Date: 02/25/10 04:38 pm Title: Tom @ 53
His person.
His person.
His person.
My god, that is fucking beautiful.
Author's Response: Always his. ♥
Date: 02/25/10 03:59 pm Title: Tom @ 53
I will never, ever get through this chapter without blubbering like a child. I should have known better than to read this before a 1 pm meeting. ;_;
Author's Response: I would feel more guilty, but you should've. Ilu ♥
Date: 02/25/10 03:19 pm Title: Tom @ 52
Gosh, he can't say Bill anymore :(. I love how Bill never left his side! ALways there for him! Till the end!
Author's Response: I can't imagine Bill would ever leaving him while he had any choice.
Date: 02/25/10 03:17 pm Title: Tom @ 51
heartbreaking.
Author's Response: ♥
Date: 02/25/10 03:10 pm Title: Tom @ 53
Oh gosh I was trying to read this at school earlier and I had to stop because I was tearing up like crazy and the person besides me was giving me weird looks. XD But now upon being able to take time and read it in full, I just want to say that this chapter was beautiful. I don't think I've ever seen a TH song get used in a fic in a more perfect way before. Simply stunning and amazing in every way. (And of course I'm crying again. Lol.)
Author's Response: Thank you so much, hon ♥ I seem to have a talent for making people cry at school though :(
Date: 02/25/10 02:57 pm Title: Tom @ 53
i am depressed right now....my friend us gonna kill me tommortow when she sees me- she forbid me to read this story!!
but i couldn't-never!! i will read it over and over again...T-T...T-Tomi...i am s-sorry...*cries*
Author's Response: ;_; Don't be depressed. It's sad, but not meant to be depressing!
Date: 02/25/10 02:26 pm Title: Tom @ 53
INNNN DIIIIEEE NAAACHT! *sobs*
*slashes wrists open*
Beautiful, just utterly beautiful...one of my favorite stories of all time...although hopefully the boys wont end up this way ^_^
Question: if Bill knew from before that Tom was gonna end up this way, why didnt he try to somehow prevent it or prolong it? Me and my sister are constantly wondering why the Time Travelers wife didnt have an emergency kit at hand and become a doctor or at least know how to treat and take care of a bullet. I mean, damn, she had time and could have prepared. It may not have worked, but she could have tried and succeeded. Its happened before. I'd have thought Bill would put half his earnings into the study for whatever disease Tom has, and learned all he could about so he could have helped prevented it..maybe if he had some sort of surgery early on, I dunno..they certainly have the money.
But I guess the main point is the poignancy and beautiful tragedy of the story, ja? This story was wonderful to follow, thank you very much for writing it :)
Author's Response: Thank you, thank you so much ♥ And I agree entirely - I really hope they never ever have to deal with this themselves or in anyone close.
In answer to your question, Bill couldn't do anything to prevent or prolong things. Even if he'd invested everything, he'd likely have gotten nowhere and if I'd written a magic cure, this fic wouldn't feel so real. There's millions and billions invested into research right now, and Bill would never earn enough to do more than that. The main point isn't the beautiful tragedy though, but how they live life and have a wonderful life despite the ending. The best way to try and get someone to live longer with Alzheimer's is to enable them - to help them do things and feel like they're still living. That's what Bill does in this for Tom and that's the point. It doesn't matter how you end, not really, but it's what you do in your 'now' and I hope you've found many of Bill and Tom's 'nows' to make up a rich and enviable life here.
Date: 02/25/10 02:19 pm Title: Tom @ 53
im so happy they will be together. tom deserves it and so does bill.
Author's Response: ♥
Date: 02/25/10 10:54 am Title: Tom @ 52
Oh, tom poor tom. *cries*
Author's Response: Poor both of them ;_;
Date: 02/25/10 10:35 am Title: Tom @ 52
It just keeps getting worse and worse, although that's to be expected. Still... I can't imagine Tom confined to a bed, unable to walk or talk ever again. Or I guess I don't want to imagine it. At least he has Bill to bring him comfort. I can only imagine the disaster this situation would be if Bill weren't by Tom's side. As much as I'm glad Bill is staying with Tom, I almost wish he wouldn't. I can only imagine how this is affecting Bill. I hope things don't get much worse than they already are. I don't think either one of them could handle it well if things got worse; I know I wouldn't be able to.
Brilliant chapter, as always.
Author's Response: We're near the end now, and I sympathise with not wanting to imagine it. This is the very last thing I would ever want them to go through, but I'm endlessly grateful to them because they gave me a way to address my own demons.
Date: 02/25/10 09:37 am Title: Tom @ 52
So sad... Tomi doesnt have very much longer. We all knew it would come to this point but its still hard. It must be even harder for you. As much as we love your twins, they're not ours.
Thank you.
Author's Response: Thank you. It was hard for me, but it was also a big relief in the end, because as a few people have commented, it's time for them to have some peace and they have earned it so very hard.
Date: 02/25/10 09:17 am Title: Tom @ 52
By this point all I can do is ;__; at you.
Author's Response: *clings* ;_;
Date: 02/25/10 09:10 am Title: Tom @ 52
Yes my angel, you have Bill and he has you.
Author's Response: Always ♥
Date: 02/25/10 07:20 am Title: Tom @ 52
I don't know how much more of this I can read without falling apart for Bill. And for Tom, too.
Author's Response: There isn't much more - thank you for making it this far!
Date: 02/25/10 07:01 am Title: Tom @ 52
OMG this is so sad!!! I feel like crying everytime I read a chapter of your fiction ='(
Author's Response: I'm sorry!
Date: 02/25/10 05:35 am Title: Tom @ 52
Tom tries to speak, to say the name he knows – it vanishes on occasion, but it always comes back to him – yet his lips won’t work to form the sound. He frowns. Bill.
“If he’s been like this since it happened, when he’s usually not... I doubt he’ll ever walk or talk again; I’m sorry.” OMG... I don't even know what to say, this is so sad.
Author's Response: ;_; Strokes are unfortunately something that can happen with people who have dementia; that's basically what happened here.
Date: 02/25/10 04:32 am Title: Tom @ 52
He can't walk or talk??
That'd be so awful.
Only a few more chapters left?
I don't wat it ever to end :S
Poor Tom... Poor Bill...
T_T lol
Author's Response: A lot of people with dementia can have little strokes that rob them of those abilities. It doesn't always happen, but it can sometimes. ;_; I think it's coming to time to end for Bill and Tom's sake *hugs*
Date: 02/25/10 04:26 am Title: Tom @ 51
Oh gott.
Just the absent way in which he says the name.
And Georg should fuckin' back off..
I have to go read the next one :S
Author's Response: Georg's being a worried friend and he has a point; as a carer, it's easy to forget your own needs over the needs of the person you care for, and Bill does that here.
Date: 02/25/10 04:15 am Title: Tom @ 52
This story is so sad right now :( but it still so amazing
Author's Response: Thank you ♥
Date: 02/25/10 03:42 am Title: Tom @ 52
oh god that was probably the hardest chapter for me to read but it was still good. please dont take one away from the other let them go together please
Author's Response: ;_; *hugs tight* I'm not separating them; the fic's about them being together.