Post Mortem

[DavidG]

Kudos to the PTB for making something awful and beautiful all at once.

Just before I came here to read this I did two things, I put a bottle of chardonnay in the fridge to chill, and it should be just about ready now, and I found this on twitter:

"Just saw a NYPD police officer drop to her knee and ask another to marry her. Ebullient day. (She said yes)"

Now I need to go get the chardonnay out of the fridge and allow myself to have an ECR.

[Elizabeth Bear]

"Just saw a NYPD police officer drop to her knee and ask another to marry her. Ebullient day. (She said yes)"

Oh damn. Where's that fucking pen?

(Spla, in other words. Spla. World, sometimes you get it right.)

[CJ]

and I found this on twitter:

"Just saw a NYPD police officer drop to her knee and ask another to marry her. Ebullient day. (She said yes)"

Oh, gawd, that's beautiful.

Daphne's father is far from the only one who is going to tear up with sorrow as well as joy at every state that legalizes equality in marriage. And I'm also another one who keeps noticing every time I use the word "worth". 

ECR is just not adequate.

I do wonder how much those closest to the team know about the anomaly. Tricia obviously knows a lot, because she knows about Hafidha. Sounds like Gray knows quite a bit, too. I wonder how much Esther tells her husband. I expect Reyes doesn't tell much, though Cassie already knows quite a bit. Has Sol told his Menead? Nikki and Chaz hold back too much to tell anyone who doesn't already know, I think. But given how they're officially supposed to keep the truth from the public, are there rules about what they can tell family and spouses/partners?

I love Reyes mentally referencing Sandman. I love what happened between Chaz and Nikki and why and how it won't happen again, but that's the way it should be. I love Frost's moments of introspection and how she is mourning in her own way which nobody except possibly Reyes would understand.

And Sol of course is right. The story should go another way. Except it doesn't. Because things that are wrong and unfair happen, and the Anomaly is vicious.

[Clarentine]

And may I just say that the parallels between this wake and Eric's scare the crap out of me? I don't want to consider TRICIA cracking...

Tricia wasn't the one here who looked like they'd dropped weight.  Just saying.

::applauds PTB::  Excellent catharsis, folks. 

[jimsmyth]

And may I just say that the parallels between this wake and Eric's scare the crap out of me? I don't want to consider TRICIA cracking...

Tricia wasn't the one here who looked like they'd dropped weight.  Just saying.

Okay, that makes TWO creepy things.

I'll just be over here on the La La La I'm Not Listening bench, and hold firmly to the fact than non-anomalied people can lose weight too.  (Heck, I'm doing it myself.)

[jeffy]

Beautifully written. Our team is such a good team. So much ECR.

[hawkwing_lb]

Oh, that was a beautiful, painful thing.

Really excellent.

[glinda_w]

nitpick on re-reading:

Familiar and yet unfamiliar, because when he's been here before his arms have never been full of warm urgent girl before..

Seems to have one too many "befores"?

[MadGastronomer]

Two things:

Sign I spotted at the Seattle Dyke March, which rocketh mightily (also appearing in that picture is my sweetie, but she hates pictures of herself, so I'm not allowed to tell you which one she is).

Everytime I see "Post Mortem," my brain starts singing "Post Mortem on Our Love," by the Flash Girls. Which is to say, Our Emma and The Fabulous Lorraine.

[eschatonic]

Except for the sick part (though spending a few days in bed because you're too depressed to move is an acceptable reaction to losing someone you love deeply) the timing on this whole sequence just seems ... coincidental.

http://dcisgoingtohell.com/255-the-visitations-partv/

[DavidG]

I love what happened between Chaz and Nikki and why and how it won't happen again, but that's the way it should be.

One permanent thing does come out of this, Chaz now knows how alone Nikki feels. It may not be the answer to her loneliness, but it may be a start to dealing with it.

Hmm, I wonder if Nikki's loneliness is why Renee is so attracted to her? Like calls to like?

[Cass]

::wishes I could get real ones. Clearly I left Fourth Street too soon::

You were at 4th St.?

We really should have had a Delta meeting (or something)

cass

[Emma Bull]

He was the dark-haired Ed with the big smile who, when called on, made interesting observations!

[Elizabeth Bear]

He was the dark-haired Ed with the big smile who, when called on, made interesting observations!

I linked a couple of DDB's photos of Deltas in another thread. I could not find one of mimminihahahahahahahahaha... *g*

[glinda_w]

Also, that last line?  Creepy.

*coming back to this after a re-read*

That... for me, adds fuel to the, what are we calling it? anomaly mastermind? theory. Someone/something that could cause many *different* things, instead of having just one gammability. Someone who was *there* that whole weekend, sent Joshua Shore, dying, into the coffeeshop where Sol was (so, he/it's keeping tab on both the gammas out there and the team), is within range when Daphne approaches Singh, causes the truck to go over the rails. This is also assuming that he/it's caused Erik's fatal accident, and... gah. Can't think of other things right now, but... Oy.