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Fic: I Can Be Like You (Juliet, Kate) 
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26th-Feb-2008 09:34 pm
btvs → big damn hero, kate → everything changes, spn → idk my bff lauren?, d/l → little boy and little girl, bela → end of the line, fnl → julie and tyra, j2 → lesbian gay type lovers, juliet → the other woman, spn → on the dark side of the moon, fnl → the girls, vm → girl from mars, mm → wear your past, oth → true love never fades, mm → happy and carefree, mm → party girl, sandy → teh padalaugh, sun → i am strong, d/l → all the things i should have done, js → i couldn't keep you safe, sandy → lady in red, stock → shoes!, dean → ...you're the shortbus, spn → gay love saves the day, d/l → the trio, jy → there is only you, d/l → their love is so pure, d/l → i forgot to tell you i love you, bela → bela hates you too, d/l → sam is the best brother ever, sawyer → smile, sam → brain go splody, stock → ilu!, sandy → idk my bff jared?, d/l → the hint of a spark, yjk → shiny happy people, pd → charlotte charles, sun → i won't be lost, btvs → he's my everything, spn → sid and nancy, d/l → and never let you go, oth → peyton sawyer, dean → okay now i'm depressed, d/l → take care, dean → dean smile, sandy → all smiles, sun → i love you, dean → broken nail, l → omg bounce and squee!, d/l → layla has come for the sex, dean → f*ck off, s/j → married to a rockstar, s/j → jared and sandy, l → a friend's love, fnl → matt and julie, sun → i heart sun, dean → don't objectify me, d/l → i'm with you, oth → best friends forever, mm → beach girl, juliet → i am strong, pd → i'll be your best friend, sawyer → wtf?!, l → oh you're my best friend, s/j → jared hearts sandy, sandy → sandy says omg!, sawyer → hero of the moment, sawyer → i'll look after you, oth → brooke davis, kane → this is my kane icon, js → i heart jack/sawyer, d/l → i'll watch over you, l → we stand together, d/l → i want you by my side, btvs → still, d/l → i believed in us, d/l → at first sight, sam → cutie pie, d/l → i'd give up forever, d/l → we never had the chance, quotes → classy and fabulous, fnl → julie taylor, sawyer → having a blonde moment, vd → logan is a poo face, pd → my one and only, sun → until it burns you numb, sun → do we have to fuck you up?, stock → little miss sunshine, kane → this is my steve icon, spn → the brothers winchester, spn → extreme glomp, sun → taking care of business, vd → real love stories, jk → you could mean everything to me, oth → my not-so-secret shame, spn → 'cause we're so awesome, sun → glomp!, mm → sparkly things!, js → coming undone, d/l → closer, claire → little sister, j/j → we're in this together, oth → b. davis and p. sawyer, fnl → i choose you, sawyer → what's in a name?
Title: I Can Be Like You
Rating: PG
Summary: Kate hates her; Juliet is pretty sure that she hates Kate too.
Disclaimer: I do not own Lost. At all. I wish but alas...
Author's Note: Used for [info]un_love_you, prompt #26: I can be like you. Set during 'Left Behind'.



Kate hates her; Juliet is pretty sure that she hates Kate too. Maybe it has nothing to do with Jack and maybe it has everything to do with Jack; maybe it doesn’t matter. Because despite Ben trusting her, this has nothing to do with Ben. She isn’t following his plan, she’s following her own. And, unfortunately, that means keeping herself tied to Kate long enough to get back to Jack.

What Juliet says to Kate is tantamount to saying ‘he doesn’t want you anymore’. That’s why she says it. She wants to dig at Kate, as much as she can, while she has her here to do so.

She expects the punch before it comes. It doesn’t even hurt to much. But the unexpected dislodging of her arm from it’s socket does. Kate’s apology does little to ease the pain. She sits in a tree, the pain in her arm so intense, she thinks she may loose consciousness.

