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8 - upwards to infinity

Nov 22, 2010 06:15

Welcome to our eighth prompt post.

As ususal, here are a few things to keep in mind:

1) All fills for prompts of the earlier prompt posts go in the post the prompt was posted in. No re-posting or splitting up prompts and fills.
2) Self-prompt when you post unprompted fic. (This means posting what the fill is about in a first comment, like a real ( Read more... )

prompting: 08

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anonymous December 17 2010, 12:28:08 UTC

Inspired by the above prompt and an equal need for heartbreak fics atm
HIV fic
Any or indeed no pairing, just friends, but not Clameron. No offense to Clameron - I love it as much as the next anon - but I don't want it in this situation

Re: Tender Comrade 27/27 (Warning: HIV fic, death fic) anonymous December 23 2010, 00:31:10 UTC

I can't stop crying. I'm crying so hard that I can't swallow or breathe.

Re: Tender Comrade 27/27 (Warning: HIV fic, death fic) anonymous December 23 2010, 00:38:40 UTC

It takes a lot to make me cry, anon. But you've totally nailed it.

There are some fics which I obsess over, trying to work out how exactly someone's created such a fantastically moving and enthralling universe, and I can already tell I'll be back reading this one again and again.

The punctuating brutality of your writing packs a punch. I'm really, really glad you didn't miracle cure the ending because it really is absolutely perfect as it is. You didn't shy away from the clinical nastiness of the illness (and also, by the way, I'm fucking impressed how well you've researched this) and you left almost everything unsaid. I love that. It makes everything so much more certain.

I'm babbling because I'm sure to fangirl this until I wear out all my fangirl, so just basically this = perfection and you = an incredibly talented writer.

And seriously fuck Billy Bragg and that song ;____;

Re: Tender Comrade 27/27 (Warning: HIV fic, death fic) anonymous December 23 2010, 09:05:38 UTC

Wow. Beautiful. But so painful to read. This is just perfectly written--the details, the emotions, the sheer sense of love between them. But augh, the ending! Even though that's perfectly written too.

Re: Tender Comrade 27/27 (Warning: HIV fic, death fic) anonymous December 23 2010, 10:36:26 UTC

OP here - I honestly don't think I've cried so much over one fic ever in my life. I'm sorry I haven't commented more but I've been away from the internet, though I'm kinda glad I did. It's so intense, and you're so drawn in and it's perfect, particularly to read in one go. Would have hurt so much more to wait for each update

Thank you

Re: Tender Comrade 27/27 (Warning: HIV fic, death fic) anonymous January 30 2011, 21:34:17 UTC

This was gorgeous. But yes Im crying like a muthabishhh :')
Amazing work! I cannot praise you enough authoranon!

Re: Tender Comrade 27/27 (Warning: HIV fic, death fic) anonymous April 15 2011, 06:51:23 UTC

This fic is incredible, author!anon. The portrayal of the disease was realistically horrific and moving without ever descending into melodrama, and Ed and Andy were perfectly in character. Andy's prickly insistence on minimizing his symptoms and working through it seemed spot on, and it was heartbreaking to watch Ed trying to care for him. There are soooo many potential pitfalls authors can fall into when dealing with a serious subject like this, and you managed to avoid all of them and give us a masterful treatment of the subject, and with all the competitive, affectionate blokeyness of Burnballs on top of that.

This really is one of the best fics on the entire meme. Bravo.

Re: Tender Comrade 27/27 (Warning: HIV fic, death fic) stare_me_out May 27 2012, 09:51:59 UTC

I just reread this for the 10th or so time, beginning to end and it still makes me cry, I'm in the uni library too, damn.

The thing that really gets me going is their last conversation when Andy requests to be scattered over Goodison. It just breaks my heart every time.

Whoops, total anon fail there.

Re: Tender Comrade 25/27 (Warning: HIV fic) anonymous December 22 2010, 23:49:02 UTC

Oh dear lord. I hate you for writing this, it is beautiful.

Excuse me while I cry and F5

Re: Tender Comrade 25/27 (Warning: HIV fic) anonymous January 14 2011, 00:06:29 UTC

It really is a good thing that Ive finished this just before bed because i really do look like a mess now, tears and snot running all down my face....sexyy ;) Like someone who posted above, my sister (14) is also in the room trying to sleep but I think the PLOPPLOP of tears hitting the keyboard is stopping her!

This was amazing, beautiful, more than words can say <3 I think the fact we are all sobbing like babies just shows what an amazing job you did. I have never EVER read anything that has effected me as much as this (the last chapter in particular.)

AMAZING JOB!!!

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