Aww, man, I'm not getting any Caro!commentary just on this part & the epilogue? No love for the ugly statue or Bernard's toast or Orlando being a sneaky bugger or how I ended it oh-so-brilliantly & mirrored the very first scene? *g*
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.
Okay, being serious for just a moment here. I've had the idea for this story for SIX - count 'em - years. Six. No lie. So when I tell you that I wrote this for you, I wasn't lying. You were the reason that I finally polished off the half-formed ideas & half-written scenes and attempted to give this the proper space and time it deserved. So, as much fun as you had reading it? I had that much fun finally creating this world.
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…
I'm sort of dying with laughter here. *g*
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!).
It was sort of like you were reading my mind & everything I wanted to write about with this fic. Mind-meld, baby.
Plus, um, I might be doing a Karl/Harry prequel next. Possibly. Because I love these guys and their beginning is sort of fascinating. Plus, that means more Lawrence & Craig & Marton. *g*
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).
*grins* I'm happy to piss off a few freaky fans for the sake of getting something right. So thank you for getting that Orlando does, indeed, have a penis & knows how to use it.
I love that you didn’t make Orlando perfect, that he is kind of an idiot at times without being retarded.
It was tough, sometimes. Because I was trying so hard to avoid 8 years of fandom cliche. *g*
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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Date: 2009-03-24 12:08 am (UTC)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.
Okay, being serious for just a moment here. I've had the idea for this story for SIX - count 'em - years. Six. No lie. So when I tell you that I wrote this for you, I wasn't lying. You were the reason that I finally polished off the half-formed ideas & half-written scenes and attempted to give this the proper space and time it deserved. So, as much fun as you had reading it? I had that much fun finally creating this world.
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…
I'm sort of dying with laughter here. *g*
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!).
It was sort of like you were reading my mind & everything I wanted to write about with this fic. Mind-meld, baby.
Plus, um, I might be doing a Karl/Harry prequel next. Possibly. Because I love these guys and their beginning is sort of fascinating. Plus, that means more Lawrence & Craig & Marton. *g*
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).
*grins* I'm happy to piss off a few freaky fans for the sake of getting something right. So thank you for getting that Orlando does, indeed, have a penis & knows how to use it.
I love that you didn’t make Orlando perfect, that he is kind of an idiot at times without being retarded.
It was tough, sometimes. Because I was trying so hard to avoid 8 years of fandom cliche. *g*
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.
Which was exactly what I was going for, so yaye!