Date: 12/30/14 08:28 pm Title: Chapter 2
I re-read this one tonight and just want you to know I STILL think it's absolutely lovely. Beautiful and warm and just perfect.
Author's Response: Thank you :) It's one of my weirder stories, which is totally not saying much, but your words mean a lot.
Date: 06/08/13 09:19 am Title: Chapter 2
AHHHH TOMI *hearts* SOOOO DARLING @ THE STEPS
Poor babies.
I'm squeeing so much! They're just so darn cute. I'm glad they at least have this way of feeling better. At least she can do this for them.
Simone is such a badass. "You think I can't? HAHA IN YOUR FACE" XD That's basically how I imagine her. I love it.
I always think it's so interesting when writers write Tom as "gentle and persistent," and Bill as "forceful and demanding". I don't really have an assessment of their personalities so I guess that's why it's interesting to me to see this in stories. I guess it makes sense though, and I guess it's how others see them too (i.e. this photoshoot && this one). It just sticks out to me though. Maybe because I so identify with what I see when I see Bill (not sure if it's personality or not). And I don't think of myself as demanding but I guess that in some more subtle ways I can be.
Just...*squee*
Author's Response: *stares at your gif* Seriously. I'm jealous of your ability to HTML this damn website XD Simone is such a fucking badass. She will defend her babies to the end of the earth, and damn you if you don't believe it. I see Tom in this case as gentle and persistent, but not necessarily as that across all the fics. I see him as different to Bill, but just as forthright in his own way. It's just in this one, he's very young, and hurting, and all that kind of... falls away? I think that you're right with what happens with Bill and you. It's more than okay to do that. I also think that Bill can be demanding, but he's....it's not shouting and creating. It's more subtle - pushing aganist the boundaries, leaning hard to make something happen. *hugs*
Date: 06/08/13 08:57 am Title: Chapter 1
Awww, Scotty *hearts*
I have comments as I read along, but I don't want to spoil in the review for people who haven't read the story yet.
But damn these people are so fucking MEAN it just burns me up.
*cuddles the babies, hoping they feel better by now*
I really identify with Tom *hearts*.
Author's Response: LOL at your name.... Glitzy fangs... Honestly XD And if you want to share comments on any fic as you go along, my email is always open if you fear spoilers :P And urgh, those bullies. I felt so horrible writing them at times. *cuddles the babies too* Why, if I may ask, do you identify with Tom in this? Just curious since it's usually Bill who gets that honour.
Date: 09/29/12 03:34 pm Title: Chapter 2
I'm sorry it took me this long to get my hands on this. Anyway...
What I think you described here in this was not necessaryly the breastfeeding, but (through that among other things) the ultimate experienjce of being a mother and all those conflict emotions. Some might find the breastfreeding weird, but I didn't. It was a well-planned, deliciously provocative way to express certain feelings and most of all the ultrimate comfort a mother can offer. I am very fa,iliar with most of the feelings descibed here. Not because I'd be a mother (I'm not), but because I know I reflect my inner motherly needs to the twins even now. I treat them like my babies, my children, wprrying abouit their lives ad griefing for not being able to save them or protect them fully. It's the same complexity just like in here: to protect and to cherish the amazing growth.
The characters - even though a bit strongly expressed (as in very bad situation) - were likable and followed nicely some of the things we do know about them.
Overall I loved to rread this and most of all, because you managed to cover the most ultrimate pride and loss of being a mother. :)
Author's Response: No worries. Life takes up most of our times, as we all know.rnrnAnyway...rnrnBasically, you said. Motherhood, Mamahood, being a parent when you are helpless to help your children beyond offering comfort after the fact is a hard burden to bear.rnrnThank you for your lovely review!
Date: 09/27/12 03:51 pm Title: Chapter 1
Absolutely beautiful. I liked it very much.
Author's Response: I'm glad you liked it. It's a touchy subject, and I know it's not something that everyone can read about but.. .thank you :D
Date: 09/26/12 11:59 am Title: Chapter 2
This was beautiful and amazing and yes. That is all I can say.
Author's Response: Thank you! I got less controversy on here than I did on another fic... wierd. Thank you for your lovely review!
Date: 09/25/12 04:05 pm Title: Chapter 2
I found it so endearing that she actually felt that she offered them nutrition too, because they eat so little. Such a hard situation for them all. Very tenderly written. Hopeful even if it is sad.
Author's Response: You know, when I was thinking about writing this prompt, the fact that Simone was convinced she was feeding her children better for feeding them in such a way was the first thing I imagined about her. It was such a strong feeling, that she would be so concerned about it that everything else kind of built around it. Im not sure why. I'm glad you enjoyed it and I may even be adding a part three to it. It depends how well my muse plays...
Date: 09/24/12 02:30 pm Title: Chapter 2
This was actually very beautiful. You tackled the subject so sensitively and the love shone through.
Author's Response: Thank you very much for that kind review :D I hoped to portray it as something that was not necessarily right, or normal, but something that worked for them, with a strong feeling of Simone's complex feelings on the matter of the twins.
Date: 09/24/12 05:35 am Title: Chapter 1
This made my heart hurt in the best way possible. I felt the twins' pain without them evening being in this chapter, technically. I can't wait for more!
Author's Response: The next chapter has been posted. Thank you for your review, and I hope the twins pain will be eased during the next bit.
Date: 09/23/12 03:07 pm Title: Chapter 1
They are really having a hard time. ): So well written, thanks for sharing.
Author's Response: Thanks, Tinie :D I decided to take what you wrote in your fill, and push it that one step further, when combined with what they've told us in interviews and things. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Date: 09/22/12 05:02 pm Title: Chapter 1
This is so sad! I really feel bad for them, all of them, in this. Really well written! Update soon! :-)
Author's Response: Last chapter has been posted and thank you for your review :D