina looked at Shane who looked as unruffled as ever
“Do you think Alice is right?”
“I think Alice is not in the best place at the moment because of what is happening with Gigi and Nat and she is lashing out “
“That is a typical Shane way of not agreeing with Alice “
Shane smiled “I know why you left and I do get that Bette can just take up a lot of a room – but she has been like that for over 20 years Tina. And I remember you once telling me that people treat us the way that we let them. Bette was in control because you let her be in control and if you want me to be honest “Shane sighed “I am not sure she will ever get over the two things that happened within a year of each other – losing Kit and losing you. She is crazily driven at the moment because it is how she is dealing with the pain she is in. Despite Ms Drama Queen Pieszecki claims that I was not around I was in LA the day that Kit died. I was with Helena and Alice when Bette went to identify the body – so I know how truly awful that was for all of us – Bette was totally destroyed but she had to get up every morning to get Angie to school because you were off “finding “yourself. She once said to me that you must really hate her to not be there when Kit died “
“That’s not how it was “
“That was how it looked Tina – Kit adored you – you have to know that. God how many times did she tear a strip off Bette for something that she had said or done to you. It might have been so easy to justify this to yourself in snowy Canada but Bette needed everyone who has ever loved her to help her through Kit’s death. I love you Tina man – but I don’t understand you. If you really and truly love Bette because she is “family “you will not bring your future wife here to tell Angie – you owe that to Bette and I think that deep down you know that as well as Alice and I “
3 weeks later
Tina knocked at the door of Bette’s house and waited – she had just flown in for a couple of days to spend time with Angie and maybe build some bridges with Bette. She knew from talking to Shane that Bette was very down about the loss of the election and she had considered cancelling the trip but Carey wanted to know why Tina hadn’t told her daughter that she was re-marrying and now Tina was feeling like she was in a hole of her own making.
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Sorry, no, it’s not a story i like. Too Tina-hateful.
I love it. I can really feel Bette’s pain and it hurts so much. Looking forward to the next parts :)
This was fantastic Ally! Alice is always so irritating, Shane the voice of reason, Tina the lost one. Bette always in pain about something. Loved the back and forth between Bette and Angie.
This is what is so great about fan fiction…you can write from so many different points of view, You can follow the shows story lines or go off on your own. In other words, you can write whatever you want!! :-)
Thanks!
Great story allyemmerson!
Love this bond between Angie and Bette! She is a really good kid! Bette is a amazing mother!
Sometimes i think Tina has lost her mind instead of finding herself. She knew how hurt Bette is and still she does what she wants. Has she fucking lost her mind that Angie should call her new woman momma C!!!!
I love Tina but sometimes i don’t understand or like her.
Great story if hard to read.
Love Bette and hate how hurt she is.
Understand why you wrote it as you did but my Tibette heart won’t accept it.
SG
In my mind, this does reflect some of the character flaws in both Bette and Tina. Bette can be all consuming taking up a lot of space. She can be egocentric and narcissistic to the extent of not seeing things and changes in Tina. Bette lack self confidence in her parenting abilities and relationship skills. But Bette loves Tina more than life itself and if asked Bette would do almost anything Tina asked.
On the other hand, Tina has always been one to bottle up her emotions and anger inside. She has always been weak in confronting and communicating to Bette the problems or issues which are not to her liking. Traditionally, instead of calling Bette on her misbehaviors and those things which irritates her, she withdraws or flees the scene rather than confronting the situation and asking for change. She pulls inward instead of engaging Bette into conversation and discussion. This builds anger within her until at some point it explodes and she looks elsewhere for a better relationship or relief from her own built up anger.
The most poignant line is this story is when Shane tells Tina” “I know why you left and I do get that Bette can just take up a lot of a room – but she has been like that for over 20 years Tina. And I remember you once telling me that people treat us the way that we let them. Bette was in control because you let her be in control…”
I have always believed that both a capable of change their own behaviors. But before they can do that, they have to see in their own mind’s eye the harm that it is causing the relationship. They have to trust the other to be able to hear what the problem is and be willing to negotiate a solution. Then it takes two people to work through the resolution. No one is always right and no one is always wrong. These are the thing I saw developing in Season 6 which gave me great hope for the Bette and Tina relationship. These are things which according to the writers of Gen Q, they lost those changes somewhere in the ten intervening years.
Personally in this story, I think Tina is not seeing the whole picture very well. I also think that she would have had a better plan on talking to Angie than she had. She would be more cognizant of Bette’s feeling and not assumed Bette was going to give her the support she thought she should have. She either did not believe Alice and Shane that Bette was still in pain or she choose to ignore it. By the response Bette gave her greeting her at the door, she should have sensed that this was not going to be a good day. But she plowed ahead anyway. And with Bette finally just asking her to leave after being summarily left in the living room by Angie, she could not have a good feeling about this.
I think this chapter needs a continuation…..Tina needs to do some soul searching about what happened in telling Angie about the upcoming marriage and what Shane and Alice said to her about Bette.
Personally, I think Bette is asking for trouble if she gets back together with Felicity, after all her husband attacked her and Angie. How could Angie (or Bette) respond this way after the attack and problems it caused for her mother? What am I missing here?
This is excellent writing. Its a good storyline. But do a follow up chapter and see where this goes.
Martha – Bette isnt talking about Felicity who i have already forgotten as she was another 1 trick character
Sweet. I think you hit the nail on the head with Bette sort of resigned to the fact that something about them just doesn’t work? Not many other ways to explain the BS they put each other through. I really hate what the show has done to them.
Thank you for this story. I felt Bette’s pain both onscreen and in your story so vividly. I hope she finds happiness and peace because she’s suffered enough.
I love how you portrayed Alice and Shane talking to Tina. Very in character.
I kind of support Tina’s wish to go find herself even if it meant leaving Bette, but I refuse to accept the fact that she didn’t show up at Kit’s funeral. It’s not the Tina we know and love.