Reviewer: aglaja5 Signed [Report This]
Date: Dec 06, 2019 2:59 pm Title: Chapter 13: In Just Seven Days

Hi again!

Sounds like your stepmother‘s changed similar as Jennifer...? Luckily, at least your wife's father had a different point of view from the start. Otherwise it could have maybe been terrible different if that hadn‘t been the case... My eldest son started listening to Abba, Agnetha and the Rocky Horror Picture Show at the age of thirteen. Since he is not that typical boy, I sometimes thought, he may be gay. I'm still not sure, but by now I'd be almost disappointed if I didn‘t have a son-in-law at some point ... :-) No, it doesn‘t matter, the main thing is that he'll be happy!

S5 - Yeah, I also could have done without most of it. I got the impression Brian was totally thrown back through Justin‘s departure to LA. And then, after this short beautiful moment after the bombing, they moved too fast first in one direction, and then exactly too fast in the opposite... I‘ve just wrote it in another review... Sometimes I‘m glad, that there wasn‘t another season. Who knows what they would have done to these wonderful characters...

Lindsay: Fake is a good word, that‘s what I meant with „not real", and yeah, manipulative describes her also very well, I think that‘s what I wanted to say with sneaky.

I could also imagine Brian and Justin laughing a lot together. Since Brian seems more free and "wall-less" in Justin's presence, it's only logical for me that his often sarcastic humor (which I also love) turns into a carefree humor. I know the story "The One Where Justin Loses His Hearing" - but I haven‘t read it so far because of different reasons. First, I normally just read finished stories. I've had bad experiences too often in this regard. There is nothing worse than being totally in a story, and then this story won‘t be finished. But I think with this story it wouldn‘t be the case, because I noticed, that the chapters mostly have some kind of ending. The second reason is, that I‘m not sure, ehat I could endure seeing Justin being so sick. I‘ve read a little bit through the beginning it and I've stumbled upon this point when Brian says - I believe to Michael - that he's so upset he never told Justin that he loves him because now Justin won‘t ever be able to hear it again. This alone was so heartbreaking. But I think, after I‘ve finished your story, I‘ll give it a try.

So, but now, this chapter. An amazing conversation between Debbie and Brian. I really like how you handled all those characters which often caused mixed feelings for me.. Michael, Lindsay and sometimes also Debbie. So, it‘s good to read that she tells Brian how proud she‘s about him and his behavior.

Brian and Justin in LA. Amazing, again so many lovely details like „but it's like he just knows when I enter a room or even when I'm looking at him" (refering to chapter 11 :-) ). Or I also noticed, that Brian can call him Sunshine again without being troubled about it. The money problem - I can understand both of them... Justin, who has nowhere near the financial resources, and a guilty conscience, that Brian will continue to pay for mostly everything. Justin's fear that he might disappoint Brian and that he regrets it at some point. In the long run, I don't think this inequality is good for a partnership. Therefore, I wish Justin very much that he'll eventually earn money with his art. And Brian, who has the possibilities and only wants the best for himself and Justin. He just wants Justin to be happy and safe. And we've seen in S4, that's also very hard for Brian to accept help and/or money. So I think, he should understand Justin's point of view. But I'm glad, that they didn't cancelled their plans. Oh, and I love this "This kid, he's it for me" Great chapter, again, so many beautiful, cute, funny but also angsty moments! Thanks!

Author's Response:

Thank you again for such a lovely review!

The One Where Justin Loses His Hearing does have some difficult parts with him being sick but the author has an amazing sense of humor and captures the characters so well. And no one spends too much time being sad about Justin being sick. But you know yourself and what you enjoy reading. It's not a work in progress - as you mentioned each chapter has its own ending. The first 26 parts all string together and the rest are one-shots or short arcs within that universe.

Justin's concern about money is valid but for me the line in this chapter about no one earning the same amount as their partner was key. Each person contributes to a relationship, someone makes more money and someone else does something else. In the case of Brian and Justin - Brian has tons of money and it's one way he can show Justin how much he cares since he's still learning how to show it in other ways and Justin, well Justin gave Brian a life with love, which is pretty priceless. 

I love how accepting you are of your son. I was certainly into Rocky Horror when I was younger :) 

Reviewer: mamab Signed [Report This]
Date: Dec 08, 2018 1:02 am Title: Chapter 13: In Just Seven Days

Great chapter.  Love the relocation to LA.  Great storyline.

Author's Response:

Thank you!

Reviewer: YumYumPM Signed [Report This]
Date: Dec 06, 2018 1:54 pm Title: Chapter 13: In Just Seven Days

An a amazing chapter.  You feel like your there. 

Author's Response:

Thank you!