“Jack told me not to come back to protect me. Because he didn't want me to get hurt,” Kate tells her. Juliet almost laughs.

“Is that what you think?” she asks, thinking that’s what Kate wants to believe more than what she does believe.

But Kate predictably replies, “That’s what I think.”

Juliet tells her about the cameras on the cages, and she can almost see Kate’s heart sink. She tells her about what Jack saw, and then she lies. She lies to make Kate angry enough to shove her shoulder back into its socket with the force it needs. She lies to make Kate do what she wants.

The truth is, she doesn’t know why Jack told Kate not to come back. Kate could be right. Or, maybe Juliet didn’t really lie; maybe Kate did break his heart.

Maybe, it doesn’t matter. Because the lie, or the truth, gets the job done. Kate slams her shoulder back with such force that Juliet thinks it may have been more painful than when she pulled it out.

She screams, both at the pain, and in the knowledge that, somewhere out there, she’s probably just made Ben Linus very proud of himself. She used someone’s emotional fragility against them, to get what she wanted, needed. And it worked. There’s nothing that would make Ben prouder than that.
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27th-Feb-2008 05:40 am (UTC)
[info]demonqueen666
She screams, both at the pain, and in the knowledge that, somewhere out there, she’s probably just made Ben Linus very proud of himself.

Oooh. Very good dark and manipulative cynical Juliet. Especially impressive considering what you had to work with...it wasn't a very good episode, IMHO.
27th-Feb-2008 05:46 am (UTC)
[info]isis2015
Thanks! :) It was an okay episode. It kind of felt like an in-between episode, one of those ones that isn't bad, but isn't great either. Plus, they were really fishing the 'Kate and Diane' well dry by that point. But I always thought the Kate/Juliet dynamic in that episode was really interesting, so I wanted to work with that.
27th-Feb-2008 07:15 am (UTC)
[info]dracke
LOVED it!I just love the Kate and Juliet dynamic! hope to see more of that in the upcoming episodes!
27th-Feb-2008 07:16 am (UTC)
[info]isis2015
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it. :) Kate/Juliet dynamic is so interesting. There's so much depth and so much to explore there.
27th-Feb-2008 09:49 am (UTC)
[info]lenina20
in the knowledge that, somewhere out there, she’s probably just made Ben Linus very proud of himself. She used someone’s emotional fragility against them, to get what she wanted, needed. And it worked

That is amazing Juliet. one of the best things about her that has ever been written. Perfect.
27th-Feb-2008 06:39 pm (UTC)
[info]isis2015
Wow, thank you. :) That's so nice of you to say.
27th-Feb-2008 03:49 pm (UTC)
[info]todaysgoneby
She used someone’s emotional fragility against them, to get what she wanted, needed. And it worked.

I think once a person has learned that they can do this, it is almost impossible for them to do otherwise. I see Juliet on her way to becoming just like Ben, and I love it.

Very nicely written!
27th-Feb-2008 06:40 pm (UTC)
[info]isis2015
I certainly think that doing that once makes it easier to do again and again and again. Thanks for reading, I'm glad you liked it. :)
28th-Feb-2008 12:56 am (UTC)
[info]_chica02
This is a great little piece. Its so interesting to see fic writers' takes on what was going on in Juliet's head from "Left Behind" through "The Brig." I think you did a brilliant job.

The truth is, she doesn’t know why Jack told Kate not to come back. Kate could be right. Or, maybe Juliet didn’t really lie; maybe Kate did break his heart.
This a fascinating little tidbit to throw out there. I wouldn't be surprised if it were true that Juliet BS-ed that "heartbreaker" line--true or not.

Again, awesome job. Thanks for sharing! :)
28th-Feb-2008 12:58 am (UTC)
[info]isis2015
I don't know if Juliet actually thinks Kate broke Jack's heart, or if she was just trying to piss her off so she'd shove her shoulder back in its socket. Maybe it was a little bit of both.

I'm glad you liked this, thanks! :)
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