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[inboxwrites]

I just got a very nice story review - it contained my favourite things, like 'feasible relationship progression' and 'delicate turns of phrase' and now I'm oddly pleased. It makes a nice change from 'I am very angry that these stories suddenly got sad' or, more commonly, 'why the fuck won't you write hot dickings' or 'did you write yourself into a

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totally inappropriately placed overly-wordy review

[kleonix]

I know I am not one of your friends -- nor am I a spambot, in my defense -- but I'd just like to take this opportunity, having stalked you here from ff.net, to say that you are really fantastic and if you believe otherwise (something I find difficult to conceive of) you are really deluding yourself.

It's a bit late for me to neglect a cup of tea as would have been proper, but I should tell you that I just finished nearly missing Top Shot because I was so enthralled by your trio of Arcade/Boone ficlets, and the picture-perfect banter therein.

Honestly, your dialogue /works/. I can hear the characters ringing out in every spoken line. You convey their respective tones effortlessly, your attention to detail is impeccable (all those little turns of phrase, ways to work in background knowledge -- it's so nice to see!) -- even the narration is so heartbreakingly Arcadian. Whether he's flirting with all the sassy candor that is rightfully his or being a ridiculous, stubborn git, he's utterly believable and pitch-perfect -- and, amazingly enough, Boone is too, and even manages to steal the scene away from his louder costar at some points. I actually especially like the way the dialogue at times merges with the prose -- it really reinforces the feeling of being inside the character's head. Unorthodox move, but you really make it work.

Also, I hear you like these words and phrases so let me scream them at you too: FEASIBLE RELATIONSHIP PROGRESSION and DELICATE TURNS OF PHRASE. Seriously, that about sums it up. The reason my jaw is rolling around in the dirt? That's it, right there. I knew that a skilled hand would likely be able to take these two and make a really grand story of them; now I've found that in abundance. My night has been completely made.

At any rate, you should know that you've managed to make me not at all embarrassed to elevate this pairing from a guilty pleasure to a headcanon purely on the basis of your wonderful words. You should be very pleased. And not just because I told you that, but because I know damn well I am not alone in doing so.

Thank you. So much. Srs.

(PS: forgot to mention: I'm so angry that your stories got sad, dickings forever. :P)