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Post by mlm828 on Jan 20, 2007 2:23:45 GMT -5
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Post by Dreamfire on Jan 20, 2007 2:46:29 GMT -5
Wowee! Live up to? No worries mate,surpass is more like it. What a scene in Karen's car. Fisk's reaction is SO REAL, and so too Marty's attempt at humor falling like a dead branch. I love the subtlety, the unspoken tension. I can feel the dread in my own limbs. Thank you so much for posting so fast. I hope our longing for more and quickly isn't a pain the a$$ for you. Love N I gotta go read it again. Hope we don't have to wait too long for the next bit...  |
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Post by bjobsessed on Jan 20, 2007 2:47:36 GMT -5
Yayyy! Sometimes it pays to be a night owl. This was another amazing chapter. I could really feel Jim's pain, Karen's emotions, and yes, even Marty's 'wow.' I don't think this has stopped me from hanging by my fingernails off the cliff. I got a little emotional myself when I was reading it. They've all been through so much together and you know Jim's new precinct isn't going to be a walk in the park. I really think he will miss Marty. Stay tuned for scenes from part four of Meet the New Boss coming up after this short break  |
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Post by Chris on Jan 20, 2007 8:52:18 GMT -5
I am, too, hanging by my fingernails off the cliff and my fingers are bleeding, this is so exciting it is unbelievable!!!!!! Karma to you MLM for this great story  We'll try to take care while waiting - Chris |
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Post by maggiethecat on Jan 20, 2007 11:01:41 GMT -5
Oh, ma-a-a-a-an, Chapter Three is so good it makes my teeth hurt. Mlm, this is amazing stuff, and you have got us all sitting on the edges of our seats wanting to know what that dirty stinker Kraus is up to, and what is going to happen next. (And of course I'm wondering if Tunney is behind this, or -- hmmm -- if Jim is being used as a plant to suss out a dirty cop?) The interplay between the characters in Chapter Three is just plain PERFECT, and I love the photo with the Braille inscription. Lovely touch, that. What can I say? I wish I'd written this!!! |
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Post by hoosier on Jan 20, 2007 16:56:45 GMT -5
Oh wow! Like Maggie, I was wondering if Jim was going to be a mole to rat out some bad guys but you think he would have been clued in. The scenes with the squad, especially Karen, were right on. I feel for Karen. Who is she going to be partnered up with this time? Will she ask for a transfer??? What will be the first thing out of Kraus' mouth when Jim walks in..... |
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Post by mlm828 on Jan 20, 2007 22:27:36 GMT -5
Thanks, everyone! Since I've been writing Blind Justice fic, I've learned that the worst judge of a piece of writing is the author.  So I very much appreciate your feedback. ;D I'm not quite ready to post Chapter 4, but here's a little diversion, in case you need one for the intervals between chapters. What do you think the Braille inscription on the picture frame says?I will state up front that the answer does not have anything to do with the outcome of the story and, in fact, there is no "right" answer. I wrote that part of the story from Karen's point of view, and she doesn't know what it says, so I didn't have to decide that, either. It could be a line of poetry. Maybe it's the first line of W.H. Auden's "Lullaby": "Lay your sleeping head, my love, human on my faithless arm." Nah, I don't think so. Probably too long anyway. Or it could be something Jim said to Christie, or vice versa, during the series. Or it could simply be something you make up. Ideas, anyone? |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2007 22:41:52 GMT -5
My husband and I have inscribed in our rings "I am for my beloved as my beloved is for me." How does that work?  |
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Post by mlm828 on Jan 20, 2007 22:53:06 GMT -5
"I am for my beloved as my beloved is for me." Lovely! |
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Post by bjobsessed on Jan 20, 2007 23:00:54 GMT -5
How about
“A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.”
Love isn't blind; it only sees what matters.
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Post by mlm828 on Jan 20, 2007 23:15:18 GMT -5
“A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.” Love isn't blind; it only sees what matters. I like those, too! |
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Post by Dreamfire on Jan 21, 2007 0:35:22 GMT -5
"I'm here for you, Jimmy."
"Christie loves Jimmy."
"If you're reading this, I'm thinking about you."
"Christie throwing snowballs."
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Post by mlm828 on Jan 21, 2007 18:51:27 GMT -5
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Post by maggiethecat on Jan 21, 2007 19:38:22 GMT -5
Thanks for Chapter Four, mlm, with its lovely "echoes" of The Pilot. As for the Braille inscription on the photo, I would (ridiculously) vote for Miss Mary's motto: If you can read this you're too close.But that's just me . . . and because I always loved Dunbar's slightly bitter gallows humor.  |
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Post by bjobsessed on Jan 21, 2007 20:04:19 GMT -5
Just when I thought it couldn't get any better......I have a feeling I'm going to be hanging from the cliff until the end. Jim must have been re-living his first day at the 8th as he walked into his new precinct. Nice he's got someone willing to talk to him if only in secret.
All I can say is stay cool, Jim. Stay cool. And who is the snitch???
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