Comments | fahye: I am having a lot of strong reactions to fiction

fahye

I am having a lot of strong reactions to fiction

Oct 30, 2011 19:29

I JUST FINISHED MIRA GRANT'S DEADLINE.

CAN SOMEONE ELSE WHO'S READ IT PLEASE COME AND SCREAM IN A SPOILERISH FASHION AT ME IN COMMENTS.

I NEED TO PROCESS MY FEELINGS.

OH MY FUCKING GOD.

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ashen_key October 30 2011, 08:56:33 UTC

OMG, SOMEONE ELSE HAS FINALLY FINISHED IT!

YES!

HI, FRAR. THIS IS ME, SCREAMING, BECAUSE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUGH GEORGE WHAT THE HEL?!?!?!

fahye October 30 2011, 08:58:48 UTC

AS SOON AS THEY DID THE WAKING-UP SCENE I WAS LIKE, YES. YES. I KNEW THAT CLONING SHIT WAS A SMOKING GUN.

HOW AM I GOING TO WAIT SIX MONTHS FOR A SHAUN/GEORGE REUNION, ASHIE, HOW AM I GOING TO DO THAT?.

Yuletide, Yuletide, here I fucking come.

ashen_key October 30 2011, 09:04:06 UTC

I DIDN'T EXPECT IT. AT ALL. AS SOON AS SHE SAID 'SO, HOW LONG HAVE I BEEN A CLONE', I LITERALLY 'OH. SHIT' AND SHRIEKED A LITTLE. AND THEN NO ONE ELSE HAD READ THEM, SO I WAS FORCED TO JUST GO 'LOOK, THE FIRST BOOK IS AMAZING, AND THEN YOU'LL READ THE SECOND, AND THEN WE'LL SCREAM. NOW HURRY UP AND READ' AT PEOPLE.

I HAVE NO IDEA! I'VE BEEN WAITING LONGER. IT'S HARD. SO HARD. BECAUSE, AUGH, OH, GOD, SHAUN. AND THE BIT WHERE HE WAS ALL 'SO, IF I HADN'T SHOT HER, SHE WAS GOING TO GET BETTER', I CRIED, I ADMIT. SO I JUST CAN'T WAIT FOR THEM TO MEET AGAIN. BECAUSE, OH. MY. GOD.

...yes. You know, I hadn't even thought about fanfiction. Wow, I fail.

fahye October 30 2011, 09:10:45 UTC

OH GOD, SHAUN, EVERY SINGLE TIME HE ACTUALLY SAW HER I THOUGHT MY HEART WOULD BREAK. And I knew that there was something a bit off about the fact that he saw her without the retinal infection, some kind of clue there, but I never for a second thought that we'd be handed something as glorious as FUCKING RESURRECTION VIA CLONING.

Seriously, dear lord, how much backstory fic do I want about their beautiful fucked-up utter codependence. HOW MUCH. I almost made gleeful shouting sounds when I realised that no, I was not imagining that dynamic, and yes, they were going there.

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darksideofstorm October 30 2011, 09:29:43 UTC

You guys are ALL THE AWESOME.

Also SERIOUSLY, THE ENDING. AND THE RELATIONSHIP. AND THE TINY TEACUP SEIZURE BULLDOGS OF RIDICULOUSNESS. BUT MOSTLY THE RELATIONSHIP.

*flaily hands*

I'm so pleased she actually went there, because it was brilliant and I didn't actually see it coming.

OH OH OH. And British Guy! Who's name I am ASHAMED not to remember -- Mahir? -- was fabulous.

fahye October 30 2011, 09:49:48 UTC

I am all about intense sibling relationships that cross lines at the best of times (I think I read Tis Pity She's A Whore at an impresssionable age) so I was merrily reading into it anyway, but that scene where Shaun screws up and is terrified that people will know and sfjhsdhsakfh

MAHIR <3 I think I could write some great stuff about him because I understand his perspective of geographical isolation yet deep virtual involvement. Plus he is balls-out amazing and dedicated.

darksideofstorm October 30 2011, 09:59:14 UTC

Yessss, definitely, though sadly few stories delve into that kind of territory. SPN is the only really popular one that I can think of offhand. (Clearly I need to read Tis a Pity.) OH SHAUN. <3 I love how he is SO SCREWED UP and knows it, and yet is so very good at making out like he doesn't care what people will think of him--until George is thrown into the mix.

YES HE IS. Possibly I am biased because I'm British, but I was SO glad we got to see more him.

Also, CLONES. \o/

fahye October 30 2011, 10:05:55 UTC

'Tis Pity is a Jacobean play, it is cracktastic and tragic and hilarious (so...100% pure Jacobean) and you should definitely look it up.

I am glad Australia got a couple of MENTIONS in the book, that is heaps more than most purportedly global works of fiction give us; even World War Z was depressingly void of Aussies, and it had people from EVERY OTHER CONTINENT.

silveraspen October 30 2011, 15:05:15 UTC

HI HI FAHYE HI. I HAVE BEEN SHRIEKING IN GLEE OVER THIS SERIES ZOMG.

fahye October 31 2011, 07:48:27 UTC

HI ASPEN. MY SHRIEKS HAVE TURNED SUPERSONIC.

templemarker October 31 2011, 07:46:00 UTC

These books are amazing. I broke my no-zombies rule to read them as quickly as I could. And I'm totally asking for Shaun/George (or Shaun/George/Mahir, I'm not picky) for Yuletide. It needs to exist more.

sainfoin_fields November 1 2011, 03:23:52 UTC

Ohhhh THAT'S why you were all excited about it suddenly.

I thought you read it months ago so I ... oh.

fahye November 1 2011, 06:39:42 UTC

No, my brother bought the Family Copy so I had to wait until I could visit him and borrow it.