Snowflake Challenge
Jan. 4th, 2023 12:46 amChallenge #2
In your own space, write a promo, manifesto or primer for your fave character, ship or fandom.
Okay, so if you know me well, you know all this, but my favourite ship of all time is the pairing of Sayid Jarrah and Desmond Hume from Lost.
This has been my ship since Season 4 - while the characters were both around prior to that, their storylines didn't cross as much in season 3. What eventually made me realise I shipped these two was the aftermath of the death of Charlie, which had been a big part of Desmond's season 3 arc, and yet the show didn't really deal that much with his reaction to it as much as it could have done. At this point, Desmond and Sayid were now getting more screentime together as they had now arrived on the freighter, and I thought that Sayid would have been the ideal person for Desmond to bond with over this, since we had seen in a Season 1 flashback how Sayid had been so determined, and yet still failed, to save his old friend Essam. This was a perfect opportunity for the characters to bond, and the writers missed it. So naturally, what else could I do but write it myself?
As time went on and I thought about these characters, I realised they actually have more similarities than just about any other combination in the show. Both come from a military past. Desmond's search for Penny could be compared to Sayid's search for Nadia. And all this potential was just wasted. So I decided to try and do something about that. They became my OTP. I'd rewrite their ending, give them the future they deserved (Smokey McSmokeFace is dead to me following The Candidate, and that episode has gone right to the top of my multifandom DNR - Do Not Rewatch - list.)
I was honestly shocked to read the tag for this pairing on AO3 and realise how little fic there is, (and only about half of that is nothing to do with me. And in the process of writing this post I just realised I never crossposted one fic about them to AO3, so have just rectified.)
https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Desmond%20Hume*s*Sayid%20Jarrah/works
In your own space, write a promo, manifesto or primer for your fave character, ship or fandom.
Okay, so if you know me well, you know all this, but my favourite ship of all time is the pairing of Sayid Jarrah and Desmond Hume from Lost.
This has been my ship since Season 4 - while the characters were both around prior to that, their storylines didn't cross as much in season 3. What eventually made me realise I shipped these two was the aftermath of the death of Charlie, which had been a big part of Desmond's season 3 arc, and yet the show didn't really deal that much with his reaction to it as much as it could have done. At this point, Desmond and Sayid were now getting more screentime together as they had now arrived on the freighter, and I thought that Sayid would have been the ideal person for Desmond to bond with over this, since we had seen in a Season 1 flashback how Sayid had been so determined, and yet still failed, to save his old friend Essam. This was a perfect opportunity for the characters to bond, and the writers missed it. So naturally, what else could I do but write it myself?
As time went on and I thought about these characters, I realised they actually have more similarities than just about any other combination in the show. Both come from a military past. Desmond's search for Penny could be compared to Sayid's search for Nadia. And all this potential was just wasted. So I decided to try and do something about that. They became my OTP. I'd rewrite their ending, give them the future they deserved (Smokey McSmokeFace is dead to me following The Candidate, and that episode has gone right to the top of my multifandom DNR - Do Not Rewatch - list.)
I was honestly shocked to read the tag for this pairing on AO3 and realise how little fic there is, (and only about half of that is nothing to do with me. And in the process of writing this post I just realised I never crossposted one fic about them to AO3, so have just rectified.)
https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Desmond%20Hume*s*Sayid%20Jarrah/works