MFLW 2007: Brave

[kerravonsen]

Title: Brave
Author: AstroGirl
Universe: Doctor Who
WorkType: Prose
Recipient: Kathryn Andersen
Size: 586w
Rating: PG

Mickey reflects on what brought him to this choice.

http://www.katspace.org/Fiction-Stories-MultiLyricWheel/Brave

Comments

[izhilzha.livejournal.com]

I loved Mickey for his decision to leave when he did, and this...this captures just what it must have been like in his head, as he screwed up his courage enough to make that break. To be that brave.

*hugs Mickey*

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

Aww, good, that's what I was going for. :)

*hugs Mickey, too*

[kerravonsen]

Yeah, this definitely makes me want to hug Mickey. 8-)

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

Mickey's very huggable, really. :)

[jhall1.livejournal.com]

I like that. It fits the lyrics beautifully.

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

Once I realized they were Mickey lyrics, and not Rose lyrics or anybody-else lyrics, it was easy. :)

[kerravonsen]

Well, they are Rose lyrics, they just happen to be Mickey lyrics too. 8-)

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

I do think, after considerable reflection, that they suit Mickey even better than Rose, though... And not just because of my personal perception that Rose doesn't really grow as a character the way she's meant to. (A conviction that I can't quite shake, to the point where, if I had written Rose for this, I'm afraid it would have used the lyrics in a very dark and cynical way, something I didn't feel was quite in the right spirit. :)) Mickey, at the outset, seems so much meeker and weaker than Rose. In many ways, she acts bravely right from the beginning, whereas he has to be led to find it in himself and make a genuine effort to overcome the impulse towards settling for a quiet life of mediocrity. Such were my thoughts while I was pondering what to do with the story, anyway.

I briefly considered making it a Sarah Jane story, but lyrics like " I am small/And I speak when I'm spoken to" made it completely unworkable as a Sarah Jane story for me. Doctor or no Doctor, that was never Sarah. :)

[kerravonsen]

Good points.

And yeah, Sarah Jane was never meek. 8-)

[kerravonsen]

I think part of the reason why I think they suit Rose still, is because they suit my Rose, the one in "Necessity", who does grow more than canonical Rose. And I was listening to that song over and over again while I was writing that story. 8-)

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes, I will agree with that. But I think I like your Rose better than canon Rose, anyway. :)

[satan-pingu.livejournal.com]

I was sorry to see that lad go (and Jackie), he was a great character. That's a splendid story.

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I wasn't keen on Mickey at first, but by the time he left, I missed him awfully. :)