I've just spent four straight days reading this story, which has to be the longest piece of fan fiction I've ever read and that's saying a lot because I read a lot of fan fiction. As I neared the end, I kept thinking about how I would summarize my feelings to give you a good review, because I always want to give good reviews to the stories I really love, and I'm finding it hard to compose my thoughts about this beast. I guess I'll just break it down as best I can.
1 - Your writing. Is awesome. XD It's beautiful and vivid, and slightly over my head! lol. I found myself running to the dictionary a few times just to be sure I was understanding completely. That's a very good thing, though, because I feel like I'm coming away from this story a little smarter. So thanks for that! I like how you gave really good detail without being overwhelming, as some authors can be. It was the perfect amount. I could very easily picture everything you were conveying and I really felt as though I was there with my boys.
2 - The original characters. Ok, some of these might actually be from canon but I'm not the most informed on Trek canon so I wouldn't know the difference. Patty. Gram. The KFF people. I felt so connected to these people, just as I felt with the characters we know and love. They were lovely and made such an impact on the boys that I felt like they were really canon.
3 - The schmoop! OMG! The romance killed me, in the very best way. When they finally did get together, not only was it beautiful, masterful, and oh so romantic, but it was HOTTTT (with four T's!). I mean, even before they had sex, the make out sessions were unbearable... again, in a good way!
4 - The boys You called it a "slow burn" and that's what made it so real and so perfect. The build up, the friendship and subsequent relationship and romance was so perfectly written and built that it feels like canon. Yes, the canon of the new movie has them totally space married but this story feels like it was the real backstory to the movie. The way you tied everything in made it fit perfectly into that established universe. The smaller players, the kobayashi maru, the ring(see! space married!!), the events of the movie itself, and the aftermath. I really really like what you did with the aftermath of the movie events. The whole media storm, debriefings, and funerals. It was very realistic to what would have really happened.
I think that's what got me most. The story was written so perfectly, for so many different reasons, it gives real verisimilitude. To me, this could be canon and that's probably the best compliment I can give to a story.
So… brava! *applauds* Thank you for writing and spending the time you obviously spent to give fandom this great piece.
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I've just spent four straight days reading this story, which has to be the longest piece of fan fiction I've ever read and that's saying a lot because I read a lot of fan fiction. As I neared the end, I kept thinking about how I would summarize my feelings to give you a good review, because I always want to give good reviews to the stories I really love, and I'm finding it hard to compose my thoughts about this beast. I guess I'll just break it down as best I can.
1 - Your writing.
Is awesome. XD It's beautiful and vivid, and slightly over my head! lol. I found myself running to the dictionary a few times just to be sure I was understanding completely. That's a very good thing, though, because I feel like I'm coming away from this story a little smarter. So thanks for that! I like how you gave really good detail without being overwhelming, as some authors can be. It was the perfect amount. I could very easily picture everything you were conveying and I really felt as though I was there with my boys.
2 - The original characters.
Ok, some of these might actually be from canon but I'm not the most informed on Trek canon so I wouldn't know the difference. Patty. Gram. The KFF people. I felt so connected to these people, just as I felt with the characters we know and love. They were lovely and made such an impact on the boys that I felt like they were really canon.
3 - The schmoop!
OMG! The romance killed me, in the very best way. When they finally did get together, not only was it beautiful, masterful, and oh so romantic, but it was HOTTTT (with four T's!). I mean, even before they had sex, the make out sessions were unbearable... again, in a good way!
4 - The boys
You called it a "slow burn" and that's what made it so real and so perfect. The build up, the friendship and subsequent relationship and romance was so perfectly written and built that it feels like canon. Yes, the canon of the new movie has them totally space married but this story feels like it was the real backstory to the movie. The way you tied everything in made it fit perfectly into that established universe. The smaller players, the kobayashi maru, the ring(see! space married!!), the events of the movie itself, and the aftermath. I really really like what you did with the aftermath of the movie events. The whole media storm, debriefings, and funerals. It was very realistic to what would have really happened.
I think that's what got me most. The story was written so perfectly, for so many different reasons, it gives real verisimilitude. To me, this could be canon and that's probably the best compliment I can give to a story.
So… brava! *applauds* Thank you for writing and spending the time you obviously spent to give fandom this great piece.