The proposal on the beach was perfect. Somehow, it made it easier knowing that though the movie was ending; their lives together were just beginning. Watching Blaine film the scene where his character finds out about Dave's death had to be heartwrenching. But it was so great that he was there afterwards to help pull Blaine back out of that moment. This story was beautifully told. I look forward to the epilogue and whatever you have up your sleeve next.
Thank you! When I started thinking about this story, waaaaay back in the beginning, I had two absolutely clear images (emotional and visual) in my mind: the beach proposal, and what I came to call the "death scene." Normally, I suck at writing endings; I love conflict; resolution is hard, and I feel like my endings always fizzle out into weak denoument. But with those two images to create, to try the best I could to make other people feel what I was feeling, I just felt like everything worked. It also made it so much easier to write the rest of the story, knowing that those were the climaxes that had to be built towards and working out what foundation work needed to be there to make them make sense. (...I may have cried writing the death scene. It was intense, okay? :) )
I am so glad you have enjoyed this. And for all of your lovely comments, and for reading this entire monster: Thank you, so much :) <3
Blaine appeared to get better at romance very quickly!
Thank you so much for hours of real pleasure reading this. The process of developing and slipping into character, and the intensity of the on-set romance you depict here is so rich. Wonderful stuff.
Thank you, so much, for such a lovely comment - I had so much fun writing this, and am so pleased that you enjoyed it. Thank you for reading, and for commenting!
This story is lovely. I just re-read it in one sitting. You write so vividly, both with beautiful descriptions of the sunset and the beach and the horizon, etc, and also the emotions.
At first, as someone mentioned above, I found it slightly confusing how it switches back and forth between Brian/Dave and Blaine/Kurt, but I think it adds a really fascinating commentary about how characters bleed into the actors playing them and affect them.
Also, the sexual tension in the beginning chapters is some of the best I've ever read.
In reverse order: 1) Reallllyyy? (stupidly pleased grin) UST is something kind of new to me, and writing it was touch-and-go and a lot of me flailing at my betas "oh god does this work?" SO glad you found it nice :) 2) The character bleed (and the confusion - oops!) was definitely an element I set out to explore deliberately. I'm a big fan of the read-more-and-learn-more school of writing, so I did leave some things ambiguous, but I am so glad you enjoyed the result! 3) Thank you, so much. One of the things I loved most about this story was how strongly *I* felt the emotions I was trying to write, and the challenge to put those feelings and those images into words that conveyed meaning to other people was...so much fun.
Thank you, so much, for reading and for such a lovely comment!
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I am so glad you have enjoyed this. And for all of your lovely comments, and for reading this entire monster: Thank you, so much :) <3
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Thank you so much for hours of real pleasure reading this. The process of developing and slipping into character, and the intensity of the on-set romance you depict here is so rich. Wonderful stuff.
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Thank you, so much, for such a lovely comment - I had so much fun writing this, and am so pleased that you enjoyed it. Thank you for reading, and for commenting!
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At first, as someone mentioned above, I found it slightly confusing how it switches back and forth between Brian/Dave and Blaine/Kurt, but I think it adds a really fascinating commentary about how characters bleed into the actors playing them and affect them.
Also, the sexual tension in the beginning chapters is some of the best I've ever read.
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Thank you, so much, for reading and for such a lovely comment!
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