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Jul. 25th, 2007 at 11:46 PM

Queen Marti requested Pilot-themed gifts for her day as Luau Queen at

lostsquee.

My humble offerings are drabble and a bookmark.

Shannon
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Shannon couldn't remember if she climbed out of the plane or had been thrown from it.

It was like waking up from sleepwalking.

One moment she'd been on the plane, and then there was sand in her designer shoes. No one was paying attention to her, so Shannon started screaming.

She didn't scream to get them to look at her, to make sure she was okay, but so she could be sure that she hadn't died. The sound of her own cries mingled with others' and the turbines roaring seemed life affirming.

Her throat started to hurt.

She was alive.

Music:The news
Mood: sleepy

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inthekeyofd.livejournal.com wrote:

Jul. 26th, 2007 04:46 am (UTC)

Remember when she was just standing there, screaming like a loon, but the more I've thought about it, her reaction was probably the most real one out of anyones.

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emiliglia.livejournal.com wrote:

Jul. 26th, 2007 12:46 pm (UTC)

I figure that's what I would've been doing too.

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fosfomifira.livejournal.com wrote:

Jul. 26th, 2007 04:59 am (UTC)

Ohh, now that's a very good point you make about Shannon's reaction right after the crash. The screaming is not about being in shock or wanting someone to go and take care of her. Shannon needs, like anybody else would in that situation, to make sure she's alive.

I love it when a fic makes me think.

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emiliglia.livejournal.com wrote:

Jul. 26th, 2007 12:57 pm (UTC)

Hee, thanks. Glad you liked it! :)

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crickets.livejournal.com wrote:

Jul. 26th, 2007 05:49 am (UTC)

Oh, god. That was beautiful. Wonderful work.

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emiliglia.livejournal.com wrote:

Jul. 26th, 2007 12:56 pm (UTC)

Thank you so much!

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zelda-zee.livejournal.com wrote:

Jul. 26th, 2007 06:29 am (UTC)

That scene of Shannon screaming is so unforgettable and you captured it so well!

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emiliglia.livejournal.com wrote:

Jul. 26th, 2007 12:58 pm (UTC)

Thanks! I was trying to pick a scene from the Pilot and I wanted to do something immediate, and I think Shannon was focal to that scene. Whenever they show clips of the crash they always seemed to focus on her.

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halfdutch.livejournal.com wrote:

Jul. 26th, 2007 06:42 am (UTC)

Very nice. I love that she just needs to prove she's still alive, such a great new angle on that indelible scene!

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emiliglia.livejournal.com wrote:

Jul. 26th, 2007 12:58 pm (UTC)

Thanks, babe! It certainly set the tone for the show, didn't it?

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alemyrddin.livejournal.com wrote:

Jul. 26th, 2007 09:41 am (UTC)

oh, interesting! I didn't think about it. But now it seems very true.

I think you are right: she screamed out of frustration and maybe fear, and to let out her emotions, but most of all to prove she was still alive.

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emiliglia.livejournal.com wrote:

Jul. 26th, 2007 12:59 pm (UTC)

I think if I'd been there, I'd scream from seeing everything, and then I'd keep going just to hear my own voice, to know I wasn't dead. :) Glad you liked it!

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gemjam.livejournal.com wrote:

Jul. 26th, 2007 12:52 pm (UTC)

I love this disorientation, the way none of it seems quite real, and how that would scare her into thinking that it wasn't real, that she wasn't there because she was dead. I like how the screaming isn't from pure terror or pain, but that it's life-affirming. I really like what you did there, great job.

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emiliglia.livejournal.com wrote:

Jul. 26th, 2007 01:00 pm (UTC)

Thanks, sweetie! I tried to capture the scene, the complete chaos of it, in the little drabble, and it's nice to hear it worked. :)

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gottalovev.livejournal.com wrote:

Jul. 26th, 2007 02:30 pm (UTC)

yes! I see that now, it is probably exactly why a girl like shannon would scream like that. awesome drabble.

and the bookmark is gorgeous too!

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emiliglia.livejournal.com wrote:

Jul. 26th, 2007 09:35 pm (UTC)

Thanks so much, hun!

and the bookmark is gorgeous too!

I got the idea the other day because I'm always losing them, so I figure I should just start making my own. :P People involved with fandoms seem to read more than a lot of people I know in RL so I thought you all would appreciate it.

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uhzoomzip.livejournal.com wrote:

Jul. 26th, 2007 05:13 pm (UTC)

this was a great little drabble! and this line made me giggle:

No one was paying attention to her, so Shannon started screaming.

but i love how you made it about her needing proof she survived - brilliant!

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emiliglia.livejournal.com wrote:

Jul. 26th, 2007 09:36 pm (UTC)

Thanks so much!

Shannon is so much more complicated than she lets on. ;)

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astra2104.livejournal.com wrote:

Jul. 26th, 2007 06:00 pm (UTC)

Aww, I like that. I love that scene on rewatching it even more, she's so completely cut off and somehow surreal, but at the same time, she makes it all real.

Am I making any sense? Probably not much, but theank you very much for this lovely ficlet!

*squishes you*

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emiliglia.livejournal.com wrote:

Jul. 26th, 2007 09:37 pm (UTC)

I think Shannon screaming is definitely what makes it real. If it was just a bunch of people rushing around it would be like... "Um, HELLO, the plane crashed!"

Glad you liked it. :)

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crowgirl13.livejournal.com wrote:

Jul. 26th, 2007 06:12 pm (UTC)

Oooo...shiny. :)

I so very much love your read of Shannon - both here, and overall. Even in drabbles, you deftly portray her complexities. I especially liked this:

It was like waking up from sleepwalking.

One moment she'd been on the plane, and then there was sand in her designer shoes.

And I keep staring at the bookmark and the sand stuck to her legs. Yay for visual aids, eh? :)

[And a BOOKMARK?! How flippin' cool is that! I adore this. ♥!]

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emiliglia.livejournal.com wrote:

Jul. 26th, 2007 09:38 pm (UTC)

Shannon is so complex it's so sad she died. :(

And a BOOKMARK?! How flippin' cool is that! I adore this.

:) Thanks. I figure all us book geeks would want some bookmarks. ;)

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siluria wrote:

Jul. 26th, 2007 06:55 pm (UTC)

That actually makes sense - I wanted to slap her to begin with but that makes her seem more real.

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emiliglia.livejournal.com wrote:

Jul. 26th, 2007 09:39 pm (UTC)

Did seem kinda obnoxious because she's just standing there screaming and other people are trying to help or find family or there things, but it would've been so unrealistic without her.

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alliecat8.livejournal.com wrote:

Aug. 4th, 2007 09:09 pm (UTC)

I'm catching up on my luau comments, starting with the first day. Maggie did such an amazing job with that scene. And the wardrobe department added a stroke of genius by putting her in the little, girlish white skirt and pink "twinset." It seems so incongruent with the violence of the plane crash, which is what her hysterics are all about -- it's surreal, how can it possibly be real? And screaming just to know she's alive -- brilliant observation. This was an amazing drabble.

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emiliglia.livejournal.com wrote:

Aug. 5th, 2007 02:29 am (UTC)

Back to day one? Wow, best of luck! I fell behind and don't think I'm gonna be able to catch up with what I missed so I'm trying to stay on top of things as they're posted.

That whole scene was...riveting. I think Shannon screaming was the most central event, what made it real since everyone else was kinda...aimlessly meandering, like it was so surreal, and it was Shannon screaming that just kinda grounded the whole thing.

Glad you liked it, babe!

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