Ah the dvd, and the deleted scenes-they're great!Great little story, it's quite wierd to think that El too could have fallen for the ** with no name, ok granted she does have a name, but she doesn't deserve it after what she did to poor innocent Sands...ok, ok maybe not innocent...but not entirely deserving of his punishment either!
Anyhoo, great oneshot.

I enjoyed this. Ajedrez and El was an intriguing possibility. El going back to find Ajedrez (which is where I thought you might go with it for a moment) could even serve as a way to get the two gunfighters together right after the movie.

But the Alaska line was better off cut from the movie, IMO.

--The last line also comes from a deleted scene. An ad-libbed line by Johnny, no less. "Why couldn’t I have been posted to Alaska?"

--Why indeed?

Primarily because Alaska is the U.S. and the CIA is not domestic. I know, I know, picky, picky me. ::grin::

ooh very nice. hah the thought of sands all eskimo-d up is too much. cool little ficlet indeed.
~ep41

Another great fic. I loved the Alaska line, that was genius. Second thought that everyone has after traumatic events. But anyway, youre a great writer, good luck with your books!

OOh, I really like this. I never gave a second thought to that deleted scene, but what you've done with it makes a lot of sense. Of /course/ she would be an intriguing encounter, given what little El saw of her. And his /What if he looks at her and sees Carolina?/ pinged me right in the heart.
Also very cool: both El and Sands starting with a common thought, and ending with notions of going to two very different /elsewhere/s.

Love It!

HAHAHAHA.. I got the reference to the deleted scene RIGHT away. You know, I think Rodriguez was a little in awe of how Johnny played Sands. Such an understated role on paper, he made more than memorable on screen. Why, oh WHY didn't he get a nod for Best Supporting Actor for that movie?
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Excellent story my dear. LOVED IT!!
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*I'm catching up...
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TA!

sorry, i'm sure that was amusing but i haven't gotten the DVD yet so i really had no idea what you were talking about, i'll go read End Game now, talk to you soon.

Isn't it weird that Ajedrez picked up El? I'm still reeling and surmising about What Might Have Been (R) should she had lived...it adds such an interesting bit to her character. *rubs hands in glee* And beautiful Johnny...Alaska. I was born there you know. Thanks for filling us in on El's thoughts...he's such a wonderful man when he's written by you.

OOh...I liked this. Of course, I tend to like anything you write, but...
I have yet to watch the deleted scenes, let alone the rest of the movie. My mom walked in and made me turn it off 'cause she was making dinner...and right before Sands' gunfight, too...he had only just grabbed Chiclet. This was all quite beside the point. Ha.
God...the contrasts of El and Sands are amazing...as are their similarities, if one looks deep enough. This little vignette was stupendous.
Now I must go win the TV room back...Pardon moi...
Ta,
Roux

Ah, Alaska! That's funny. Remember 'Wandering Stars,' where I send him to Alaska /before/ Mexico? *laughs* This was a nice fic. Very El, very Sands, very awesome, as usual. Awesome should be your middle name or something. ;)
-gyps

Yeaa!! It's soo great to read OUATIM fanfic from you again, even if it's only little short scenes like this one was. :-D I was greatly intrigued by the mutual meeting of Ajedrez as well. And the Alaska line was just hillarious!! :-D
-Merrie
PS. The new chapter of BW should be finished by tomorrow at the latest, Chapter 10: Broken Sparrows and Bleeding Swanns. I can't wait. How about you? :-D

Oh please let this mean there are more OATIM stories cooking in your head? this was great! More More More More More more!

"Why couldn't I have been posted to Alaska?"
Because Johnny would not be have as pretty in an Eskimo coat, of course. :)
Loved the fic. The whole idea of El and Sands being connected by people as well as a reverse set of ideals is intriguing. I'm going to have watch these deleted scenes.

It's so good to see you writing Sands & El again. I want to inspire you. Here are some interesting ramblings about the Sands character:
http://w.livejournal.com/community/agentsands/136055.html?view=926071#t926071
And here are a million screen caps (well they're not all up yet, but I'm working on it)
http://w.ohjohnny.net/ouatim.html
Now be a good writer, get inspired, and give us more El/Sands epics! Yours are the best.