Brain Damage (3)

[magicicada]

Title: Brain Damage

Comments

[storyteller]

I knew - just *knew* - from the first sentence that this would kill me, and oh my God, it has. I bookmarked it when you first posted it, but knew I couldn't read it until my exams were over because it would draw me in until I couldn't concentrate.

Gah.

I love how lyrical your prose it - I dunno, reading it is like hearing a symphony (and forgive the possible nonsensical terms used because I really don't know that much about music) and being able to pick out the strains of each theme, and each time, they grow, sound deeper, resonate more fully with the audience. Your build up to a literary climax is just masterful. I love your writing so much because it's ... (sorry, grasping for words) ... so naturally powerful - you have such an affinity with language that flows and engulfs. You write like I imagine Van Gohn would paint - tinged with madness that was reason, slapped down with precision, layer upon layer, until the impossible and abstract was perfectly sane, a beautiful paradox.

Um. Going to rec this now.

[magicicada]

Wow. Thanks. I was so unsure about this fic when I was working on it and when I was reading it over afterwards-- both the story and the way it was written. I know second person can be a big turnoff, especially in longer fics, and I wasn’t sure if there would be a complete disconnect between this Ron and canon Ron, and all the sentences seem to run on forever. I’m really glad it worked for you and made sense in whatever way it can be possible for a story like this to make sense.

I feel like you read the fics I intend to write rather than the ones that are actually there, and you always get what I want to show, even if the story isn’t as clear or as strong as I want it to be. Thanks so much.

[storyteller]

Your way of writing is what makes it so uniquely appealing to me. You so easily move past the constraints of the English language in a way I am totally envious of. You don't write to make sense, I think, but to simply tell something, and honestly, life doesn't make sense but it does tell things (um perhaps that doesn't make sense

[magicicada]

Thanks! I always hope the way I write can serve to make a story more effective, but I’m never quite sure

[arghyblargh]

here from scela_letifer. my god, that is the first fic that has ever made me cry.

[magicicada]

Thanks so much. I’m really glad it worked for you. I was worried that some of the stranger aspects would make it confusing and less effective.

[man_cannot_be]

Here by way of scela_letifer as well.

You have a way of writing slash that is not at all about slash. You write as though there were no pairings, only people; no mapped out plot, only life; no intent, only truth.

Would it be all right if I friended you?

[magicicada]

Thanks so much. I’ve never really been able to write anything that was just about a pairing. I’m really glad that the plot and the characterizations didn’t seem contrived.

Of course you can friend me. There’s not much to my journal right now, mainly just fic, and I don’t write fast, so those can be pretty rare.

[man_cannot_be]

You are quite welcome.

If all your fic posts are of this calibre, then the rarity of the posts will just make them more of a treat.

[scififreak]

Oh My God. There are a few typos that need to be fixed, but the plot is perfect. Haunting, unbelievably moving, and disturbingly believable. After OotP it is easy to believe that Harry and everyone else could be too self-absorbed and busy with other things to notice that Ron isn't quite right. This is a beautiful portrayal of his decent into madness. I love that the only person who noticed anything wrong was Malfoy--and no one believes him anyway. And when Harry figures it out, it's almost too late. The ending is wonderfully ambivalent and disjointed. So many things are hinted at that you think is just another manifestation of his madness, like seeing Malfoy as slimy, but then later you see that he makes perfect imperfect sense. Wow, this review is totally incoherent but only because my mind is blown.

[magicicada]

Thank you! The thing with typos is that I never notice most of them until I post something, which can be embarrassing, but I’ll definitely be going back and fixing things up. I’m really glad you found the plot believable. I was worried that it would be off putting, especially to fans of the pairing- actually I was worried that many aspects of the fic would be off putting, like Malfoy and the tentacles. More than anything I’m glad the ending worked for you. I usually know what the ending of a fic will be before I start it, but here I wasn’t sure what would happen, and I was worried that the lack of resolution would make the whole thing fall flat. I’m really pleaded that you noticed the different conclusions that could be drawn from it. Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts.

[weasleynut]

Wow. I really needed alot of tissues for this one. But it was amazing.

[magicicada]

Thanks so much. I’m really glad it was effective.