My goal in all my Wee!chester fic is to represent John realistically - as neither a villain nor a saint, but as a deeply flawed, yet intensely loving man who is way, way out of his depth. I happen to love the character, but there's no denying that some of his actions were simply unforgivable and flat-out mistakes. But I think that anyone who is fair to his character should feel an uncomfortable mix of wanting to smack him upside the head and wanting to offer comfort and an ease from his pain. It's that contradiction in him, that he really loved his sons, but that in trying to protect/prepare them, he also really screwed them up, that is what I find so fascinating.
Thanks, too, for the compliment about Beverly. There were several things that made me worry, but not least of them was how she would be received. So YAY that she worked for you!
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Date: 2008-06-29 06:14 am (UTC)My goal in all my Wee!chester fic is to represent John realistically - as neither a villain nor a saint, but as a deeply flawed, yet intensely loving man who is way, way out of his depth. I happen to love the character, but there's no denying that some of his actions were simply unforgivable and flat-out mistakes. But I think that anyone who is fair to his character should feel an uncomfortable mix of wanting to smack him upside the head and wanting to offer comfort and an ease from his pain. It's that contradiction in him, that he really loved his sons, but that in trying to protect/prepare them, he also really screwed them up, that is what I find so fascinating.
Thanks, too, for the compliment about Beverly. There were several things that made me worry, but not least of them was how she would be received. So YAY that she worked for you!