Reviewer: The SNO Signed [Report This]
Date: Aug 09, 2018 3:38 am Title: Chapter 7

That went well: it's quite easy as Debbie knows what he is going thru.

Author's Response:

Yes, she can understand his situation and Brian needs someone to just understand him for once and not lecture him :(

 

Reviewer: aglaja5 Signed [Report This]
Date: Aug 06, 2018 2:51 pm Title: Chapter 7

Hi! Again you amazed me with your fantastic writing-style, how you let those characters come to life...

And while in the last two parallel chapters it was Jennifer, now it's Deb's turn in those two chapters. While reading first "The Pittsburgh Years", I already thought about Deb who had been in a similar situation as Brian... So, now we know about Deb's reasons, but I'll something say about that in my other review.

Again, I'm very ambiguous about this. On one hand it's great and I'm very happy for Brian that there's finally someone who at first is just happy for him being pregnant. Who hugs him, shows him love and affection, some kind of security, tells him, to be there for him, to take care of himself and the baby, be happy... That's great! On the other hand, again, one more person, who just accepts all his reasons and arguments without questioning them any further. But after reading the latest chapter of "Back for good", it's more understandable, why she didn't questioned them. She said, that Michael behaved as if Justin has nver existed, but in some way, she's doing exactly the same. That's so sad... And I can just repeat myself. Allthough all of Brian's arguments make sense in some way, it's so damned wrong, because, hey, this is life, you can't never be sure about everything, also not a control freak like Brian and you can't hide every pain away from children, you have to show them how to deal with it. Again, I just can say that there wasn't enough trust in himself, in Justin, in their love. And I wrote it before, I also don't get the impression at the end of the show that they would've had make it as a couple. Also Brian's speech and the words "it's only time" sounds zwar somehow "ridiculous romantic" but to me there is this deep sadness and I don't think Brian thought that there will be a future for them. It seems as if he doesn't believe in their love, maybe in his own feelings for Justin, but not in Justin's deep love for him. But that's my imagination but also the reason why your story fits so well for me. For me, those two are the greatest love-couple of film history and I'm so addicetd to them and want them to have their (in my opinion) much earned happy ending. And that's why I love all those wonderful fanfictions about them. So thank you and all those other writers who take the time to write about them, let them live, suffer and love through those stories and hopefully give them a happy end! i'm looking forward to the next chapter and warmest regards!!!

Author's Response:

Honestly, it wasn't planned that the chapters would be released like that - that was pure coincidence ;) 

As Debbie said in Back for Good: It's easier when you don't have to ask yourself if your decisions are the right ones. Justin's reappearance in Pittsburgh made them all ask those questions because now they could see firsthand the pain they had caused him. With Justin being back there is no more hiding behind excuses of doing the right thing for him and his career. Whatever they might have been telling themselves, seeing his pain and hurt, they had to accept the truth of what they had done to him...

Yeah, to me that "It's only time" scene would have been way better if it hadn't included the "Or never again..." that last part made it obvious that Brian still wasn't ready to trust in himself and Justin either. He might have loved Justin and he might have believed that Justin loved him as well, but it was obvious that he hadn't really believed in that love to last and be enough to make things work for them. Which made me incredibly sad at the time and still does :( I hate the way the show ended...

With me it's mostly letting them suffer, I am afraid ;) When it comes to angst, I really like to go deep before anyone gets a happy ending. I don't know why, but that makes the happy ending so much more rewarding to me ;) 

Thank you so much for your kind comment - more will be up soon :)