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Reviews for The Pollution of George Farrow
BY : pippychick
From InBrightestDay on March 09, 2019
Well, JayDee lured me back to the site with a new chapter of Fate of a Fagottist, so I might as well get this review written as well!
I really enjoyed this one, and it honestly surprised me, because I thought this was going in a very different direction. The early "corrupted nature" and body horror elements made me think of The Bridge, but this steered neatly away from that and by the end, I understood why you put this in Angst instead of Horror.
I know you said you thought George was horribly unlikeable, but I think you may be selling yourself short. George is a deeply flawed individual, but he actually has a lot of sympathetic qualities. He may make money off his dogs, but it's clear by the end of the story that he really does care for them, and he may describe his relationship with his wife early on as mutual toleration rather than love, but his reaction when she dies shows otherwise. Even his bitterness at the newer, environmentally responsible businessmen doesn't keep him from admitting that they're right. He simply doesn't like being used as an example of what not to do, which is an entirely understandable reaction.
What really impressed me about the story, though, is the comparison you draw at the end between George and the elemental. In many works, nature spirits billions of years old would be portrayed as either completely inhuman or wise and mature, but the elemental's actions show that it's actually more similar to George than it first appears. This is most obvious with regards to the "pretty" comparison, and how each side sees that there is "so much left" of the other, but there's another aspect to it.
George was aware of the impact his cost-cutting was having on the environment, but he chose to ignore it for selfish gain. The elemental is no doubt aware of the environmentalists, and it could reveal itself to humanity at large and work to help itself and the life it has nurtured through the eons, but instead it chose petty revenge. George claims he didn't know about the effects his company had back in the day, but he knows that's an excuse. The elemental says that "all are complicit" but it starts killing George's dogs, which as nonsentient animals are most definitely not complicit, in order to torture him, which reveals "all are complicit" to be an excuse for what it's doing, similar to George.
It's fitting that, in spite of the elemental covering the entire planet, in the end the it and George are portrayed as being alone together. Beyond just being bonded by suffering, they are more alike than either of them would care to admit.
Overall, I really enjoyed this, both for the creepy buildup and for the surprising character piece at the end.
Thank you so much, InBrightestDay!
I am not sure I deserve these reviews, but I’ll try and answer your points, so here goes:
I’m afraid the lack of body horror later in the story is entirely down to my own limitations as a writer. I wanted to put it in (I’d been looking forward to that very thing), and I had no compunction about inflicting it on the character, but I found I couldn’t do it without losing the emotional and psychological resonance. I mean, Guy N Smith is one of my heroes, and he can do this with ease. He’s written a number of favourite gory horror scenes, and it kills me that I can’t emulate him. In the end, I had to begin with a little, and heavily hint at more later on, which is kind of personally disappointing to me.
George is unlikeable to me because he’s an out and out capitalist, and I’m the complete opposite. Writing his pov – sympathetically – for me, required some pretty hefty suspension of belief. I still feel dirty. *shudders*
As to the comparison, I think I did say the elemental is also an emissary. It was probably created just for this, to communicate some kind of dissatisfaction. That likely meant it was able to relate to George on a much smaller, human, and more petty level.
I’m glad you liked it.
I have to admit, though, I was much happier with how ‘The Price’ turned out. This was difficult, but I think it was also good practice. In time to come, I’m sure I’ll realise I learned a lot from it.
Thank you!
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It’s wonderful
And while I’m here, I just wanted to say that I still miss Blackbird. I wonder if he’s out there somewhere in the ether, waiting for his chronicler to see him win his way through… somehow. Not nagging at all.
Just like this little piece here, you are a sensational writer. I am quite sure I haven’t told you that often enough.
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Reviews for The Pollution of George Farrow
BY : pippychick
From JayDee on March 04, 2019
SPOILERS. PROBABLY. TL:DR - Enjoy the story for psychological horror and tragedy!
