[Report This]Date: Jan 25, 2022 8:16 am Title: Chapter 21
And again a perfect, painful but also beautiful chapter. I love your portrayal of Sam and Ethan so much and thankfully Justin has made such loyal loving friends. This talk, especially between Ethan and Brian, was important for mutual understanding. And I don't know why some sentences touch me more than others. So, as I said, almost every chapter is written so powerfully, so intensely, sadly, devastatingly and almost every sentence, every word moves me, but this sentence brought even more tears to my eyes "I took him to this little deli near your loft and he has his last one Money spent on food and wine."
[Report This]Date: Apr 02, 2018 3:46 pm Title: Chapter 21
Hopefully, now that Brian’s had this catharsis, things will start getting better ... please. TAG
Author's Response:
Slowly, slowly. 😉
[Report This]Date: Apr 01, 2018 6:09 pm Title: Chapter 21
I feel like my reviews are so repetitive, but omg, girl, you make me feel things when reading this. Firstly, my love for Sam is insane, he's just what all the boys need. I think if Sam wasn't around, Ethan may have lost his shit with Brian long ago - and even though he may have deserved it a little, it wouldn't have helped. It would have made everything worse.
God, SO much could have been prevented if Brian had just let Justin talk or if he'd just opened his eyes and asked him wtf was going on with Ethan lol.
This story is SO beautiful, and I will continue to tell you that :)
Author's Response:
Naw, thanks, honey! Yes, a lot of things could have been prevented, and Brian is finally learning that lesson. And I'm glad you like Sam; when I create characters, I try to make them human, rather than perfect, so that you can see where and why they are needed for the story. Be it Sam or Tommy or even my version of Ethan, they are an integral part of the fic, so I'm glad you like Justin's "boys". 😉 I'll try to remember to add pics next week so you can all meet those boys. xx
Date: Mar 30, 2018 1:19 am Title: Chapter 21
Just when I think its safe to breathe, you up things a notch and I can't breathe again. Reading Ethans words as he told the story to Brian, was painful and yet the comfort they gave each other was so needed for them and for us! Ive been Brian centric since the first episode, with that said Im going to hold on him not taking the blame for what happened. The bashing 100% not his fault, the shitty way he treated Justin at times, I'm willing to give him a pass due to his childhood. Im hoping he is now beginning to see how both events have affected and changed his life and how the consequences, have affected Justins. Hence, the rippling Butterfly Effect. Candy
Author's Response:
Im hoping he is now beginning to see how both events have affected and changed his life and how the consequences, have affected Justins. Hence, the rippling Butterfly Effect.
Hence the title - just how far to those actions and consequences stretch? One step forward, Candy.... two steps back. ;)
Date: Mar 30, 2018 12:01 am Title: Chapter 21
Holy shit....you seriously want to tear our hearts out don't you Kerri? Lol omg so so heart wrenching, listening to Ian...um I mean Ethan tell his story of the day Justin tried to kill himself. Poor Brian.....kinda sweet seeing the pair of them actually comforting each other....wow! A new chapter of every Wednesday evening/Thursday morning always makes my day but of course I end up in tears.
Author's Response:
*Squishes you tight*
[Report This]Date: Mar 29, 2018 5:07 pm Title: Chapter 21
Hearing Ethan and Sam's side of the story is good it shows that life comes with many obstacles that sometimes overwhelms us, but there are some people who come into our lives to save us or hinder us.
Brian needs to deal with the bashing cause the aftermath touched everyone but it greatly changed Brian and Justin the most.
Brian does need new friends outside of his old ones to help him see that avoidance doesn't change what happened and facing it head on chases the demons away while destroying the lingering pain it generates.
This chapter just had me crying.
Author's Response:
*Hugs*
avoidance doesn't change what happened
You nailed it. ;)
Date: Mar 29, 2018 3:32 pm Title: Chapter 21
Great chapter. Your detail to writing is wonderful. Now we just have to get Justin to see that Brian really does love him.
Author's Response:
Baby, steps; Justin is in no way ready for that, believe me. ;)
Date: Mar 29, 2018 3:30 pm Title: Chapter 21
What a difficult and emotional chapter!
Brian needed to hear what happened and to get Ethan's POV. It seems that Ethan needed to hear Brian's POV too; they both got sort of closure and maybe will they end being friends because Brian really needs new ones.
Author's Response:
Thanks, hon, and yes, they both needed this. x
[Report This]Date: Mar 29, 2018 1:38 pm Title: Chapter 21
Powerful. You give us insight into what was happening. Dispite my wanting to make it all Mikey's fault, you show us that indifference hurts.
Author's Response:
you show us that indifference hurts
Bruises fade - words, or a lack of them, don't. ;)
Date: Mar 29, 2018 9:42 am Title: Chapter 21
All this story is sooo full of emotions. I want to know what will happen with our boys, but really glad that I have a week for each chapter. For it is almost impossible to read each new chapter without breaks... sometimes it is too much. It is amaizing how you make us feel everything. Thank you.
Author's Response:
Cheers, hon, and I'm glad that you need the break between chapters because believe me, I need them when writing certain chapters. There is an upcoming chapter that after I wrote it, I sent it to my beta, who cried when reading it, and as I said to Kim, take it away, because I can't look at it anymore. For me, that has been the hardest chapter to write so far. *Wide eyes*
Date: Mar 29, 2018 9:41 am Title: Chapter 21
I want to get all wordy again, but I can't here. This chapter kills me. Absolutely kills me dead. The missed opportunities and mixed messages and blindness...God. Words, Brian. Words. Use them! Ask! Talk! And drop Michael off at the nearest bus stop with a one way ticket to I'm A Shithead City with a travel sticker on his suitcase that says "Brian & Mikey Show Has Been Cancelled. Permanently!"
Michael wasn't even mentioned in this chapter and I feel his freaking obsession and cruelty and jealousy everywhere in it. Ethan's right, Brian needs to get new friends. And he needs to get some serious help ASAP.
Damn. I'm just dead here.
Author's Response:
And drop Michael off at the nearest bus stop with a one way ticket to I'm A Shithead City with a travel sticker on his suitcase that says "Brian & Mikey Show Has Been Cancelled. Permanently!"
LMAO!! Love it!!
The missed opportunities and mixed messages and blindness...God. Words, Brian. Words. Use them! Ask! Talk!
He's learning; slowly but surely, he's learning.