Where Wind and Water Meet - Chapter 5

[firefly_ca]

Title: Where Wind and Water Meet
Artist: morph0fairy
Author: firefly_ca
Rating (art/fic if different): PG
Word Count: 24K
Warnings (if any): Major character death wrapped up in magic realism.
Fic Summary: Inspired by/loosely based on George MacDonald's At The Back of the North Wind. Blaine has never behaved the way normal children do and has always been too

Comments

[amethyst_uk]

Oh my god, the things you do to me. The things you do to my heart!! I've spent the last hours crying helplessly over this amazing piece of heaven, but I can't for the life of me point out exactly what sets me off. Except that this is perfection and... DAMN. I mean... oh god. This was beautiful. Sorry, I'm usually more articulated, but right now my head is blown away so, yeah. I love you. Please keep writing forever.
I kept thinking while reading that in a perfect world, this fic would somehow be turned into a Studio Ghibli movie and then the tears of joy people would shed while watching would drown the world and clean it until there's only beauty and music and this. Yep.

[firefly_ca]

Goddamn internet totally just ate my answer to this. BUT ANYHOW. The gist was that I'm all overwhelmed and happy and excited that you like the story so much. I really like that big bangs are good for forcing you to write and post a story by a set deadline, but it's also uncomfortable for me to post anything before I'm 100% certain I like how it's turned out. I didn't quite have enough time to get to that point with this story before I posted it, so I mostly would re-read it and be like, "This is such a weird story though." So yes. It means a lot to know that you liked it and that it worked for you. Thank you so much for the comment!!

[mugglegato]

This was so beautifully written! The whole story has a feel of a combination fairy tale and mythology that is really compelling. And I really didn't feel sad at the end because it really was where Blaine belonged. It felt...peaceful, I guess. <3

[firefly_ca]

Thanks so much! I'm really glad you get the combo fairy tale/mythology feel from it, too. At the Back of the North Wind, the book that I based this on, is VERY much a combination of both. It took a lot of fighting with the plot and some terrifying restructuring of the original mythology to get it to a place where I could turn it into... whatever the hell this is haha.

And aaaaaah I'm so pleased you didn't think the end was sad! I wrote this story because I wanted to do something fluffy, and the original story always makes me so happy. But after I'd claimed the picture and was plotting out different chapters, I stopped and was like, "Oh shit. Did I honestly just commit myself to a happy story that is going to end in major character death??" Then I beat my head against a wall for a minute until I just gave up and decided to go with it haha.

[fruitflyxo]

Okay so I know the point of all this was Blaine living out his human life so he could go back to being the water but holy mother of galoshes I just want to read all about North Wind Kurt and Water Blaine being wonderful and badass and making erratic weather patterns with their sweet, sweet love.

Ignore my babbling, this was amazing! SO beautifully written and truly unlike anything I've ever read. I loved the interesting weather lore, especially the part about needing water and wind to make life on the planet. And of course water Blaine would want to try being a human, of course.
My favorite part was him seeing Kurt naked. Eek! :)

This is the ONLY type of character death fic I will read, those with very happy endings, and I'm so glad I read this one! Recommending this to everyone I know! xo

[firefly_ca]

Hahaha! Thanks for commenting! You're not the first person to tell me that. One of my first notes back from one of my betas after I described the plot was, "so when they have sex there are hurricanes, right?" To which I was like, "THERE ARE NOW" xD

Ultimately it didn't fit into the story, but yes, I think it would be irresponsible to the written word not to assume there isn't storm sex haha.

I'm so glad you enjoyed it, despite the fact that it was death fic. Death fic is actually a pretty massive trigger for me, so I can't believe that I wrote it, but you're right. Under the exact right circumstances (for me there's only about three different scenarios), I can handle reading them (and apparently writing them).

Thanks again for commenting!

[gabci]

Just.... thank you :$ Right now I'm speechless, I have to find out what your story did to me inside but I'd like to say thanks anyway! I'm glad it's something new, and I'm glad I've found it. You're great! :)

[firefly_ca]

Thank you so much! I'm so pleased you liked it (and thanks again for taking the time to comment)! :)

[firefly_ca]

OMG one of the 13 people who have read At the Back of the North Wind read my story!! Awesome! Thanks so much for commenting. I'm really pleased that you liked it, and that you think it captures the feel of MacDonald's story, which I've loved for years. You've made my day!