Rating: PG Pairing: 3x4 Warnings: AU Summary: Trowa's day is stopped by the sounds of a violin in a subway station. Notes: Written for gw500. Prompt # 219: Captive
I love this, it's a nice twist on other stories I've read of Quatre actually being a street musician. I like that on stage he still only plays for Trowa.
Ahh, I thought of that article immediately. Pretty crazy, isn't it. I like that all the children wanted to stop and watch and listen. It's like we lose something, a certain sensitivity, when we get older.
That was an interesting article, and an even more interesting story. I liked it a lot. It does make you wonder how much people really appreciate good music when they hear it, and how much they're swayed by an artist's name and reputation.
Thank you! I first read about the experiment a little while ago and I wanted to do a Trowa/Quatre story with it ever since, so February Herald challenge and the gw500 prompt gave me the perfect opportunity.
I think what got me most was that people just rushed by, they didn't take the time to stop and even decide if it was good music or not, they just kept walking. We are too busy with every day things that we don't notice something wonderful... quite sad, really.
I, too, read the article after I read your piece, and I was enthralled with the experiment and the effect it had on not the people, but the *artist*. I know that wasn't the focus of the piece, but it sent me in a totally different direction
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Thank you! I'm so happy that you think I illustrated it well.
I first read a brief note about the experiment in a magazine a while back and I knew since then I wanted to write a Trowa/Quatre fic based on it. Then I read the complete Post article and was amazed by it.
Bell said that he was nervous because when he plays in theaters he already has the acceptance of the people listening to him. Here he had to fight for their attention and mostly didn't get it.
I think it does say a lot about art and context but it says more about priorities. Today we are rushing to so many places, busy with so many menial things that we can miss something wonderful happening just before our eyes. Quite sad, I think.
The children, on the other hand, they notice something wonderful. Their heads aren't filled with with as many things and they can see.
I'm glad that there are some other people who can see though, and that's why I wrote Trowa this way. He would see.
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I have things to do in my life, but instead I am lured by you again and again to read these delightful little vignettes... did I spell that right? =P
Anyway, adorabe and touching and I loved the twist, it really took me off guard!
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I'm glad that you liked it. I knew I wanted to do a Quatre/Trowa fic with it the moment I read the article.
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I just love a good Quatre fic.
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Thank you! I'm glad that you liked it ^-^
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I think what got me most was that people just rushed by, they didn't take the time to stop and even decide if it was good music or not, they just kept walking. We are too busy with every day things that we don't notice something wonderful... quite sad, really.
Thanks for reading, Sharon *huggles*
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I first read a brief note about the experiment in a magazine a while back and I knew since then I wanted to write a Trowa/Quatre fic based on it. Then I read the complete Post article and was amazed by it.
Bell said that he was nervous because when he plays in theaters he already has the acceptance of the people listening to him. Here he had to fight for their attention and mostly didn't get it.
I think it does say a lot about art and context but it says more about priorities. Today we are rushing to so many places, busy with so many menial things that we can miss something wonderful happening just before our eyes. Quite sad, I think.
The children, on the other hand, they notice something wonderful. Their heads aren't filled with with as many things and they can see.
I'm glad that there are some other people who can see though, and that's why I wrote Trowa this way. He would see.
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