Oh my God. So, I was guessing the admirers were the Winklevoss twins, but the way you wrote it was so amazing. And this line: "A way to thumb our noses at Divya, Cameron, and Tyler for scaring us with their I Know What You Did Last Summer scheme," Eduardo supplies, ever-helpful.
As a horror movie junkie, I had to contain my laughter. (Working in a library advantages and disadvantages rolled into one.)
And then literary junkie: "Do not turn my life into a Grapes of Wrath analogy, Mark," Eduardo hisses angrily. "If you'd ever bothered to finish reading it, you'd know that it ends very badly for the people who moved out to California."
Who would run a clear-cut, two-man delivery and still, within the body of the notes themselves, use a single pronoun, as if used to referring to themselves as one entity? This entire analysis, I love it so much.
And this is what The Facebook was, in the very beginning: four boys in a dorm room. It was fine.
But Sean?
Sean changes everything. THIS SECTIONNNN. I love it in the context of this fic, and I love it, arguably, more on its own. BECAUSE IT IS PERFECT AND SUMS UP EVERYTHING THAT IS GOOD ABOUT TSN. Basically. :D
I’m typically quite bad with long!fic, but this is so amazing and well-written and flawless that I cannot help but read it.
I’m typically quite bad with long!fic, but this is so amazing and well-written and flawless that I cannot help but read it.
asdfgjkljhgf I promise you, when I started writing this fic, I swear it was only going to be 4000 words. I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS KEEPS HAPPENING TO ME sob.
arg, fuck, it's like one am and I have to be in bed and I can't believe I have to stop reading this in the middle of the fic because it's so so good and I love everything about this *takes a deep breath* I'll gush properly when I read the third part tomorrow.
So... I'm the girl that screams when she unexpectedly sees a rat. I tend to let roaches chase me from a room and heights make my legs lock up. I don't have much of a survival instinct, but I"m quick to backtrack when I realize I've made a mistake. I'm cautious, I don't think I'm very brave, and maybe that's why I love this.
This... it's dangerous. It makes your breath catch in your throat and you become very aware that your heartbeat just messed up. It's really very thrilling, and maybe it has something to do with adrenaline, I honestly don't know, but maybe I like peering in at potentially deadly, wicked, depraved situations and knowing that I'm absolutely safe, ensconced in the bubble of the real world while I'm surrounded by fictional chaos. What I know is that I love this.
You know the moment that made me close my eyes? When Mark was on the phone with Eduardo and suddenly realized he's dangerous. I love the depth you're giving Eduardo, that he's charming and polite, but he's not nice, because this makes sense. In his head, there
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I could quote your entire comment at you, am I allowed to do that? Because, so much of what you're saying makes sense.
I agree that the point where Mark realizes Eduardo is a dangerous person -- more dangerous, possibly, than Mark, because Eduardo is so creative while Mark emphasizes functionality -- on the phone, is a pretty stellar moment. The bit where antistar_e writes that most people that Mark is an asshole and Eduardo is the nice one when they see the two together -- it's such an incremental build up to "Eduardo's never been the nice one," and the way she characterizes Mark and Eduardo and makes them move through this story is so well-oiled and complex. I mean. If you can make Eduardo, who gets written as a doting PA or as a nanny or a zookeeper across fandom -- make him a serial killer whose thought processes are mysterious and still impressive enough to marvel at even though we're coming into contact with only through Mark's perspective -- standing ovation is what it deserves, this fic, and the author.
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As a horror movie junkie, I had to contain my laughter. (Working in a library advantages and disadvantages rolled into one.)
And then literary junkie: "Do not turn my life into a Grapes of Wrath analogy, Mark," Eduardo hisses angrily. "If you'd ever bothered to finish reading it, you'd know that it ends very badly for the people who moved out to California."
I JUST CAN'T. THIS IS SO AMAZING.
On to Part Three. I don't want it to end.
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This entire analysis, I love it so much.
And this is what The Facebook was, in the very beginning: four boys in a dorm room. It was fine.
But Sean?
Sean changes everything.
THIS SECTIONNNN. I love it in the context of this fic, and I love it, arguably, more on its own. BECAUSE IT IS PERFECT AND SUMS UP EVERYTHING THAT IS GOOD ABOUT TSN. Basically. :D
I’m typically quite bad with long!fic, but this is so amazing and well-written and flawless that I cannot help but read it.
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asdfgjkljhgf I promise you, when I started writing this fic, I swear it was only going to be 4000 words. I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS KEEPS HAPPENING TO ME sob.
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This... it's dangerous. It makes your breath catch in your throat and you become very aware that your heartbeat just messed up. It's really very thrilling, and maybe it has something to do with adrenaline, I honestly don't know, but maybe I like peering in at potentially deadly, wicked, depraved situations and knowing that I'm absolutely safe, ensconced in the bubble of the real world while I'm surrounded by fictional chaos. What I know is that I love this.
You know the moment that made me close my eyes? When Mark was on the phone with Eduardo and suddenly realized he's dangerous. I love the depth you're giving Eduardo, that he's charming and polite, but he's not nice, because this makes sense. In his head, there ( ... )
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I agree that the point where Mark realizes Eduardo is a dangerous person -- more dangerous, possibly, than Mark, because Eduardo is so creative while Mark emphasizes functionality -- on the phone, is a pretty stellar moment. The bit where antistar_e writes that most people that Mark is an asshole and Eduardo is the nice one when they see the two together -- it's such an incremental build up to "Eduardo's never been the nice one," and the way she characterizes Mark and Eduardo and makes them move through this story is so well-oiled and complex. I mean. If you can make Eduardo, who gets written as a doting PA or as a nanny or a zookeeper across fandom -- make him a serial killer whose thought processes are mysterious and still impressive enough to marvel at even though we're coming into contact with only through Mark's perspective -- standing ovation is what it deserves, this fic, and the author.
In his head, ( ... )
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