Thanks for taking my randomly thrown out idea and writing a story from it. It is, and I say this as a compliment, pretty fucked up. I can see how it wouldn’t be everybody’s cup of brackish water, but it certainly isn’t boring. It builds at just the right place without any real sense of threat at first, like his odd sensation is just an old man being annoyed, before getting bleaker and bleaker until that long-term ending.
Taking it from a river spirit to being an actual ancient all-water elemental really made it into a serious threat – that bit where he’s asking ‘why me’ and all it says is why not you first? It’s like the rest of us are boned too – after all, as the other deaths show.
When the greyhound racing was introduced at the start, and the mention of him having the money making idea, my expectation was he’d be one of those assholes who treats greyhounds like shit and then dumps them when he’s done with them, but George’s relationship with the dogs came over a lot more than that – little things like keeping them at home, and spending leisure time with them, and his genuinely tragic reactions both to the phone call and then after the x-ray. I really felt all that, and his realisation how much he’d valued them. Got to me that all did.
Ok, so you didn’t have gobs of gore you wanted, but the description of his leaves filled wound which kept re-appearing definitely has an element of that, made me cringe thinking about that one- even more than passing pebbles and silt!
The section towards the end, starting You won’t die Look... and ending with it repeating Pretty... is some especially amazing writing, it covers the whole scale of the thing, and George’s realisations, and that plea for forgiveness that goes ignored...
I think the biggest psychological cruelty was where it made him think it was all a dream, and Liz was still alive, and Coll at home... and then letting him think he was succeeding at ending it only to be a dream referenced at the end.
You did a great job with a tossed out throwaway prompt than I ever expected anybody to bother with. I hope others give it a try and end up feeling as unsettled as I do right now. Thank you!
Thank you so much, Jaydee
I really didn’t expect to get an in-depth review like this, and you’ve made me very happy.
As I said in the author’s note, I really didn’t like George at first. I think in some ways this is why it took so long to finish this. I kept wanting to bash him for lots of things (for instance, I’m pretty sure he reads the Daily Fail), and then I had to calm down and think: yeah, but it’s his point of view, so just stop it.
I also had the ending almost from the start (the “pretty” bit), and I really liked that, so I had to try to make the journey there and get it to work somehow. I’m glad that it does work a bit, even if I couldn’t write all the gory bits. Maybe I’ll leave that to the Master…
Thank you for letting me use your idea! You’re awesome!
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6 hours ago, InBrightestDay said:
recall how you said during your review of Whore of Heaven how you have to feel things to write the stories you write? Well, I work exactly like that too, very possibly moreso. I’m kind of sensitive emotionally (which is why I asked for permission to write this story) and I actually made myself cry while writing this sequence, with Luzurial’s PTSD flashback and her breaking down crying in the bathroom. I was hoping I would manage to communicate at least some of the emotions I was feeling, so I’m glad it worked at least partially.
It works fully! I definitely felt it. Don’t mind me, I’m a tough cookie, and furthermore I’m British therefore I understate. You should read ‘it touched my heart’ as: ‘I was suddenly transported to that bathroom, and I could feel all the same things she was feeling, and it hurt, and I wanted to put my arms around her and make it all right again.’
7 hours ago, InBrightestDay said:“Adrian” doesn’t really mean anything as far as the story is concerned, but “Hobbs” is an English surname derived from the medieval given name Hob. Hob is a medieval short form of Robert, but “Old Hob” is a nickname for Satan, so you know...bad guy name.
Ah… well, I just recently rewatched ‘Fallen’ and I kept imagining a lovely young Denzel Washington, so it was a bit of a surprise for me when he suddenly turned.
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Reviews for Fun in the Lower Dales
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From JayDee on March 02, 2019
WARNING –Review may contain spoilers. So scroll past. Real fast.
The ending! Absolutely subverted expectations. It was literally a “Holy shit!” because I didn’t see it at all. Obviously I assumed he was doomed from the moment he ordered carling in a real ale pub. I also had a great sense of awkwardness and embarrassment as they’re winching out.
