Dude, I just got back from a shower. I had six flutes of champagne. Well, they started out as flutes, but progressed to paper cups. So hopefully this comes out coherent, is all I'm saying. I have not read the Notebird story yet. I skimmed it (I skim everything that I read if it's longer than 2000 words; I'm one of those annoying people who sometimes reads ahead, and then goes back -- I don't *always* do that, but I do it enough that I find it annoying although I cannot help myself) -- so I skimmed and is there vivisection going on? I'm sure I missed a great deal, b/c I was skimming, but there was definitely something bad going down w/ a bird or bird-like thing. And you see, this is what I deal w/ for a living. I work in an office, but on animal protection, a lot of illegal trade of endangered species, and I don't want to read about dead birds on my downtime. Which is weird b/c I like action and I read books w/ military shit and there's blood and all, but I don't want to deal w/ the dead birds if I know they're there. So I haven't read it, even though the general consensus is that it's hella good. I will probably read it on my vacation (or holiday, if you will, don't know which you use) since I will be hanging w/ the nieces and not dealing w/ dead birds. I know that there's a deeper meaning to "Notebird," but I can't see it until I get a little space.
What I like about your stuff is that it's completely different from my own. Your stories ask questions that I'm not going to ask, but I think should be addressed. For example, I really hate being reminded that Jack is immortal, meaning that he's got forever and nobody else does. I'm not going to write a story about that. But it is such a vital aspect of his character, so I'm glad you addressed it. Make sense?
I haven't read anything of yours that I would say, "I can't see so-and-so doing that." I sometimes have a too rosy outline of their characters, but I think they have aspects of both. So nothing has not worked at all. I still have several to go, but I don't think my opinion's going to change. As far as story structure goes, I liked the almost stream-of-consciousness thing you had going in the one where Ianto was going up to the castle (side note: totally made me think of Jimmy Stewart in "It's a Wonderful Life" when he's outside Mary's house), but I also appreciated the more straight forward narrative of the pink tie story.
And I'm going to stop rambling here b/c I am running out of room and I didn't talk about this fic even though this comment is attached to this fic. I blame the champagne. Twas good champagne. Good fic. Tootles.
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What I like about your stuff is that it's completely different from my own. Your stories ask questions that I'm not going to ask, but I think should be addressed. For example, I really hate being reminded that Jack is immortal, meaning that he's got forever and nobody else does. I'm not going to write a story about that. But it is such a vital aspect of his character, so I'm glad you addressed it. Make sense?
I haven't read anything of yours that I would say, "I can't see so-and-so doing that." I sometimes have a too rosy outline of their characters, but I think they have aspects of both. So nothing has not worked at all. I still have several to go, but I don't think my opinion's going to change. As far as story structure goes, I liked the almost stream-of-consciousness thing you had going in the one where Ianto was going up to the castle (side note: totally made me think of Jimmy Stewart in "It's a Wonderful Life" when he's outside Mary's house), but I also appreciated the more straight forward narrative of the pink tie story.
And I'm going to stop rambling here b/c I am running out of room and I didn't talk about this fic even though this comment is attached to this fic. I blame the champagne. Twas good champagne. Good fic. Tootles.