anything's righter than books could plan (2/2)
Apologies to my best friend V. Several of the scenes here were inspired by the night she gave birth to her little girl.
Much thanks as always to the lovely 0penhearts for the beta and for epic ideas for Troy/Abed shenanigans.
Titles comes from e.e. cummings.
( “We can do this Annie.” )
Much thanks as always to the lovely 0penhearts for the beta and for epic ideas for Troy/Abed shenanigans.
Titles comes from e.e. cummings.
( “We can do this Annie.” )
First of all: Britta. This whole thing made me want to take her and hug her and have her be my best friend, whereas previously I'd only want to, i dunno- hang with her in social situations but never a one on one kinda thing. But if this were canon? (AND IN MY MIND IT IS) I'd totes be all "Britta! My place! You bring the wonton soup, I'll supply the Thom Yorke cds!", that is how much I love her now. And this is all attributed to YOU. You write her so well it's unfathomable; I cannot help but be swayed to ridiculous levels of Britta admiration.
Like for one? She's hilarious. (Okay, here's the part where I should probably remind myself that she's not real and switch over all my regard to the true superhero in this story: YOU.) So forgive me, you're hilarious. The road-rage to the hospital ride, the smarmy too-calm damn WANDERING doctor hate, all the frantic wheeling husband cursing baby-having stereotypes that didn't happen to the disappointment of poor Britta, and oh my god Troy and Abed and mysterious doctor wear, i don't even know what to say. GOLD. It's just all GOLD.
(Also Troy/Britta/Abed for the ultimate OT3, I am so serious, I might love you forever for that alone.)
And I haven't even come to the Jeff/Annie adulation portion of this review yet. God. I wish I could express myself properly or maybe find some way to convey to you the pure happiness that I obtained and am now floating on simply through reading this. I'm so serious. I'm happy. And it's not one of those junkfood, beam while it's happening and then forget about it five seconds later kind of highs either. I legit feel like I will go to sleep smiling.
You wrote this amazing moment, this special incredible heart-warming moment, so real that I feel like I was part of it. Or there. Or like, I somehow became Britta, getting a glimpse into that room and just seeing the love between Annie and Jeff and their little girl. It's like you--like I--could reach out and touch it. And every moment prior to that: every frantic pace of Annie's, every panicked 'okay' of Jeff a thousand miles away, everything. Everything you wrote built this relationship of just, love. Real love. And oh my god I'm not even going to apologize for the fact that I am being schmoopy beyond a fact right now, it is your fault. (Oh which reminds me. Schmoopy loving Dad-Jeff might be my new favorite thing ever. It really might.)
Annnnnnd I'm going to end this now by saying that I've always been a fan of your work (LOL. SHOCKED RIGHT?) but I'm just this horrible reviewer in that I never do it. This is probably because I am lazy and when I really love something I tend to get carried away trying to put it into words. (Cough. See above.) But I'm trying to get better about it so don't be shocked when you see me going back to review a bunch of your other fics too. It's just me giving the accolades that always should have been there.
In summary: I liked it.
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I'd totes be all "Britta! My place! You bring the wonton soup, I'll supply the Thom Yorke cds!", that is how much I love her now.
Right? I feel like Britta would be such a fun friend. Maybe one of those people that drives you crazy when you first meet them but then you get to know her and you're just blown away buy how COOL and unique she is.
And I'm so glad you thought she was hilarious. I pulled a lot of that stuff out of my experience during my friend's delivery of her daughter and just how crazy caught of guard I was by how calm everyone was. I figured that would freak Britta out. Oh, but I have to give credit to 0penhearts for helping me come up with crazy Troy/Abed behavior. She absolutely came up with the tongue depressor/lollypop thing.
Also Troy/Britta/Abed for the ultimate OT3
Heehee. They are totally my crack ship.
Oh gosh, and just thank you so much for the rest of this comment. I'm really am just so happy that people enjoy reading this stuff, that it's made you smile makes me smile.
And million times, thank you.
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