i don't want to wake up; you can't let go of me yet.
A part of me doesn't want to finish Traces, because no longer knowing that it's there to be finished will see me having to write something else, and I don't think anything could quite live up to it from my perspective as its author. I've never enjoyed writing a fic more. Going back to non-AU fic will feel like a step backwards in terms of
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But the three things keeping me firmly on the track toward the world of cubicles and office memos are my family's painful history of the dole, the incredibly alluring promise of leaving my work at work and being able to do jack shit post-6pm every evening, and gettin' me some funds for my trip to Japan+China next year. Got my mind on my money, and I'm not goin' away.
Sigh. The "dole" part makes me cringe because I can relate so much. :( And OMG, I hope you'll love Japan. Please visit Osaka, my onetime home. Please visit Kobe, the wonderful land where Europe and Japan collide. Please visit Kyoto and be a geisha for a day. Spend a night at a love hotel for LOLs and to marvel at the miraculous cleanliness of the theme bedrooms. Please take an embarrassing number of photos and write all about your adventures. And OMG, T.I.! :D :D :D
I've never enjoyed writing a fic more. Your enjoyment shows, and that's partially why I get super excited over an update. Like, there's nothing in the fic that reads like filler. "Traces" so fascinates that, as I told you, the first thing I'm doing after flailing embarrassingly over the last chapter is a rereading of the entire series. Whatever you write post-"Traces", I'll read (for what it's worth).
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HAHAHAHAHA you are a riot.
Thank you, love. ♥
It breaks my heart to know that the job market and its Hades, the dole, have claimed you in some form. Are you working right now or studying full-time?
I will try to visit all of those places, definitely, definitely. I have never heard of love hotels but am now considerably motivated to research them. And I will certainly share photos and stories! I did that for my mini voyage to Europe last year and I actually found it a useful place to sum up my memories of the places I visited.
And OMG, T.I.! :D :D :D
Hee, yes! I have had a weakness for T.I. ever since his incredibly attractive cameo in Justin Timberlake's 'My Love', and now I'm a little obsessed. (And I told you I didn't have anything against hip-hop as a genre!)
I'm glad my enjoyment shows! Sometimes fic can feel like a chore, especially when you're writing for readers rather than for yourself, but this has been immensely fun the whole way through, because I've been able to play with literally everything and just go to town with it. I can't believe I'd shunned AU for so long. I have only ever read one AU, actually.
Whatever you write post-"Traces", I'll read (for what it's worth).
It's worth a lot. ♥ And I hope that you enjoy Traces the second time around. I wonder if scenes will play differently when you know what's happening...
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Love hotels are fascinating because the whole process is so detached. Like, in most cases, you don't even see a concierge. You pick a room like you would a beverage from a vending machine. You could order sex toys like you would a midnight snack. You're into Star Wars? Pick a room with beds that bring to mind alien-probing and examinations. You dig Hello Kitty/dungeons/manga-wallpapered rooms/other shit? You could have whatever you like. Actually, what could be disappointing is how ~average the experience feels. Overnight stays are pretty cheap, too, depending on the day.
T.I.'s flow is so sexy, for real. T.I. is so sexy, full stop.
Initially, AU seemed strange to me, but there are some excellent, addicting AUs out there. What's the one AU you've read?
LOL, I'm probably going to have too-late light bulb moments in my rereading of "Traces". I'm definitely excited.
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Oh my god. I need to find an obsession and then a love hotel to match it. Like, football-related kink or something. Though the fact that kink and Hello Kitty are at all relatable is fascinating. Like, how on earth?
You could have whatever you like.
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The one AU I've read was written by frecklesandink and it was a Sernando. Fernando was blind and met Sergio while they were walking their dogs, lol. It was dramatic and implausible but strangely wonderful. The author was one of my favourites which is why I read it.
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