Fic: I'm Still Waiting For the Rain to Fall - 2/? (R/Q, PG)

[an_an0maly]

Title: I’m Still Waiting For the Rain to Fall (2/?)
Author: an_an0maly
Summary: ...pour real life down on me...
Pairing: Eventual Rachel/Quinn
Rating: PG to NC-17
Word Count: 2,637 / 21,000+
Spoilers: I would like to say that spoilers would probably be from the Pilot to Sectionals. After that, there might be a few smatterings of references to events in

Comments

[merty]

This is a very solid installment, once again.

It's hard not to resent Rachel's father even though he was mostly absent from this story. The fact Rachel feels rebellious just crumpling his message denotes just how mentally beaten into submission she feels, and it's confirmed when she has a panic attack and just goes back to pick up the paper. I can only imagine what went on in her head at the thought that her father would find it and understand why she went back.

I'm glad we finally get some Quinn in there, as subtle as their (lack of) intereaction was. Like everything about this fic (from the mental abuse to rachel's unhappiness)Quinn and Rachel's awareness of each other is slow and sublte, just seeping through the cracks, and I think with the kind of story you're writing, the build up and slow progression is indeed the way to go.

And it figures that the only moment in 3 chapters where Rachel seems the most carefree would be around Brittany. Sweet, clueless, adorable Brittany. I'm glad she might be the trigger with that last scene, maybe opening Rachel's eyes unknowingly, planting the seeds of something in Rachel's tough, rigid, controlled life.

thanks for sharing, again.

[an_an0maly]

I always look forward to reading your feedback. :) I'm just waiting for the day you don't like something I've written so we can have a long LJ comments conversation about it. :D Maybe I should write something just to to get the ball rolling? Kidding. ;)

I don't like her father much either, but I have to admit, I really like writing him for some strange reason. And you're right, she has definitely been mentally beaten into submission. At least at home with her father.

Quinn pops up again in the next part. Like, a lot in the next part, so yay! I definitely want to keep the progression of their interactions slow, but it does pick up a little from now on, but - urgh - this is too hard to explain. Lmao. You'll just have to wait and see what I'm trying to say. (I'm useless in explaining, I know.)

Brittany is just so easy to be around, I think. So it's definitely understandable she would be carefree. I think it's because Brittany seems like a 'what you see is what you get' kind of person, whereas if it had been Quinn or Santana sitting on that piano bench with her, I know Rachel wouldn't have been so relaxed.

Thank you for reading, again. ;) (And leaving a beautifully long comment.)

[merty]

Ahah, thank you! I take as a compliment the fact that you can't wait to read my feedback. It's not often that an author is looking forward to me not liking something just so we can talk about it... but okay, I suppose if there's something that I don't like or feel that it's not working for me, I guess i'd let you know about it. Since you seem so... eager :P But let's be honest, you're very good and the odds are greater that you'd dislike something I write before I disliked something of yours.

you have idea how much I really appreciate what you just said about feedback. Espacially now cause your timing is impeccable. And it makes me feel better. I have a friend who asked me to email her my favourite glee fics cause she's really into the show, and every time she calls, i'm telling her I'm reading. she wanted to understand so I started sharing. And when I share a story or an author I really like, I don't expect that she'll be in love with it like i am, but I'm annoyed with her overall lack of any opinion or feedback. To her feedback is "i liked it" or "I didn't like it" or "I guess that was good". She drives me nuts. Yesteday I sent her something from possibly my very favourite author. It was a drabble, very short, with a couple lines that made me jeaalous *I* didn't write them. it was so beautiful and defining and perfect that I read it over like 5 times and then told myself... God, I have to email this to her. And then she wrote back and the entirety of her feedback was "Is this a poem? it's short." I wish i could slap her behind the head and trigger something that would give her perspective and a grander appreciation of the written word. But alas... I doubt that's ever going to happen I dislike this about her. Which means I love it about you!

I think it's alright and normal that you dislike her father but like writing about him though. It's boring to write someone perfect and happy all the time, and much more gratifying to give layers and dept and make someone 3 dimensional, even if his personality and stronger traits are negative ones. There's a french saying that, if translated, would say "happy ppl don't have a story/history". There's always more interesting things to write about ppl that aren't perfect.

I'm very much looking forward to read more about Quinn, despite the hard time you're having explaining the extent or purpose of her interaction... I will indeed have to wait and see. And I'm sure it'll be worth the wait.

no need to thank me for reading, but thanks to you for sharing. (and leaving a beautifully long comment in response.)

[merty]

Oh, and happy birthday! :D
*hugs*