Even Otherwise I Love You by tryfanstone (R)

[tryfanstone]

Title: Even Otherwise I love you
Author: Jay Tryfanstone (tryfanstone on livejournal)
Fandom: Bollywood - Dostana
Rating: R
Word Count: 24,800
Pairing: Sam/Kunal
Genre: Drama
Summary: The film Karan Johar could have made: Dostana 2, a Bollywood love story starring Sameer and Kunal, two men drawn together by fate. And a little help from Sam's mum.
Beta: With many

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[tryfanstone]

So glad you liked this. Dostana just made me laugh so much I made all my friends watch it twice! Then I wanted to know one version of what happened next, so ...

Thank you for letting me know Even Otherwise worked for you. And of course I don't mind you forwarding links.

[unovis]

Dude!

I waited to read until I had seen the movie, which I thoroughly enjoyed.

This was charming--even without song and dance and falling petals. It's convincing, that Kunal would long for Sameer and resist the feeling, that Sameer would be doggedly persistent, that his Mama would turn wheels for her beloved son. This was also beautifully hung on the convention's frame. I loved the credits.

It's good to read you again.
Note coming your way with some data. My geocities website is gone.

[tryfanstone]

So. Sons of Anarchy? You are so absolutely right. I've never, ever, sat trough a whole TV series in four nights before. And ... it's not something I (a) have written (b) have to write or (c) am watching 'cos John Abraham takes his clothes off. I can't decide if I really really like it (the women, the bikes, the ethics, the script, and did someone start shooting TV in some sort of really interesting way in the last ten years, 'cos I really like the non-linear bits?) or if I really, really hate it (the women, the bikes - not enough of and the wrong sort - the BABY) But I'm fascinated, and now I need season 2 on DVD! Thank you. I wouldn't have seen it if you hadn't said at all

[healingmirth]

So. I've never let having no idea what the canon's about stop me from reading fanfic before, particularly when I know I've liked other things the author has written, but I had this open in a tab for probably three weeks before I got around to reading it.

Saying it was worth the wait is a little silly, because it's not like something else was making me wait, I was just footdragging. I'm so glad I kept it open in that tab though instead of banishing it to the depths of my unread fic folder, because it's fabulous, and I thoroughly enjoyed reading :) Thanks for writing it for the big bang challenge, because I never would have stumbled across this on my own.

Beautiful.

[mavoorik]

This story absolutely slayed me.

God -- I don't know where to begin. My breath kept catching short in my chest as I read this, you make my heart twist something vicious with your writing. You captured so many subtle hues of emotions and made them so palpable for me. The character voices felt so unbelievably real and every character as well as the ones you created in support of the story were so complex and intriguing.

This was such a fantastic Abhi here: “Tough, no, homeless in Miami?" Abhimanyu asks, all faux sympathy and gleaming teeth.”

I fell in love with Jamie. This was perfection: "He has photographs of you," she says. "He has ..." She lets the smoke trail out of her nostrils, sensuous and slow, and glances down. "He has stopped sleeping with models."

I adored how you handled Sam’s mother too, how goddamn fierce she was.
And this wonderful quote: “Sam's mother could have won wars, if someone had asked her.”So, so, so many things I loved here I wouldn’t be able to name them all. Your humor. That first conversation in the

[tryfanstone]

Thank you. Thank you very much, both for liking Even Otherwise and for saying so: in the way of fics written for small fandoms, the thing is dear to my heart. It's so very good to know that it brought you pleasure to read.