So I know this is about two days too late, but I had to get an extension on for the fic I wrote and didn't think it was fair to read this one until I posted that one. Sorry for the delay. That being said: GEE FLIPPIN WHILLIKERS! I don't even know if I've got it in me to for, a proper response, but I'm going to try. I think the best place to start is that I absolutely love and adore this fic. This is my first time doing a femslash ficathon, and quite honestly, I never would have expected something this brilliant and beautifully crafted. I mean, it amazes me just how effective the first little section with Naomi and Emily breaking up is. Like from the very beginning you just set forth this pitch perfect tone that followed throughout the rest of the fic in the most deliciously heartbreaking manner.
I think was really sold me were the descriptions though. Naomi and Effy exist solely in the half-light of dawn, when the dirty rainwater glow is just filtering through the curtains and the birds are beginning to sing. It feels unreal, lying the wrong way round on Effy's bed and leisurely fucking through a haze of booze and smoke, but that's how it should be--unreal. Passages like this are just so unbelievably poetic and moving. They not only gave you what to see, but told you how to feel, in ways that go beyond basic descriptions and just... touch you I guess. I slowly felt myself being pulled deeper and deeper into this world and for a few short moments, it didn't feel like I was reading a fic; it felt like I was actually there, sharing those moments with the characters.
The ending... was just perfect, and I haven't quite figured out how to properly summarize my feelings on this yet, so I'll leave it at perfect.
So yeah, here's the deal, and I swear I'm not saying this because it was sort of written for me, but this is one of the greatest fics I've ever read. And I've been reading fanfiction since I was just shy of 13. In a relatively short space, it was incredibly poignant and just beautiful. I don't know if I've ever been quite so enamored with a fic instantly, but this story has definitely moved me in a way I wasn't expecting.
Alright, fangirling complete. Hope I didn't come off too excitable (it's not my fault the fic was so damn good). And I'm sorry for any typos in this comment. They tend to be frequent when I'm excitedly typing. Oh, and THANKS!!!
Oh, and I just realized I didn't even get to the characterizations... I think I need more time to properly mull over them, because they were so fantastically layered. To be short and simple about it, they were perfect as well and were both true to canon, while expanding on them at the same time. I loved them!
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GEE FLIPPIN WHILLIKERS! I don't even know if I've got it in me to for, a proper response, but I'm going to try. I think the best place to start is that I absolutely love and adore this fic. This is my first time doing a femslash ficathon, and quite honestly, I never would have expected something this brilliant and beautifully crafted. I mean, it amazes me just how effective the first little section with Naomi and Emily breaking up is. Like from the very beginning you just set forth this pitch perfect tone that followed throughout the rest of the fic in the most deliciously heartbreaking manner.
I think was really sold me were the descriptions though.
Naomi and Effy exist solely in the half-light of dawn, when the dirty rainwater glow is just filtering through the curtains and the birds are beginning to sing. It feels unreal, lying the wrong way round on Effy's bed and leisurely fucking through a haze of booze and smoke, but that's how it should be--unreal.
Passages like this are just so unbelievably poetic and moving. They not only gave you what to see, but told you how to feel, in ways that go beyond basic descriptions and just... touch you I guess. I slowly felt myself being pulled deeper and deeper into this world and for a few short moments, it didn't feel like I was reading a fic; it felt like I was actually there, sharing those moments with the characters.
The ending... was just perfect, and I haven't quite figured out how to properly summarize my feelings on this yet, so I'll leave it at perfect.
So yeah, here's the deal, and I swear I'm not saying this because it was sort of written for me, but this is one of the greatest fics I've ever read. And I've been reading fanfiction since I was just shy of 13. In a relatively short space, it was incredibly poignant and just beautiful. I don't know if I've ever been quite so enamored with a fic instantly, but this story has definitely moved me in a way I wasn't expecting.
Alright, fangirling complete. Hope I didn't come off too excitable (it's not my fault the fic was so damn good). And I'm sorry for any typos in this comment. They tend to be frequent when I'm excitedly typing. Oh, and THANKS!!!
Oh, and I just realized I didn't even get to the characterizations... I think I need more time to properly mull over them, because they were so fantastically layered. To be short and simple about it, they were perfect as well and were both true to canon, while expanding on them at the same time. I loved them!