Lordale might be fictional, but it absolutely captures a specific type of place – spot on in the pub atmosphere, and the friendly villagers –I understand there’s quite a few places where, if the old traditions didn’t entirely continue, they’ve certainly been revived. Definitely a few parish border walks going on, for example.
The argument at the start and the reconciliation really rang true as well. Navigation can be so damn stressful, but those kind of arguments don’t harm a strong relationship.
That slightly awkward moment for Simon where it looked like he was being clingy/jealous over the landlord talking to her felt pretty real as well – but at least he had the self-awareness!
Both bouts of sex were hot – that little detail ‘she was always hot for it when she was tipsy.’ And just two people who know each others bodies enjoying each other. Noticed appears to be a missing word “so he could his cock back into the grip” – if it helps!
I guess the mystery is the scrap of obituary – genuinely just a coincidental bit of drawer liner? I guess him not having any brothers, and the fact there’s not even a name, is the big hint there that he’s just making something of nothing with the date.
Yay – thank you so much @JayDee – this has really made my day
I’m glad it came across as authentic. I really don’t have much confidence in my original work, because to me it seems to lack some kind of sparkle. I’m slowly coming around to the thought that the sparkle I’m missing is the conscious echo of canon that’s involved in fanfic, and I should get over it. Reviews like this really help.
I’m really happy the punchline works too. It’s going back a bit, but while writing I was putting the clues in, and thinking: am I being too obvious here?
Not sure about the rest of the country, but there are well dressings at places like Hope and Eyam, and I don’t think they ever really stopped, just that people lost interest until relatively recently. It does seem to have been co-opted by Christianity, though, which has probably helped keep it alive to be fair.
Thanks for telling me about the typo too – I’m off to fix it now!
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Reviews for The Price
BY : pippychick
From InBrightestDay on March 01, 2019
Chapter 2
Well, I finally got around to it!
SPOILERS (if I'm guessing right) BELOW
So, I think I get what's going on here. The figure in the cloak is a person, serving, in some way, as the Spirit until he or she can pass the job off to someone else. I'm not sure if it's possession in the classic sense or if it's something a little different.
At any rate, looking at both chapters combined, this really has the feel of ghost stories both new and old. In terms of newer ghost stories, it actually reminds me a fair bit of The Ring, partly in the sense of inevitability, and partly because the only way to escape the effect is to pass it on to someone else.
In terms of older ghost stories, there's no one thing I can point to specifically, but I own a book of ghost stories collected by Roald Dahl, and this story has the same atmosphere that a lot of the creepier ones in the book have. I realize the Spirit isn't a ghost per se, but I got the same feeling.
Overall, this was a really creepy story with a great atmosphere. Thanks for writing it!
Another review from @InBrightestDay – thank you so much!
Wow – I’m not certain I deserve those compliments, but I’ll run off with them! If I can do ‘creepy’ then I’m happy.
Yep, you’ve pretty much hit it. As I was writing, I surmised that a mortal soul is necessary for the more tedious hanging around the spirit seems to do, and if that soul wishes to move on, then it will get quite aggressive at taking people when the opportunity arises, though I guess they’re looking for one in (probably) millions, so it’s a very long wait. Whether Kathy appears as her own gender, even I’m not sure, but I did have a feeling that the older, less specific legends of the Lady in the Lake might be connected to this spirit somehow. In the end, I decided not to make a point of it.
And you’ve reminded me I have another story to finish for JayDee about angry water. I think I’ll dig that out next and work on it this week. I’ll also get to read some more of yours once the weekend is done and I’m off work again
Will Kev and Luzurial get down to it? How guilty will Kevin get? Will Luzurial need to give him a small dose of amnesia to get him through it? Ohhh, imagine that: every time is the first time…
Um… no… smut is not all I think about!
Thanks again!
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Reviews for The Teacher
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From BronxWench on February 28, 2019
Ah, it is so good to read this again. I've missed this dearly.
