(sweeeeeatdrop) eeep? 'Sweet and cute' wasn't really what I was aiming for this time... more like 'ohmigod they're both way too messed up'. ^^;; Oh well... glad you liked it anyway!
Augh. This made me cry and I can't wipe my eyes cause of my stupid make up. This is great, beautifully evocative and so. damn. perfect. I'm printing this out as soon as my coworkers go home so I can share it with my roommate.
(hands over virtual kleenex?) I'm sorry about that, but, er, score? ^^;; anyway, good luck with makeup and coworker management! (really gotta post more not-worksafe disclaimers, don't I...)
Nooooo, this totally made my day at work worth it. If I'm gonna have a headache, it's so much better to have a crying headache than the usual 'too much text editting' one.
Anyway, I think it is worksafe, it just likes to grab heartstrings and yank.
Yeah, but from the number of people who posted 'omg you made me cry at work,' I feel kinda guilty, like I should've given a better 'look this is groing to rip your heart out and stomp on it a few times, don't read in a non-crying-safe zone' warning... ^^;;;;;
That was one of the really tricky things to balance in this one: crippled but understandable human emotions coupled with the level of power that can DO things like destroying nations singlehandedly if nobody is around who can stop him.
And nobody'd ever bothered to tell him what was enough, or what was too much -- and nobody in Shinra ever would... and Zack could see the edges of it happening, but couldn't do anything about it, which was why he'd wanted not to see those reports. Zack's probably going to have a micromeltdown later, but right then he knew he couldn't because he knew he was the keeper of what remained of Seph's sanity, which has got to be a really uncomfortable place to be...
I really wish I hadn't had to do this on a deadline, actually, because there's so much I just didn't have time to do! And I've got another one to finish before midnight... ^^;;;;
Thanks - luck is one thing I'm definitely going to need! (will be on third retake-the-screen-shots iteration of project A tomorrow, and have another 'oh by the way did we tell you how fast we want this live? no? Well, basically we want it yesterday' project B right on its heels...)
*goes to pet muses who are hiding in the corner as far as they can from the fic*
Oh, so very, very goergeous. Painful and harsh and breathtaking. Sephiroth's dependance and Zack's desperate need to be there for him. And the song. Hojo messing even more with Zack and Sephiroth sheltering them.
Zack's realization that he is mortal and that might be a very, very bad thing for Sephiroth and the rest of the world. And knowing all that and -still- being unafraid to ruffle the man's hair.
*loves on you and offers to become a worshipper*
So much pain and love and fear and hope all tangled up together and inseperable. I wish I could write like this.
There was a ton more stuff I wanted to do with it, more internal scenes, more dialogue, more aftermath (especially introducing Cloud) (and preferably in a different ficpiece -- I really wanted to cut this one at the first song clip, but couldn't because of the nature of the challenge prompt)... ^^;;;; when I rip people's hearts out and use them for hors d'oeuvres, I want to make them pretty tasty hors d'oeuvres in the process!
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Speaking of forces of nature, your writing ability is off the freakin' charts! Sweet Georgia Brown, you just... words fail me.
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Anyway, I think it is worksafe, it just likes to grab heartstrings and yank.
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And nobody'd ever bothered to tell him what was enough, or what was too much -- and nobody in Shinra ever would... and Zack could see the edges of it happening, but couldn't do anything about it, which was why he'd wanted not to see those reports. Zack's probably going to have a micromeltdown later, but right then he knew he couldn't because he knew he was the keeper of what remained of Seph's sanity, which has got to be a really uncomfortable place to be...
I really wish I hadn't had to do this on a deadline, actually, because there's so much I just didn't have time to do! And I've got another one to finish before midnight... ^^;;;;
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*goes to pet muses who are hiding in the corner as far as they can from the fic*
Oh, so very, very goergeous. Painful and harsh and breathtaking. Sephiroth's dependance and Zack's desperate need to be there for him. And the song. Hojo messing even more with Zack and Sephiroth sheltering them.
Zack's realization that he is mortal and that might be a very, very bad thing for Sephiroth and the rest of the world. And knowing all that and -still- being unafraid to ruffle the man's hair.
*loves on you and offers to become a worshipper*
So much pain and love and fear and hope all tangled up together and inseperable. I wish I could write like this.
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Poor Zack. Now he's got to figure out what to do about this, if there is anything he -can- do. *pets him* Poor boys.
Polish more? *whimpers* It's so good now....
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