[tGE] Remembrance Day (gen, Louis)

[valmora]

Not mine. All to MGM/UA and Paul Brickhill.


It's been long enough that Louis forgets, in the bustle of nephews and friends and living. Forgets the still dust of the German summer, dry above the ground and damp and cold beneath it.

Well, perhaps not forgets. There are moments when his eyes unfocus, his vision blurring - he has become so old, in the years since - and he almost thinks that Mac is there, trudging down the other side of the street, or that Cavendish is the pipe smoker beside him at the newsstand. He knows better, of course, but for that moment, he believes they're ghosts.

Better to keep remembrance to one day a year. Roger won, and to waste the victory on regret is an insult to them all.

Comments

[figletofvenice.livejournal.com]

Aww, poor old!Louis. I guess, by now, that he must know about the dead fifty (and that his lovah died. ::laughs::)

I like the image of him with his family and friends. Definitely removed from the image of him in the war. The contrast is nice.

And again with the angst. Not that I have a problem with it. I to am an angst addict. XD

[valmora.livejournal.com]

and that his lovah died. ::laughs::
Aww. Poor Eric. ::snuggles:: No, I think he just conveniently omitted that Eric was smuggled out of Germany and into resisting France. =)

him with his family and friends
Can't you just see him being great with kids? XDDD Veronica should have munchkins after the Epic of Black Hole-ish Death and she always foists them off on Sedgwick. Because Eric is terrible with children and they always cry around him. Or not?

I to am an angst addict
Oh, good. I don't feel so bad now. ^_^

[figletofvenice.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, yes. How I love the epic!verse. XD

I think that Louis would be awesome with the kids. Eric.... I can see the not so much. The babies all hate him, and he hates them in return. Hee. Ahahaha, yes, when Eric's sisters have kids? Sedgwick gets to babysit. Eric is not trusted with the kids at all. This would amuse me.

[valmora.livejournal.com]

Louis would be awesome with the kids
And should smell continually of baby burp-up, to his great chagrin. XD

babies all hate him
Aww. They cry often and loudly.

he hates them in return
Louis: Here, hold her.
Eric: Er...
Louis: Oh, come on.
Eric: If I must... ::takes baby::
Baby: ::begins screaming::
Louis: What did you do to her?

This would amuse me.
Me as well. Yay! More things to write!

[figletofvenice.livejournal.com]

You are quite good the random snippets in comments. They never cease to make me laugh.

Now go! Write! Hee. Unless you want to add some future thing to either the epic or the au?

[valmora.livejournal.com]

quite good the random snippets in comments
It comes from childhood. I used to tell myself stories in dialogue-only format. =)

Unless you want to add some future thing
I think if we add too much, then it loses its focus (and therefore its impact). Maybe we should just keep that in mind. Or maybe change the older sisters' ages in the AU so that Veronica (the elder) is already married, with munchkin, while Cecilia is...er...um... a part-time local college student (this explains why she's still living at home? Or should she be away?), and then you've got Eric as a high-school senior. Or something. And then it can happen.
Although it's funnier with grown men, really.
Because, I mean, if we did it in the Epic, it would be like -
Veronica: Here, take the baby.
Eric: You know what's going to happen.
Veronica: Yes...
Eric: Then why do you keep DOING it?
Veronica: Because it makes me laugh.
Eric, to Louis: Please tell me your brother doesn't have kids.
Louis: He doesn't.
Eric: Why don't we move -
Louis: But my cousins all do.
Eric: ::huddles in corner to cry::

[figletofvenice.livejournal.com]

It comes from childhood. I used to tell myself stories in dialogue-only format. =)
Well, it's been really helpful to me in the past few months. XDXDXD

I think if we add too much, then it loses its focus (and therefore its impact).
We have a focus?
... Just joking. Kinda. But I do know what you mean. We should try to contain these stories to what little plot we do have.

Or maybe change the older sisters' ages in the AU so that Veronica (the elder) is already married, with munchkin
'S fine with me, if you want to work it in/write about it.

while Cecilia is...er...um... a part-time local college student (this explains why she's still living at home? Or should she be away?)
College student soungs good, especially considereing Eric's age. She could live nearby, but I think it might be weird for her to live at home. Most college students don't while they're in college. But she could still visit on weekends, and whatever says she doesn't have classes.

Eric: ::huddles in corner to cry::
You're always making poor Eric cry. ::laughs:: It makes me happy. (He's kind of turning into a crybaby. O.o)
Also? Veronica cracks me up.
--> Eric: Then why do you keep DOING it?
Veronica: Because it makes me laugh.

[valmora.livejournal.com]

it's been really helpful to me in the past few months
Yay!

We should try to contain these stories to what little plot we do have
First, though, we have to decide on what that plot is...

if you want to work it in
Only as an outtake. Teenage boys all hate babies, really.

But she could still visit on weekends
Sounds good to me.

whatever says she doesn't have classes.
O.o ???

You're always making poor Eric cry. ::laughs:: It makes me happy.
Which is really all the explanation you need for why I do it. XD

He's kind of turning into a crybaby. O.o
A little. But only as a joke. In the real AU he'll hopefully be slightly more stable. =)

[figletofvenice.livejournal.com]

Okay, so, we need to plot.

I meant whatever days she doesn't have classes.

Does he have to be more stable? I mean.... Ehehehe. ::Sheepish laughter::

[valmora.livejournal.com]

so, we need to plot.
Yes. Um. ::blank, wide-eyed stare::

I thought we had a good start with the little Ashley-Pitt RP thing that we did via email... ^-^

I mean.... Ehehehe. ::Sheepish laughter::
XD I said slightly, not "lots." But do keep in mind that one probably doesn't get promoted very quickly in the Navy if one falls to pieces all the time...

[figletofvenice.livejournal.com]

Uhm, yes. Plot. Right. ::is scared::

Ashley-Pitt RP thing? Which was that?

True about the Navy. Ah well. We could save the nuerosis for the AU. But I know what you mean. I'm mostly joking. Mostly. XD

[valmora.livejournal.com]

Which was that?
this (http://www.livejournal.com/users/valmora/219608.html)

We could save the nuerosis for the AU
Sounds good. ^_^

[figletofvenice.livejournal.com]

Aaaaah, yes. I'd forgotten that. I wish we'd gotten farther, but you're right in that it's a good start.

....The AU characters are just getting more and more crazy, y'know? ::laughs::

[valmora.livejournal.com]

I wish we'd gotten farther
That's what LJ comments are for, my dear. XD

AU characters are just getting more and more crazy
Indeed. Sail carefully, for there be SPOOFS ahead. XD

[figletofvenice.livejournal.com]

Aye, okay. I shall start with the commenting, then. XD

Yaaaaay, spoofs! SO MUCH FUN.