Wow. I'm stunned by the beauty of this. The ideas, the language, the execution are just breathtaking. I thought Sam/Toby/CJ was my favourite TWW threesome, but the interplay between Sam, Jed and Toby are really giving them a run for their money.
This fic excites me and makes me ache wanting to explore the things that you show them going through. You make me want to write this scenario again (even though I just did). :) And there are some absolutely fantastic lines:
Sam who is brought before him last, the last of Hannah's children to Nebuchadnezzar makes me shiver and want to cry. And holy god, I'm all over the comparisons between Sam and Ellie. And that part made me want to cry too. In fact, if I wasn't at work reading this, I probably would have.
In his dreams he watches the back of his father's hand (and one night Toby's hand) come down to strike him across his frightened face but when the hand pulls back it's his own and Sam has a cherry red blot where Jed had split his lip. *is stunned, again* I can feel and see this image,
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Hee... your icon just made me make an embarrassing distinctly squeeing noise into my diet ice-coffee. Wow, I'm uh, I'm a little speechless. I'm really glad that you liked it, I guess that feedback from people that you admire will always hit you differently.
*goes to have Sam/Jed/Toby thoughts and see if she can weave them into 'Bright Exhalation pt 8'*Dude
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Hee... your icon just made me make an embarrassing distinctly squeeing noise into my diet ice-coffee. For once that is not my fault: black_eyedgirl is the culprit. Ain't it *great*? ;)
It's the single most engaging WIP I've ever read (though to be perfectly honest I rarely read WIP's in the first place, I'm a one-shot girl through and through and maybe now I understand why. The waiting drives me insane, but it's a good kind of insane I guess) and certainly the WIP I've gotten the most involved with emotionally. *blush* I'm always faintly astonished when people say that they *continue* to enjoy Bright Exhalation, even though I spend like, months getting each part out. It makes me want to do right by you guys, if you know what I mean. :)
Or maybe I'm just emotionally involved with your Toby. That makes me, you know, *so* happy. And yes. Me too, oh god yes. *pets him*
And 'Myths Of His Fathers' was not only gorgeous but it really helped me finally break the mental barrier of the possibility of a physical encounter between Sam and Jed (even though
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Ah, Leo/Josh... my personal holy grail of rare-pairings... I have a sneaking suspicion that one ought to be adequately intoxicated before trying to tackle that particular Everest.
Echoing Em's "wow". Seriously. Wow. I don't even have words for this, though I do hope to come back with more coherent feedback. I just wanted to let you know, though, that this is awesomely, beautifully written. I'm blown away.
Okay, really, no need to apologise. This left me breathless the first time, and wordless the second time, so it's only on third time of asking I can actually leave a comment. It's just so *exactly* what I needed when I asked for Sam and Jed.
"He'd been searching so desperately, so pathetically, for a way out of being angry with the President ever since he first felt the gold lined energy of his precious speech draining from the GDC ballroom like a punctured balloon." It really isn't often that someone gives me a new perspective on The Drop In... *ponders*
But the more he lets the thoughts race against each other in his mind in endless circles he thinks maybe it hasn't been said not out of fear of having Sam as a son but rather of fear for Sam having him as a father. In his dreams he watches the back of his father's hand (and one night Toby's hand) come down to strike him across his frightened face but when the hand pulls back it's his own and Sam has a cherry red blot where Jed had split his lip. Ack.... This section broke me in
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I'm glad you liked it, I really enjoyed the challenge of trying to figure out where and how they fit together. And thanks for understanding about the delay... ;)
I love this so much. It's brilliant, and the imagery is stunning. The idea of Sam/Jed is almost realistic, and you bring it to life wonderfully.
The President's smile is warm enough to introduce a flush to Sam's cheeks and a tangible brace for his posture and Sam wonders with a medium level of concern if the idiot from NASA, who can indeed spell, has noticed any of this.
That was just wonderful, and I had chills from the very first part.
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This fic excites me and makes me ache wanting to explore the things that you show them going through. You make me want to write this scenario again (even though I just did). :) And there are some absolutely fantastic lines:
Sam who is brought before him last, the last of Hannah's children to Nebuchadnezzar makes me shiver and want to cry. And holy god, I'm all over the comparisons between Sam and Ellie. And that part made me want to cry too. In fact, if I wasn't at work reading this, I probably would have.
In his dreams he watches the back of his father's hand (and one night Toby's hand) come down to strike him across his frightened face but when the hand pulls back it's his own and Sam has a cherry red blot where Jed had split his lip. *is stunned, again* I can feel and see this image, ( ... )
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Wow, I'm uh, I'm a little speechless. I'm really glad that you liked it, I guess that feedback from people that you admire will always hit you differently.
*goes to have Sam/Jed/Toby thoughts and see if she can weave them into 'Bright Exhalation pt 8'*Dude ( ... )
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For once that is not my fault: black_eyedgirl is the culprit. Ain't it *great*? ;)
It's the single most engaging WIP I've ever read (though to be perfectly honest I rarely read WIP's in the first place, I'm a one-shot girl through and through and maybe now I understand why. The waiting drives me insane, but it's a good kind of insane I guess) and certainly the WIP I've gotten the most involved with emotionally.
*blush* I'm always faintly astonished when people say that they *continue* to enjoy Bright Exhalation, even though I spend like, months getting each part out. It makes me want to do right by you guys, if you know what I mean. :)
Or maybe I'm just emotionally involved with your Toby.
That makes me, you know, *so* happy. And yes. Me too, oh god yes. *pets him*
And 'Myths Of His Fathers' was not only gorgeous but it really helped me finally break the mental barrier of the possibility of a physical encounter between Sam and Jed (even though ( ... )
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Ah, Leo/Josh... my personal holy grail of rare-pairings...
I have a sneaking suspicion that one ought to be adequately intoxicated before trying to tackle that particular Everest.
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Totally, totally worth the wait :)
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Thanks for reading.
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"He'd been searching so desperately, so pathetically, for a way out of being angry with the President ever since he first felt the gold lined energy of his precious speech draining from the GDC ballroom like a punctured balloon."
It really isn't often that someone gives me a new perspective on The Drop In... *ponders*
But the more he lets the thoughts race against each other in his mind in endless circles he thinks maybe it hasn't been said not out of fear of having Sam as a son but rather of fear for Sam having him as a father.
In his dreams he watches the back of his father's hand (and one night Toby's hand) come down to strike him across his frightened face but when the hand pulls back it's his own and Sam has a cherry red blot
where Jed had split his lip. Ack.... This section broke me in ( ... )
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And thanks for understanding about the delay... ;)
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The President's smile is warm enough to introduce a flush to Sam's cheeks and a tangible brace for his posture and Sam wonders with a medium level of concern if the idiot from NASA, who can indeed spell, has noticed any of this.
That was just wonderful, and I had chills from the very first part.
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