Art: Tomorrow, when the apricots are ripe

[tryfanstone]

People, I'm really sorry about comments and e-mails, I will answer, I just have to met this deadline first. (Eeek!)

But (there's a story here) I have found out who painted this absolutely gorgeous picture for Tomorrow, and so I can finally tell you that this exists: and that the picture below was painted by Ailine. Ailine translated Tomorrow into

Comments

[nicky69]

Beautiful art to go with a wonderful story.

[tryfanstone]

Aw, than you! I'm passing comments onto Ailine, so thank you very much for saying!

- apologies too for the very late reply: giftfic deadline.

[deirdre_c]

Fantastic!! A perfect accompaniment to one of my favorite fanfics. <333

[tryfanstone]

deirdre_c, that's a superb icon. Gorgeous. Thank you for leaving it here!

- and very, very belatedly, thank you for the comment - I'm passing everything on to Ailine, and I think she deserves every word!

(Apologies again for being late - giftfic deadline. I'm very nearly caught up!)

[tryfanstone]

Slightly ridiculous reply, given the Teen Wolf conversation! But, glad you liked the fic - the art is absolutely splendid! - and apologies again for the late reply!

[smidgeson]

You're right it's a truly stunning picture to go with an inspiring fic.

Have to admit I've only read Tomorrow today, and have to admit I enjoyed the first half of the story more than the second. I really liked the descriptions of the Jensen's arrival at Eric's and Jared's slow building of trust with the new stud. The second half at Jared's house I found more troubling? if that's really what I'm feeling. I couldn't decide exactly what Jared was trying to achieve nor could I decide how 'human' Jensen was at the very end.

And then there's the whole question of could Jensen actually speak, we never heard him speak with words. It was hinted at that his vocal chords may have been cut but never confirmed. Would that be normal practice in this strange world of 'human' horses? or are they just trained/conditioned not to speak?

I hope you don't mind me commenting on the fic here, but thick as I am sometimes, I couldn't see how to comment at the end of the fic.

[tryfanstone]

Actually, the one comment that no one has ever made to me that I find troubling (in a fic full of hand-waved moments) is, why on earth doesn't Jensen *write* what he thinks?

- so, yes. Traditionally, in RL pony play, a horse (any more than a puppy, in puppy play) cannot speak, because horses don't. In this far more extreme kink version, horses which have been into lifetime bondage have had their vocal chords destroyed. It doesn't mean they can't make noise - Jensen screams, here - but it does mean they can't make intelligible noise. For those who chose to play, of course, the situation is entirely different - much again like someone who puppy-plays on occasinal weekends and someone who choses to live that lifestyle 24/7.

I did try, in the second half, to show Jared trying to make Jensen accept that he is human as well as horse. I'm not sure I was uite successful - I think minchout did it much better in Speak, Touch, Sound. But, still, interesting to write, and I'm really glad you liked it enough to comment

[lferion]

That is a gorgeous piece entirely out of context too!

[tryfanstone]

I have to say, so is that icon! But it is lovely, isn't it? Ailine's work is stunning.

On a completely other topic - thank you for the comm! Joined, am now wondering what on earth we should say for post one... I am considering a slow re-read of Lymond, like, one a week over BTU, and then writing... ? How is your timetable?