Update 5/3/07

[This Heart discussion]
So they found a match. Said match is Derek. Derek's the match. Derek is Meredith's match.

I hope you can see the symbolism.

I went into this story knowing that Derek was going to be the match. Not only is it tragically romantic, amazingly selfless, beautifully heart-breaking and incredibly cliched, it's something Derek would do, isn't it? Derek would give anything within his power for Meredith, because to him, she's worth it. And especially in this story, he needs to prove to her that he's not going to leave her. Because let's face it, Der: she asked you to pick her. You didn't. That's a truly asshole move right there. And you completely betrayed her trust. He had to earn it back again and show her that she's a woman worth fighting for.

As for Meredith...well she doesn't know that Derek's going to be the donor. Not yet anyways. There's loads of preparation she has to go through first before the transplantation can take place.

Some medical background before I continue; in the chapter, Dr. Hahn said that it wasn't a perfect match, and that sometimes happens. When testing to see bone marrow compatibility, they check the genetic makeup of the tissue, and those genes are separated into two categories: Type I and Type II. A mismatch in the Type I genes, which is what Meredith's and Derek's bone marrows have, increases the risk of graft rejection, meaning that there is a chance that Meredith's body will reject Derek's bone marrow. A mismatch in Type II genes increases the risk of graft-versus-host-disease, or GVHD, which we don't want.

So there you have it. Like I said at the end of the chapter, I've reached the middle of the story, but not necessarily the climax. Mer still has to find out that Derek saved her life and then we're good to go.

[Worst Friends, Best Enemies discussion]
I love this chapter mainly because it goes further into the history between the two. For example, the whole gay porno mag thing. I was watching music videos at the time and that My Chemical Romance video came on, the one for "I'm Not Okay (I promise)" and I was just inspired by the part where the guy opens his locker and all these medicine bottles come tumbling out of his locker. And besides, doesn't that sound like something obnoxious, high school Meredith would do? I think it does.

Some things to say about this story: as much as I love and admire Cristina, she will not be Meredith's person in this story. Mer has stuck with Izzie since kindergarten, and you don't throw something like that away. I really hate to break up the dream team, but for the sake of the story and it's level of believeability, it has to be done.

[ending notes]
I'm really starting to wonder about this wavelength thing between Shonda and me. I mean, everything is starting to happen just like I thought it would, and it's kinda creeping me out, not gonna lie. And I've sort of been writing what I think will happen in the show into my stories and it's all starting to get a little uncanny. I'm really starting to wonder.

If you have any questions, comments or concerns, drop me a review and I will reply!

Ciao.