My heart ached so for Elrond, and his grief for Celebrían, I think more so when it becamse clear how little could reach him through the sorrow. And then of course, Celeborn, who is as enigmatic and elusive as ever, planting a tree for his daughter. It's almost too much to bear, for that moment.
And of course Celeborn will beguile Elrond, bring him to appeal to Thranduil, bring him back to speak with Galion...
I can't wait to see more, caught up as I am in the spell you weave.
Thank you, Bronx!
It was always going to be hard for Elrond, after the last couple of chapters, and he’s probably right that Thranduil won’t be able to rescue him that way this time. But he also knows he’s got to recover a little, somehow.
As for Celeborn, he knows Galion’s view on ‘involvement’ well enough, since Galion explained it very clearly to him, and I don’t think he’s fool enough to continue bothering Galion with it, no matter how much Galadriel might insist. I reckon this is more about getting Galion to speak to Elrond, rather than the other way around. Ha.. he’ll be surrounded by his elders – should be interesting.
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And… two whole years later:
Wow… that’s nearly the amount of time that’s passed in the fic.
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Reviews for The Price
BY : pippychickFrom swirlingdoubt on November 07, 2018
Very cool (heh). I can't say I followed all of what was happening, but it was a good read - your writing is engaging and the build up to the conclusion went at a lovely pace. Very strong imagery through-out, too.
Thank you, swirlingdoubt – I’m glad you enjoyed it!
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From InBrightestDay on January 25, 2019
Chapter 1
I actually watched the PSA on Youtube some time back, and remember that it seemed mildly creepy (Donald Pleasance can do that), but this was absolutely skin-crawling.
I always got the vibe from the PSA that the Spirit was equivalent to some sort of natural predator, picking off the unwary and the foolish, but this adds a far more nightmareish character to him. This girl didn't actually do anything wrong; he's just turning her life into a living Hell because it's fun.
Well, either that or because she threw his cloak away, in which case he's petty as fuck.
I really feel for Kathy, because like I said, she hasn't really done anything wrong; she's not being punished. She just caught the attention of something particularly evil and he's wrecking her life for his own amusement.
I honestly can't think of any improvements to suggest regarding this story. It is extremely well-written. While I'm dreading reading what will inevitably happen to Kathy, I will be back for Chapter 2.
Thank you so much, InBrightestDay!
Ah, well, I don’t want to say too much in case I spoil the second chapter for you. But when/if you read, I hope you enjoy it and that it makes sense.
And thank you for the compliment! I must admit, I paid close attention to some of my phrasing and word choices in this fic, because it added to the atmosphere, and I was hoping to make suggestions without the reader being fully aware of it. For example, “... once she'd hacked a couple of feet off the bottom of it.” was supposed to give you a specific literal mental image, even if your conscious mind rejects it immediately as incorrect. It was still there… hopefully.
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Reviews for Full House
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From JayDee on September 09, 2018
I skipped back to what seemed to be the oldest non-locked prompt thread and saw this entry. This one lives up to your dark and disturbing profile warning for 100 words. A ray of light though for good old Redding, maybe, but still horrific.
Thank you so much, JayDee!
I remember writing this, and I really wanted to add description and atmosphere, but the word cound wouldn’t permit it. It was definitely good practice, though, and I’m glad I came out with something that works.
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Reviews for Butterfly
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From ANON - Teaandcharcoal on September 06, 2018
This was EVERYTHING! Finally a mature relationship between Walter and Astrid, I'm so happy I stumbled upon this fic. I absolutely adore the pairing and the way that you write those two is so authentic. I especially loved the last chapter and the intimacy the two shared was written beautifully. Please continue I'd so love to see how the relationship between Walter and Astrid develops.
Thank you so much!
They really had great chemistry, and I loved writing them. Perhaps more will appear at some point when Fringe pops back up for a rewatch. Walter is so much fun.
Apologies for the lateness of this response, but I am glad you enjoyed reading.
