This was such a gorgeous, epic fic. There were so many lines that made my heart clench and lines that made me giggle and passages that had me on edge. Your writing in this is just so engaging. Frank is gorgeous from his first appearance to arguing with Gerard about getting involved to harassing Bob to this very last chapter, he was completely enthralling ESPECIALLY through Gerard's adoring POV.
And your Gerard! Who is so sweet and passionate and still finding his way and his fascination and delight and love of Frank was just wonderfully conveyed. And everyone felt totally natural (Bob! Ray! DEWEES!), their place in this universe makes sense which I love so much. The mythology you built/work with here about the afterlife and ghosts and how people see them is great as well.
I enjoyed every bit of this fic, thank you so much for sharing it. It is fantastic, I'll be reading it many many many times over.
Oh, wow, I am A) totally speechless and flappy-handed with delight at your comment, and B) REALLY IMPRESSED that you read it already! I wasn't expecting any comments at all for a day or so, and when yours popped up in my inbox I pretty much fell over. Thank you so much for taking the time to write this, it really means a lot to me. ♥ I had such a great time playing with the mythology of the ghosts in this story, so I'm glad you found liked it! And oh man, I had even MORE fun writing Gerard and Frank. They're such fun characters, you know? Gerard takes everything so seriously and Frank's such a bundle of giggles and rage wrapped in tattoos. I'm glad you enjoyed my take on them! <3
And oh man, I couldn't leave Dewees out. DEWEEEEES. He is one of my favorite members of bandom, but he's on the sidelines and tends to be so underused. Poor Jamesie.
I'm totally adding you as a friend, if that's okay? :D? I adore your icons, for one thing, and keep going back to your comm to steal more Lyn-Z ones. MMPH. Backbend.
I'm a really fast reader which is actually really annoying, but I was also SO EXCITED to see this story. I've read it a couple times by this point and IT'S STILL AS AWESOME AND GORGEOUS. I keep finding new favorite lines and rereading parts over and over, just wonderful. ♥
And absolutely, I'm thrilled! Friended you back :D :D :D
To avoid saying things that has already been said, I'd like to say that I wholeheartedly agree with the comment that I'm replying to. And then I wanted to complement you on your absolutely great portrayal of siblings. I was reminded of myself and my kid brother quite often, except he doesn't get sick, and I get hurt a lot, so usually I'm the one incapable of doing things. But yes, great story, great characterization (RYAN!), great plot, great writing, great everything.
I am INCOHERENT with how in love I am with this fic. Seriously. It is perfect and amazing. I wanted it to keep going forever. The plot was enthralling, all your OC's (your OC's!) were great, and I kept stopping at random sentences and, like, repeating them to myself because I LOVED THEM. And the relationships! Gerard and Frank! Because of course Gerard would want to see Frank's body (and then worry about offending him, how are you so perfect?)! And I loved when Frank got scary and ghostlike and tried to stop Gerard from leaving the forest. So awesome. Bob and Ray were so friendly and normal and THEM, which was a perfect contrast to the supernatural stuff. And the relationship between Gerard and Mikey was really great and present, even though Mikey spent most of the story in a different city. I'm just. I'm totally crazy about this story. Thank you so much for writing it, it feels like a gift.
*beams like crazy* Oh, man, I wish you could have seen my face when I read this comment; it actually hurt I was grinning so hard. I wasn't expecting a lot of feedback on this for the first day or so, and man, this was just, like, the comment I'd never dreamed of getting. Thank you so much! I really wanted to try to make it a complete world, with the normal mundane awful high school stuff mixing with the supernatural, so it is so so awesome to hear that it worked for you. And OH MAN, I'm so glad you liked the OCs! I pretty much have stories for all of them in my head, way into the future and the past, so that one line totally made my day, or, really, probably my year, heh. <3
Lauren. LAUREN. I cannot even. I imagine I will be telling you how fantastic this is years from now. So I'm going to not worry about finding a coherent comment...
AND INSTEAD MAKE THE BIGGEST HEART EYES EVER AT YOU. AND FLAIL A LOT. AND SIGH A LOT. OH AND SOME REREADING IS IN ORDER.
Lauren. LAUREN. How did you write the most fantastic fic ever?
I AM SO PLEASED WITH YOU AND YOUR BRAIN AND I JUST LOVE YOU SO MUCH. *FLAIL OF INCOHERENT GLEE*
(ps- you totally didn't fuck it up, and it wasn't overly ridiculous. gold star and a+ and such ;D)
Ahahaha, I am glad it was worth the wait, lovely! I WILL NEVER FORGET THAT FATEFUL DAY YOU COMMENTED UPON MY POST, BB. It makes ghostfic even better in my mind, the association.
You deserve the most amazing feedback in the world, and I will try and leave you something better sometime tomorrow. Right now I am all kinds of brain dead, but I just had to say: I love this, I love this, I love this, I love you.
Ok, back, but now I don't know what to say. Everything about this was so great. The atmospheric descriptions were so evocative of fall and the forest. All your characters-- even the smallest parts-- Donna, Pete and Gabe and Brendon, and James and his tie, omg. The friendship dynamics between Gerard, Ray, Bob, Patrick, and Ryan was also perfectly done. (Oh RYAN.) Gerard and Mikey's relationship and brotherly communication style was a thing of beauty
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!!! Okay, so, I am a bit of a terrible lurker, mostly, but I've loved your fics for ages, especially Break the Walls, and it is so incredibly awesome to see that you like this beast of a fic of mine. Like, holy fuck, this comment made me SO HAPPY. So, uh, just as a warning, I am friending the hell out of you now, and because even if I didn't already adore your fic, omg this comment, thank you SO MUCH. And I am trying to be better about commenting myself, so expect to see me about soon. *G*
I'm so glad you liked the way the fic finished -- I worked hard on trying to make sure the story ended hopefully, despite all the angst and awful things that had happened, so that comment of yours delighted me down to my toes, seriously. It's a dark topic, but I tried to examine it as realistically as I could and still give the characters all some resolution and a space to grow from. And ahaha, I am SO TICKLED you liked my takes on Gerard and Frank! I had so much fun with them, thanks so much!
