Re: wolf in sheep's clothingyoucallitwinterMarch 6 2014, 15:15:13 UTC
OH MY GOD.
CAN I HAVE A MINUTE OF SILENCE. SOMEONE ACTUALLY WROTE ME JAEHEE?? MAD PROPS TO YOU, OKAY.
I LOVE this; I love how utterly visceral this is, how beautiful the imagery, and how it is built perfectly around a single moment. I think Jaehee is one of those absolutely fascinating characters because I never get the sense that she's 'villainous' per se, but more as if...her belief system failed her so completely that she had to build a new one from scratch and center her actions around that, instead. She seems genuinely contrite at the hurt caused by her actions, and yet, she's willing to go as far as it takes.
I love how there's so much character-work in such a short space, like her eye being 'trained' for jewelry through stolen magazines, because that is the only access she had to this world at the time. And how much of her is just the image; her movements, the way she holds herself, etc. How conscious she constantly is of having to do things perfectly, because she needs it to survive here. (Also, for some strange reason, I was fairly fascinated by Jaehee's lipsticks and it causes me endless delight that that is something actually incorporated in this fic.)
AND THE LAST LINE IS PERFECT. Because pregnancy is so often the idealized motherhood trope in all fiction, but I adore that it's literally her weapon here. That this is how she cements and secures her place, and that she's good because she plays by the rules of the space she's in, instead of being driven by extraneous circumstances or need for revenge. Basically, I love her madly.
SO THANK YOU. And suffice to say that if you were to further want to attempt Jaehee/Maru, I for one will be the first to read! :D
CAN I HAVE A MINUTE OF SILENCE. SOMEONE ACTUALLY WROTE ME JAEHEE?? MAD PROPS TO YOU, OKAY.
I LOVE this; I love how utterly visceral this is, how beautiful the imagery, and how it is built perfectly around a single moment. I think Jaehee is one of those absolutely fascinating characters because I never get the sense that she's 'villainous' per se, but more as if...her belief system failed her so completely that she had to build a new one from scratch and center her actions around that, instead. She seems genuinely contrite at the hurt caused by her actions, and yet, she's willing to go as far as it takes.
I love how there's so much character-work in such a short space, like her eye being 'trained' for jewelry through stolen magazines, because that is the only access she had to this world at the time. And how much of her is just the image; her movements, the way she holds herself, etc. How conscious she constantly is of having to do things perfectly, because she needs it to survive here. (Also, for some strange reason, I was fairly fascinated by Jaehee's lipsticks and it causes me endless delight that that is something actually incorporated in this fic.)
AND THE LAST LINE IS PERFECT. Because pregnancy is so often the idealized motherhood trope in all fiction, but I adore that it's literally her weapon here. That this is how she cements and secures her place, and that she's good because she plays by the rules of the space she's in, instead of being driven by extraneous circumstances or need for revenge. Basically, I love her madly.
SO THANK YOU. And suffice to say that if you were to further want to attempt Jaehee/Maru, I for one will be the first to read! :D
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