Actually, I am kinda scared to start :). Because I don’t really know where. Listing things usually helps in situations like these but dude, not even I am anal enough to write my epic I-love-you feedback resembling a grocery list.
So, let me start randomly and un-list-y by just stating that this story has brightened the past few month to a level that I have difficulties to describe. You know, kind of like before I simply bought entire TV shows on DVD and devoured them all at once over one weekend i.e. when I was watching TV like a normal person: The kind of suspense you only feel when you’re fully invested in a show that is still aired and that you ‘only’ get as an ep per week. You start spending the rest of the week pondering over what has happened in the last part and anticipating what might happen in the next. TM was like this for me. I was so very happy every time I saw a new part showing on my flist and it’s kinda ridiculous but I had to re-read ever chapter repeatedly because I was always so excited the first time around that I missed huge chunks of it. I am, I realize, a kind of irresponsible reader…
Everything about this was perfect. And isn’t this the crappiest and most ungrateful feedback ever *g*. But I really mean it. Starting from the (very selfish) fact that you wrote all of this with me and what I’d like in mind – Gods, I felt all kinds of supersappy every time I stumbled over something that was exactly like I like it in a fic and knew that it was all miiiine :). It’s still mindboggling for me that you invested so much time into this and that you really did include everything I asked for (even though I will so remind you of that Eric/Vig thing next February!).
So much for the preamble. Let’s start with the proper wrap party and drag out the star guests aka (to explain my shitty metaphor) all the things I loved best about this.
There is Orlando. And no, I have no problem repeating myself for the nth time now. I loved him from the start and my love for your characterization of him grew with every part. I had hoped for (the by now infamous *g*) non-girly thing and this was it and so much more. You portrayed him as a young man. Simple as that, it seems, but it’s so seldomly done right (or at least how I define right). You’ve said it yourself that this story was about his journey, about him finding himself and someone to share that newfound ‘center’ with, and it was such a joy to see this unfold. There are pieces that I read and nodded at, sort of ‘yeah, juuust like that’, and there were pieces that surprised me – always in a good way regarding the writing and how you handled the situation. I love that you didn’t make Orlando perfect, that he is kind of an idiot at times without being retarded. I love that you gave him all those little flaws even, like maybe a bit of a casual side despite (or in addition to) all his brooding. And oh God did I love the brooding and the dry humour. Those two combined, plus the feeling of being-in-over-his-head, defined the character for me and even without any pairing at all to look forward to this would have been an absolute joy to read.
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Actually, I am kinda scared to start :). Because I don’t really know where. Listing things usually helps in situations like these but dude, not even I am anal enough to write my epic I-love-you feedback resembling a grocery list.
So, let me start randomly and un-list-y by just stating that this story has brightened the past few month to a level that I have difficulties to describe. You know, kind of like before I simply bought entire TV shows on DVD and devoured them all at once over one weekend i.e. when I was watching TV like a normal person: The kind of suspense you only feel when you’re fully invested in a show that is still aired and that you ‘only’ get as an ep per week. You start spending the rest of the week pondering over what has happened in the last part and anticipating what might happen in the next. TM was like this for me. I was so very happy every time I saw a new part showing on my flist and it’s kinda ridiculous but I had to re-read ever chapter repeatedly because I was always so excited the first time around that I missed huge chunks of it. I am, I realize, a kind of irresponsible reader…
Everything about this was perfect. And isn’t this the crappiest and most ungrateful feedback ever *g*. But I really mean it. Starting from the (very selfish) fact that you wrote all of this with me and what I’d like in mind – Gods, I felt all kinds of supersappy every time I stumbled over something that was exactly like I like it in a fic and knew that it was all miiiine :). It’s still mindboggling for me that you invested so much time into this and that you really did include everything I asked for (even though I will so remind you of that Eric/Vig thing next February!).
So much for the preamble. Let’s start with the proper wrap party and drag out the star guests aka (to explain my shitty metaphor) all the things I loved best about this.
There is Orlando. And no, I have no problem repeating myself for the nth time now. I loved him from the start and my love for your characterization of him grew with every part. I had hoped for (the by now infamous *g*) non-girly thing and this was it and so much more. You portrayed him as a young man. Simple as that, it seems, but it’s so seldomly done right (or at least how I define right). You’ve said it yourself that this story was about his journey, about him finding himself and someone to share that newfound ‘center’ with, and it was such a joy to see this unfold. There are pieces that I read and nodded at, sort of ‘yeah, juuust like that’, and there were pieces that surprised me – always in a good way regarding the writing and how you handled the situation. I love that you didn’t make Orlando perfect, that he is kind of an idiot at times without being retarded. I love that you gave him all those little flaws even, like maybe a bit of a casual side despite (or in addition to) all his brooding. And oh God did I love the brooding and the dry humour. Those two combined, plus the feeling of being-in-over-his-head, defined the character for me and even without any pairing at all to look forward to this would have been an absolute joy to read.