Date: 01/25/10 01:04 am Title: Expedience
Oh, Tom. ;__; That's, I mean, I can't even...poor boy. It doesn't surprise me that it would come to this. Wow, I'm utterly speechless. I mean, you've seriously upped the stakes!
Author's Response: And I wasn't even planning on kicking the stakes up here! Tom had ideas of his own, though, and this is where the story diverges from your original prompt just a tiiiiny bit. Hope you don't mind? ♥ I blame the twins. They're terribly willful, you know.
Date: 01/25/10 12:38 am Title: Expedience
I think it was a good thing that the chapter turned out upbeat hun, really. The flashbacks are doing their job so well that we can't help but feel the pain, quite intensely. On a brighter note: YAY! Tom's taking action!
Author's Response: I agree, actually! I'm glad Tom took over and put a positive spin on his time away from Bill, and now he finally gets to go out there and make things happen!
Date: 01/25/10 12:16 am Title: Expedience
this chapter made me cry. Idek why. Maybe because I'm slightly depressed (and my depression comes from abandonment issues & the constant feeling that something missing) and so I related to Tom to the point where I need him to find Bill, so that they can be together again. bah, i'm getting all sappy.
anyways, i can't wait until the next chapter.
Author's Response: Ack, I'm sorry! I think it is a really universal feeling, though: the constant idea that something's missing. But Tom will absolutely find his Bill in the end, and I'm sure you'll find whatever it is you need, too. ♥
Date: 01/25/10 12:09 am Title: Expedience
OK...no more log waits! I need the next chapter!!! Aaaarrrggghhhhh!!
Author's Response: *flails* I'm going to try! Hopefully this one'll be finished and posted by the end of February; at least that's my goal!
Date: 01/22/10 11:22 pm Title: Cessation
I had this open in a tab forever before I read it and omg, I wish I had waited until you put up a new chapter before I read this one! That ending made me flail! I just feel so awful for both of them. :(
Date: 12/31/09 01:15 pm Title: Cessation
This story just takes my breath away, really. I am used to reading soft stories, like pwp or just happy and light regarding the plot ones, sometimes delving into the heavier fiction, but I have never, never read anything so unique. It's not a suprise (I think I'm repeating myself again?) for you to hear this again and again, but really, all I can say is that you manage to come up with more than just action. There's so much more than that, there are volumes of the atmosphere you're creating, interlacing and forming this new world, which is so...alive. Not only the twins connection but everything around them, the supportive characters, the opposition, the whole world around them which has its own rules.
This chapter, as well as the previous one - was no exception. Even though you scatter and mix the pieces with present and past, it still forms a very solid and beautiful setting. Living Tom's fears in the current time, and going back to their earlier days, learning more about their closeness, their connection and love. The present is laced with the connection, and so is the past which shows us how it all was happening, how it all was evolving and getting stronger. I loved it, truly did because it's such a special thing you're showing - the twins' connection on every possible level - emotional, physical, psychological, mental, spiritual - I can see it everything, and it is so so overwleming.
Usually sci-fi is not of great interest to me, but this atmosphere is so great, so involving. Seeing Tom's thoughts and how he interacts with Bill only strengthens the appreciation of them being twins, and I love, I love how their minds are so closely connected they can feel each other physically.
It eases their pain of being separated, but it also makes it harder when they can't connect and lose each other. This is why the latest chapter breaks my heart, knowing which closeness they have achieved on their birthday night, how it brought them together even more, and how they lost contact for long months. I think that saying "Tom is in great pain" would be a huge understatement, from all what I have read in this story. I have no idea how he will manage these months. Perhaps he will excruciatingly learn how to be, think and live alone, without Bill in his head, perhaps it will make him stronger to face his world without Bill. But maybe, maybe he will be a mess without Bill.
Whatever happens, it's keeping my breath for now, waiting for this whatever.
Author's Response: Ah, I keep meaning to reply to your reviews, but they overwhelm me anew every time I read them again! You know, I stick to lighter fiction most of the time myself, both in terms of reading and writing. But I saw this story idea when fyredancer posted it at th_fanfic, and I was immediately drawn to it. I love fics that involve an entire world and a host of characters, and demonstrate the powerful bond between the twins within that setting. I'm so pleased that I'm being allowed to write this, honestly. Alternate universes, whether they're sci-fi, historical, fantasy, whatever, give authors a chance to show just how intense the twins' connection can be no matter the situation and events around them. Their bond is unshakable, and I believe the extreme pain of separation here will only enhance the joy when/if they are reunited. (Not that it's much of a mystery, given the prompt and my propensity for writing happy endings, but...)
