Yeah, that's what I thought, like - Naomi is all front but when she's left to her own devices she gets to act out her soft side.
I love Naomi/Cook as friends, so it was wicked to have a little bit of him in here. Probably a tad self-indulgent to have so much but fuck it ;)
Thanks so much for sticking with this story, mate, and for your awesome comments throughout. It's great that you can see Katie and Emily's POVs in this chapter. Katie's story is probably the saddest because, really, she's always been honest and loved Naomi. I feel like I need to write something for her now to make it all a bit better! Poor Kates.
Your comment is perfectly decent - better than decent in fact! So don't worry.
Katie is my girl. I can't believe what I've done to her in this! I need to sort her out soon, I think. Yeah, I think her reaction is best left to the imagination - we already know it's just going to be horrible and I don't think I can bear to hurt her anymore! But, LOL, I could never put her with Freddie. I didn't want it to be all neat and tidy like that, you know? Like 'oh it's okay that Naomi's gone off with Emily because Naomi has Freddie'. Things are rarely like that and, as much as I want Katie to be happy, I couldn't throw her at anyone else. I like to think that maybe Cook had an attempt at ~consoling her, though, until she laughed and told him to fuck off
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my heart kinda hurts bc this fic has ended (this cold i have could also be contributing to my chest pains). thank you sooooo much for finishing this fic on the day I'm home with the sniffles and achoo's. i love all your fics but this one takes it to the next level. i adore naomi as a character and seeing a wonderfully fleshed out fic from her POV-ish is the yummiest of the yum. i loves her. i love her and cook as friends. i love her and katie and her and emily and her and effy. lol. basically i love her with the others (hell, i'm sure she'd even be hilarious as friends with JJ and Freds). you kept her so in character and the rest of them, too. so much to write but cant put it down coherently. cough meds do that to most of us. lol. i do hope you continue writing n/e/k/eff fics cause you are simply amazing! thank you so much for taking the time to write. much appreciated, even on non-sick days!
Writing Naomi is brilliant because she's totally useless so I'm glad you liked it! She just... like, you can't trust her, you know? You can follow her thought process but she's totally unaware of some things and ignorant of others so it's like you want to shake her. But that's the beauty of her, too. She's 3D, and I've tried as much as I can to show that here :)
LOL, I'm not sure she'd be able to cope with JJ being her friends but that would be pretty funny! And she is brilliant fun with the others.
Your thanks are muchly appreciated but thank you for reading and commenting! I have one other story to write that features those characters predominantly but I feel like, right now, I need to write something to make Katie feel better. I don't know what yet but we'll see!
Hope you feel better today my love. Thanks again! ♥
I hope that you understand that I never wanted it to end at allpollastreAugust 30 2010, 22:19:08 UTC
Katie and Naomi's farewell made my heart shrink. I don't think I had ever wondered about this when reading other works of fiction, but there's something truly fascinating about stories told form a single POV: You have a story but - just as it happens in real life - you may never know how the other characters are experiencing it. As readers we could be as misinformed as the narrator and never be aware of it. Many bonus points to you for being so clever. I will miss reading ATBB. It's been a real pleasure. c.
Re: I hope that you understand that I never wanted it to end at allflisterAugust 31 2010, 06:57:53 UTC
Aw, I know. I like... I think I felt more emotional after writing that than anything else. I really didn't want to do it :( Which sounds stupid, I know, but I love Katie. It's just always been Emily in this story.
I think what you've said is completely spot on - the unreliable narrator. We only get told what Naomi's seeing so it might not always be accurate, her view. I could have done a few companion pieces for this but I wanted us to just see what Naomi sees and all they both would have said is 'shit I love Naomi' and I thought I could do that at the same pace as Naomi in the main story so thought that everyone else would have to take that journey with Naomi too. I hope that makes sense!
Thanks so much for reading and for letting me know your thoughts. I'll miss writing it too! ♥
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I love Naomi/Cook as friends, so it was wicked to have a little bit of him in here. Probably a tad self-indulgent to have so much but fuck it ;)
Thanks so much for sticking with this story, mate, and for your awesome comments throughout. It's great that you can see Katie and Emily's POVs in this chapter. Katie's story is probably the saddest because, really, she's always been honest and loved Naomi. I feel like I need to write something for her now to make it all a bit better! Poor Kates.
Anyway, I could ramble on for ages.
Thanks again so much! Big ♥ to you babe.
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Can't fight the inevitable. Amazing story Flister. Really glad I found it when I did.
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Thanks so much for reading ♥ I'm sad it's over!
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Katie is my girl. I can't believe what I've done to her in this! I need to sort her out soon, I think. Yeah, I think her reaction is best left to the imagination - we already know it's just going to be horrible and I don't think I can bear to hurt her anymore! But, LOL, I could never put her with Freddie. I didn't want it to be all neat and tidy like that, you know? Like 'oh it's okay that Naomi's gone off with Emily because Naomi has Freddie'. Things are rarely like that and, as much as I want Katie to be happy, I couldn't throw her at anyone else. I like to think that maybe Cook had an attempt at ~consoling her, though, until she laughed and told him to fuck off ( ... )
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Writing Naomi is brilliant because she's totally useless so I'm glad you liked it! She just... like, you can't trust her, you know? You can follow her thought process but she's totally unaware of some things and ignorant of others so it's like you want to shake her. But that's the beauty of her, too. She's 3D, and I've tried as much as I can to show that here :)
LOL, I'm not sure she'd be able to cope with JJ being her friends but that would be pretty funny! And she is brilliant fun with the others.
Your thanks are muchly appreciated but thank you for reading and commenting! I have one other story to write that features those characters predominantly but I feel like, right now, I need to write something to make Katie feel better. I don't know what yet but we'll see!
Hope you feel better today my love. Thanks again! ♥
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I don't think I had ever wondered about this when reading other works of fiction, but there's something truly fascinating about stories told form a single POV: You have a story but - just as it happens in real life - you may never know how the other characters are experiencing it. As readers we could be as misinformed as the narrator and never be aware of it. Many bonus points to you for being so clever.
I will miss reading ATBB. It's been a real pleasure.
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I think what you've said is completely spot on - the unreliable narrator. We only get told what Naomi's seeing so it might not always be accurate, her view. I could have done a few companion pieces for this but I wanted us to just see what Naomi sees and all they both would have said is 'shit I love Naomi' and I thought I could do that at the same pace as Naomi in the main story so thought that everyone else would have to take that journey with Naomi too. I hope that makes sense!
Thanks so much for reading and for letting me know your thoughts. I'll miss writing it too! ♥
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