Comments | kitsune13: I don't even know, you guys.

kitsune13

I don't even know, you guys.

May 12, 2010 19:52

So! More Glee fic from me. It's a sickness, I'm telling you.

Title: The Map is Not the Territory
Author: Catja Mikhailovic/kitsune13
Pairing: Will/Rachel
Rating: NC-17
Length: 8,700
Spoilers: Through 1.18 “Laryngitis,” but set some time after that.
Summary: To make him look forward to seeing her: that’s an achievable goal, she thinks.

Notes: ( Read more... )

glee, my fic

Comments 82

moonvoice May 13 2010, 01:37:45 UTC

Oh, I really loved this. The way it was told in sections, the way you both give us amazing insight into Rachel and Will's characters, and how you realistically broach the worry that Will would have in this situation, and Rachel's 'I want to but I'm scared to.'

This was beautifully written.

kitsune13 May 13 2010, 16:38:27 UTC

Thank you so much! I really wanted to convey both the excitement and the, well, fear of sexual desire, especially for someone like Rachel who's always so in control of herself. I'm so glad it worked for you! :)

dj_rocca May 13 2010, 01:41:12 UTC

Wonderful! More please? I don't really see why its rated too high unless I totally missed graphic sex ;)

kitsune13 May 13 2010, 16:44:49 UTC

Thanks! :) And I take your point about the rating. These things are always subjective, and I was going, "Well, it's right on the R/NC-17 edge..." but I decided to round up. there's been a lot of discussion in fandom about warnings and triggers and safe space, and in that spirit, I'd rather underwhelm a reader expecting something more graphic than make uncomfortable a reader who wasn't expecting quite this much. If that makes sense? :D Anyway, thanks for reading!

Marry me? mikhailaquinn May 13 2010, 02:49:40 UTC

aslgjdglkh I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. This is what I have been waiting for. FAVOURITE FANFIC. EVER.

2 favourite lines:

"I mean it. Even Schue’s looking. He’s the worst, actually.”
"You definitely got Schue all hot and bothered.”

And then...you know. THE REST. You're amazing =)

Re: Marry me? kitsune13 May 13 2010, 16:45:43 UTC

Wow, thank you so much! <333 And wow, do I love writing Puck now. he's such an entertaining asshole! :D

andbless_mybaby May 13 2010, 02:57:57 UTC

If you writing Glee fic is a sickness, then I want your disease. Incurably.

I have long liked Will/Rachel in theory, but I had yet to discover any fic that stoked my inclination. A part of me knew that I was desperately seeking the perfect hot/bad/delicious/wrong story to catapult my feelings to the next level. As soon as this appeared on my f-list and I saw 1.) your name, and 2.) the pairing I knew I was done for.

Rachel, unlike the rest of the Glee club, is actively interested in his personal drama, because his issues directly impact the club, and therefore her.

With a completely non-canon pairing, the question is always one of how the two characters will even hook up in the first place. In one sentence, you perfectly sketched the connection between Will and Rachel. This makes perfect sense, and is so in character for her.

This story was freakishly perfect in its depiction of Rachel’s sexual awakening. Going from this:

Her fantasies about him never progressed very far, sexually; she was so busy imagining the appropriate ( ... )

kitsune13 May 13 2010, 22:17:01 UTC

I have spent all day trying to come up with something more coherent than "HOLY SHIT andbless_mybaby LIKES MY FIC OMG OMG OMG." I can't even *begin* to express my gratitude for this amazing comment, especially coming from such a brilliant writer as yourself. you liked my puck EEEEEE!I am so, so glad Rachel's sexual awakening worked for you. That was a HUGE part of what I was trying to get across. I always wondered why, in "Ballads," she didn't take the obvious step and try and seduce him, as she did with Finn. Instead she skipped straight over the sex, and instead showed up at his house for some kind of crazy domestic-bliss fantasy, and was happy to let his WIFE boss her around. I mean, after he sang "Don't Stand So Close to Me/Young Girl" -- both of which are openly songs about mutual, forbidden attraction, and really the first time in the ep that actual *physical* desire is on the table (it's also the only time that they touch, and HE touches HER)-- the obvious next step would be for her to engineer some kind of romantic scene. But she didn' ( ... )

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kitsune13 May 13 2010, 16:46:45 UTC

Thank you so much! Will/Rachel are my OTP, and yeah, I plan on writing more of them. :D I'm so glad this story worked for you!