Trompe L’Oeil, 3/3

[astrangestorm]

Comments

[akhikaru]

You know, one of the first things I did today was reading this xD
Damn, I almost cried. I suspected what was going on from the opening of the first repeat scene, and then he said "Halt program" and I was like !!!!!!!!!!! NOOOOO!!! IT WAS LIKE THAT NOOOOO!!!!
But I'm a masochist xD (you're right to think many Sakumoto shippers are hahahahaha!) I finished it in one go, somehow :P
I loved that Sho was the one who coded himself xD And that not even Nino and Jun could discover how far he had taken things while doing it.
The end was beautiful ;w;
Thank you for sharing this with us! :D

[astrangerenters]

I am finally replying to my comments, woo here I go!! :)

My outline was a real hot mess for this - it was pretty much "and in this bar scene we learn this and in this bar scene we learn this and in this bar scene things get mega weird" LOL, it's amazing things get finished considering what my brain puts down on outline :)

I don't mind Sho with a little arrogance to him, he's fun when he's cocky, so I am glad you thought that worked here with him coding himself as a GIFT to Nino LOL.

Thank you! From one masochist to another ;)

[dien_astk20980]

Oh my good. This story is so beautiful and so sad, even in the end they find a way to be together with all limitation. I'm crying when i realized that Sho is just an AI programming. I'm touched by how Jun desperately want to be with Sho. The very same activity just to feel Sho's presence. This is the feeling when the one you love leave you abruptly forever 😭😭😭.

By the way, thanks for sharing this. I'm waiting your next Sakumoto happy ending story 😉. Good luck. And happy new year 😊.

[astrangerenters]

Ahhhh thank you!! It's not the happiest happy ending, but after all that misery, at least they're both...alive in some way? Hehe!

And it's not like all of us who lose loved ones get the kind of second chance Jun does, so that was an interesting thing to write about!!

Thank you and happy new year!!

[yumn_yumi]

I'm sorry if my comments is not really long since I don't know how to say. This... your fic is really something. It's beautiful in complicated way *just like sho and jun said here*
But I like it, really love it. I just wanna cry now....
Thank you for sharing this beautiful fic. Ouh.. I need tissues now.

[astrangerenters]

It's not the length of the comment but the feeling behind it. No need to apologize!!

I'm so happy you liked it, thank you!!

[natsunonamae]

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE

[natsunonamae]

I want to tell you exactly how fucked up this got me, but I'm pretty speechless right now. What. Have. You. Done. This is so unbelievably good and so terrible and everything hurts and I just want to roll into a ball and rock myself back and forth

[astrangerenters]

Good and terrible, that was pretty much exactly what I was aiming for. Should we be happy for Jun in the end? Relieved? Disappointed in what he chose? Ah, but that's fun to think about (and we've already chatted about this a little on ZA TWITTERZ).

Sometimes I just like to remind people I can be a super asshole to my favorite pairing, bahaha.

Thank you ;)

[arashijun]

This fic was wonderful. I personally can't watch westworld because it fucks with my anxiety, but I love the elements you took from the show! I can't put into words how amazing this was <3 It's been so long since I read a sakumoto fic and I"m glad it was this

[astrangerenters]

Westworld is the kind of show my weird brain really likes, plot holes and all, but I'm glad you liked the little bits I stole for Arashi. Of all the types of Sakumoto stories to read after a long time...hehehe. Thank you for taking a chance on it!