Comments | gelphie_lovers: Challenge #5: The Gift, by daredelvil, PG

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Challenge #5: The Gift, by daredelvil, PG

Jun 13, 2007 13:58

Title: The Gift
Rating: PG at most - mild Gelphie slash
Subject: Musical, with a few scattered book references
Author: DareDelvil
Word Count: ~3.5k
Challenge Words Used: All seven - dancing, dragonfly, hat, mug, paint, present, rain
Summary: Post-musical. Galinda thinks, Glinda remembers, and something wicked this way comes.
Disclaimer: All ( Read more... )

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daredelvil June 13 2007, 15:13:08 UTC

Whut, reviews already? I am a lucky Dare. XD Thank you for your kind words, and for your noting of my evil nature. As it says after the finish line, though, there are loose ends for a reason. I may well continue this at a later date. ^.~ Stay tuned!

asher_601 June 13 2007, 14:53:58 UTC

This is outstanding. The characterisations are fantastic, and the feeling is so wonderful, you really had me wrapped up in the story. I really love the description of Glinda and the dragonflies, and also of the way she spoke to Elphaba through the hat. It rang very true for me, with the way the musical ended and all. I also loved the part about Elphaba being caught in the rain and Glinda laughing, and being unable to forgive herself after. Loved it! I now really want to read more from your 'verse, I want to know about Elphie's scars and Glinda's reaction and of their inevitable reunion and of Elphaba's feelings. Inquiring minds want to know and all...

Thanks for sharing this, I hope you are inspired to write more Gelphie.

daredelvil June 13 2007, 15:16:58 UTC

Oh, wow, I get "outstanding"? Don't inflate my ego too much, now - my flat is only so big, and I'd like to be able to fit through the doorways! XD In all seriousness, though, I'm very glad you enjoyed it and I thank you for taking the time to tell me so. ^w^

I've already got a good story for the scars, which I shall not relate at the present time. There's plenty of material for continuation here, and I'm increasingly inclined to write more in this 'verse on the basis of my own amusement alone. If other people want to read it too, well - who am I to argue? ^.~

rosetylerrox3 June 13 2007, 15:14:15 UTC

I wish...oh, Elphie, dear Elphie, I wish you hadn't had to die wicked to make me good...
That was THE LINE! You know one of those lines that make you stop and go, "Hell, yeah!"? Well, that was it.

That was FANTASTIC, I hope to hear more from you!

daredelvil June 13 2007, 15:20:43 UTC

Heehee, I like it when things like that pop into my head after weeks of nothing. Always glad to induce the odd "hell yeah". ^^ Don't worry, you'll be hearing more from me in the near future. (And on a side note: icon winnage. Lucy/Amy is love. XD)

njamonkey June 13 2007, 15:30:33 UTC

*points to my icon*

That is how your writing made me feel.

First things first. Your disclaimer and author notes amused me far more then they should have.

Now an actual comment. I thoroughly enjoy that you are descriptive enough to paint a picture but not overly so. The details of the brouche are just freaking lovely. What you with did Glinda's bedside table = the most clever thing I've seen in a while. I can't begin to articulate how much I love Thinking!Galinda and you captured her wonderfully. And your Elphie? Your Elphie made me remember why I fell in love with her in the first place. In short, this was freaking amazing.

*offers you cookies to continue this*

*end exceptionally long comment*

daredelvil June 13 2007, 15:59:21 UTC

Really? Yey for Cheno!Galinda dancing like an idiot - that is an exceptionally fun icon. ^.^ And I really wasn't trying to be funny in the disclaimer and A/N, so the fact that I was is both encouraging and slightly worrying. Do people laugh when I try to be serious as well? XD

(sigh of relief) I'm glad the description isn't too excessive. I can get tied up in it sometimes, although equally I can write walls of dialogue without enough scene-setting. I'm never quite sure whether or not I've got the balance right. And, um, did you mean "brooch" there? Either way, thank you. ^^;; It seemed fitting to tie the gift in with the first part of the story. The bedside table...now there I admit I was showing off a little, but it was more to see if I could do it than anything else. Thinking!Galinda was inspired by bookverse - the "You are thinking!" passage, specifically. She doesn't always have to have useful thoughts. XD And Elphie...oh, I have this wonderful mental image of her sprawled on the bed in shirt sleeves, patchwork ( ... )

njamonkey June 13 2007, 16:11:12 UTC

Cheno!Galinda wins at life. She cracks me up.

I can write walls of dialogue without enough scene-setting. I'm never quite sure whether or not I've got the balance right.

Gah! I am so guilty of that. *reminds self to work on this*

And, um, did you mean "brooch" there?

Jesus Chirst I'm the worst speller.

When I first discovered Wicked, I was in love with Elphie. Then I discovered a surpassing love for Glinda. And you reminded me why I love Elphie....Damn I'm fickle.

daredelvil June 13 2007, 16:38:35 UTC

Yes! The way she does "Don't make me laugh - they were popular!" is just spot on. ^w^

I think I do it because I see my fics in my head as film clips - it's easier to write a transcript than describe the scenery. ^^;;

Nah, it's fine - so long as communication is achieved, we're winning. ^.~

Of the two I'm a bigger Elphie fan, but G(a)linda is growing on me. I doubt she'll overtake, though, because Elphie is my kinda girl. Brains, power and a serious case of wickedness? Yes please. XD

shiksagoddess21 June 13 2007, 17:08:56 UTC

Holy wow that was fantastic and then some! The memory at the beginning was wonderful. I loved how lighthearted it was and the detail there and through out the story was fantastic. Sometimes I have to try to get the little 'movie' going in my head, but here I had no problem seeing everything you described. The characters were spot on. I love to see the deeper side of Glinda and see her think. Watching her work through grief here, and let herself love Elphie and heal was great. And I loved how she talked to her. Likewise I loved seeing Elphie be a little lighter, she's rogueish and mischievous us here and that made it really fun. I'm with everybody else I think you really, really need to continue this!

daredelvil June 13 2007, 17:25:42 UTC

H'hee, thank you. ^w^ The memory was fun to do, not least because it let me write Galinda as well as Glinda. Dragonflies over a lake are part of some of my best memories of British landscape gardens, too, so they had to be in there. Glinda's episode of breaking through grief into freedom is also straight out of my own experiences, and it was very, very hard to describe. And Elphie, just like Glinda says, is both wicked and wonderful. I feel it's important to get both into a portrayal of her rather than focusing on one or the other, and her wild energy is a part of that. ...okay, end ramble. Sorry. ^^;;

I think the ayes have it - I'm going to have to continue, aren't I? XD Not that I mind, particularly since I've got a whole community here to bounce ideas off whenever I get stuck.