Comments | candleanfeather: DIPTYCH, part II-2

candleanfeather

DIPTYCH, part II-2

Jun 23, 2010 14:58

This is the second part of the second panel of a G/S story, focusing on sixth moments of their relationship written for summer_of_giles . I tried to give the whole story a pictural quality. This part can be read as a standalone, but if you want, you can have a look at part I-1, part I-2, part I-3, part II-1 of Diptych too, to have a whole survey of the ( Read more... )

giles, spike, diptych, fic

Comments 8

il_mio_capitano June 24 2010, 17:32:13 UTC

I don't usually do slash but I must say I found this chapter to be charming. It gives a real sense of place and atmosphere and Spike's deaming of his childhood was quite moving.

candleanfeather June 25 2010, 10:56:58 UTC

Thank you for the very nice comment. It means I did my job not too badly, if in spite of your reluctance to slash you were able to find an interest in it.

il_mio_capitano June 25 2010, 19:47:58 UTC

I really liked the port scene. Ports are always magical and I can see it appealing to Spike the future poet.

Was it a deliberate irony that young Spike claims he will protect his mother from being eaten?

candleanfeather June 27 2010, 07:51:00 UTC

Yes there's something really magic about ports. I made research on the history of the port of London and found a very interesting site with detail accounts and photos of paintings and etchings. It helped greatly.

No, it wasn't deliberate, I was more thinking along the lines of a Spike longing for a time of innocence. But of course your reading works very well. Writing is a strange process, these texts have been WIPs for several years, sometimes I didn't even looked at them for months and then when re working them I would remark something I hadn't thought about but that had been there and worked very well in regard to what I wanted to say.

shapinglight June 26 2010, 19:36:07 UTC

Again, I enjoyed re-reading this. Your pictorial imagination is so vivid that one becomes quite lost in it.

candleanfeather June 27 2010, 08:11:34 UTC

Thank you for reading again, and for the compliment which I appreciate all the more as this part is probably my best writing so far.

harmony033 June 29 2010, 18:57:41 UTC

Very lovely writing! You have such a talent for imagery - I could see the events clearly.

I especially loved: Then, together, in the mingled scents of mud, tar and spices, they had watched the aerial ballet of the pulley blocks laying down crates of tea...

Just beautiful! Thanks for sharing!

candleanfeather July 1 2010, 16:08:08 UTC

Thank you for the nice comments. I'm glad you enjoyed it, especially the scene in the port.