I'm so glad you liked this one! The premise made me really nervous, but I wrote that first scene Monday just for the hell of it and ended up wanting to continue, and by the end I was really invested. Thanks for reading and for the comment. :)
Why are you allowed to be this awesome, sobbing ;~; No, but seriously. I... don't know how to express in proper words how awesome this was? Sort of expected Kenny to come back at the end, but! I like how you wrote this with a sort of aloofness like everything that happened was a part of daily life, even though this is post-apocalyptic and there's nothing normal about it. Also, your descriptions of everything were awesome--I didn't think anything was too over the top, or not enough, as always ♥
I feel like this is a happy ending? But I'm not quite sure! Such is life. And your writing is beautiful as always, as well :)
(Also was there a Game of Thrones reference with "Winter is coming" orrrrrr is that just a coincidence xD)
Thank you so much! Originally, yeah, Kenny was going to show up at the end with someone who had been laying low in South Park all that time (Clyde?? probably), but then I wanted to kind of show a progression of how Kyle and Stan are coming to depend only on each other, their other friends falling away. So Kenny is back in South Park... possibly with Clyde. :x But I do like the idea that he eventually shows up in California and reunites with his friends.
I'm glad you liked the tone -- I tend to like apocalyptic stuff that glosses over details that the characters wouldn't necessarily be focused on, like and just gets down to their day to day lives.
It's a happy ending in a sad world, I think!
I have seen that episode, so maybe I unconsciously summoned a GoT reference there, haha, but nope not intentional. :)
S i g h. I feel like I need to make an LJ just so I can be as updated as possible when you post a fic. Your story telling pulls at my heart strings, really. I loved the little 'Kenny never dies' things. Like how he told Cartman and Stan not to miss him if he didn't make it, Butters having a dream about him, Kyle being sure he'd be back in South Park and Stan hating Kenny for treating life as if it was a game to conquer. So clever, I thought to myself.
I'm always so slow at things and I was wondering if you could brief me on why Kyle was so attached to dressing like a girl. I had vague ideas on why, but I don't feel like they're right...
Thanks so much! I'm pretty good about always posting updates on Tumblr, but yeah, it's easy to miss stuff there. I'm so glad you liked this, thanks for letting me know. I wanted to write a kind of different Kenny here, like, he was still heroic in a way but he didn't suffer any fools and wasn't sentimental about anything. My idea is that back in South Park he finds some other survivor (it was going to be Clyde before I scrapped the scene), helps him out, and ends up feeling less disconnected from the world for it
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my sp icon feels more relevant than usual......pocketAugust 3 2012, 06:05:44 UTC
"I do love you," Stan says. "Can I -- could we kiss? Sometime, maybe?"
my heart! ;___;
this was really intense for me! very edge-of-your-seat kind of reading. and thank you, thank you for a happy ending. i really thought they would all die when they got to california. so i think it's also good that it wasn't predictable. kyle cutting off his hair in the end was my favorite part, although i regretfully also liked feminine kyle, with his lipstick applying and booty shorts. i don't think this will make the list of my go-to holly fics i reread again and again because im an emotional sap and am a big sucker for happy fic, but i did really enjoy this (as usual.)
Re: my sp icon feels more relevant than usual......formerdinosaurAugust 3 2012, 18:47:17 UTC
Thank you for reading! Writing it was kind of intense, too -- I didn't do much else on the computer for four days. It seemed like the kind of fic that needed to be written fast, and I also didn't want to get sidetracked with a big epic that would divert my attention from other unfinished stuff for a month or whatever, AND I think it's the kind of story that benefits from being told more quickly.
I'm glad it was not predictable! And don't regret liking feminine Kyle, because I loved writing those scenes, and how nobody really feels like they have the right to say anything, or knows what to say. Meanwhile, Kyle is boldly adjusting his garter. I'm an emotional sap, too -- part of the reason I wanted to write a sad story is that I've been wrecked by some pretty great ones in this fandom, they really stay with me. Glad you enjoyed this. :)
Thank you so much! I was so insecure about this fic while writing it, mostly because I was thinking about all the worldbuilding I did with the Flipside fic and how in this case I was glossing over a lot of stuff here (and there was always a convenient creek, like, Cartman is one of those pigs that sniffs out truffles, only he sniffs out creeks, okay), but I really wanted it to be more about emotional impact.
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I feel like this is a happy ending? But I'm not quite sure! Such is life. And your writing is beautiful as always, as well :)
(Also was there a Game of Thrones reference with "Winter is coming" orrrrrr is that just a coincidence xD)
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I'm glad you liked the tone -- I tend to like apocalyptic stuff that glosses over details that the characters wouldn't necessarily be focused on, like and just gets down to their day to day lives.
It's a happy ending in a sad world, I think!
I have seen that episode, so maybe I unconsciously summoned a GoT reference there, haha, but nope not intentional. :)
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I'm always so slow at things and I was wondering if you could brief me on why Kyle was so attached to dressing like a girl. I had vague ideas on why, but I don't feel like they're right...
But again, amazing writing. Thank you for this!
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my heart! ;___;
this was really intense for me! very edge-of-your-seat kind of reading. and thank you, thank you for a happy ending. i really thought they would all die when they got to california. so i think it's also good that it wasn't predictable. kyle cutting off his hair in the end was my favorite part, although i regretfully also liked feminine kyle, with his lipstick applying and booty shorts. i don't think this will make the list of my go-to holly fics i reread again and again because im an emotional sap and am a big sucker for happy fic, but i did really enjoy this (as usual.)
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I'm glad it was not predictable! And don't regret liking feminine Kyle, because I loved writing those scenes, and how nobody really feels like they have the right to say anything, or knows what to say. Meanwhile, Kyle is boldly adjusting his garter. I'm an emotional sap, too -- part of the reason I wanted to write a sad story is that I've been wrecked by some pretty great ones in this fandom, they really stay with me. Glad you enjoyed this. :)
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i felt every little thing in that last beach scene.
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