FIC: This Is How It Feels (1/1)

[learnedhand_dj]

I was going to spend the weekend doing some catch-up after the vacation and some personal financial work, honest. I did a little of the personal stuff, but work? Not a thing. Instead, I cranked this fic out, which took the better part of both days. I took the title from the song by Inspiral Carpets, but the tune (great as it is) has nothing to do

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[whiskyinmind]

This is lovely! The voices are so spot on and you've had me smiling all the way through this story.

Wonderful stuff!

[learnedhand_dj]

Thanks so much! I'm always a bit worried about my character voicing, especially when I write something post-Chosen. Trying to make them a bit more grown-up, a bit more bitter, kind of awkward with each other, and yet still sound like the characters is tricky. That's part of why I changed this story after writing the first few pages to be dialogue-only. I was using narrative voice as a crutch to explain too much, and thought my voicing would be better if I forced myself to convey everything through the characters' voices only.

Honestly, part of the desire to get this thing done this weekend was because I had the urge to post something to INAP, and none of my other stories seemed sufficiently Xander-y. So, after a little more time for some concrit, I should be sending this your site's way!

[jgracio]

This is... different. :)

A typo...

That’s good. I never could get that hang of that anyway. I was always more of a fall-forward, spring-back kind of guy.

Shouldn't it be :

That’s good. I never could get the hang of that anyway. I was always more of a fall-forward, spring-back kind of guy.

To me they sound "younger" than they did the last time we saw them. Of course, they were supposed to be at most 23 years old at the time, so maybe young isn't an issue.

Not having a narrator makes it hard to picture this, since I know the conversation should have more akward moments and such, but I'm not getting it from the dialogue. I can't help but see Xander and Willow having a fairly serious non akward, non stammering talk, and given the subject matter or maybe them just being them, I'd guess the talk wouldn't be so "easy". This is mostly about the "technical" section of the talk, PsyEmo-Torrent and all. :)

I like it.

[jgracio]

Foiled by HTML, again!

That’s good. I never could get the hang of that anyway. I was always more of a fall-forward, spring-back kind of guy.

[learnedhand_dj]

Thanks for the typo catch. Considering it was past 3 AM when I posted it, I'll be really proud of myself if that's the only one

[learnedhand_dj]

Thanks for the praise, and thanks for running the fic-a-thon in the first place! It was a lot of fun.

[ludditerobot]

So, that's what happened to my prompt.

Very silly. Very fun. I liked it.

[learnedhand_dj]

I'm so sorry it took this long to get done. But I'm glad you liked it. And, now that it is done, I'm free to really apply myself to my S&O Africander fic.

[ludditerobot]

Just watch as that comes in earlier than my S&O fic, too.

[draconin]

This was really different! Congratulations on working out the idea so plausibly and thoroughly. I enjoyed it immensely and went back and read it again. :-)

Possible typo?
*Is there we get to the part about you being a total horn-dog?*

Should this be...
*Is this where we get to the part about you being a total horn-dog?*

[learnedhand_dj]

I'm glad you liked it! Even though it came out in fits and starts (and start-overs, for that matter), I enjoyed working on it. And thanks very much for pointing out the typo; I've gone back and changed it.

[draconin]

Actually the concept you've worked out is fascinating. I'd love to see a sequel exploring it further if you're inspired that way.