your enchanting ghost

[fandrastic]

written for ficcy friday.
britta centric because I love her.
enjoy.

your enchanting ghost

-x-

don't carry on carrying efforts, oh no, oh
somewhere there’s a room for each of us to grow
and if it pleases you to leave me, just go, oh
stopping you would stifle your enchanting ghost

enchanting ghost - sufjan stevens

-x-

Comments

[classicfreak]

Um ... This is amazing

[fandrastic]

okay I really love this comm because I posted this over on my ff.net account as well, and some teenybopper left me the worst review and I was soooo bummed that this story wasn't as good as I originally thought it was, but then I saw all the lovely reviews that I got here from M/M and

[classicfreak]

I don't see why it has to be either/or, I love both of them and they both deserve to have a good life. Yes I ship Annie and Jeff together but that doesn't mean the Britta is thrown to the side. I love her with troy, I am pretty sure Britta/Troy was my first ship. Something about Britta's compulsiveness to be right or adamant about something and Troy's ability to just go with the flow evening out eachother

[imbettygrable]

I just wanted to pop by and say thank you for doing my prompt.

And that I loved every word of it. You are an amazing author.

I adored that this was from Britta's perspective. You don't usually see that in alot of Jeff and Annie related stories. I love Britta just as much as I love Annie and it was wonderful to see such exquisite characterization.

And I liked the way you treated the Jeff and Britta relationship...it was very realistic.

Never stop writing! You have a real gift for it.

[fandrastic]

you are more than welcome! it was a lot of fun to write and I'm glad I was able to post it in a relatively timely (HA!) manner.

britta doesn't get enough love, and when she does, it's usually at annie's expense, so I wanted to write something that would showcase how awesome britta is, without making annie into the bad guy. writing from her perspective was a challenge, but it was so worth it. like you said, it's not something we often see in fandom, and I wanted to shed a different light on a character that I love.

as for the jeff and britta relationship, as much as many don't like to admit it, there is, or was, something very potent between the two of them, despite how toxic it was to them and the rest of the group. it would be foolish of me, or anyone else, to deny that there was any 'britta of it all', and I wanted to be respectful to her character without ignoring annie.

anyway, thank you so much for the lovely review! it means a lot that you approve of the outcome of this prompt :)

[nyclove3]

[fandrastic]

it's so refreshing to see people in this comm who love britta! obviously this place is very jeff/annie centric (which is lovely~) but it's nice to see britta appreciated for the person she is. writing from her perspective was a lot of work, but also a lot of fun, and I think it was an interesting way to show the relationship between, well, everyone involved.

if anything, I wanted to make this story as believable as possible. both jeff and britta had feelings for one anothere--there's no getting around that, and I wanted to deal the tension between them and annie as delicately as possible without compromising anyone's character. and you know, if jeff and britta are endgame (sigh), then this will probably be my personal canon too. ;)

so yes, thank you so much for the kind words! this is something I think the comm needed, and I'm glad that people have taken to it!

[stephanierb]

This fic gave me so many FEELINGS. Once again you took a concept I wouldn't normally read and created a story I absolutely loved

[fandrastic]

you know, I can totally see why people in this comm would be nervous to read it, because britta is still very much a part of jeff's life, and that doesn't always bode well for annie

[temi713]

This is amazing! Very well written

[fandrastic]

thank you so much! glad you enjoyed it! :)