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Posthumous Wisdom (21)
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“What could you possibly have to say to me Dana” Carmen wondered as she opened the letter.
Dear Carmen,
I’m so glad that you have come into our lives. It’s such a cliché but I really do feel privileged to have known you. You are smart and funny and have a kind heart. What a heart that is – one robust enough to withstand the rollercoaster that is loving our Shane. The change that we have all seen in her since she had been with you is heart-warming. We’re under no illusion that it is all smooth sailing but the two of you seem to really be happy together and good for each other.
The thing with Shane is that despite her aloof demeanour, she is so vulnerable and sensitive. She kept that part of herself so well hidden until she met you, but in you she found someone that she trusted enough to let her guard down. Although it strikes me sometimes that the extent to which it came down and the speed at which it happened was not something she controlled. I don’t think Shane knew that she was capable of loving someone the way that she loves you. I would ask you to keep that in mind going forward. She’s going to fuck-up for sure at some stage. Hopefully it won’t be too monumental and you will be able to move past it because the love that you have seems to be worth fighting for. Whatever it is though I would wager my life, (although I don’t think that holds much weight these days) on the fact that she’ll do it out of fear.
I’m not suggesting that you should feel obligated to stay with her for the rest of your life and accept anything she throws at you. What I will say though is that her love is not something she offers up easily and being on the other end of it is something special. So, whatever time you guys have together I hope you can look on it with fondness and be aware of each other’s limitations.
I wish you happiness Carmen, with whoever might provide that, although I can’t deny that I’m rooting for McCutcheon to make it work! It makes me happy to know that someone with a heart as generous as yours will be around for Shane and as well for Alice to help them through what’s to come if you are reading this. Know that I valued our friendship and I regret greatly that we won’t have the opportunity to get to know one another even better.
Love
Dana
x
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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!!