Guess I'm rambling now, but just know that I adore and appreciate your reviews so much. I think you're one of the fandomers who loves the twins and their love for each other in the same way that I do - your art and your comments certainly reveal as much - and I'm always thrilled to find like-minded people. Thank you so much for taking the time to leave comments like these, and I hope you'll enjoy the next chapter as well, which should be up tomorrow! ♥
Date: 12/21/09 11:00 pm Title: Cessation
:O that sucks.But i love this chap ^^
Date: 12/19/09 12:29 am Title: Cessation
Oh no, this will be a hard few months. bbs b29;
Date: 12/18/09 08:33 am Title: Cessation
That last sentence made me jump. I can't believe how into this story I get when I read it.
Beautiful chapter, as usual. I was so focused on reading and getting all the thoughts and emotions that I didn't notice any mistakes. Weel, no, maybe I saw an extra letter or something, but I can't be sure, and if I go back to find it, I'll get sucked in again, and then I'll never send this review because I'll start reading again when I realize that I forgot, again, where the error was, and it'll just be a vicious cyle which I'm going to break now by shutting my face and clicking "submit."
Date: 12/18/09 06:09 am Title: Cessation
O_O. Months?!? Oh no! Oh poor Tom, I'm frightened for the next chapter. :(
But I'm so glad to see this one again!
Date: 12/18/09 12:50 am Title: Cessation
My heart bleeds for them. These poor boys. But I'm enjoying it lol.
Date: 12/18/09 12:07 am Title: Cessation
No... not months. Bby, Please do not do this. I cried throughout this whole chapter and you're seporating them for months... this story is ripping my heart to shreds while making it whole at the same time.
I actually Feel so much when I'm reading this bby, the flashbacks are giving it a kind of realness thats unparalleled.
Date: 12/17/09 08:52 pm Title: Cessation
Wow! That was pretty amazing! I can't imagine being torn so far apart from the one I love for so long. Tom seems to be holding up well... ok I think. He seems to be doing the best he can. I"m hoping Bill is doing the same. Their kind of virtual sex was interesting and kind of reminded me of the movie Demolition Man but I liked it. Again you have a way of making the twin and their fight so real. Great job and I really hope that Tom can survive long months without Bill.
Author's Response: I can't imagine it either, but Tom's definitely doing all right. He wants to stay strong for Bill's sake, and I think Bill's doing the same. :) Demolition Man, huh? Never seen it, but now I'll have to give it a go! Thank you very much, and I'm glad you're still reading along. ♥
Date: 12/17/09 08:49 pm Title: Departure
Well, if I killed you, I couldn't get MORE out of you, could I? *crafty*
Author's Response: True true. Death isn't the best motivator ever.
Date: 12/17/09 08:20 pm Title: Cessation
Months?! ;_;
Oh, no...
Author's Response: I know. ;_; But it had to happen sometime.
Date: 12/17/09 08:10 pm Title: Cessation
Oh shit.
Oh shit.
Oh shit.
Author's Response: That sums it up nicely. :(
Date: 12/17/09 08:06 pm Title: Cessation
months. months.
months.
*dies*
Author's Response: Months. ;_;
Date: 12/17/09 07:47 pm Title: Cessation
O_O. Months?!? Oh no! Oh poor Tom, I'm frightened for the next chapter. :(
But I'm so glad to see this one again!
Author's Response: Next one's going to be a rough one. :( I'm glad to be writing it again, though! I do love it, though I only update about once a decade.
Date: 12/17/09 07:41 pm Title: Cessation
You have officially broken my heart. Months ? I was so glad to see an update though. I was hoping you hadn't given up on this, I have to know how it ends.
Author's Response: I broke my own heart writing it. ;_; Definitely haven't given up on this one, though, and we're getting closer to the hopefully happy ending!
Date: 12/17/09 07:36 pm Title: Cessation
HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO LEAVE YOU A COHERENT REVIEW WHEN I AM HEARTBROKEN.
Author's Response: I'm sorry! *flails* I did predict you'd kill me, though.