FDoE: From Bic to Zip, Part 2/3

[kuriadalmatia]

TITLE: From Bic to Zip, Part 2/3
SERIES: Fundamental Difference of Experience

AUTHOR: Kuria Dalmatia
CODES: Pre-X1, Bobby/John

SUMMARY:
He would later wonder what the hell had possessed him to buy John the damned thing in the first place, because the near-constant snap! click! fwoosh! would alternate between driving him nuts and being the one

Comments

[ashe_frost]

That was the best birthday present in fanfiction history. Period. And I'm with John on the "I am totally not crying over John getting a journal because I relate". Really. I didn't. Even if there was some decided wetness in the eye area.

Love the cat-fight. And the milk joke. Heh. =) And the tone and insight and how much of each character comes across in his point of view is just unreal.

(And Yay! for John being all about the f-word.)

[kuriadalmatia]

Oohh. More comments:> Squee.

That was the best birthday present in fanfiction history. Period.

//blushes// Thank you. I wanted something special, yet something not over the top. It took me a while to get that scene right and I'm glad it paid off.

Love the cat-fight. And the milk joke. Heh. =) And the tone and insight and how much of each character comes across in his point of view is just unreal.

Thank you. Actually, the credit for the catfight goes to Mikhale for telling me that I had to write it when all I had down was "possible scene addition".

I didn't want to write the characters, any of them really, as 'flat'. Just showing up, delivering a line, and then disappearing. One of the problems with Version 2 of this story (the Kitty/John angle) was that that was how I had written Jubilee and especially Piotr.

And yes, John is the f-word. Completely. Cheers and thanks again!

[ashe_frost]

Even if it is just an homage to comic!canon, St. John as a writer makes sense to me. Something that shadows back to Ponyboy writing the story of The Outsiders and parallels to John and some of the characters there, and the way Holden Caufield tells his story, and that aside from random interjections John's dialogue in X2 seemed very contrived. Like he thought about what he said and said it in the way that seemed best. You can see him thinking about it. It just seems really perfect to merge those together. So.. Kudos on doing it so seemlessly.

[kuriadalmatia]

Thanks again. Wow. Ponyboy. That brings back memories from the '80s. And a reference to Salinger? Well, hell:> //blushes//

Johnny's writing does pop up a few times; there's a direct reference in "World on Time" made by Mags. Yeah, I wanted to play around with it a bit more so I am glad it works out and that it comes across well. Cheers.

[dwellerofrhymes]

You know, you really should get a job at Marvel. Not only do you right the BEST STUFF EVER you could be the only writter they would ever need!

I mean holy shit, I am sitting here reading this, and I feel like I am actually there! Yea I said this before but as one of your many many wannabe stalkers, you give me a reason to get up in the morning. Your stories are just grand and wonderful.

.... god I wish i could write like you, but I suck.

[kuriadalmatia]

You made my evening. Really. After a tough day at work, you lifted my spirits!

Heh. Stalk away. I don't mind, really.

BTW, Marvel would hate me. I take too long with my stories and I wouldn't keep killing off Jeannie and WTF with Ult!Beast? ;) But I cherish the compliment dearly.

Cheers and I can't wait to read your comments on Part 3.

More stories soon. Really. Swear.

[underscoremily]

This was great, greaty great (I'm trying to cut the word 'really' out of my vocab, as with other words that don't mean anything, like 'virtually', and so on. taking classes in advertising does that to you).

I love how his character is developed and the fights and everything.
After I finish this, I'm going and reading your other works.

Ausgezeichnet.

[kuriadalmatia]

...taking classes in advertising does that to you

Heh. I had a few of those myself but it didn't help. Actually, it was the journalism classes that tried to beat in "minimalism" in me but it didn't work (obviously, from the lenght of my fics).

Thanks for reading and I'm glad you're enjoying how the characters are developing!

[underscoremily]

Yeah, I hear you about minimalism. I keep trying to do shorter, more concise sentences but Bret Easton Ellis got to me before Hemingway.

[zeneschal]

so um....what's the milk joke...am i just stupid? or...did i not get something....
i know i read all of the stories before this..did i forget something?

and of course..as you know YOU ARE NOW my most favoritest writer......

[kuriadalmatia]

//blushes// thanks for your kind comments!

As far as the milk joke goes, Piotr equates Bobby and Jubilee's argument to being catty. Cats drink milk.

Cheers!