Hi! I don't know if I've ever messaged you before but I'm doing it (again?) now. I've always wanted to tell you how much I loved your incredibly insightful DCBB entry last year. Definitely gave me new perspectives on things--especially on the kinks you explored. I know it's been a year, but I was just reminded of it again seeing that you've just posted your entry to this year's DCBB. Looking forward to reading it!
I don’t believe you have ever messaged me, but for some reason I do have a post tagged with your username. I was actually in the middle of making a post freaking out over the fact you followed me a minute ago, and then you sent me this message and the blood just kind of… slowly… drained from my face
I honestly have no idea what to type, but my face is smiling and my heart is feeling happy so there’s that. and my brain is just going kink kINK KINK KINK!!!!that kink, oh god. The Kink That Must Not Be Named.
But thank you. Thank you very much indeed. Plus, I’m honoured that you turned your caps lock off, presumably in an effort not to scare me. I truly hope you enjoy my new fic as much as you enjoyed last year’s! (Or maybe even more?) c:
Wow ok I was told my some friends that I had to read foxfire blossom and I started it and I don't think I've taken my eyes off my tablet in the last day because god that was amazing I am officially a fan
bunkerbound said: I’m rereading Foxfire Blossom, and I love it even more this time. I’m so incredibly invested in this story that I have to take frequent brief emotional breaks–it’s absolutely wonderful I seriously can’t express how much I love it. Thank you. I’m about to start ch. 12 so I’m looking forward to having my heart ripped to shreds and then put back together again. <3
oh my goodness thank you both so much ;u; you’re very sweet
HOOOOOOOOW!?!?!?!?!?!?! No seriously, HOW DO YOU WRITE SUCH FABULOUS THINGS!!?!?!?!?!! It's like, your words make it so I can picture exactly what's happening, and ugh no stop BUT DON'T STOP it's all so good. CUE KEYSMASHINFJGBGERMFDSBMVSDAKAFEKGNREK. BECAUSE I. CAN'T. EVEN. HANDLE. YOUR. WRITING.
I kind of wanted to say Serpessence again, but I’m going to answer this separately because I was thinking about it earlier today, and I feel like I can actually say something useful, maybe.
It comes down to this: I blame Foxfire Blossom by almaasi (which is also linked on the Fic Rec and you can see more detail about it there). It’s been a while since reading it now, but I specifically remember a point early in the story where someone is walking down the street where Dean’s flower shop is in San Francisco, and there was some level of description about the squeak of tires by the curb.
I remember being sort of put off by it at first. It served none of the action or emotion happening at the time, and it just seemed like extra fat that could have been trimmed away. But it gave me such clarity about the setting – I could hear the exact sound it described, and suddenly that street was alive with far more noises and activity than the rest of the written words portrayed. It made everything so real.
Since realizing that, I purposely look for little details I can drop into my own writing. A rain-spattered windowpane, the pattern of a swallow falling between breaths, the clench and twist of a hand - they’re all small things that ultimately don’t tell the story, but they do. I feel like it’s those tiny elements that bring more life to my writing than does my obsessive searching for the exact right word to use (which I do an awful lot).
I’m not sure if that’s quite what you expected me to say, but there it is. *shrug*
So. Just finished Foxfire Blossom. And. I. Am so happy. *grins* I just thought it was so gentle and easy and yet still full of conflict, and I LOVED the whole used-to-be-criminals backstory. Towards the end, I was thinking, man, it will be a bummer if she doesn't carry through on that threat of "something bad's gonna happen", but…I should've known better x) I submit to your brilliance *bows.* (oh, and if you had ended it like you threatened to end it…I would've killed you. that is all.)
You may the first person to tell me you were pleased about what I did at the end there. Gosh. Thank you so much!! ^u^ (and thank you for not killing me??)
FYI I'm reading Foxfire Blossom for the 1st time (LOVE IT) & getting a bad case of 2nd-hand embarrassment. And 3rd hand. All my hands are embarrassed. CAS WHY DO YOU RAMBLE ON AND ON ABOUT HOW PHYSICALLY PERFECT DEAN IS TO DAPHNE YOU CLUELESS HUMAN!!
“All my hands are embarrassed” I’m laughing out loud and I can’t stop oh my godyghdfgf
CAS CAN’T SEE HOW OBVIOUS IT IS YET. BEAR WITH HIM.
