idol: "if you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn."

[me_sonrei]

Comments

[d0gs]

I loved this so much!! The ending makes me very happy <3

[me_sonrei]

Thank you -- I always go for a happy ending if I can! :D

[halfshellvenus]

As soon as 'Gerta' had the dream about Kai and the woman, I thought of the Snow Queen. In the original story, Kai is saved by his sister, so this really fits.

I wondered at first why the narrator was so reluctant to tell Kai why she wasn't interested in dating him, especially knowing that it would lead him to think there was something 'not good enough about him'... but when she tells the story of her parents and their rejection of her, it suddenly becomes very clear why she would be so afraid of losing yet another person she cared about.

A happy ending for everyone, except that we never learned Gerta's true name!

[me_sonrei]

His sister or I think his neighbor, in some of the versions I read while working on this...but not a romantic relationship, definitely :D

I think fear of rejection is something that all of us struggle with to some extent. If we've been rejected before for some core part of our identity, too, that only makes things so much the worse...

I'm glad you liked it! And -- yeah. I thought I had included her real name, but I guess I never did! :O

[hangedkay]

A really well-written piece that brings me in and makes me care about the character. It is so easy to look and judge someone in those situations for doing something you like to think you wouldn't, but you made her relatable and understandable. Even when I felt like there was an obvious better path, I could feel the impact on her of not taking it, rather than judging her for it. Thanks for the enjoyable read.

[me_sonrei]

Thank you! I think that it's easy to say, "well, I would have done [x] instead of [y]", but the path forward is not always that simple. I'm glad you could see past that initial reaction to understand her choices! :D

[xlovebecomesher]

I'm glad they're living their truth! Great job :)

[me_sonrei]

Thank you!

[roina_arwen]

Well told!

[me_sonrei]

Thank you!