Fortunate Son (gen; Jake-centric)

[Ashen Key]

Originally Posted by Sothis

I reviewed this over at AF, but all the activity seems to be on ToS, so I'll just paste in what I wrote there:

Hee, I was going to reply there! And then I got Eaten By Life. Sadly.

Originally Posted by Sothis

Oh man, I love this to pieces. It's written in a voice that's so unique and different from any other fanfic, and it fits Jake perfectly. Also, good job writing in the second-person, present-tense. It's unusual, but you pull it off really well.

thank you SO MUCH. I have a bit of a weakness for 2nd person POV, and it seemed to suit Jake here.

Originally Posted by Sothis

It's odd... so many symptoms of ADHD have been ingrained in my personal conception of Jake's character for a long time, but somehow it never occurred to me that he might actually have something diagnosable.

To me, in civilian life, he certainly would be. I think the Marines gave him a lot of focus and discipline, so a lot of things associated with ADHD wouldn't have been a problem, but civilian life? Yeah, that's when it becomes a problem. But he also seemed to have a lot of the thought-patterns and reactions that most people don't think of. In my own headcanon, him being ADHD explains a LOT.

Originally Posted by Sothis

I'd definitely be interested in a part 2, but I understand that muses can't just be commanded about like that. :- p But I can still hope.

I shall see! I do have some more written, but it's not behaving well enough. Not to mention I think I need to see some of the deleted scenes and things. So, I shall see!