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This is me bragging about your originality again. (and apparently getting my tissues ready...)
Author's Response: I hope I never write a story that's been done 1000x before. It's my goal to avoid all such storylines! .... And yeah, I'd prep the tissues. *hands out the Kleenex*
OMG. I think I totally have an idea of what's going to happen here! Hmm... Thoughts to ponder. Anxious to see if I'm right!
Author's Response: Hmm... wonder if you're right... I guess we'll see ;)
For some reason, I get the feeling that maybe Brian already knows something about Lauren and perhaps he's just been waiting for the right time to tell Nick-- or maybe the right person (Abbey!) to tell him with?
Author's Response: Brian knows everything, always. He's like the Gandalf to Nick's Frodo, the Dumbledore to Nick's Harry, the Yoda to Nick's Skywalker. You get the idea. ;) haha
To comment a little on the writing itself, I love your use of metaphors, and the ones in this chapter are perfect examples. "...like a disturbed hive of bees, stinging my senses and making my hands sweat and shake as I stared at him laying there in bed" and "I felt like a gutted fish, like Lauren had reached down my throat and pulled out all my insides and thrown them away and now I was just all hollow and smelly in there" Even though they may on the surface seem a little absurd (and humorous!), they don't seem forced, and describe the situations perfectly.
Author's Response: Thank you for the comment! I tend to use a lot of crazy metaphors when I talk in everyday language and I think that's why I weave them throughout stories the way I do. Sometimes it's just not enough to say things like "I feel sad" or whatever - sometimes, you gotta whip out the gutted fish and really paint a word picture of the feeling. I try to make Nick the one most likely to do this in my stories, and that's mainly because of the way I write him, I try to give him this really goofy, kinda forgetful "blonde" type personality -- and I guess he's closest to how I really am in real life when I write these stories, to be honest -- and the metaphors just fall out of his personality type the easiest. I'm glad that you enjoy them. :)
We got our Elf on the Shelf out last night, and my 3-year old was really angry that he didn't get to touch him. He even went so far as to sneak out of his bed last night and get Peter (because the elf looks like Peter Pan, apparently) and hide him under his pillow. He totally didn't buy into the magic until Peter flew back from the North Pole and ended up tangled up in the pull cords hanging from the ceiling fan (since he was flying and all), then disappeared(thanks to my sneaky husband) during our bed time routine tonight. Now I think he's a believer.
Author's Response: OOOOOOOOOOOOOMG I love that. That is awesome. So funny that Jeraldo was chillin' on a fan - I hope he talked to Peter about how pesky those cords could be before he got up there. That is amazing! I've always wanted to have a kid around to do the Elf on the Shelf bit with. I even own one but I don't do the whole moving it around thing, of course, cos it's just me and my sister. But I really want to one day, LOL
Well you can't end it like that! More pretty please?
You're putting him on ECMO before Christmas?! Well, that's just plain mean :P
Interesting idea. I hope the muse keeps taking you wherever it's taking you.
Author's Response: Thanks for the review! I feel like the fanfic fandom is dying and it depresses me :(
I was just thinking about this story! So nice to see an update! I bet Elise isn't going where she thinks she is... (FYI- you have the POV labeled as Brian and it's Elise)
Author's Response: Thank for pointing out the mislabel! And thanks for reviewing :)
I like the whole "he's cheating but he's not really cheating" spin you're putting on this. And which one is he cheating on? Interesting plot line.
“We had it all, this love so strong. Now everything we had is gone. If you could read my mind, you’d know I’ve crossed that line…”
While Nick struggles to deal with what happened on the cruise, Howie’s indiscretions lead to dire consequences.Well, what a chapter. Amongst all the drama, I think my favorite part was the little bit about how maybe they should have just said "jinx" and moved on. It was a nice little touch. Now to theorize about that phone call...
Author's Response: Aww, thanks! They had that moment there where they could have made amends, but they missed it. It's sad, but I think the emotions were still too raw, especially in light of what just happened. Thanks again for the review, Emily!
Well, first of all: Holy angst, Julie! Second, the thought actually crossed my mind when she called it "some specific type of pneumonia." I pretty much knew what would happen when she said they were worried about his immune system. I'm a medical person, a family member of mine has HIV-- it's just where my mind goes to.
Author's Response: Thanks for reading, Emily! I figured the medical peeps would start to clue in then.
The thought of Nick never being able to forgive him makes me so sad...
Author's Response: It is sad, but hey, maybe Nick won't be infected, and it'll all turn out okay! LOL Thanks for reading!!
I'm actually a fan of being able to incorporate how the guys are feeling into the lyrics of their songs-- particularly songs they've written--if a writer can do it well. Unfortunately, that doesn't happen all that often in the fanfic world, but you did it beautifully here.
Author's Response: Thanks! I am too, but these days I try to only do it in the context of a real performance so it's not cheesy. I'm glad you enjoyed it!
I'm definitely interested to see how you deal with Q's death. I like sticking to the correct timeline, too, but I'm a little nervous here to read about all the sad :(
Author's Response: Thanks for reviewing, Emily! I went back and forth about whether or not to include Q's death, but I felt like I needed to. It's not going to be a big part of the story, just a couple of chapters, and there will be more going on than just the Q stuff.
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