Comments | thawrecka: Fic: Mutually Assured Destruction, PG-13, Wes/Illyria

thawrecka

Fic: Mutually Assured Destruction, PG-13, Wes/Illyria

Jul 08, 2004 08:39

TITLE: Mutually Assured Destruction
SUMMARY: There are three people in this relationship and one of them is dead.
RATING: PG-13, Wes/Illyria
WARNINGS: Spoilers to The Girl In Question.

( Wes/Illyria )

ficposts, ficposts: 2004

Comments 12

ruedifference July 7 2004, 17:59:09 UTC

Poor, dear Wesley.

Very nice dark little story hon.

Only pins him with her stare, like a bug under the microscope (Fred liked microscopes, and bugs, and the patterns of light early in the morning).

I think that's the worst bit of the entire Fred/Ilyria dynamic to me. (Worst as in heartbreaking.) Fred's soul is destroyed, but parts of her still exist in Ilyira? I kind of hated how that worked.

*has issues*

thawrecka July 7 2004, 22:16:32 UTC

I have issues with the whole Fred/Illyria thing too. So heartbreaking. I like Illyria and Fred but it hurts that one had to be destroyed to get the other.

I'm glad you liked the story.

glossing July 7 2004, 18:51:30 UTC

Oh, *god*. This is creepy and wonderful - especially Illyria's uncertainty with pronouns and gender and the names of things.

thawrecka July 7 2004, 22:20:21 UTC

Wow, I'm so glad you liked it and that the Illyria voice worked for you.

thamiris July 7 2004, 20:01:44 UTC

Spooky. Odd. Faceted. Wonderful to see the world through Illyria's eyes. I love the fragmented narrative, which suits her so well, both as a former god-like thing and as that thing living inside what used to be Fred. You've got her so poised between so much, between death and wanting, her two selves, there and not there -- it's a fascinating read, not least because I can almost taste the humanity that's upsetting her.

thawrecka July 7 2004, 22:23:51 UTC

I'm glad this worked for you. I was hoping to get all those things in to the story so I'm happy I managed to make it work.

Thank you so much for the fabulous feedback.

callmesandy July 7 2004, 20:11:59 UTC

Ooooooooooooh, lovely. Poor Wes, poor Fred. And I love how you write Illyria.

thawrecka July 7 2004, 22:24:14 UTC

Thank you! I'm glad you like.

maybedarkpink July 8 2004, 21:41:54 UTC

Ooh. Very good. Your Illyria voice is amazing! And the way you worked in Fred and Fred's memories, just lovely. Great job!

thawrecka July 10 2004, 20:50:38 UTC

Thank you! I'm glad you liked the story and that my Illyria voice worked for you.

PS. that icon is so cool.