Best Beloved

[tamakito]

Spoilers: Up to 2.16
Warnings: Mild homophobia.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 5, 289
Disclaimer: RIB and FOX own everything ever.
Beta: rdm-ation
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This prompt. Being read aloud to is for little kids, and Finn is making a concerted effort to grow up, so he definitely doesn't indulge in it. Much. Well, Kurt has a nice voice, okay.

Comments

[ileliberte]

OMG NEW FIC

*ahem* As always, your Finn and Kurt dynamic is delightful. I love how sweet you make Finn without making him seem OOC or super dumb. Carole and Kurt interaction is always so very welcome and I adored the little bits here. The ending was absolutely perfect.

[tamakito]

Shit son you were right on that! Lol thank you for this! It is just the pick-me-up I need before sleeps. You are a peach and I'm v. glad you liked the broskis dynamic and Finn's characterization and CAROLE APPEARANCE, someone has to do it, the show is giving us squat. Yeah and esp. the Finn thing because this is a fiddly line to walk with keeping him, you know... funny but not actually "aw shit boy needs help." And I'm glad you liked the ending and ilu you so nice bb!

[slashtintedglss]

This was sweet enough to give a person cavities. And I loved every minute of it. Once again, amazingly in character. I love how you were able to fit deeper insecurities about growing up and responsibilities in a light fic that is on the surface about (some well overdue, IMO) brotherly bonding (and some of my favorite children's stories too?! Bonus points!). I've always loved the dynamic between Kurt and Finn who are very obviously different in terms of maturity and responsibility, but are both very much children at times. (I'm not making much sense. I'm sorry. Maybe I'll try to be more coherent in the morning. Uh...Later in the morning.)

Also, you gave me Mechanic!Kurt and Hudmel brothers working at the garage together. So I am now obligated to love you forever. Sorry.

Basically. I'm squeeing like a fangirl and you should never stop writing the Hudmels. Ever.

And now I have an irrational and inexplicable need for audiobooks read by Chris Colfer...

[tamakito]

Oh wow, you as well are just like right here to make everything better, omg. You peach! I'm so psyched you liked it and felt it was in-character! And my standard Aw Shit Son Slap Some Insecurities on That Fluff technique, oh god. I swear that is what I always end up doing; I take some totally innocent fluffy prompt and at some point during the "okay why am I telling this story" process of wringing a theme out of it... INSECURITIES.

OMG ME TOO THO. JSS and PP were huge parts of my childhood. Huge. Me gustan.

Also Kurt and Finn's weird mature/v. childish ways of behaving legit do the most interesting things together. Because like Kurt's more grown up, really, but... he can be so incredibly self-involved and Finn can be very aware of others and such a caretaker in this odd way, and just. It's a thing.

YOU MUST LOVE MEEEEE /evita

pls do though I love being loved it is superb

THAT WAS THE WORST PART OF WRITING THIS. I now need Colfer audiobooks and what are the odds of that happening?! But I NEED THEM

[slashtintedglss]

How did I not get a notification for this LJ!?!

I'm so so sorry for the late reply on this.

But anyway, I may or may not follow you on Tumblr (of which I am still a terrible, terrible noob, and don't really understand. I'm there for the beautiful, beautiful gifs. And the cool people that seem to just populate the dang place!) so I got the update when you posted it. And I don't sleep sometimes so the internet keeps me company at four in the morning

Insecurities are my fluff. Secretly. Just don't tell friendship or family; they'll just get jealous. XD

Oh themes. You haunt me. I was just writing a 5 +1 relationship piece and I snuck in an underlying general theme of "communication". I think this "theme" thing was ingrained by a childhood diet of children's television shows and Disney. It was obviously inevitable. That's why all our literature and media these days ends with so obviously and conveniently spelled out moral lessons, no? JSS were so much love. I wrote so many kiddie book reports on those stories in elementary school.

[tamakito]

Lol bro whut - I don't think this counts in any world as late! Especially not my world, where I am often weeks late with comments.

THE INTERNET IS BEST FOR 4 a.m. COMPANY THO. Omg also okay who are you on tumblr, so I can follow back?! Because there are at least two people I can think of that it's like - I want to follow them back judging from the little that's there, but they've only posted two things and have no bio so I don't know that they're groovy. But if it's you then I do know you're groovy so.

COMMUNICATION IS MY FAVORITE THEME EVER

EVER

Also lol I should think a steady diet of any fiction worth its salt would instill a need for theme; it is pretty pointless to have fiction without a theme. I think the difference between, you know, most stuff and... Disney and whatnot is in subtlety, is all. That and - like. I think a good theme should be an observation, not a solution? You know? Like good stuff tends to have a theme like "war hurts people" whereas something more childish turns it from a theme into a moral and is like

[prologi]

FLAIL! I love your fics so much.

Your Finn is so, so great.

(It was even kind of condescending, so when Kurt read it, it sort of just sounded like Kurt telling a funny story the way he normally would only with more rhyming words. Ahaha. :D )

[tamakito]

ILU SO MUCH THO. Muchas gracias! Am v. glad you liked Finn, and that line, lol, ngl it gave me great pleasure to write it.

[jyusan]

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW × 9000

Seriously I'm this mishy-mushy smiling idiot now awwwing at the screen out loud because damn.

I'd seriously trade half of what is going on in the show to see more things like THIS whole thing.

Carole and Kurt arguing about housework.

Finn working at the garage. hng Kurt in overalls

And all of the Furt interaction it was just perfect and lovely thank you ir3g2ötg32otu23 when Kurt was touched Finn was talking to him and and and just everything ah ♥

[tamakito]

YOU AND YOUR GIFS THO

THAT SCENE I CAN'T

EVEN THE WARBLERS' WEIRD SHOULDER-PATS REDUCE ME TO TEARS AND YOU HAVE THE HUG

AND HIS LITTLE BOUNCY CHOIR ROOM THING

I JUST

Lol omg omg I am so psyched you liked it though, and thought it was cute and everything, you are totally sweet and amazing as always. And seriously more mechanic!Kurt would not go amiss RIB.

[cccarioca]

Kurt stared at it, rolled his eyes, and then gave him a fist bump. “Goodnight, Finn.”

It's like they're hugging all over again. The things you do to me, seriously.

Anyway, great job, as always. Go, you!

[tamakito]

NO YOU GO

WITH YOUR SWEET REVIEW MAN

Really thank you for this, I'm super psyched you liked it and thought it was hug-worthy!