Tenebrism VI

[teromain]

Title: Tenebrism
Status: in rewrites
Chapter word count: 19,333
Warnings: language
Additional notes: Even longer chapter than the last one, which will also be split in a more finalized version of the story. But you get both halves because not a lot happens in the first part. The link below is a fake cut to my dreamwidth again. Fictionpress version

Comments

[moraph]

I love awkward Keyd-and-Alan-interacting scenes. You always write them so realistically, and as an incredibly socially awkward person myself, I can usually smile, nod, and think to myself, "Yep, I've said/done something derpy like that before". These sort of scenes were what drew me to the series when I first discovered it, however many years ago. And, as much as I adore your world-building, I think deep down they're still my favourite parts to read.

It's also interesting to come back and revisit the very beginning of their relationship, before they became a couple, when they're struggling to understand each other and don't really know how to behave around or speak to each other. It's really nice to reflect on how much their relationship has developed over the course of the series, and how much they've both grown.

And on a random note, I loved the line, I’d bet the guy was weird on his home planet, too. It always makes me smile when Alan thinks these sort of things about Keyd, probably because they're so... true. Keyd is genuinely one of my favourite characters in anything I've ever read; I just have the biggest soft spot for complicated, intimidating-yet-somehow-endearing oddballs.

[teromain]

Aww thanks! Writing them interacting is really one of my favorite things, even when they get more comfortable with each other and less awkward it's still a really fun relationship to write. It's also interesting (re)writing both this early stage and the last book at the same time, since the differences in how they interact could really not be much different! :)