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45 - The Other Side Of The Sky

Dec 16, 2009 20:13

Title: The Other Side Of The Sky
Characters: Russia/America.
Rating: PG.
Summary: 1957 - America panics when Russia unexpectedly takes the first step into space.

TCE is co-written by wizzard890 and pyrrhiccomedy.

( First, America had locked himself in his basement until everything around him was broken, knocked over, or sprayed across the floor. )

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thetis_argent December 16 2009, 14:37:47 UTC

Damn.

When you said you this was going to be a sixty-something chapter tragedy, I thought it was a case of being good in the beginning then going to hell during the Cold War, while we all cry about how it used to be. But it isn't. It's good in the beginning, then it wavers and we all hold our breath waiting for it to fall. Then it falls, but gets back up and falls again and-oh God, this is agony, because I just know it isn't going to last.

You make everything hurt.

pyrrhiccomedy December 16 2009, 14:53:26 UTC

When you said you this was going to be a sixty-something chapter tragedy

TCE isn't a tragedy. TCE is a love story! That means all the pain and angst and suffering goes in the middle. XD

erueru_2d December 16 2009, 14:39:48 UTC

They are so cute together in this chapter! I'm sorry to see America in such a miserable state of consciousness, but the boys have come to a mutual understanding, and that's incredibly nice.

An image of little America dreaming to be a bird is adorable. <3

I have a question. *looks at calendar suspiciously* You're not planning to post the U2 chapter at Christmas, are you? D=

Now I'll be waiting impatiently for Yuri Gagarin. Space Race is one of my favorite things in the history of humankind!

pyrrhiccomedy December 16 2009, 14:52:27 UTC

You're not planning to post the U2 chapter at Christmas, are you? D=

...*counts days*

It'll probably be posted two days after? >_>

=D

pockygirl December 16 2009, 16:23:05 UTC

Just beyond his voice, barely muffled, Sputnik went on singing.
i think i've mentioned before how poetic i find the writing in the saga.
just beautiful <3

i like the interaction between what his people are feeling and what America himself is actually flipping out over, and it really shows how far they've come that they can have a binding moment over it rather than sniping at each other.

wizzard890 December 16 2009, 19:16:20 UTC

i think i've mentioned before how poetic i find the writing in the saga.
just beautiful <3

Thank you so much. The idea that people are every bit as swept up by the writing as they are by the story is gratifying indeed. =D

And gosh, yeah, they've been putting up milestones all over the place this past decade!

neocloud9 December 16 2009, 16:30:55 UTC

Waaah, that was so perfect! TwT

wizzard890 December 16 2009, 19:17:01 UTC

Hurrah! Perfection! XD

So glad you liked it, buddy!

♥

rotifora December 16 2009, 16:55:28 UTC

Oh my... that was beautiful. Their roles are reversed. There is understanding. They are in sync with each other. At least for now. ;_;

(Yessss. Space race has commenced.)

wizzard890 December 16 2009, 19:19:07 UTC

They just fit together like two pieces of a puzzle at times like this. ♥

(And omg, I know, Space Race! Researching it is going to give me another Education, God knows. We never spent a lot of time on it when I was in high school. This fandom is making me smarter than American History ever did. XD)