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dirtykicks

without mythologies

Jan 02, 2008 22:34

without mythologies

frank/gerard, pg-13
2,375 words
by girlinthebandset in japan in january/february of 2008. gerard takes some time out. all the geographical details &c; are correct, apart from the udon-ya in akihabara. i don't know if that exists. everything else does ( Read more... )

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blondiusmaximus January 2 2008, 15:46:05 UTC

this was wonderful! i could almost taste those donuts. :D

girlintheband January 6 2008, 11:47:10 UTC

Hee, thank you! I wish you could taste them, they're amazing :D

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girlintheband January 6 2008, 11:48:10 UTC

Oh gosh, thank you so much. I'm really glad Frank's presence resonated with you! ♥

softlyforgotten January 3 2008, 05:16:59 UTC

oh my god, i can't even - urgh, there's fics that make it hard to breathe, and it seems kind of not enough to lump this in with them because. no, i'm all incoherent and flaily. i love you, and this, and the way that even if frank isn't mentioned directly in a one section of it you can sense him - or the lack of him - there, and the lost in translation snippet, and the imagery of japan, oh my god, the old & the new blending together. fics like this make me confident just being. thank you. ♥

girlintheband January 6 2008, 11:48:45 UTC

Oh god, Mik. <333 This is like the best comment I've ever received, thank you so much. ♥

amplifiedstatic January 3 2008, 08:30:01 UTC

this is beautiful. i think you successfully portrayed the conflict of wanting to take a break and the loneliness that comes with it in a very gerard-esque manner. gerard's a pretty introverted guy, personal and private, and i like the way that was brought out - we only really saw him and defined him through his actions and his words. we didn't get a deeper insight through the narrator - it was just a what-you-see-is-what-you-get type thing. i really, really enjoyed that. it made me feel almost as though i was only vaguely in gerard's head, hearing the silence and the muttered thoughts there, with the sounds of the world around him filtering through ( ... )

girlintheband January 6 2008, 11:50:07 UTC

Thank you!! I'm really happy that Frank came through so well to you, especially. ♥

jocondite January 3 2008, 09:33:51 UTC

This is incredibly utterly beautiful - so perfectly realised and sparing at the same time as it's beautifully, intricately detailed. I could almost be right there. The mood of this piece is just perfect. ♥

girlintheband January 6 2008, 11:50:33 UTC

Thank you darling! ♥