(and it was long fic! so I got to spend a lot of time there *g*)

Hee!

I *love* Danny's confrontation with father, the great relief that was, and still the tension between them, how things can't be solved.

That was one of my favourite things about writing this story: the amount of things that can be fixed and the amount that can't. The way that things can be resolved, people can come to an understanding over a topic, but it doesn't necessarily *fix* anyone or anything. The way that the things that make you feel better about yourself frequently have nothing to do with other people -- mostly, it comes down to how *you* feel about a given topic -- because having someone else forgive you doesn't make it all better, you need to forgive yourself.

And I swear, that as I was writing it, I didn't realise how strongly I believed in some of the themes in there. Now that it's done, I'm surprised at how much of it feels true to me.

Plus, world domination through zippers!

It could happen. That's why I try to stick to buttons and velcro. *g*