Maaya, Maaya, I am so happy, I have never actually commented on any of your fic but I have never been in any of your fandoms but I have read them, and I know I owe this story a comment the length of a novel to make up for all the times I never told you how much I love your writing, BUT CHRIST I DON'T HAVE THE WORDS. There are so many things, so many many things that I loved. I loved that before I knew it the love story was sneaking up on me, that I was reading through all the fourth part actually screaming at my computer screen as I scrolled down, I've never done that before with a story. I love your perfect, perfect, perfect characterization, the way they blend canon with fanon with classic romcom/teenage humor: the jokes about Suho's age, Chanyeol's paparazzi/self-interested exaggerated facial expressions and everything else, Baekhyun's eyeliner and graceful hands and yelping like a dog as he sleeps, Tao crying, Lu Han's simultaneous cute and troll-y self, the fact that instead of going out for bubble tea it's about how Lu Han and Sehun both work there, Jongin's on/off stage persona, KYUNGSOO'S EYES, EVERYTHING ABOUT KYUNGSOO REALLY, and all of -M this distant cousin of the band that they have fun with but are separated for one reason or another.
There are so many moments that I was screaming and flailing and emailing others as I was reading: JUST EVERYTHING ABOUT THE OPENING SCENE AT MACHINE, the way you unfold their characters without pomp or circumstance, BAEKHYUN AS THE ULTIMATE FAN that in a way echoes his love of SNSD and his appearance in "Twinkle", how you write about Chanyeol's hair, about being electrocuted, THESE JOKES ABOUT KYUNGSOO MISSING SOCIAL CUES and how his eyes make people feel like there's something wrong with them, the potshot about Yixing taking drugs. I am sorry this comment has just devolved into me vomiting your fic back at you but your writing makes me feel like I would give up YEARS OF MY LIFE just to have you keep writing in the EXO fandom. I don't think I've ever read a story that made me feel like it was celebrating both the fandom and the actual people in the band as much as this one has. All the little classic fic devices: the beach trip, the sudden dramatic bit in the end that we know the story was building up to since the first moments when you told us Heavy Noize was just five people, the best friend who gives sage advice, the TURN BACK, CHANYEOL, TURN BACK romantic climax, THE PART AT THE END WHERE HE CONFESSES EVERYTHING HE LIKES ABOUT BAEKHYUN -- they're not stories I haven't read before but in your hands they felt new, and unexpected, and heart-warming, like yes this is how every love story should start, progress, and finish.
I love how gentle you make Baekhyun here, how he's a joker and a mood-maker but also infinitely caring. It works perfectly well with Chanyeol trying to give in to his natural affection for Baekhyun, even though he insists that he's selfish the way only young people can be. The hints of the other band members' problems -- was there a hint of Kai/Suho that I saw? -- and the way you weave the other band members into the story as various, sometimes contradictory, roles of Chanyeol's life, just made me want to pick up all the Heavy Noize boys and curl up with them forever. There's this sense that they all come from different places and are in different stages in their life (Suho, especially) but they're all joined together for this one band, this one common interest, and that's just perfect for a story about people who love performing and each other in almost equal amounts, no matter what Kai says about having other friends.
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Date: 2012-05-21 07:47 pm (UTC)There are so many moments that I was screaming and flailing and emailing others as I was reading: JUST EVERYTHING ABOUT THE OPENING SCENE AT MACHINE, the way you unfold their characters without pomp or circumstance, BAEKHYUN AS THE ULTIMATE FAN that in a way echoes his love of SNSD and his appearance in "Twinkle", how you write about Chanyeol's hair, about being electrocuted, THESE JOKES ABOUT KYUNGSOO MISSING SOCIAL CUES and how his eyes make people feel like there's something wrong with them, the potshot about Yixing taking drugs. I am sorry this comment has just devolved into me vomiting your fic back at you but your writing makes me feel like I would give up YEARS OF MY LIFE just to have you keep writing in the EXO fandom. I don't think I've ever read a story that made me feel like it was celebrating both the fandom and the actual people in the band as much as this one has. All the little classic fic devices: the beach trip, the sudden dramatic bit in the end that we know the story was building up to since the first moments when you told us Heavy Noize was just five people, the best friend who gives sage advice, the TURN BACK, CHANYEOL, TURN BACK romantic climax, THE PART AT THE END WHERE HE CONFESSES EVERYTHING HE LIKES ABOUT BAEKHYUN -- they're not stories I haven't read before but in your hands they felt new, and unexpected, and heart-warming, like yes this is how every love story should start, progress, and finish.
I love how gentle you make Baekhyun here, how he's a joker and a mood-maker but also infinitely caring. It works perfectly well with Chanyeol trying to give in to his natural affection for Baekhyun, even though he insists that he's selfish the way only young people can be. The hints of the other band members' problems -- was there a hint of Kai/Suho that I saw? -- and the way you weave the other band members into the story as various, sometimes contradictory, roles of Chanyeol's life, just made me want to pick up all the Heavy Noize boys and curl up with them forever. There's this sense that they all come from different places and are in different stages in their life (Suho, especially) but they're all joined together for this one band, this one common interest, and that's just perfect for a story about people who love performing and each other in almost equal amounts, no matter what Kai says about having other friends.