Comments for 'Things My Lover Told Me'
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Jen in Japan (18th August, 2007 @ 5:31 am)
Damn, these were both so perfect. The first one was so sad (and I do love stories that try to give a *reason* for something that nags or bothers us), and second one just flawlessly wonderful. Apollo's mirrored-answer, his enjoyment of Midnighter's simple physical presence, the way they both give each other a vision--however crazy and impossible--of something worth fighting for beyond being made for fighting...it's a gorgeous moment.
(Oh, small typo catch--near the end, one of the "shirtless"es is missing an "r"...)
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Hur hur hur... 'shitless'. Hur hur...carla (6th August, 2007 @ 5:40 pm)
You know how you read one fanfic by someone and it's so good you're just like "Nah, the rest of them will be kinda lame because really, that other one was just all shades of genius! They can't do it again."?
Lots of bright, colourful fucking flowers, indeed. That really is both simple and tragic and beautiful all at once. Fan-fucking-tastic.
I'm going to go read all your stories now.erin (6th August, 2007 @ 11:20 am)
I'm right there with you and the speach thing, it never ceases to annoy me b/c it is *so* out of character. I love this bit though. I always want them to do more with Midnighter and Apollo just "being." Well done. Fantastic.
Schatten (5th August, 2007 @ 2:00 pm)
*squeaaaaals* Oh my! This is brilliant! Lots of brilliant fucking flowers!! Oh god, I love the second snipped to death, I can't stop grinning or thinking about how, *yes*, that's a much better world. A man created to kill tending to flowers, because he's happy *sighs*
The first one, augh. It hurt, because I've always wondered that, the crazy speech thing.. and you have turned it into something that hurts and makes Mid a much more complex person. The exploration is wonderful, and I love how fragile indeed their relationship seems with Apollo not daring to physically comfort Mid, which gives the second piece all the more depth because they have moved forwards so much. *sighs again dreamily* Wonderful. Thank for sharing it!!
Alis' Reply:
Why thank you.
Yeah, the Speech Thing has always annoyed me. Intellectually I know it's more-or-less just exposition for the readers, but as something that's done in-character -- especially in the earlier Authority stories where Midnighter was more sullenly standoffish -- it always grated a little. Hence the story.
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