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jenthegypsy

In the Forest of the Night

Jan 05, 2010 15:19

Title: In the Forest of the Night
Author: jenthegypsy
Rating: PG, in a Brothers Grimm sort of way.
Characters: Juliet, Sawyer, Ben - in a Brothers Grimm sort of way.
Word Count: 3714
Warning/Summary: Sometimes bad things happen in fairy tales, but they aren't always what they seem.
Authors Notes: Hohoho fic written for eponine119Heartfelt thanks to beta ( Read more... )

verse, ben, sawyer, juliet, fairy tale, hohoho 2009

Comments 32

eponine119 January 6 2010, 02:19:10 UTC

Jen, I was 98% sure you had written this because only you are this much of a genius poetry goddess. I love this so much. Thank you again.

jenthegypsy January 6 2010, 03:13:49 UTC

So I'm forgiven for the "death" thing? The one thing your prompts said you didn't want? *whew*

Yeah, I knew the format was a dead give away, but I tried for weeks to write it 'straight' and it just flat out refused.

I'm so glad you liked it. It's my swan song for substantial Lost fic, so I'm glad you were the recepient!

anna_mariec January 8 2010, 18:36:22 UTC

That was a joy to read Ms. Gypsy! I LOVE VERSE! xo AM

jenthegypsy January 8 2010, 22:45:36 UTC

I'm happy to know that, AM. I'm moved to verse quite often these days. I've never done anything as extensive as this before though - it was a killer! Thanks for reading and commenting! ♥

halfdutch January 25 2010, 04:00:46 UTC

OMG, I couldn't possibly love this more! This is so sweet and delightful and well-told and gah, it's a full-blown fairy tale, woman! It's perfect! :) Yay! I'm so happy you wrote this. It's got to be one of my favorite things you've ever written. ♥

jenthegypsy February 8 2010, 00:07:40 UTC

You know I love you, right? Even though it's taken me so long to thank you for this outstanding comment? Thank you for seeing the fairy tale aspect of it ~ it took a great deal of finagling to make it work. Know what? It's one of my favorite things too - an' you are too! ♥

hereswith January 28 2010, 23:04:44 UTC

Good heavens, what work you've put into this, I can understand that you went crazy while working on it. To get all the rhymes in place and still manage to tell a story that flows this well, that takes talent! It's a lovely story, too, really sweet, and Ben is the perfect villain, of course, and it's a perfect happy ending :-) Fantastic job!

She opened her eyes and before her there sat
A rather large man with the eyes of a cat.
He had longish hair, streaked dark upon gold,
And a grin that was wicked with pleasures untold. *g*

jenthegypsy February 8 2010, 00:16:38 UTC

Dear friend, please forgive the delay in my response to your excellent comment! I'm so glad to know it worked for you. And thank you for telling me your favorite part - you know I appreciate knowing that.

To get all the rhymes in place and still manage to tell a story that flows this well, that takes talent! I don't know about talent, but it sure took a lot of work! Thank you for saying that it flowed well ~ that's what I was striving for, of course, and a coherent story.

It won in both it's categories at the Best Fic of 2009 lostfic_awards thanks to people like you who thought it was good enough. Blew me away, I can tell you!

Thank you so much! *hugs*

jenthegypsy February 8 2010, 00:20:06 UTC

comment by OZMISSAGE, 12/23/09 @ lostsquee:

THIS IS BRILLIANT.

I just I want to leave a coherent comment but there's nothing I could say that would do this justice. It's just stunning and beautiful and it's so them. Incredible. Absolutely, incredible.

jenthegypsy February 8 2010, 01:33:21 UTC

reply on 1/22/10: @ lostsquee

Being moved to incoherence is good - thanks for commenting!