This -- this is just -- [flails wildly]. BRILLIANT.
Because in each piece, there is just so much emotion; like, you can't label it as just happy or just sad -- everything is so complex and layered and mixed together. And I love how everything is so much more heartbreaking because you know what's going to happen; the things that are off-screen are what give each section that extra punch in the stomach -- I can't even describe it, but you are a fucking genius.
And then, in the first part Ray, being so impatient and not being able to keep a secret with Stella -- oh my fucking god, you have no idea how much I love that. And then the "Champion" thing -- gaaah.
And ELAINE. Elaine is one of my most favorite minor characters of all time, and this part -- it's happy and heartbreaking and bittersweet and this: She glanced down at her holster and saw her badge clipped to the waistband of her jeans. "I think I'd like to say no, Lieutenant, if it's all the same to you."
OMFG. This killed me dead. Because I can see this happening and I don't want it to happen that way, but it's what most likely will happen even though it's not the easiest or most obvious path, but it makes so much sense.
And then Frannie. I heart this part so much. Because this:
there was one thing her son of a bitch father had taught her family, it was to order your whiskey by brand; there was nothing worse than a bar-whiskey hangover.
I love this and it breaks my heart. But then: There was no name on it, just seven numbers, but for some reason Frannie felt almost like she didn't even need his name - not yet.
[heartheartheart]
And Thatcher -- god. One thing I love about this story is how you give everyone a background or a scenario and and it's just so rich in character and feeling. The details. And I loved Thatcher's part because it makes her human, which is definitely not something that many authors do. You make all the characters so human and believable at the same time, which takes skill, lady.
The last one. I have no words. I have no words at all. But this paragraph:
She wishes she met Ben years and years ago, before she was so hard and empty inside, and then she wishes that she never met him, because she never thought things like that before. She wishes that he had found her earlier in the storm, when she could have used him more to her advantage, and then she wishes that he never found her at all, and that she had frozen right there in the snow. She wishes that he would run away with her, right now, today, and then she wishes that he'd just let her leave and never follow.
Jesus Christ.
I love you. I love you so much for writing this. And there is no question that this will be constantly on my mind for the next few days because there is just so much to think about.
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Date: 2005-01-13 08:38 pm (UTC)This -- this is just -- [flails wildly]. BRILLIANT.
Because in each piece, there is just so much emotion; like, you can't label it as just happy or just sad -- everything is so complex and layered and mixed together. And I love how everything is so much more heartbreaking because you know what's going to happen; the things that are off-screen are what give each section that extra punch in the stomach -- I can't even describe it, but you are a fucking genius.
And then, in the first part Ray, being so impatient and not being able to keep a secret with Stella -- oh my fucking god, you have no idea how much I love that. And then the "Champion" thing -- gaaah.
And ELAINE. Elaine is one of my most favorite minor characters of all time, and this part -- it's happy and heartbreaking and bittersweet and this: She glanced down at her holster and saw her badge clipped to the waistband of her jeans. "I think I'd like to say no, Lieutenant, if it's all the same to you."
OMFG. This killed me dead. Because I can see this happening and I don't want it to happen that way, but it's what most likely will happen even though it's not the easiest or most obvious path, but it makes so much sense.
And then Frannie. I heart this part so much. Because this:
there was one thing her son of a bitch father had taught her family, it was to order your whiskey by brand; there was nothing worse than a bar-whiskey hangover.
I love this and it breaks my heart. But then: There was no name on it, just seven numbers, but for some reason Frannie felt almost like she didn't even need his name - not yet.
[heartheartheart]
And Thatcher -- god. One thing I love about this story is how you give everyone a background or a scenario and and it's just so rich in character and feeling. The details. And I loved Thatcher's part because it makes her human, which is definitely not something that many authors do. You make all the characters so human and believable at the same time, which takes skill, lady.
The last one. I have no words. I have no words at all. But this paragraph:
She wishes she met Ben years and years ago, before she was so hard and empty inside, and then she wishes that she never met him, because she never thought things like that before. She wishes that he had found her earlier in the storm, when she could have used him more to her advantage, and then she wishes that he never found her at all, and that she had frozen right there in the snow. She wishes that he would run away with her, right now, today, and then she wishes that he'd just let her leave and never follow.
Jesus Christ.
I love you. I love you so much for writing this. And there is no question that this will be constantly on my mind for the next few days because there is just so much to think about.