Re: Refuge of the Incompetent - 7/7
anonymous
March 26 2013, 23:34:29 UTC
I don't know if you intended this, but "The Hollow Men" ("This is the way the world ends/Not with a bang but a whimper") is my favorite poem, and this is an incredible piece of writing that parallels it and captures its spirit astonishingly well. Stunning. Thank you for posting, a!a.
Re: Refuge of the Incompetent - 7/7
anonymous
March 27 2013, 01:08:12 UTC
A!A here. Yes! Absolutely. The opening was a bit of a nod to that, and I'm really happy you noticed! I'm a big sucker for lit, and I love to reference it when it makes sense c:
Re: Refuge of the Incompetent - 7/7
anonymous
March 27 2013, 01:58:22 UTC
:D I thought it might have been, but those lines are so common that people sometimes use them or refer to them without knowing where they come from, so it makes *me* really happy that you did it intentionally! Thanks again for a lovely story, A!A. *lit nerds high-five*
Re: Refuge of the Incompetent - 7/7
anonymous
March 27 2013, 04:00:00 UTC
Oh my fucking god I have been -waiting- for this story. It sat in my bones and I felt it's weight everywhere when I thought of the Destroy Ending. I was so, so sad that the geth, that Edi, had to die for a choice that I, personally, felt was "right," and there's this falling sadness, this lonely grace to this fill that is the most beautiful thing I've read in a long time.
I loved Shepard. You didn't spoonfeed us her despondency; it was in her brusque actions, her gray aimlessness, her obsessive focus to do -anything- because how could she not when she owed so much and so deep she felt like she was in a grave? I loved Garrus and his helpless hovering, not knowing what the hell to do and then Wrex was just -everything-. Just. I can't with this story, I can't. And then--
"She will not sing"
is when I decided I had to cry afterall.
A!Anon, please, don't ever stop writing. Please. Thank you so much for sharing this story with us.
Re: Refuge of the Incompetent - 7/7
anonymous
March 27 2013, 15:32:27 UTC
A!A here. I think that that kind of feedback is what writers just dream of getting. Thank you. So much. I'm glad it resonated with you. To be honest, this was a story I felt a bit more apprehensive about posting, because I wasn't sure if anyone else out there felt unsettled by destroy, or if they did, if they wanted to examine that feeling. Thank you for your kind words and your encouragement. It means a lot to this A!A.
Re: Refuge of the Incompetent - 7/7
anonymous
March 29 2013, 17:24:41 UTC
I really liked this painful little piece, and then you brought Wrex in and I fucking loved it. There's just something about the big gruff bastard standing resolutely by Shepard's side and telling her what's what without sentimentality that I love unremittingly. Garrus may love her but he can't give her what he needs here, and Wrex is that voice that cuts through the fog and headbutts sense into her.
Bittersweet, but in the end they start to put the pieces back together. Good shit A!A.
Re: Refuge of the Incompetent - 4/?
anonymous
March 26 2013, 20:15:55 UTC
very angsty and touches on a lot of things that a post destroy shepard would be dealing with (hate when people assume it'll be all touchy feely happy after that...)
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*lit nerds high-five*
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I loved Shepard. You didn't spoonfeed us her despondency; it was in her brusque actions, her gray aimlessness, her obsessive focus to do -anything- because how could she not when she owed so much and so deep she felt like she was in a grave? I loved Garrus and his helpless hovering, not knowing what the hell to do and then Wrex was just -everything-. Just. I can't with this story, I can't. And then--
"She will not sing"
is when I decided I had to cry afterall.
A!Anon, please, don't ever stop writing. Please. Thank you so much for sharing this story with us.
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Bittersweet, but in the end they start to put the pieces back together. Good shit A!A.
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would love to see more
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