Gah, so I promised I'd comment -- I didn't comment when I sent this back because I wanted to comment here -- and I haven't. I saw it when you first posted it, before anyone else had probably even read it yet and I knew I should have commented then, but school got in the way and so here I am nearly a week later...
I love your references to Alice in Wonderland, because it fits the situation where Catherine is like the white rabbit which is really really evident in this part: Watch as I draw breath too quickly, as my eyes haze over with gravity and the reflection of blood. This must be what it’s like to be Alice, chasing after this tiny white rabbit, only to discover that hey, this is fucking hunting season. Bang! And bunny’s guts are on the grass, on the trees, on the teeth of the hounds. White fur is stained with this blood, this red wine. It won’t come out in the wash. That's one of the parts that really got me while Brendon was looking for her. And, and, I can't forget this part either: It's in these hours that I feel most like Alice, most like I’m falling down the rabbit hole. Parachute dress exploding on me, hindering any efforts at speed. I’m Alice, and I’m fucking floating, and I can’t catch up, can’t catch up to Catherine, to the white rabbit whose life-clock is ticktickticking away. Because seriously...Catherine's life-clock is ticking away and Brendon could be too late, always late. And there isn't much I could really say without rambling and pulling out a dozen other lines from this, so I won't make this much longer. But but...I really love this a lot and yeah, Not broken beauty, but maybe definitely broken, kills me dead every time.
I love your references to Alice in Wonderland, because it fits the situation where Catherine is like the white rabbit which is really really evident in this part: Watch as I draw breath too quickly, as my eyes haze over with gravity and the reflection of blood. This must be what it’s like to be Alice, chasing after this tiny white rabbit, only to discover that hey, this is fucking hunting season. Bang! And bunny’s guts are on the grass, on the trees, on the teeth of the hounds. White fur is stained with this blood, this red wine. It won’t come out in the wash. That's one of the parts that really got me while Brendon was looking for her. And, and, I can't forget this part either: It's in these hours that I feel most like Alice, most like I’m falling down the rabbit hole. Parachute dress exploding on me, hindering any efforts at speed. I’m Alice, and I’m fucking floating, and I can’t catch up, can’t catch up to Catherine, to the white rabbit whose life-clock is ticktickticking away. Because seriously...Catherine's life-clock is ticking away and Brendon could be too late, always late. And there isn't much I could really say without rambling and pulling out a dozen other lines from this, so I won't make this much longer. But but...I really love this a lot and yeah, Not broken beauty, but maybe definitely broken, kills me dead every time.
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Thank you so much. Just, responses like this pwn my soul. Seriously. *hugs*
Glad you're enjoying this. ^^
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