FIC: Battaglia Con Brio, Part 4/4

[ladderax]

Title: Battaglia Con Brio (4/4)
Author: metacheese
Word Count: ~8,000 this part; roughly 35,000 over all
Team: Angst(y romance)
Prompts: Ghost, Smile, Ring, Balcony, Whiskey and Rum, Completion
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Sex?
Summary: Arthur finds what he's good at. Eames finds Arthur. Weddings (not Eames's and Arthur's), sex, and operas.
Beta: eternalsojourn
Notes:

Comments

[bat_hawk]

This was so awesome!! I loved how Mal's "projection" was really Cobb's, and really every other thing in this. You are so amazing for writing this! ♥__♥

[ladderax]

Thank you! And thanks so much for staying with this; glad you liked it <3

[black_betty_26]

I'm in a freaking dead zone with no internet, but I saw on my phone that this was completed on inception WIPS and I hijacked my neighbour's internet so I could copy and paste this to word, so I can READ IT AND TREASURE IT ALWAYS!!! I just want you to know how I'll be back to comment, probably much later when I can steal internet again, but that I'm so excited to read this...EXCITED AND COMMITTED TO YOU ALWAYS!!

*dances off to read all 36,000 glorious words!!*

[ladderax]

I am so touched right now. ;_; I really, really hope you like this. I value your opinion so much!! ILU BB

[black_betty_26]

OKAY! So! I read it AAAAALL in one sitting, and then I had to sit in silence for about five minutes to compose my thoughts...and then I had to come to freaking starbucks to comment on this...yeah, that's how much I loved this fic...i came to STARBUCKS and I sat with all the hipstirs on their labtops to leave you this comment...(no offense to those who like starbucks, there are just a LOT of hipstirs in this particular one haha...ha

[ladderax]

YOU WENT TO STARBUCKS FOR ME ;_; Thanks so much for this beautiful beautiful comment. I am so happy that you liked this fic. It was definitely a big challenge to make sure Arthur's stories were good enough, that's for sure! Same with Eames's music. Was tempting just not to describe it too much, but that didn't seem right either, so I just listened to a lot of Mozart and read/remembered a lot of 18th-19th c. German stories and crossed my fingers that everything would work out!

You are amazing. Thank you again <3

[itsthequietone]

Bravo, bravo! The setting for this story was grand and wonderful, and your descriptive passages were lovely. I would not be cruel enough to demand an encore, but thank you now for what you have brought forth :D

[ladderax]

:D Thank you! That is wonderful to hear. (And there may be a brief coda at some point...)

[enoughglitter]

Oh, this fic! I'm so sorry to see it end, but what a wonderful ending you gave us! I am amazed at how much detail and story and character you managed to put into just four parts. This fic is so richly built--I wish I could read it forever!
Thank you for sharing this, it's been a lovely experience.

[ladderax]

Thank you so much for staying with this and for all your kind words!! So glad you liked it <3

[plotting_pen]

I have so much FEELINGS while reading this. FEELINGS. The characters are flawed, well fleshed out, and easy to fall in love with.

I love Anton, I LOVE HIM, he is the manservant of them all. And I love the music, which can be so difficult to emote with words and you managed it beautifully. I love Robert, a whore who yearns for love. I love Eames, who has NO clue, and oh gosh, don't get me started on Arthur. He breaks my heart, he is so human and so pure all at once it's gorgeous and heart wrenching to be an audience to his story.

This story is arresting in the quality of its characters and setting and plot. I don't mean to rant like an idiot but you have no idea. The FEELINGS I HAVE.

♥

[ladderax]

Thank you!! I'm so glad you loved Anton; original characters are always a challenge, and I've never included an OC with as much of a role in the story. I am happy that I made you feel these feelings!! *squeezes this comment tight* <3