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4 hours ago, InBrightestDay said:
First, on behalf of religious people, I’m sorry for any unpleasant experiences you’ve had.
Oh, I really haven’t! Some of my best friends, etc…
I’m actually involved with things at my local church, because of community stuff. I’m not saying at all that others shouldn’t believe – I just don’t share it. If I had to believe in something, honestly I’m closer to being some kind of pagan than anything because it appeals to me on some deep level I can’t explain. The great majority of the time though, I am an atheist.
I’m not trying to get into an argument here, but
5 hours ago, InBrightestDay said:God is believed to value free will so intensely
Ah. Apologies, but there it is. There can be no justification for some things. I’m not talking of anything that has happened to me. I’m not referring to “ordinary human unhappiness” or even its twin. Throughout the course of our history there are things so absolute and terrible that they only way they can be explained is if there is no God. Sorry, but that is the conclusion I have come to after many years. Also, free will tends to let capitalism off the hook, and I don’t believe we should do that either. Most of us live at the expense of others. If I live without God, then ethically I should strive to encourage the best world possible.
Then there are the animals. Humanity has an overinflated sense of itself. Fear, terror, pain and suffering are not exclusive to our species. Nor is comfort. Any knowledge I may think I have doesn’t make me “worth more than many sparrows” – that’s just pure egotism. It makes me responsible, but that’s a different thing entirely, and I fail far too often (I mean, I still eat meat and there can’t be any justification for that, not now).
I’m so sorry, I don’t mean to offend anyone with these thoughts. If there is any rule at all, it should probably be: believe in what you love and be happy.
I believe in fic.
5 hours ago, InBrightestDay said:Again, no offense was intended, pippychick, and I hope I haven’t irritated you. I’m not trying to convert anyone; I just wanted to discuss another potential way of looking at the omniscience idea.
Likewise.
@JayDee Sorry to have derailed this thread and gone so far OT. Luzurial’s fate did prompt this discussion, though, so I’m blaming you…
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1 hour ago, InBrightestDay said:
You obviously haven’t checked the reviews page for The Price recently.
Ahh… that was you! Thank you.
I still need to make time for responding to reviews that have come in while I’ve been somewhat distracted. I will, though!
1 hour ago, InBrightestDay said:you do not need to read The Woman in the Statue if you don’t want to.
@InBrightestDay As I said above, the great thing about all of this is that we can speculate, and explore, and I’m awfully curious to see how you’ve saved her, and what her reactions are like to that. How damaged is she? See just thinking and talking about it whets my appetite to read your story
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2 hours ago, JayDee said:
Keeping someone alive while he’s reducing them to almost nothing is one of his favored cruelties
The best villains are this way. Though it’s not always easy to write them. You did a great job.
2 hours ago, JayDee said:but if you (or anyone else!) don’t fancy it don’t bother with it
Of course I fancy seeing it! The greatest thing about fiction and fanfiction is that there’s always a different path to go down, and we can look at them all, and ooh and ahh at different interpretations and fresh angles.
2 hours ago, JayDee said:It’s definitely a bleak take you’ve got there.
Yesss… I’ve been told that before. Unfortunately, when I was made someone forgot to adjust the optimism, or, you know, include it at all.
2 hours ago, JayDee said:Edit: Of course, getting meta again, her actual creator, that asshole JD, did create her purely for that fate. What a scumbag.
lol… I find writing harsh things like this does take a toll. It’s hard work, and it’s largely thankless. But you can only write the horror properly if you feel it, just like anything else.
2 hours ago, JayDee said:Her only bright spot the fact that she was spared meeting Piers Morgan.
(smirks) To be fair, she’s probably not right wing enough…
2 hours ago, JayDee said:but when I do I am looking forward to reading your GoT fic.
Ha, that would be interesting. For what it’s worth, it’s a bit more violent, more pornographic, and is sprinkled with a liberal amount of swearing (courtesy of Clegane).
