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[alexseanchai]

Title: Take Me For What I Am: Erratic
Rating: PG
Summary: Karen Walker is her sister's next of kin. Set just after the prologue of 1x04 "Phantom Traveler".
Pairings: None.
Warnings: None.
Word Count: 100

Karen's phone rings, a number she doesn't recognize, probably the cute guy she gave her number to at the bar last week, and she tells herself she won't answer—work to do and all—but that only lasts twenty seconds before she picks up the phone.

"Karen Walker?" It's a woman's voice.

"Speaking," Karen says.

"This is Dr. Dilawar at Peninsula Regional Medical Center. You're next of kin for Amanda Walker?"

"She's my sister," Karen says, feeling her breathing become erratic. "What happened?"

"Amanda's plane crashed—"

"Oh my god," Karen interrupts. "Tell me where. I'm coming."

Comments

[gorgeousnerd]

And here I thought Bechdel fixes for SPN would have to be long and involved. This feels very much like a scene that would be in one of the episodes, and it's only 100 words. Wow.

[alexseanchai]

I could do long involved Bechdel fixes, but I don't have enough ambition to do one for every episode.

Though come to think, Phantom Traveler doesn't actually require a Bechdel fix. Even if we don't count the conversation Amanda says she had with Karen right before Dean calls her, Amanda directs a passenger to her seat and the passenger says thank you and that counts, right?

Glad I got the feel right, and glad you enjoyed!

[gorgeousnerd]

Yeah, it totally makes sense that you'd keep them short, now that you mention it. And I think you're right about the Bechdel moment in the episode, but I haven't watched it in a while, so I can't tell you for sure.