hello, sorry to write here, but i can't send you a message and don't want to do it on public, so. i just wanted to say that your fic 'weights and measures' is one of the best pieces i've ever read. not fandom, not breaking bad, but literature pieces. it's so intense, and god, isn't this second-person thing beautiful? it, you know, it has a double effect: we feel close to walter and/but distant at the same time. like YOU feel this way. actually in this case i have no idea what i like most: the story itself or the way it is told, sharp and clear, like a splinter, and it slices, you know, it really does. i want to share it so much it hurts, can i translate it into russian? i'll publish it in my diary (not lj), of course you'll be credited and have the link, but if for some reason i don't have your permission - just thank you, thank you anyways. i think i still have some of your wordings under my... i don't know, skin? you're so different from readishmael, who's perfect, and yet so terrific, 'you' i mean your writing of course, but 'the style is the man himself', isn't it? just... thanks.
Wow, I...hardly know what to say. Wow. Thank you? :) I'm unbelievably thrilled and touched that my piece has affected you that way.
It's funny, because I'd never been a great fan of second-person and certainly had never thought I would write it, but "Weights and Measures" just formed in my head that way...and now I'm sort of addicted to the POV. You're right, it's a perspective that allows the reader to simultaneously feel close to and distant from the narrator, and I think that grey area is perfect for a character like Walt.
Well, wow, of course I'd be completely flattered to have you translate the fic into Russian! Is the journal where you would be posting it very private? That is, when it's done, would I be able to link to the translation so that others can see it, too? At AO3 many stories have links to their translations in other languages, so it would be cool to be able to do that--but I also totally understand if yours is a more private space.
Thank you again, so incredibly much, for your deeply kind and generous feedback, and for being so willing to translate the fic and share it. What an amazing compliment.
just... thanks.
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It's funny, because I'd never been a great fan of second-person and certainly had never thought I would write it, but "Weights and Measures" just formed in my head that way...and now I'm sort of addicted to the POV. You're right, it's a perspective that allows the reader to simultaneously feel close to and distant from the narrator, and I think that grey area is perfect for a character like Walt.
Well, wow, of course I'd be completely flattered to have you translate the fic into Russian! Is the journal where you would be posting it very private? That is, when it's done, would I be able to link to the translation so that others can see it, too? At AO3 many stories have links to their translations in other languages, so it would be cool to be able to do that--but I also totally understand if yours is a more private space.
Thank you again, so incredibly much, for your deeply kind and generous feedback, and for being so willing to translate the fic and share it. What an amazing compliment.
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