You are quite simply brilliant. You put in the words that should be there and left all the rest in the silence, and your silences speak eloquently. This is beautiful and spare and wrenching and perfect.
The last line--well, it's two sentences, actually--is exquisite; one of the best I've read. You've nailed Vecchio so neatly. I love how he doesn't worry about Fraser, Fraser will get it eventually. And Angie gets it now, and she says all the right words. Wow. I see why he trusts her so much.
Vecchio fic doesn't interest me enough to make time to read it (I haven't been over to the fest home page, just saw this come up on my flist, I think) but I clicked on yours because it's yours, and I wasn't disappointed. This is wonderful.
*blushes furiously and hugs you* Thank you thank you thank you! I, um. Always get a little nervous writing Vecchio, to tell the truth? And I'm never sure if I've really really gotten him or if I've just gotten someone else entirely. But. Seriously, I'm so glad that this made sense to you, and your comments always make me bounce and do a little chair dance.
j_s_calvacante really hit the nail on the head. This is brilliant, and you are brilliant, and you *get* Vecchio in a way that makes me reconsider my own understanding of the character. Like the rest of your work you are able to chip away at who this guy is and find the diamond-hard core of him. That hard work reflects on the other characters who show up here: Fraser, of course, but also Angie and how she understands him in a way no one else does or ever can.
Your writing here is lean and tight, and each section, each word, feels like an imperative. There's no fat anywhere here, and to carry the mining anaolgy into the field of the ridiculous, you burrow down deep and let the subtle messages about love, friendship and letting go unearth themselves through careful and percise shoring-up. In lesser hands the structure might be collapse but, like always, you manage to pull something meaningful and beautiful out of Vecchio's life. Thank you so much for posting this - it's an amazing bit of character insight and history.
*continues to blush insanely* OMG, YAY, I have LEAN writing. I just. I often find my writing to be either too verbose or so spare that nobody can make head or tail of it, so -- yes. *jumps happily* Thank you so much!
Oh, lovely. That's some brilliant writing you've got there- you get Vecchio so damn well, and the sparseness of this is something that really really works here, and I have tons and tons of admiration for that. I love that you're not creating new scenarios for him, but you're showing him both by his view of the world, and other people's perceptions of him. And that's a really neat trick I wish I could do *g*. Beautiful, this one's going to be reread often, methinks
*G* I'm really glad this fic worked for you! Vecchio and sparseness are two things I always get nervous about writing. *quivers with yay at being reread*
"Oh, nothing important," he says, all casual -- and Angie may not be his best friend or his partner, but she was married to him for a while there, and just that makes her straighten and frown at him.
"Nothing important, huh?" She gives him a once over. "There a reason why you're in your best suit at five in the morning?"
This is amazing! I can totally see Vecchio here, playing casual and goofy, and letting the meaning sink in all by itself. ♥
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You are quite simply brilliant. You put in the words that should be there and left all the rest in the silence, and your silences speak eloquently. This is beautiful and spare and wrenching and perfect.
The last line--well, it's two sentences, actually--is exquisite; one of the best I've read. You've nailed Vecchio so neatly. I love how he doesn't worry about Fraser, Fraser will get it eventually. And Angie gets it now, and she says all the right words. Wow. I see why he trusts her so much.
Vecchio fic doesn't interest me enough to make time to read it (I haven't been over to the fest home page, just saw this come up on my flist, I think) but I clicked on yours because it's yours, and I wasn't disappointed. This is wonderful.
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Your writing here is lean and tight, and each section, each word, feels like an imperative. There's no fat anywhere here, and to carry the mining anaolgy into the field of the ridiculous, you burrow down deep and let the subtle messages about love, friendship and letting go unearth themselves through careful and percise shoring-up. In lesser hands the structure might be collapse but, like always, you manage to pull something meaningful and beautiful out of Vecchio's life. Thank you so much for posting this - it's an amazing bit of character insight and history.
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"Nothing important, huh?" She gives him a once over. "There a reason why you're in your best suit at five in the morning?"
This is amazing! I can totally see Vecchio here, playing casual and goofy, and letting the meaning sink in all by itself. ♥
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*pets the boy* Oh, oh, Vecchio. I squish you with EVERYTHING I've got and propose marriage to you just a little bit.
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You totally win at RayV.
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