I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY :(((( i, am so stupidly grateful right now and i totally rolled around on my bed a bit like a seal and maybe there was general arm flapping because wow, this was so fucking good and idk what feelings are right now except that the smile on my face is SO FUCKING BIG that it kinda hurts BUT maia, maia, thankyou, thankyou so much. i feel so utterly spoiled that you wrote this for me ;_______________;
when you gave me the little preview, i thought maybe it was bodyswitch fic BUT SOUL-BONDING. DO YOU EVEN KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE SHIT LIKE THIS. it takes me back to my intense drarry fic days and kaiyeol's dynamic is so perfect for soul-bonding, all that not being able to understand one another and the dislike for each other because of it. and then! then they're forced to be closer than they already are, finding that they can only find comfort in each other and physical contact with each other and it's just kind of hilarious but perfect at the same time. for all the slightly ridiculous bits to this (and ridiculous in a tremendously good way bc the way everyone just rolled with the soul-bonding thing was so great), it was also immensely satisfying on an emotional level.
you always do that so well, winding in the more poignant stuff, the fears and the affection and the way there are little things that they do repetitively with the funnier things, the stuff that requires the reader to suspend their notions of reality. it just becomes so easy to think that soul-bonding is a thing and it could happen and you'r not even slightly phased by all of it. you just want to see how they're going to fuck up next. kaiyeol's so good for miscommunication because they both don't quite understand each other and how could they, they're such different people (but also really very alike) and the way you worked through that was brilliant.
can i just say that i really, really, really adore your chanyeol? how you capture all his little insecurities and just, him wanting everyone to like him because he thinks he's good at having people like him and i mean, everyone wants people to like them but chanyeol needs them to and the fact that jongin never quite has rubs him all wrong. he needs to fix that and chanyeol is so so so stubborn but more importantly, he's someone who never gives up and he works hard in ways that are so similar to jongin. they both push and push and push and then i think they're so stupid for not seeing how alike they are!! and you just hit that all so well. and even things like how chanyeol is narcissistic, how he wills himself to smile through everything because it's his job, he has to be happy all the time and everytime he let his anger show through, everytime he yelled at jongin, i held my breath because i was terrified of what jongin would say in return, how much he could hurt chanyeol by what he chose not to say. IT WAS ALL VERY HARD ON MY HEART OKAY. but just honestly, your chanyeol is my favourite. he’s cute and touchy and laughs at everything and fills in the silences because it’s his job :((( perfect.
I KEEP SAYING THIS BUT YOUR JONGIN, FUCK MY LIFE. he is always always always perfect and you always write him in such a way that he fits with whatever the pairing is, the way he reacts to that person is so accurate and i mean, it is so difficult to flesh out how or why jongin would ever get over his casual annoyance with chanyeol, enough for that to turn into liking him but you did it. you did it so smoothly and so accurate to who jongin is. abrasive and blunt but shy and quiet and i feel like jongin is loud in his own ways, loud enough to catch chanyeol's notice and then to demand that attention. except he wouldn't know what to do with chanyeol's attention even if he wants all of it and that whole scene with him getting jealous over baekhyun, yes yes yes because jongin is possessive and he needs his favourites to focus just on him and not anyone else and chanyeol is quickly becoming his favourite person ever but he doesn't know how to deal with that!!!
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when you gave me the little preview, i thought maybe it was bodyswitch fic BUT SOUL-BONDING. DO YOU EVEN KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE SHIT LIKE THIS. it takes me back to my intense drarry fic days and kaiyeol's dynamic is so perfect for soul-bonding, all that not being able to understand one another and the dislike for each other because of it. and then! then they're forced to be closer than they already are, finding that they can only find comfort in each other and physical contact with each other and it's just kind of hilarious but perfect at the same time. for all the slightly ridiculous bits to this (and ridiculous in a tremendously good way bc the way everyone just rolled with the soul-bonding thing was so great), it was also immensely satisfying on an emotional level.
you always do that so well, winding in the more poignant stuff, the fears and the affection and the way there are little things that they do repetitively with the funnier things, the stuff that requires the reader to suspend their notions of reality. it just becomes so easy to think that soul-bonding is a thing and it could happen and you'r not even slightly phased by all of it. you just want to see how they're going to fuck up next. kaiyeol's so good for miscommunication because they both don't quite understand each other and how could they, they're such different people (but also really very alike) and the way you worked through that was brilliant.
can i just say that i really, really, really adore your chanyeol? how you capture all his little insecurities and just, him wanting everyone to like him because he thinks he's good at having people like him and i mean, everyone wants people to like them but chanyeol needs them to and the fact that jongin never quite has rubs him all wrong. he needs to fix that and chanyeol is so so so stubborn but more importantly, he's someone who never gives up and he works hard in ways that are so similar to jongin. they both push and push and push and then i think they're so stupid for not seeing how alike they are!! and you just hit that all so well. and even things like how chanyeol is narcissistic, how he wills himself to smile through everything because it's his job, he has to be happy all the time and everytime he let his anger show through, everytime he yelled at jongin, i held my breath because i was terrified of what jongin would say in return, how much he could hurt chanyeol by what he chose not to say. IT WAS ALL VERY HARD ON MY HEART OKAY. but just honestly, your chanyeol is my favourite. he’s cute and touchy and laughs at everything and fills in the silences because it’s his job :((( perfect.
I KEEP SAYING THIS BUT YOUR JONGIN, FUCK MY LIFE. he is always always always perfect and you always write him in such a way that he fits with whatever the pairing is, the way he reacts to that person is so accurate and i mean, it is so difficult to flesh out how or why jongin would ever get over his casual annoyance with chanyeol, enough for that to turn into liking him but you did it. you did it so smoothly and so accurate to who jongin is. abrasive and blunt but shy and quiet and i feel like jongin is loud in his own ways, loud enough to catch chanyeol's notice and then to demand that attention. except he wouldn't know what to do with chanyeol's attention even if he wants all of it and that whole scene with him getting jealous over baekhyun, yes yes yes because jongin is possessive and he needs his favourites to focus just on him and not anyone else and chanyeol is quickly becoming his favourite person ever but he doesn't know how to deal with that!!!