[fic] warsan shire's poetry for women who are difficult to love

[youcallitwinter]

What is this, why is this, the non-linearity is out of control etc. But written for fluffyfrolicker's it's a love story goddamnit; a ficathon for stainofmylove's prompt.[Go prompt, like, RIGHT NOW]. I apologize, why am I writing when I am blocked, further etcs. okay, now I'm done. Read this as you like; in the order it's written, the linear sequence of events or the reverse

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[jaq_of_spades]

You have such an incredible grasp of structure and how to make it fit the fic so perfectly, how to twitch an eyebrow and slaughter us with the emotional fallout ... in awe. The slow disintegration, not just of their relationship, but of Veronica's self along the way. Love it. And the poem at the top is just ... spine chillingly awful in its accuracy for this couple.

[youcallitwinter]

I am so late with replying, sorry!! You just gave me...WAY too much credit for everything, but really, so kind of you to say so; structure is my favorite thing to play around with and it might not work for a lot of people, so I'm really glad that it did for you!

[vergoldung]

And sometimes she's scared she'll never love anyone like she did Lilly Kane, but Lilly is dead and how is it fair that she's going to spend her life being mostly in love with a dead girl.
CRYING INTO MY PILLOW

ugh you are such a pain

[youcallitwinter]

EL, I AM SO SUPER LATE WITH REPLYING. And ILY forever, that is all.

[vergoldung]

ZOE I MISS YOU TALK TO MEEEEE

*sobs*

[youcallitwinter]

I AM SO SORRY EL, I HAVE BEEN SUPER VMARS OBSESSED LATELY. But I am downloading your Thai show as we speak (even though I have seen Full House, but I couldn't resist their faces when I looked it up, you evil thing). And isn't Alex's meltdown over Nobuta super fun to watch, hee. I WILL COME BACK TO YOU AS SOON AS I CAN AND ONCE I GET THESE STUPID ENDLESS FICS OUT OF MY SYSTEM.

[scorpiod1]

Christ. I actually loved so much about this, that I am not even sure what to quote, because it all just flows together like a cohesive, gorgeous whole, and it paints such a stark, painful picture of them. You have their voices down SO WELL, I can hear them clearly and like, it's hard to believe this didn't happen in the show, because it sounds just like them, it sounds perfectly like them, especially like, stuff like this:

"Oh come on, Ronnie, don't be jealous, green ain't a good shade on you. You know I love you." He always bites the word out, as if if he can manage to say it enough number of times, mockingly enough, with just the shadow of a sneer, it won't mean anything anymore, wouldn't have meant anything that first time either, in the backseat of his expensive, ugly car, with sweat and salt-skin and her shirt sticking to her back, and all the time in the world. He keeps saying it, he's been saying it too often, every time she sees him now, somehow or the other, over and over, and it's starting to sound wrong, it's starting to

[youcallitwinter]

Ugh, I am SO LATE with replying and I cannot thank you enough for this beautiful comment, I AM ALSO CLAWING MY FACE OVER YOUR COMMENT. I am so glad you thought the characterization was okay, because these two are just so perfect, I'm always afraid of messing them up and making their voices completely ???? which would really suck.

AND I AM GLAD IT WASN'T COMPLETELY RANDOM because I know it's not going to work for everyone, but then you say such nice things and I'm all TT over it because THESE KIDS, I just adore them so.

[spuffy_noelle]

Ugh I've missed your LoVe fic!! Makes me that much more excited for the movie :D

[youcallitwinter]

I AM SO LATE THAT IT'S ALREADY BEEN DAYS SINCE THE MOVIE. Haha, thank you so much!!