Fic - And Through the Leaves and Concrete You're Gonna Grow (Serena, Dan/Serena) pg-13, 1/2

[abvj]

Title: And Through the Leaves and Concrete You're Gonna Grow
Summary: It's funny how things work out. Serena just keeps moving.
Rating: pg-13
Author's Notes: 6,500 words. Spoilers up to, and veers off in AU land after, 1x13 A Thin Line.... This has been in the works since, I don't know, January? It's kind of my baby. Title borrowed from Rocky

Comments

[advwritingqueen]

This is great. Your writing is some of the best i've seen. I especially like the flow and wording and you're serena is so spot on. Much more likable than the one weve seen on the showe lately.

did you really have to breka the m up tho? i mean, really? haha jk.

[abvj]

Thank you, I appreciate that! I do agree that Serena wasn't exactly my favorite character this past season, but she grew on me. A LOT. I really only harbor some ill will towards her because she messed up Rufus/Lily way back when, but, I know it was necessary.

Probably didn't have to break them up, but then again, I was going for realism (or at least attempting to lol) and it's not very realisitc that they'd stay together IMO.

Anyway, thanks for the feedback!

[advwritingqueen]

No it was very realistic. you got the realism down pat. a r ufus lily girl myself, I was upset that she pulled that stuff too! I screamed at the tv. guess it all worked out in the end though huh. it makes me wonder if they're really meant to be tho. cause if dan and serena are going to get back together then serena did have a point?

i love serena more than any other character, but i didn't like her storyline about the 'murder'. but whatev. dan is my least favorite character now lol he was such a jerk!

[abvj]

Yeah, the murder plot was kind of blah. But it served it's purpose, I guess. I think we all knew D and S weren't going to last forever (this is a show coming from the same guy who did the oc, lol)

If you mean that if Rufus/Lily are endgame and so are Dan/Serena, then yeah, that could be a little weird. I'm 99.9 % positive that R/L are going to end up together. Not so sure about D and S. It would be odd, I will admit, but at least they're only step siblings. Anyone ever see Cruel Intentions? Okay, maybe not the best example.

Dan lost my love, too. He just sucked in the finale. I wanted to smack some sense in to him.

[advwritingqueen]

that's true and the oc kind of went downhil didn't it?

cruel intentions is one of my favorite movies ever! it's so good. with annette and sebestation adn when he dies i cry every time. maybe dan/serena aren't going to be together in the end. who knows. r/l are definitely though. i lvoe them.

dan was awful. the things he said to serena. he messed up too!

[advwritingqueen]

i love your icons too. whats it of? very girly.

[abvj]

I think it's the legs of Leighton and Blake. Not sure, though. It is pretty.

[abvj]

Yeah, the oc kind of got annoying after a while. Season five, though, was perfection. How great was Taylor Townsend?

Cruel Intentions is a good movie, it's been forever since I've seen it.

R/L are definitely endgame. D/S, I don't know so much. I'm interested to see whether or not the writers persue the N/S storyline.

Dan was a jerk. I'm on Team Serena when it comes to the bs. It's so funny because I used to love Dan and hate Serena and now it's the complete opposite. Yay for character development (or destruction in Dan's case) I guess.

[advwritingqueen]

Taylor/Ryan were great im interested to see if n/s happens, too. its such a big part of the book an di'm surprised we've gone through a whole season and we really havent dealt with it yet.