2 hours ago, JayDee said:I hope things continue better for you now
Thanks. Honestly, it feels great to settle back down. Your midwife story was the first thing I went to
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36 minutes ago, JayDee said:
So what would have happened… Chummy would have become a succubus hybrid, and sent to try and tempt others into perverted sin.
Maybe it’s just me, but damn I’d choose that with my eyes wide open, lol. But, you’re right… it’s not for Chummy. It really was fun to see her trying to deal with it all though. She’s so brilliantly in-character! I’m quite sure this fic would get a few little giggles from Miranda too.
39 minutes ago, JayDee said:Monica Joan’s radical younger years probably had more than a few shocking events for the time… “...so then I found he wanted me to sound him with my knitting needle. Well, what could I do?”
I just laughed so loudly my dog thinks I’m ill. He’ll be taking me to the vet.
40 minutes ago, JayDee said:It’s been really great of you to read and review this at anytime! I hope that things are going ok/better for you at least. Hasn’t been the same around the forum without you!
Things are better now, thank you (almost lost damn near everything, and have somehow managed to save it all).
Reading this story has been like sitting down with your favourite drink after a long, long day, only that day seems to have lasted for months. Exactly what I needed, and again, thank you so much for sharing with us. I really appreciate getting to see your writing and talent - I hope you know that. -
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Reviews for We're All Going to Die
From ANON - New and happy on July 02, 2018
I. Love. This. Story.
Pretty much in love with these three, too. Please please please let us know what happens! This whole story has been a wonderful mix of sweet and dirty, and so real I can see and hear them like I'm there (and wow, do I ever wish I was!).
Thank you! I can't wait to read more
Thank you so much!
I have some parts of this written in advance, I just got kind of sidetracked, then the muses decided to sod off and leave me for a while. I have all of my stories in mind, but this one in particular I’d like to finish before GoT begins again, so there’s an extra bit of impetus there for me to get on with it soonish.
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Reviews for A Light in the Black
From ANON - on July 28, 2018
WOW! Where to start... Just spent my entire day in bed with my iPad in front of my face reading 'Fallen'. My mind just can't deal with all the feels... I didn't want it to end!
I'm just going to say it now, your story is the BEST I have ever read and that's saying something! Talent just bleeds through your writing and i'm in awe!
I read 'Fallen' on AO3 and when I finished I desperately tried to find the 'sequel' mentioned, then I came upon this gem and I cried tears of joy!
I love where you are going with this and I can't wait for the next chapter!
Thank you for writing such a beautiful fic, me thinks I will read your other fics now!
Thank you
I hope you’re sufficiently recovered now. I pulled all my stories from AO3, but I’m aware a copy of ‘Fallen’ still exists that was archived by the HASA staff.
I am floored by your compliments – thank you so much! I hope you will enjoy the rest of the Sauron/Maglor bits and pieces. I should tell you it was my intention as the author to prise the two characters apart towards the end of ‘Fallen’ and then I realised it couldn’t be done, so the feeling of inevitability in there was shared by me even as I was writing it. I don’t think they will ever escape each other.
I said it above, but I’ll say it again here. Those for whom this fic works and was written are few and far between, really, so it really means a lot to me when you take the time to leave me a few words. You’re awesome – all of you!
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From Baileyboybee on June 12, 2018
Hi there! Can't remember if I ever left a comment here. I followed you over from ao3. I really enjoyed the whole world you created with Sauron and Maglor and your different fics. Your storytelling is amazing. You are very skilled in describing the psychological impacts on your characters. Anyway, just wanted to say thank you.
Thank you so much
I’m really glad you enjoy them, and I appreciate the hell out of it when people tell me so. Every so often I wonder whether I should actually pull these stories. They’re so dark, and it’s the psychology that makes it so. The pairing is rare enough, but then over the years I’ve realised there’s no neat genre they fit into either. Yes, there’s a great deal of horror here, but there are other things too. They’re uncomfortable to read, and to write. It’s a razor sharp line to keep to, and I sense that however often I dip into their world, there’ll never be any redemption. It’s a harsh truth.
