exsequar | His smile falls off. He doesn't try to catch it.

buffyaddict_fic. Band of Brothers, gen, Tipper and Liebgott centric, 22,000 words. I was intrigued when I saw it on my flist, mostly because I LOVE Liebgott, and I was surprised to find an extremely well-written, moving, powerful portrait of two young men who build a connection only to have it snatched away by a mortar in Carentan. Tipper's point of view is delightful - essentially an original character, given he only has one scene in BoB, but I fell in love with him immediately. I especially adore his perspective on Joe's slightly manic nature. But as poignant as the first part is, the second part, where Lieb has to soldier on by himself, survive Bastogne and Landsberg... well. Let's just say it got me crying. There's only 2 parts (of 4) posted so far, but she has them written and they should be up in a couple days.

If you're a Band of Brothers fan, you want to read that. Just sayin'. :)

This story isn't helping my problem with being COMPLETELY HEAD OVER HEELS for Liebgott. He's vying for #1! Crazy, I know!

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SO AMAZINGLY GOOD LIKE WHOA. It kind of blew my mind, especially because I went in totally blind and not knowing what to expect.

Lieeeeeb! Every time I watch I find more things to love about him. He is very small and angry and Jewish and I find all of these things delightful. I also really enjoy his pigtail-pulling with Webs, it's seriously adorable. The reason this fic gave for that - that Webs wasn't at Bastogne so Lieb could actually stand to be around him - was really interesting and changes how I view those episodes to some extent. But he just has so many different moments, from adorably cutting hair (which is trufax! Bill Guarnere talks about it in his book) to fighting with Guarnere on the ship to playing Pop The German after Alley gets hurt to telling Webster he "loves to read! Flash Gordon mostly" to seeing the camp and basically falling apart in front of our eyes, oh my god. ;____; He just has the most compelling arc and emotional journey and augh I love him BEYOND ALL REASON. This story just cemented that.

Um, I'll shut up now. :D (And you should totally watch it again!)

ETA: HAHAHA I totally forgot I had already replied to this comment. Well, now with extra Liebgott fangirling! :D

Edited 2010-01-18 22:00 (UTC)

ahahahaha, whatever, I approve of all leibgott fangirling! he is fantastic and I love him. though I have trouble choosing between leib, roe, and toye as my favorites. they all have such interesting stories in them! if I ever wrote in this fandom it would totally be about one of the three of them. or all of the three of them. haha. I totally understand the leib/webs love, though I don't have much interest in it, myself. I'm interested in the conflicts in their relationship more than the overlap, I think. they have such great conflict, oh man. (all I want, seriously, is one long, plotty leib/roe fic. I KNOW IT MAKES NO SENSE. I still can't help my stupid rarepair impulses.)

and, dude, have you read to the end of that fic yet? because, oh man. I love it.

also, I am totally making a plan to rewatch, like, as we speak.

His smile falls off. He doesn't try to catch it.

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