Fic: 'abridgement' by Quinara [Dawn gen; PG-13]

[quinara]

I finished it! Mega thanks to eilowyn for her bannertastic banner, and to our lovely host.

Comments

[rahirah]

Very nifty. One thing I really like about your fic is all the things you don't tell us, that leave us longing to peek around the corners.

[quinara]

Thanks very much! As usual, I had a very lengthy and detailed scenario in my head, but this was the only story that really wanted to come out of it. Though I think I'm also ideologically opposed to those sort of incestuous plots where everything is directly connected to everything else - I hate being able to see the seams.

[shapinglight]

Eeek! I want to read this so much.

Back later, I hope.

[quinara]

No worries.

[shapinglight]

Well, I came back and read it and am so glad I did. Very strange and dreamlike. I absolutely love it.

Very sorry for inadequate f/b. My computer's gone weird.

[quinara]

Oh, thanks, Deb! No worries about the fb; I haven't exactly been reading and commenting myself recently.

[brutti_ma_buoni]

Eeeesh. This is not what I'd call arid, or however you phrased your fears about how it would come out. More like devastating, with a partial apocalypse causing utter destruction in a limited space, and within Dawn.

I love the format, the random lists, especially those mismatched colour phrases. Sunflower brown. Makes me shudder, somehow. Makes me worry a lot, about what happens when the droplet of blood falls.

[quinara]

Well, thanks; I'm really glad you liked what it turned out as in the end! I feel like I could have done more with the lists, but they were a relatively last minute addition. I wanted to create a sense of space, so the notebook entries didn't all just fall one on top of another. Got to make your reader work for their info!

[oni_9]

I really enjoyed the unusual format, too. The mood you achieve with such a spare narration is marvelous.

[quinara]

Thanks very much! It's lovely to hear that you liked it. :)

[zanthinegirl]

Wow! I'm always a fan of your stories, but this one is particularly gripping. You've made such a developed world here even if we only get glimpses of it. Your little hints about how things work in this verse, and how the story happened here are almost as interesting as the story itself. You leave me wanting more!

And the bit with Tara was chilling. Brr!

[quinara]

Oh, thanks very much! Sorry it's taken me so long to reply to this, but I'm really glad you liked it. There's almost certainly more to tell, but I couldn't work out how to make it a story rather than just stuff! Tara is always fun, though, especially in this AU.