OMG YAY. I am both bright red and really pleased, so, uh, hi! I'm glad my comment made you happy; your story made me very happy. :D
I really did love the ending-- I did not see it coming at all and I was on the edge of my seat (I can't remember if that was one of the things I remembered to mention or forgot). I was shocked Gerard got kidnapped, and (very pleasantly) surprised when they managed to work out a happy ending. And now I must resist the urge to reread the whole thing right now-- I need to save it for when I actually have the time... like tonight. ;D
This was SO great. I spent .. probably at least 6 hours tonight, totally immersed in this story. It was really well written, but totally plot centered too, you didn't ever let your language overpower your points, but your story was never weakened by your words either, if that makes any sense at all? Basically what I'm trying to say that it was the perfect balance between a beautifully written piece and a really fucking great story
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OH and also, I love the fact that carrying Frank's bones meant he could leave the forest. That's such a macabre and INTERESTING and plausible detail, it's brilliant. I was so relieved and elated when he finally got to be out in the world with Gerard
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Oh my god, ramble away, because this comment? IS SO AMAZING. Thank you so much, seriously, it just totally dissolved my heart into flail and delight that you cared enough about this story to write all this.
And yes, oh man, this story has been a really big deal to me for a long, long time -- I started writing it thinking it'd be an easy one-shot, maybe 10k, but I realized really quickly that it was a much bigger story than that, and that if I wanted to do it justice, I'd have to be in for the long haul (I admit I didn't anticipate the haul being THIS long, though, heh).
Yeah, Frank's story is really, really rough -- I'm sorry there was crying! *hugs, offers tissues* But even though it's a tragic story, I tried to give everyone a hopeful ending, even if it's not perfect. Frank's still fucked up (how could he not be?), but he's got Gerard, and freedom, and friends. And hey, speaking of which:
The flow of this story was such that I think just enough was resolved, which leaves you wondering what happens to them in the future but not
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And your Gerard! Who is so sweet and passionate and still finding his way and his fascination and delight and love of Frank was just wonderfully conveyed. And everyone felt totally natural (Bob! Ray! DEWEES!), their place in this universe makes sense which I love so much. The mythology you built/work with here about the afterlife and ghosts and how people see them is great as well.
I enjoyed every bit of this fic, thank you so much for sharing it. It is fantastic, I'll be reading it many many many times over.
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And oh man, I couldn't leave Dewees out. DEWEEEEES. He is one of my favorite members of bandom, but he's on the sidelines and tends to be so underused. Poor Jamesie.
I'm totally adding you as a friend, if that's okay? :D? I adore your icons, for one thing, and keep going back to your comm to steal more Lyn-Z ones. MMPH. Backbend.
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And absolutely, I'm thrilled! Friended you back :D :D :D
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And then I wanted to complement you on your absolutely great portrayal of siblings. I was reminded of myself and my kid brother quite often, except he doesn't get sick, and I get hurt a lot, so usually I'm the one incapable of doing things.
But yes, great story, great characterization (RYAN!), great plot, great writing, great everything.
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LAUREN.
I cannot even.
I imagine I will be telling you how fantastic this is years from now.
So I'm going to not worry about finding a coherent comment...
AND INSTEAD MAKE THE BIGGEST HEART EYES EVER AT YOU.
AND FLAIL A LOT.
AND SIGH A LOT.
OH AND SOME REREADING IS IN ORDER.
Lauren. LAUREN.
How did you write the most fantastic fic ever?
I AM SO PLEASED WITH YOU AND YOUR BRAIN AND I JUST LOVE YOU SO MUCH.
*FLAIL OF INCOHERENT GLEE*
(ps- you totally didn't fuck it up, and it wasn't overly ridiculous. gold star and a+ and such ;D)
You are my favorite.
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<3 <3 <3
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I'm so glad you liked the way the fic finished -- I worked hard on trying to make sure the story ended hopefully, despite all the angst and awful things that had happened, so that comment of yours delighted me down to my toes, seriously. It's a dark topic, but I tried to examine it as realistically as I could and still give the characters all some resolution and a space to grow from. And ahaha, I am SO TICKLED you liked my takes on Gerard and Frank! I had so much fun with them, thanks so much!
Yeah, just, basically <3<3<3!
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I really did love the ending-- I did not see it coming at all and I was on the edge of my seat (I can't remember if that was one of the things I remembered to mention or forgot). I was shocked Gerard got kidnapped, and (very pleasantly) surprised when they managed to work out a happy ending. And now I must resist the urge to reread the whole thing right now-- I need to save it for when I actually have the time... like tonight. ;D
<3<3<3<3
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And yes, oh man, this story has been a really big deal to me for a long, long time -- I started writing it thinking it'd be an easy one-shot, maybe 10k, but I realized really quickly that it was a much bigger story than that, and that if I wanted to do it justice, I'd have to be in for the long haul (I admit I didn't anticipate the haul being THIS long, though, heh).
Yeah, Frank's story is really, really rough -- I'm sorry there was crying! *hugs, offers tissues* But even though it's a tragic story, I tried to give everyone a hopeful ending, even if it's not perfect. Frank's still fucked up (how could he not be?), but he's got Gerard, and freedom, and friends. And hey, speaking of which:
The flow of this story was such that I think just enough was resolved, which leaves you wondering what happens to them in the future but not ( ... )
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