your shouted cursive [1/2] for GLITTERDOVES

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Title: your shouted cursive (i've been reading) 1/2
Recipient: glitterdoves
Author/Artist: gingerrstar
Rating: pg-13
Word Count: 14,395
Summary: contrary to whatever beliefs mrs. gravitts and the rest of his taste-unconscious, bone breaking fellow classmates had held on the subject, all kurt could think of when it came to his childhood was brando

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I love piano stories. I think the piano is the most beautiful instrument and I love stories that capture the music of a piano through writing.

This is so rich with detail. The descriptions of how Blaine’s eyebrows look, Blaine drinking from a water bottle during one of their Skype sessions, the types of tea that they both preferred, etc. Everything. There was so much detail without being overwhelmed with purple prose or even just a general sense of being told too much. I felt like you showed more than you told through your words and there were so many beautiful images, which made for richer reading.

Your writing is amazingly tactile. From the way you wrote them sitting on the couch to the way Kurt’s hands used to rest on his mother’s, even to the description of Mrs. Winslow’s skin. I suppose this ties in with the detail comment, but it’s striking enough to warrant getting its own recognition.

Each piece of dialogue has so much weight to it. I like stories that have every-day conversations and have puns and random interjections within the plot, don’t get me wrong. But this has something more inherently important by having more sparing dialogue. Each piece of dialogue, it feels, serves more purpose than just moving the characters from point a to point b. Instead, it’s creating these changes within the characters, and yes, it is helping the plot along, but it’s also part of a character study. You use your words for more than just face-value.

I enjoyed how it’s mentioned the difference between laughing at (Mercedes) and laughing with (Blaine). Not that Mercedes was being cruel, but there’s this sense that Blaine fits in with Kurt in a way that no one else will ever really relate to him. It’s such a subtle difference, but it speaks volumes.

I like that we get to see the little snippets between Kurt’s piano lessons with Blaine. I like seeing his life without Blaine’s immediate presence and I like seeing how Blaine’s presence changes his life outside of the lessons.

Kurt and Blaine playing together while Kurt thinks of his mother. The comment about thinking that music couldn’t die, it wouldn’t ever leave… I teared up. I loved Kurt’s relationship with the piano and the memories that it stirs within him and how it seems like the most important moments in his life are tied to the piano in some way.