[ fic ] they'll name a city after us, and later say it's all our fault ; caroline/damon/stefan, tvd
Written for the prompt "summer is all in bloom, summer is ending soon" by youcallitwinter, happy holidays! This didn't really turn out how I expected, but I hope it's not too all-over-the-place.
they'll name a city after us, and later say it's all our fault » tvd. caroline/damon/stefan. pg-13. 2,072 words.
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First, the formatting; I loved it. It gave this quiet, easy feel to the fic. Like they were always meant to be here and it’s not a surprise that everything seemed to lead them to it. The relationship between the three and how it stayed platonic for so long is absolutely wonderful, because I do think that the Salvatores would need time to break away from something that is almost becoming a tradition with them. And I can totally see Caroline being the one to get them out of it, because she’s seen it happening twice, and no way in hell is she going to let this be the third time.
And the writing style; FLAWLESS, BEAUTIFUL, ETC. ETC. HOW CAN IT EVEN BE ANYTHING LESS. I’m completely beginning to see the advantage of having fabulous writers on your flist, especially when they do memes like this one and write you all the fic. MY HOLIDAYS ARE SO MADE BECAUSE OF YOU GUYS.
And I think you captured everyone so well (big surprise there, you’re one of my absolute favorites for writing any version of this particular OT3), there’s Damon’s snark and inscrutability combined with how easy he is to read, which, well, paradoxical; and Stefan with the brooding, but the comfort that he and Caroline share and how he’d the one to pretend to move on, and of course, Caroline, with her perfect blutness, and practicing speeches in front of the mirror and her constant laughter and GUH, THEY WOULD JUST ALL BE SO HAPPY YOU KNOW *tears*
Also, the tension just oozes off the screen; the Damon/Caroline and Caroline/Stefan almost kisses and how she completely jumped back because she doesn’t want to break this. And how she can acknowledge to herself that she doesn’t want to choose. I think that’s lovely, it’s such a step away from the ‘you have to choose or you’re a slut’ ideal, and she gives them ultimatums and they accept because those silly kids love each other as much as they love her, and OMG, YOU’RE KILLING ME HERE. Also, that almost kiss section was definitely my favorite part, especially her cover-up and that horrific moment where she thinks she's ruined everything, my god
I personally love how quiet this fic is, something about the writing that makes it mellow and believable and picks up little, sometimes insignificant moments and makes them so much more; like each moment counts with them, even if it’s things that they wouldn’t ordinarily remember. And then Caroline tries to explain to their neighbor and can’t and it’s okay, and I’m just, melting here, y’know?
THAT LAST LINE DESERVES ALL THE AWARDS. I LOVE YOU, OKAY. I ALSO CANNOT DEAL WITH YOUR FIC, IT MAKES ME FEEL VERY MELTY AND UNDESERVING AND I WISH I COULD LOCK YOU UP AMD MAKE YOU WRITE ME FIC ALL DAY /creep
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In true seriousness, though, like, I have such a soft spot for this OT3 as a future thing, ugh, and just nodding at all your thoughts about breaking away from tradition, yes yes yes, and THEY WOULD JUST ALL BE SO HAPPY - THEY WOUUUUUUUULD. THEY MAKE MY FEELINGS EXPLODE A LITTLE BIT NGL D:
And omg, so glad you liked her not wanting to choose and how that's different from the 'you have to choose or you're a slut' because THAT OPINION IS WAY TOO PREVALENT IN THIS FANDOM AND IT'S THE WORSSSSSSST, like, maybe partly just because I am such an OT3/moresome shipper but there is almost nothing I hate more than people accusing so-and-so in a love triangle of being a slut for loving more than one person, like, THAT IS THE POINT. AND THAT HAPPENS. AND LOVING MORE THAN ONE PERSON DOES NOT MAKE ONE A SLUT IT OPENS A MYRIAD OF POSSIBILITIES FOR BEAUTIFUL OT3S
Anyway um um um /tangent, I'm glad the moments worked for you too! I tried to space them in a way that would still make sense even with the non-chronology and I wasn't sure if they were too ~random, so, yay!
UGH UGH BUT SERIOUSLY THOUGH I CANNOT DEAL WITH YOUUUU, I AM JUST SO SMILING, LIKE, YOU NEED TO STOP OH DEAR, ALTHOUGH BAHAHA ISSOK DEAR I WOULD SAY I WOULD BE TOTALLY HAPPY WITH YOU LOCKING ME UP BUT THEN THAT SOUNDS CREEPY TOO OR MORE CREEPY I D E K BUT BASICALLY LOLS, YOU ARE THE SWEETEST OK? ♥
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