Ode to Optophobia (3B)

[veryspecial0ne]

Title: Ode to Optophobia, or: Ten Men That Loved Annie Edison (6/19)
Author: veryspecial0ne
Rating: R for the whole series, to be safe.
Word count: ~2800 for this installment, ~17,900 for the series thus far. (Hey, Meta 101 counts it for me! Mine was off...?)
Disclaimer: I have now been tweeted by both Dan Harmon and Alison Brie. I'm pretty

Comments

[__barelyalive]

i love this chapter!

[veryspecial0ne]

Aw, yay! That's always nice to hear. Thank you!

[heartjd]

Aaaaw, feel-good chapter after some angsty stuff, yaaay! :)

I like how you wrote Colby, and love how well you handled Troy/Abed, they must be a difficult pair to write in a fic, to keep them in-character but not make them sound too ridiculous.

[heartjd]

Ok, so I never really read author's notes because I wanna read the fic right away. Now I realize you wrote about the difficulty of writing Troy/Abed!! I SWEAR I didn't read your note before commenting, so it's really a sign that you did good.

[veryspecial0ne]

That's super-reassuring. And I feel like adding Troy and Abed to a chapter automatically makes it at least a bit feel-good, right?

Thank you for reading!

[supercapo]

I haven't commented on your fic yet. But I've really enjoyed every chapter. This is really really good work.

Your comment about Troy and Abed is what brought me out of lurking. Mainly because I want to compliment you on it. I really enjoyed them in this story. The bit with Troy hiding behind Spider-man and his little "huzzah" worked wonderfully for the character.

Seriously, good job.

[veryspecial0ne]

Thank you so much! There's more of both Troy and Abed coming later in this fic, as people have probably guessed, so it's encouraging that you think I'm on the right track.

[elsiesnuffin]

Finally (!!!) caught up with this and I'm so happy I did! This is fantastic stuff. And total word on the Danny Donald dialogue thing! They are impossible to write even though they should be easiest. You did a great job with them here though.

I am a sucker for Annie backstory, and this feels really full and complete. Every character has been a whole person and not some stereotype.

Really wonderful job so far.

[elsiesnuffin]

And! I put this song on repeat on my iPod while reading this whole thing. Good song.

[veryspecial0ne]

Wait, I am so jazzed that you read and liked this. Because I totally fangirl all over your fics.

And god, I love that song. I'm pretty sure that's actually like the first one she ever put up on YouTube, and it's so perfect for Annie because seriously, it's just about wanting to be loved.

[sowritesauds]

OK, I really should read the Author's Note before the story, because I didn't even see you had mentioned you posted this on Meta 101 and was going to suggest you should! Silly!

Anyway, I totally feel you on the whole Abed and Troy dialogue. I always feel like my Abed/Troy dialogue feels charicature-ish too. But yours definitely did not. I really enjoyed the whole chapter. The way you have woven the men of Annie's past into her present is unbelievably awesome! Great job, can't wait to read more!

[veryspecial0ne]

Haha, I was all over that -- I'm so happy we have Meta 101 now! Once it really gets rolling it'll be so nice to have all the fic right there without having to search so hard through the LJ comms for it.

Thanks for the feedback!