019 (Jubal): Self Reflection

[lauratd.livejournal.com]

Title Self Reflection
Author lauratd
Rating pg
Word Count 150
Prompt 019
Character Jubal Early


There I am

Yet I'm here, looking down at myself.

Does that seem right?

Which one is me: the one that can see or the one that can be seen?

One has no form and the other no consciousness, so perhaps neither are who I was, and both are now something else.

So what am I?

Or should I ask what are we?

Do two halves form a singular or a plural?

And perhaps more importantly, what happens now?

I suppose the corporeal part of me will start to decay, becoming something else yet again.

And the incorporeal part?

Does it go on forever?

Does it stay the same, continue to evolve, devolve, or melt away completely?

When Mama turned me from home, she said she feared I'd end up burning in Hell.

Yet I feel no heat...

nor cold neither.

I feel nothing...

except confusion.

Does that seem right?

Comments

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

That was excellent. Jubal Early is such a fun villain, and this is a great take on his thought processes as he's dying.

[lauratd.livejournal.com]

Thanks,

He's really fun to write because of the odd way his brain works.

[xlivvielockex.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I love the way you played with the form of this, the structure itself is really amazing. I am sucker for this kind of thing. I loved the look into his head, his thought processes. Very unique.

[lauratd.livejournal.com]

Thanks,

Jubal speaks in such an odd disjointed way that it sort of structured itself.
And Jubal is definitely unique...thank goodness.

[boy-named-susie.livejournal.com]

Really enjoyed this. I really like the style you used here - it worked really well for this piece.

[lauratd.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much. It was fun to write. When I more time to write in a couple weeks I'm thinking of doing more Jubal.

[wereleopard58.livejournal.com]

Great portrayal of Jubal, I love the does that seem right line as it was one of the things he said in that episode that stuck in my mind.

[lauratd.livejournal.com]

Thanks,

Yeah, I actually use that line a lot around other Browncoats.