dw - the end of east

[momentmusical]

Today is Rose Tyler’s nineteenth birthday. She has the sticky taste of mango on her lips, a new pearl bracelet on her wrist, and an equally-recent tear in her cotton frock. She is also not-quite halfway up the banyan tree in the courtyard of her home.

A veil of dappled shadow from the canopy above falls over her upturned face. The mid-

Comments

[clanne]

Gorgeous. I read it first thing this morning and it stuck with me so much that I just had to read it again after work. Your phrasing is beautiful, even the littlest fragments - I love "the maid who sang", so poetic, so eastern, so evocative.

Beautifully done.

[momentmusical]

Oh wow, thank you so much for the lovely comment! And to hear you enjoyed it enough for a reread is simply the best feedback I could ever receive :D. *dances*

I'm so glad you loved it ♥. Thank you, thank you again!

[kadath_or_bust]

I think that may have been one of the most beautifully written fanfics I've ever read, although the tiny text made it a little difficult ...

[momentmusical]

Thank you so much!! Wow, you're much too kind *blushes like mad*.

I'm sorry about the text! I'd actually been shopping around for another layout for a while just for the sake of making it more readable, and just changed it a couple minutes ago to one I think might be easier on the eyes :). Thank you very much for pointing it out to me though!

[erikau]

This was just...lush, and gorgeously written, and sad and happy all at once. Thank you.

[momentmusical]

Thank you for the lovely comment! I'm so, so glad you hear you enjoyed reading it ♥.

[maypanic]

As a rule, I'm not particularly a fan of stories where "AU" really means "original fiction but my characters may seem kind of familiar".

But this... this is gorgeous. The sense of place you develop is so real I can almost feel the hot breeze, hear the rain and smell the masala. Seeing these characters we know so well in such entirely different circumstances, different people altogether and still very much them... well. It makes me want to rethink my prejudices and go read more from this challenge. Bravo.

[momentmusical]

♥ ♥ ♥. Thank you so much! I'm so happy to hear you enjoyed reading it, despite your reservations about AU. I had such a blast writing the Doctor and Rose in this new setting, and I'm so glad and relieved to hear that you could still feel the essence of their characters :).

It makes me want to rethink my prejudices and go read more from this challenge.
Oh, you should! So many of the fics for this challenge have been just brilliant and really well written :D.