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halfamoonHere is some new mini character meta, together with links to three stories I've written for various fests and challenges over the past couple of years, about Heather Lisinski, one of my favorite characters in the short-lived show Jericho.
Heather first appears in the pilot episode of Jericho. In fact, she was only supposed to appear in the pilot, except she was such a captivating character (and actress Sprague Grayden did such an amazing job of playing her) that the producers hired her as main cast.
Heather is initially presented to us as an "innocent schoolteacher" (the producers have explicitly said she was meant to represent the "innocence" of the town of Jericho) but we quickly find out she's brave, funny and smart as well, even in difficult circumstances. She's also shy and uncertain of herself — not surprising as a female geek with a gift for fixing cars and other machines growing up in conventional small-town Kansas.
By the final episode, she's a key member of the resistance against a tyrannical new government, facing down death threats to carry on doing what she knows is right, risking her life more than once to save her friends and her adopted home, and trying to open the eyes of good people who are taking orders from would-be despots. Yet it's clear that doing what is right comes at a cost and that she still has to overcome her fears and uncertainties before she can act.
I think Heather's journey over the course of the show is amazing: the way she grows as a person and fulfills her potential without perhaps ever quite realizing herself just how awesome she is. She may not be an action heroine, but she shows that you can still change the world with quiet, persistent strength.
I've written a lot of stories about Heather but these are three of my favorite. Between them, they explore what happened to Heather "off screen" when she went to the neighboring town of New Bern to help build wind turbines and "turn the lights on for everyone" — and ended up narrowly escaping being executed after trying to sabotage a munitions factory to save her friends back in Jericho.
Ends and Means
General | 1,140 words | Arriving in New Bern to build governors for wind turbines, Heather discovers she also has to figure out how to help people when they seem set on letting themselves be sabotaged by their own prejudices. Written for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
femgenficathon.
Cold Comfort
Teen | 1,035 words | In the heart of winter, Heather and Ted discovers that some things are colder even than the winds off the Great Plains. Written forcliche_bingo.
Dangerous Enough
Teen | 15,590 words | When Heather hears from Eric that New Bern is planning to invade and occupy Jericho, she wants to see the evidence for herself. (Warning: discussions of rape.) Written for ladiesbigbang and with very lovely cover art by the fabulous tassoss.
Heather first appears in the pilot episode of Jericho. In fact, she was only supposed to appear in the pilot, except she was such a captivating character (and actress Sprague Grayden did such an amazing job of playing her) that the producers hired her as main cast.
Heather is initially presented to us as an "innocent schoolteacher" (the producers have explicitly said she was meant to represent the "innocence" of the town of Jericho) but we quickly find out she's brave, funny and smart as well, even in difficult circumstances. She's also shy and uncertain of herself — not surprising as a female geek with a gift for fixing cars and other machines growing up in conventional small-town Kansas.
By the final episode, she's a key member of the resistance against a tyrannical new government, facing down death threats to carry on doing what she knows is right, risking her life more than once to save her friends and her adopted home, and trying to open the eyes of good people who are taking orders from would-be despots. Yet it's clear that doing what is right comes at a cost and that she still has to overcome her fears and uncertainties before she can act.
I think Heather's journey over the course of the show is amazing: the way she grows as a person and fulfills her potential without perhaps ever quite realizing herself just how awesome she is. She may not be an action heroine, but she shows that you can still change the world with quiet, persistent strength.
I've written a lot of stories about Heather but these are three of my favorite. Between them, they explore what happened to Heather "off screen" when she went to the neighboring town of New Bern to help build wind turbines and "turn the lights on for everyone" — and ended up narrowly escaping being executed after trying to sabotage a munitions factory to save her friends back in Jericho.
Ends and Means
General | 1,140 words | Arriving in New Bern to build governors for wind turbines, Heather discovers she also has to figure out how to help people when they seem set on letting themselves be sabotaged by their own prejudices. Written for
femgenficathon.Cold Comfort
Teen | 1,035 words | In the heart of winter, Heather and Ted discovers that some things are colder even than the winds off the Great Plains. Written for
cliche_bingo.Dangerous Enough
Teen | 15,590 words | When Heather hears from Eric that New Bern is planning to invade and occupy Jericho, she wants to see the evidence for herself. (Warning: discussions of rape.) Written for ladiesbigbang and with very lovely cover art by the fabulous tassoss.