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From ANON - Sabrian on July 07, 2018
Loving the story. I always wanted to know what happened in the first years that Riki was with Iason and that's why I was so eager to read the book, but sadly I didn't see the information( or I didn't understand it lol), so I am very into your take on it. I don't really understand the tittle, could you translate it for me? Google told me nothing lmao. Thank you for sharing it, and hope you update soon >=<
To be fair, this interlude isn’t absent from the book, but it’s so violent and perfunctory, that I decided to go on with it anyway, especially since this is mostly based on the ova. IIRC, and if got it right, the title should translate to ‘filling the space’ while the original title ‘Ai no Kusabi’ translates to ‘the space between’ so it was suppose to be a little bit of dirty joke, whilst also being a reference to what fanfiction really is at it’s heart. We don’t see this part in the animation, so the story is filling it in. Alternatively, I could just have inadvertently made a reference to dentists.
Thank you, Sabrian
There will be more of this story to come. When, I have no idea. My muses are notoriously difficult buggers.
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From ANON - fanfic3112 on April 15, 2018
Ahhhhh! Where is the rest of this fabulous amazing story!! Update or post the next chapter!!!
Again, apologies for my recalcitrant muse – I guess it’s been teaming up with Riki
Rest assured, I haven’t forgotten about this story. I love these characters.
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From ANON - Dea on February 22, 2017
I love your story, you must go on :D, I can´t wait for tne next chapter. Enserio, esta excelente.
Thank you… the muse is very quiet at the moment, but as soon as it pays a visit, I will continue. I still have the plot very much in mind, and a chapter written in advance on this story, which always helps.
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It’s weird to answer. My darker stories I tend to go for ++ because my darker stories involve a lot of psychological cruelties, and I can’t in conscience say that they are easy to read in any sense. So I tag for that rather than the content, though the content alone would require it. My others… I do tend to get fairly descriptive. I see so many stories proudly proclaiming a sex scene, so I settle in, and there’s like three or four paragraphs, and I think I kind of go for more. And when I tag for something, I really often mean it.
I’m sure there are some stories of mine that only need the one +, and there are even some that are SFW. I’ve probably overrated them all to be on the safe side. I’m not interested in triggering anyone. I want people to have fun/be entertained reading my stories. Sometimes I want them to be horrified, but then I want that to happen for the reasons they should be, not because they encountered something they didn’t expect.
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9 hours ago, KassX said:
Daaaang @CloverReef just exploded into skittles somewhere… That’s actually really cool if you can manage them well, but I can imagine all of it getting really overwhelming really fast.
The atmosphere in all of them is completely different, so really it’s not overwhelming… even if I think of them all at the same time. They all have a different character as a story. The two I’ve had to drop forever are the two that I don’t remember where I was going. That can happen. But it’s like having a wardrobe full of different outfits. I like that sensation of choice.
Some of them I work on and don’t post, so some of them have future chapters, and are just waiting for me to write the linking chapters to them so that I can post more.
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Damn… well, I just had a quick look through my profile here. Discounting fic I have going that is joint fic, I have 12, of which 10 I fully intend at some point to finish (if I ever get around to it). Of my joint fic, I intend to finish all of those, which total another three. I also have a number of stories that I haven’t posted on my hard drive that I need to work on, and most of those are original, which brings the grand total to around 18 altogether.
*hides*
I am awful… I know. I swear I have finished some! There are some finished stories on my profile!
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I had a little daydream that she started having sexual thoughts while training with Luzurial when you mentioned that memory… now I wonder what the actual story is!
Just stop right there. There are a handful of authors that I read, and you are one. That number dwindles down still further when I’m actively writing stories myself, but you remain up there. Every now and again I delve into your back catalogue for a treat, because you’re written things that will stay with me forever (as I write this, I am thinking particularly of the Ace story in DW, and the one with the disembowelling crocodile rape monster thing, which I enjoyed even though I don’t know the fandom). Plus I adore your sense of humour.