Ok, coherency time. Or an attempt at least. This was so moving and painful and finally happy making and cathartic. I've so missed our goddesses fic. And I adore how blase and matter of fact Kara's voice is even though you know she's anything but inside. How well she's taught herself to feign disinterest when she's really exploding from the inside out, it's spot on.
So much growth & healing here. It gave me all the feels. Watching Kara's intense need for Laura, for love and Laura's natural inclination to protect and care for her become inverted when Laura lost her sister's was a super interesting angle for me. It's always one taking care of the other until that ending where they seem to finally be on a tentative equal footing.
I worry our trajectories don’t quite match, but I live for these moments where we intersect.
Aren't Kara and Laura just too much sometimes? But I feel like they always make the angst-ride pay off. They always heal each other in the tenderest of ways, and even though they sometimes bruise each other, too, they are each other's only salve. MY BABIES.
I'm so glad Kara's matter-of-fact voice worked for you. It's almost a little...dissociative, or something? Like sometimes the bad, painful stuff is happening to someone else. Laura is an expert compartmentaliser, but Kara feels everything everywhere, so they only way to deal is to kind of feign coolness.
It's always one taking care of the other until that ending where they seem to finally be on a tentative equal footing.
There is just something amazing about their dynamic - this way they have of taking care of each other, all the time, and their way of always being more concerned about the other one than they are about themselves. It's gorgeous.
And the first person POV works so beautifully here, because you know Kara so well. You get right into her head and feel what she's feeling, and it's lovely.
Thank you so much, button. I'm glad you liked it. And thank you for your feedback. It made such a positive difference. I worry about fics where I make them too unhealthy or broken or something, but they heal each other nicely, and they're so much better together than apart. <3
What a lovely comment. I wasn't sure how much into K/LR you were, though I know you've written them a bit. So glad that you took the time to read and the comment. And re: Kara's voice, ha, that's the perfect compliment someone could give me. SHE IS MY PATRONUS YES SHE IS. I love the way these two fix each other, my beautiful broken babies.
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So much growth & healing here. It gave me all the feels. Watching Kara's intense need for Laura, for love and Laura's natural inclination to protect and care for her become inverted when Laura lost her sister's was a super interesting angle for me. It's always one taking care of the other until that ending where they seem to finally be on a tentative equal footing.
I worry our trajectories don’t quite match, but I live for these moments where we intersect.
Yes! Yes, yes yes yes. *happy sigh*
Thanks for this. It so wonderful. <3
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A VERY LOVELY, TOO.
Aren't Kara and Laura just too much sometimes? But I feel like they always make the angst-ride pay off. They always heal each other in the tenderest of ways, and even though they sometimes bruise each other, too, they are each other's only salve. MY BABIES.
I'm so glad Kara's matter-of-fact voice worked for you. It's almost a little...dissociative, or something? Like sometimes the bad, painful stuff is happening to someone else. Laura is an expert compartmentaliser, but Kara feels everything everywhere, so they only way to deal is to kind of feign coolness.
It's always one taking care of the other until that ending where they seem to finally be on a tentative equal footing.
Yes, this exactly, you're so perceptive.
Thank you for such a thoughtful comment, dearest.
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There is just something amazing about their dynamic - this way they have of taking care of each other, all the time, and their way of always being more concerned about the other one than they are about themselves. It's gorgeous.
And the first person POV works so beautifully here, because you know Kara so well. You get right into her head and feel what she's feeling, and it's lovely.
I missed them. Thank you for bringing them back!
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No such thing, love. I love the darkness in your fic. It's what makes it so moving when they do come together.
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What a lovely comment. I wasn't sure how much into K/LR you were, though I know you've written them a bit. So glad that you took the time to read and the comment. And re: Kara's voice, ha, that's the perfect compliment someone could give me. SHE IS MY PATRONUS YES SHE IS. I love the way these two fix each other, my beautiful broken babies.
Thank you so much : )
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