New PT fic: Rosemary

[dark_therapy]

Title: Rosemary
Fandom: Princess Tutu
Pairing: Mytho/Rue
Summary: Rue struggles with the role of Giselle, as the story she's lived for so long begins to unravel.
Rating: PG/K+
Warning[s]: Um...it's very long? And very angsty. Oh boy, is it angsty.
Disclaimer: I don't own Princess Tutu (it owns me).
Notes: This story is set in the time leading up to and

Comments

[bookelfe]

This is a really, really gorgeous piece. Episode four is one of my favorites, and I love how much depth and detail you put into Rue's examination of the role at this stage in the story, and her relationship with Mytho, and her dancing.

[dark_therapy]

Thank you! I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Episode 4 is one of my favourites too (and thinking about it, it's probably the episode that really hooked me on the series), and it's a huge relief to know you feel I did justice to it. Thanks so much for all your comments!

[eggplantlady]

I tried to think of more to say in response to this, but all I could come up with was this: beautiful. I was captivated from beginning to end. Rue is my favorite character from Princess Tutu, and I love the way you've portrayed her in this story - desperate and hurting, deep and shallow, fragile and forceful all at once.

[dark_therapy]

Thanks so much for reading and reviewing, I really appreciate it. I'm very happy you enjoyed reading it. Rue is my favourite character too, and I absolutely adore writing her. You described her perfectly, and it's all those contradictions that make her (and her love for Mytho) so fascinating to me. <3

[web_of]

This was utterly lovely in every way. You capture Rue so well; all her pain, her contradictions, her wickedness. As much as I loved the moments with her and Mytho here, what stuck out to me the most was when she was with Duck; there's a way their personalities meet that warms my heart somehow.

[dark_therapy]

Yay! Thank you for all your kind words! It's actually really great to know that you felt that the interaction with Duck was the story's strongest point, because I love and adore their friendship too, and was a bit anxious while writing if I got it "right" (it was such sweet fun to write though!). So it's wonderful to hear you liked it so much. I'm so glad you enjoyed my story, and thank you much for taking the time to review. ^_^

[demihime]

Wonderful!

You did such a great job with absolutely everything in this! *_*

[dark_therapy]

Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed reading it! ^_^

[insaneladybug]

Oh wow. I am stunned and amazed. I used to be able to write like this, with so much glorious introspection. But some time ago I lost it and have never been able to fully recapture it; I can only write with much smaller bursts of introspection now

[dark_therapy]

Wow! *_* Thanks so much for taking the time to write such indepth feedback! Reviews like yours definitely make the work that goes into such a long story worth it. I'm amazed, and you really made my day with your comments. *dances*

I used to be able to write like this, with so much glorious introspection. But some time ago I lost it and have never been able to fully recapture it; I can only write with much smaller bursts of introspection now.

Well, introspection is very fun to write, but I wish sometimes that I could learn to move a plot along quickly too - or even have a real plot, for that matter! XD There's nothing wrong with being a balanced writer. That said, I totally understand your frustration - it's always hard to look at old work and not being able to write in the same style anymore (my style has changed quite a bit since I first started writing fanfiction) or recapture the old magic. But it must be part of maturing as an author, picking up new skills while old ones fade, and so on - that's what I like to believe!

Every

[insaneladybug]

LOL @ your icon! And yay, Autor love! **hugs him.**

Eee, I'm glad you enjoyed my review so much! I puzzled over what things to highlight in it, since I wanted to talk about so many aspects.

**nods.** Yeah, I have to hope I'm improving my style. I do know I used to do a lot of unnecessary introspection, which I've tried to cut out. But I usually end up feeling like I should have written necessary introspection and didn't, LOL.

I always worry if I'll bore people when I churn out long fics too. XD; I just did one that ended up 13,471 words. **falls over.**

It always thrills me to read fics where Ahiru is portrayed as having deep insights, especially all while being so adorably sweet and innocent. I love her so much.

[dark_therapy]

(Ah, serika_san is the one responsible for the Drosselmeyer icon! I love it to bits. XD)

It's tough sometimes to get that balance between deep introspection and character-insight and keeping the story moving, isn't it? I guess it's all a part of learning though. XD

And again, I'm so happy you liked my characterization of Duck! She's such a brilliant and lovable character for many reasons, but one of them definitely has to be her mixture of open innocence and her understanding and deep insights into people's feelings. It's definitely a part of her character that needs to be given justice!

Thank you again for your kind wonderful feedback!