FIC: A Wing and A Prayer (STXI/Reboot; PG-13) 2/2

[emluv]

Title: A Wing and A Prayer
Author: Emluv

Comments

[weepingnaiad]

Whoa. I think your approach did more than work! It was fabulous and believable. You didn't skirt the issue of the pain of his body reconfiguring and the confusion and distrust of the wings, but instead of using them as an end, you made them a vehicle for Jim's realization.

Lovely!

[emluv]

Thank you! I'm so glad that it was believable, since that was my ultimate goal.

[elfsausage]

This was a lovely thing to read. Uplifting, if you'll pardon the pun. ;-) I just wish he'd got to keep them for more than a day. I don't think I'd find it easy to let something like that go :-) Thanks for sharing this.

[emluv]

Thank you so much for the lovely comment. I did toy with having him keep the wings longer, but then I decided the experience would end up meaning more to him for being fleeting. I'm glad it was uplifting (pun and all). :)

[sail_aweigh]

I love this! It could have been so cracky, but ended up heartwarming and positive. That last line just tied everything up so perfectly. Good job!

[emluv]

Thank you so much! I'm glad it worked for you as a serious fic.

[hawkmoth]

It definitely worked! A beautiful story, beautifully told.

"into the black"

I love you!

[emluv]

Oh, thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[sunriseinspace]

I love this. Like, seriously, I don't have enough words to describe how much I love this. Except, maybe, to say that I wish I could draw (and I'm still tempted to pull out an old, empty sketchbook and attempt) so I - or someone - could illustrate Jim flying. 'Cause that would be amazing.

Rargh, but my fingers itch for a pencil and I SERIOUSLY can't draw. :D But that's what this story's done to me, with all its awesome imagery and amazingness.

[emluv]

Thank you so much! I can't draw at all, so I have to try to write in words what I see in my head. I'm glad the imagery in this worked for you.