Comments | iri_descent: lights will guide you home, and ignite your bones (1/2)

iri_descent

lights will guide you home, and ignite your bones (1/2)

Jul 31, 2011 12:00

title: lights will guide you home, and ignite your bones
pairing: arthur/eames
rating: R
word count: ~12 300
WARNINGS: prolonged chronic illness (pancreatic cancer) and eventual major character death, suffering

notes: title from fix you by coldplay. de-anoning for this prompt (contains spoilers for ending) at inception_kink . concrit welcome.

( Their lives are ones of danger and mind-theft and dreams beyond wildest imagination, not CT scans and grocery shopping and the horrible, mundane inevitability of illness and taxes. )

arthur/eames, inception

Comments 11

jacobella41 July 31 2011, 12:51:33 UTC

this is heartbreaking and gorgeous and detailed and i am head over heels in love with your arthur and your eames and their dynamic. my goodness.

jacobella41 July 31 2011, 12:52:06 UTC

oh, and home by edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros....i love that too.

iri_descent August 2 2011, 13:05:41 UTC

Oh my word, thank you so much. I can't even express how ridiculously happy I am to hear that you thought their dynamic was okay. I struggle so much with characterisation so it's reassuring that it seemed at least somewhat authentic to you. Thank you for reading and taking the time to leave such a lovely comment!

re. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros: I know, how great is that song? At the time I was writing this, I'd only just discovered them (I'm terrible at keeping up to date with music) and fell in love with Home in particular. So it sort of crept into the fic despite my best intentions :) I'm glad you thought it worked in this setting, I was worried about being sort of...lame or pretentious or something, ahah.

jacobella41 August 2 2011, 13:25:57 UTC

i've read this fic three times now. whatever i wrote in the above comments was an understatement. i adore this entire thing, it got completely under my skin in the best way possible and the feeling stayed with me throughout my day.

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iri_descent August 2 2011, 20:17:28 UTC

I'm so sorry that you were upset. That must sound strange, given the nature of this fic and the fact that I knowingly wrote it as such, but I still feel terrible that people are actually crying and hurting. I understand how silly that is of me, but I can't help it, ack.

In any case, thank you for sticking this story out till the end, despite the difficult subject matter.

sin_repent August 1 2011, 08:50:49 UTC

I was re-reading this story so much times... I know the ending but it still always make me cry and breaks my heart:'(

iri_descent August 2 2011, 20:23:41 UTC

Oh, goodness, thank you so much for reading and taking the time to leave a comment.

I think that's very strong of you to re-read this story. I couldn't, for a long while, because it was too raw and emotional. It definitely means a lot that you liked it and liked it enough to read it again, thank you.

verklingen September 14 2011, 19:30:25 UTC

(I finally gathered up the courage to read the fic, after weeks of having my mouse hover over the link over at the google doc of InceptionWip.)

Anyway, I just wanted to say that this is quite possibly the most heartwrenchingly beautiful story I've ever read, in this subject matter. I don't know anyone who's been in such a situation, and I hope to never be in one, but this story just resonated -- something so strongly and I think that anyone who's ever loved anyone so desperately would find it impossible to not feel, not with this.

Thank you, for this, for the time and the grief and the love, and the brilliance that went into this. And if I'm not making sense it's only because I'm a blubbering snivelling mess right now, and it's just. It's not everyday that you stumble into a tragically beautiful piece of literature just randomly floating on the interwebs, so I couldn't not tell you just how fantastic this is.

(That being an understatement.)

And now I'm rambling, I'm sorry, I just really, really wanted to thank you for this. <3

iri_descent January 17 2012, 07:41:47 UTC

Hello! For what it's worth, I'm terribly sorry about overlooking this comment. I don't know what happened and it has been months since you wrote it. I'm so sorry and I hope you do see this response, late as it is ;__;

Thank you so very much - both for deciding to read this story and for leaving such a wonderful comment. I'm only sorry I didn't see it sooner. Um. It's embarassing to admit, but I'm a little emotional after reading it. I wish I could hug you; I've been going through a rough time recently but fandom (and the lovely people that make it up) has made it more bearable.

Feedback makes the struggle and stress of writing worthwhile, so I should be thanking you for taking the time to write your thoughts down. You're very kind and I'm...somewhat overwhelmed, to be honest. But happy. Very, very, almost-ridiculously happy and grateful and glad. So, thank you for that ( ... )

hungerpunch January 11 2012, 05:43:45 UTC

I JUST CRIED ALL OVER THE PLACE. I THINK I CRIED FOR LIKE 20 MINUTES THROUGH THIS FIC. I CRIED STRAIGHT THRU PART 4, 5, AND THE END. oiwje'roijawerlkwer'ewkrwepork. i just followed this link over from the kink meme and wanted to thank you for so aptly draining my tear ducts. this was gorgeous. full of pain. but so wonderous. you've left me speechlessssss. uhg just thank you thank you so much for gracing the world with this ♥

iri_descent January 17 2012, 07:18:08 UTC

Ack, hello there! I'm so sorry about the delay in getting back to you. I'm overseas and internet is being ridiculous.

Oh god, I don't know how to respond. It has been months since I wrote this but I'm perpetually startled and blindsided by how lovely people like you have been in terms of feedback. Thank you so much, I truly appreciate it.

Thank you for continuing till the end, even though it was probably hard to do so ;_; I'm sorry it was painful but...glad that it affected you so deeply, too, I guess? So, um, yes, just - thank you for reading and commenting, basically.