Illuminations

[room9093]

Illuminations
For: quiescentme
Rating: PG
Length: ~1685 words
Summary: Lu Han meets Kyungsoo and reads too much French poetry.
Warning(s): none
Author's Note: Arthur Rimbaud was a French poet who had a fairly destructive relationship with French poet Paul Verlaine. References are mostly from Rimbaud's famous poem Le dormeur du val. The title is taken from an

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[quiescentme]

spOT

[quiescentme]

i wasn't sure how long it'd take me to finish this comment so i spotted just...you know, in case. Anyway

Oh wow, i definitely had to go back and look at what my prompts were LOL but i thiiiiink i know which one it was. /sweats/ but after my first read, i was just awed by how poetic (clearly, as it was centered around french poetry, which i have veeery little knowledge in) and just pretty it was. it's short and sweet, references to the poetry thrown in but done so that i didn't lose track of what was happening or getting that whats going on??? feeling. i thought it was done quite nicely and i really liked reading it...once...twice...thrice

[bluedreaming]

Orz thank you (ㅠ_ㅠ) I'm really sorry it was so short - it kind of felt done? Like anything else would have had to have been a sequel? And I hope it was okay for the prompt - it was a kind of open prompt so I went in the direction of poetry...also the journal entries kind of like the voice over. I didn't translate some teensy bits of French but I kind of thought...I made references to the meaning afterwards so deux trous rouges is the two symbolic bullet holes in Lu Han's chest....I hope it wasn't too bothersome (ㅠ_ㅠ)

Yes orz Lu Han was kind of in his own head (not like pragmatic Kyungsoo) and THAT MOVIE (I was chuckling to myself because it's such a movie-lover's movie and TERRIBLE for a first date -> nc-17 rating and angst and weirdness and everything) I kind of want to see their relationship continue

Thanks for reading my poor attempt and I hope we can maybe be friends?

[bluedreaming]

hello Donna! Lol we see each other again ^^ thanks for reading this orz *puppy dog eyes*

[mydeerest_luhan]

I really love this fic!! It's short but it's extremely sweet! It's beautifully written! Luhan's diary entries felt like I'm reading poetry. :)

I also researched about Rimbaud and Verlaine after I read this, and I saw some hints and similarities pertaining to the two poets' stormy affair. And I also finally understood Luhan's quirky conversations with the statue hahaha.

This is really cute! Thank you for the wonderful story author-nim! :D

[bluedreaming]

Thanks for reading and commenting ♡ I apologize for the length again (glares at writing gods) poetry ☆彡

Yes those two poets are quite interesting and...shall we say...tragically dramatic? I wasn't going to incorporate so much of their story in but somehow it felt right...

Thanks again ♡

[bluedreaming]

Thanks for reading and commenting! ☆彡

[soft_daisy]

This is really cute, and your writing makes the story really beautiful/romantic. ^^ Thank you for sharing, and also thank you for introducing the poem and history of the poets--really interesting to know!

[bluedreaming]

Thanks so much for reading and commenting! ❁ I hope all the extra info didn't bog you down but I thought it was an interesting comparison - hopefully Lu Han and Kyungsoo would be having a much happier relationship though ^^