Maia. I have so many feelings about this and I'm not sure if I can express them all, or if I can even express the ones I can properly. But even after a couple of hours of reading this, I still feel the story and feel like I'm still reading it. Honestly, it felt like a movie to me, like I was actually watching things unfold, watching Yixing hold himself back, watching Jongin burst into color and it's all so beautiful. I was a bit emotional at the end because there were a lot of things that spoke to me, like I always feel like things are moving too fast, days are going by, and I'm trying to hold on to things, to people, to moments and I feel like I can't, and with the way you portrayed that in how you described photography and with Yixing trying to capture Jongin, that just hit me.
I see photography how you kept on describing it here, capturing moments, reliving them, memorizing them. I've never really taken any classes or seriously dabbled in it, but that's what my purpose would be if I did. The way you incorporated it into the story was like in reverence to the art and the beauty in it. Especially now that everything's digital already. It was really, really beautiful how you tied everything together.
I enjoyed the stark contrast between Yixing and Jongin, black and white vs. color. It showed in their every interaction how they were so different and I really admired that. Their characters were so distinct and so defined every step of the way and you could just see how they grew beside each other, trying and eventually understanding how the other person was like. I like how your Jongin here is like how he really is in real life. He really is such a colorful person and the way he changes when he's on stage and how he is normally is shown perfectly here. And then there's Yixing and his history and how you interweave everything together.
I also really really loved the friendship between Yixing, Lu Han, Kris, Jongdae and Minseok. Friendship in fics are always something I look forward to because it makes things more real and more fun. I love how Lu Han is observant and how Jongdae is such a bad cook, and how Kris knows Yixing so well and just...all of them. This is one of the things, among all of them lol, that I enjoyed reading. The last part was classic. The picture-taking actually got me emotional for some reason. Hehe. :D
But my favorite part of the story was in part 5, where they're outside by Jongin's car and Jongin was telling Yixing that he shouldn't mess with him. I was literally holding my breath throughout that scene. I was waiting for what was going to happen. There was so much tension that I even had my fists clenched.
Your writing is so amazing, Maia. I'm not being biased or trying to be flowery with praises, but you really take my breath away with your writing. Especially with this one. Just when I think that you've written amazingly again, you suddenly go on and write this. This is now my favorite fic from you and probably in EXO fandom. I really feel like crying because this makes me so happy and feel so much. I'm going to be all cheesy now and say that I feel proud we're sort of friends. It's an honor to be at least friends with you on Twitter because you're brilliant and it amazes me that I kinda know you. Your writing inspires me in so many ways, not just in my own writing.
Thank you for sharing your talents and for writing this and for just being you. :)
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
timeasmymeasure
no subject
Date: 2012-09-18 09:26 am (UTC)Spotting because.Maia. I have so many feelings about this and I'm not sure if I can express them all, or if I can even express the ones I can properly. But even after a couple of hours of reading this, I still feel the story and feel like I'm still reading it. Honestly, it felt like a movie to me, like I was actually watching things unfold, watching Yixing hold himself back, watching Jongin burst into color and it's all so beautiful. I was a bit emotional at the end because there were a lot of things that spoke to me, like I always feel like things are moving too fast, days are going by, and I'm trying to hold on to things, to people, to moments and I feel like I can't, and with the way you portrayed that in how you described photography and with Yixing trying to capture Jongin, that just hit me.
I see photography how you kept on describing it here, capturing moments, reliving them, memorizing them. I've never really taken any classes or seriously dabbled in it, but that's what my purpose would be if I did. The way you incorporated it into the story was like in reverence to the art and the beauty in it. Especially now that everything's digital already. It was really, really beautiful how you tied everything together.
I enjoyed the stark contrast between Yixing and Jongin, black and white vs. color. It showed in their every interaction how they were so different and I really admired that. Their characters were so distinct and so defined every step of the way and you could just see how they grew beside each other, trying and eventually understanding how the other person was like. I like how your Jongin here is like how he really is in real life. He really is such a colorful person and the way he changes when he's on stage and how he is normally is shown perfectly here. And then there's Yixing and his history and how you interweave everything together.
I also really really loved the friendship between Yixing, Lu Han, Kris, Jongdae and Minseok. Friendship in fics are always something I look forward to because it makes things more real and more fun. I love how Lu Han is observant and how Jongdae is such a bad cook, and how Kris knows Yixing so well and just...all of them. This is one of the things, among all of them lol, that I enjoyed reading. The last part was classic. The picture-taking actually got me emotional for some reason. Hehe. :D
But my favorite part of the story was in part 5, where they're outside by Jongin's car and Jongin was telling Yixing that he shouldn't mess with him. I was literally holding my breath throughout that scene. I was waiting for what was going to happen. There was so much tension that I even had my fists clenched.
Your writing is so amazing, Maia. I'm not being biased or trying to be flowery with praises, but you really take my breath away with your writing. Especially with this one. Just when I think that you've written amazingly again, you suddenly go on and write this. This is now my favorite fic from you and probably in EXO fandom. I really feel like crying because this makes me so happy and feel so much. I'm going to be all cheesy now and say that I feel proud we're sort of friends. It's an honor to be at least friends with you on Twitter because you're brilliant and it amazes me that I kinda know you. Your writing inspires me in so many ways, not just in my own writing.
Thank you for sharing your talents and for writing this and for just being you. :)