[Fic] Second Star to the Right (2/2)

[archosauria]

Title: Second Star To the Right (2/2)
Characters: America, England, real people whose personalities I made up.
Prompt: America takes England on a NASA mission
Rating: PG
Warnings: In space, nobody is vertical enough to top. Also mangling of real people who had to be there for realism's sake. Also 10,000+ words.
Summary: A last-ditched effort at

Comments

[lokichan2004]

I've been waiting for this second chapter for ages, and I was not disappointed. And believe me when I say that there aren't enough adjectives in the English language to describe how incredibly beautiful and touching and at times heart-breaking it was. Thank you for writing this; it was a pleasure to read. :)

And the ending almost made me cry. Oh, America. <3

[archosauria]

Thank you. I'm very glad that you found it to your liking. And hopefully whatever sarcasm England has in this installment was scathingly amusing for you, too, although he spent the majority of his time sulking. XD

America places due importance on Ursa Minor. It's the little bear constellation that misses its mother so much and can't find her, after all. ^_~ And ironically it's the North Star. The guiding light for all sailors. I find that bit particularly amusing.

[lokichan2004]

England sulking is always amusing, but there were times when I was reading this when I just wanted to shake him. :p

I love the symbolism behind Ursa Minor. So poignant. God, I love this pairing to death. This fic highlights everything I love about these two.

[archosauria]

He's such a ball of negativity, isn't he? Tried his best not to inconvenience the human crew, but he found it really hard to believe that America didn't have ulterior motives. (And well, America did. Just not the motives he was thinking of, but he's somewhat stuck on the loss of his place in world affairs.)

I'm glad it managed to capture the good points of the pairing! It's the first one to kick up my writing joneses in a long time, and it is quite very much worth it. <3

[sitiomania]

Oh man this is so awesome in so many ways. I was expecting Hetalia in space to be cracky and fluffy and just general chaos but you turned it into something more like the serious historical fics are, and I love it. Everything about this is fantastic, I would give you an award for it if I could. And I lolled at the poor Commander. Choke indeed. xD

[archosauria]

I used to be a bit of a fan of NASA's glory days (and still read their papers every now and then), so I try to make sure that space exploration gets what it deserves. :D Too often is it crack, but if you tweak it a bit, there's hardly a setting more ripe with dramatic potential.

Thank you so much! I appreciate all your kind words, and gladly accept the award of great praise. And yes, I feel SO bad for the poor commander. XD

[sitiomania]

I never really got in to NASA, don't know why, I love aeronautics and have a friend training to be an astronaut. I like crack! I just meant that you suprised me and in a good way haha.

I enjoy drama too, but a lot of it can break my little heart. It's because there's so much crack that I can stay in the series, otherwise there's too much sad and killing. D:

No problem, you deserve it!

[susan_chan]

ahw
so long and nice(loled on the "complete radio silence in space"thing XD)
and the last sentence <3 it was soo touching..i dont know why..maybe its just for me XD

[archosauria]

Ahaha, there's nothing like 'too late' for flattering reviews. ^^

Thank you so much for the kind words! I don't really feel like this thing deserves to be put up there with the best of fandom, because fandom has produced a lot of awesome things, but I'll admit that I'm quite happy with how it turned out---balancing the tsuntsun against each other was tricky, but fun. And after all this time I'm still glad to hear that I didn't botch the romance. I am never any good at romances, you see.

Thank you for reading, it's always great to hear that your writing has made someone happy. :D

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[sony_mouse]

What a lovely story, truly touched me.