erasureathon: sine declinatio
ERASUREATHON ENTRY.
My assignment was lettersandliars, which, omg I could not have been more thrilled about. I knew exactly what fic of hers I wanted to erase, but still spent several hours re-reading EVERYTHING SHE'S WRITTEN EVER and did two additional erasures that I'll post laterI'm just sad I didn't do this before, because it's really fucking fun ( Read more... )
My assignment was lettersandliars, which, omg I could not have been more thrilled about. I knew exactly what fic of hers I wanted to erase, but still spent several hours re-reading EVERYTHING SHE'S WRITTEN EVER and did two additional erasures that I'll post laterI'm just sad I didn't do this before, because it's really fucking fun ( Read more... )
Oh my god, I don't even know how to start with this because everything is so great. I think I just need to flail about the second stanza for a minute, because omg omg it is perfect. Violent emotion and grace far behind him YES PLEASE because that is Roxas, he is all the messy, ugly parts of Sora but at the same time he is the part of Sora that keeps him human instead of just hero, because Roxas is all the pieces of Sora that feel, only he does it far too much for anybody's liking.
the joke convenient
to his obsession.
GOD, AXEL, IS IT EVER. He has to be a wiseass because it makes him feel like it doesn't mean anything, like he's okay with not existing and therefore nothing he does, including being totally, stupidly in love with Roxas, can be held against him, because he just doesn't care. Except the part where he's a big ol' woobie who's lying to himself. I LOVE IT.
I love how that next section ends on the 'but.' It's such a Roxas thing to do, he tries to communicate with words but ultimately they fail him, because he pretty much only exists in the physical, the visceral.
and then and then!
He doesn't know enough to feel
insignificant.
Even though he wishes he did, because being a heartless automaton would be easier if stupid Roxas would stop making him feel things like a real person.
And the next stanza, just ugh, a supplicant at the altar of Roxas, was he ever anything else? Ngh.
barely touching nothing.
BARELY. TOUCHING. NOTHING.
*dies*
So anyway, I love how you took this fic that was basically me trying to make Axel and Roxas bone (and also holding hands with bruises because why not) and made it into something that actually has meaning and purpose and is a character study and it is SO GREAT, AND I LOVE IT, AND I'M JUST GOING TO GO FLAIL IN THE CORNER NOW.
you did two other erasures? are you trying to break me? ♥
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First off, I am thrilled that you like this. And you just...GOT EVERYTHING I was trying to do so I am so, so happy that it worked.
CONFESSION TIME: I was pretty sure it was like, ~the height of vanity~ to even attempt this, because I'm so fascinated by both them and their relationship, yet I (still, trololol) know so little about the fandom. It was just like, "HOW CAN I GET AWAY WITH DOING THIS, WHAT."
But d00d, your writing is so descriptive and meticulous and you shape all of your characters so well that I have really distinct ideas now about who they all are. They're real to me, and I feel like I know more than enough from how you write them to give it a shot writing them myself.
Which is basically me telling you that you write character studies apparently without trying, lol, because every bit of meaning here is taken straight from what you'd already written.
UGH, OKAY, BUT SRSLY--THAT COMMENT. BEST EVER. ♥♥♥
Haha, yeeppp. Different styles, though, because I got really into this, I guess? I wanted to try ALL THE STYLES. :)
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The other two should be up soooon. :)
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