Date: Nov 14, 2018 11:08 pm Title: Prologue.
I've always been a fan of supernatural stories.
The idea of Justin being Brian's guardian angel as well as Jesse's was very moving.
To, in the end, see Jesse come back with Justin's spirit there had me in tears. To finally see Brian reunited with his "angel" was deeply moving.
Tags, you wrote a lot of stories. Some filled with humor, some filled with angst. As you know Smoldering has always been my favorite story written by you but this one has replaced it. To me this one is an absolute masterpiece.
Love, love, love this one.
XOXO
Meriam
Author's Response:
Awww! Thank you so much. This story was so difficult to write, but I always knew how I wanted it to be - it was just so heartbreaking to write that it took me forever. I’m gratified to hear the end result turned out so well. Thank you for your kind review. TAG
Date: Sep 30, 2017 8:33 pm Title: Prologue.
One of the most heartbreaking, sad and beautiful story I read in a while. I had no idea how could you make them together again, and reading the last chapter I thought probably as 2 spirits. I'm glad it didn't end that way, I'm also glad it finished in the most hopeful way this story could have taken.
Beautiful well written story, thank you so much for writing this. For me a good story is one I'm thinking about even when not reading it, and this one kept me sad, worry and thinking even after. One of the best QSF story, thanks again, Michal
Author's Response:
Thank you so much. This was probably the most difficult story I've ever written - probably why it took me three years to complete it. Glad you liked my tricky ending. Thanks for reading. TAG
[Report This]Date: Jun 01, 2017 5:25 am Title: Prologue.
All I can say is WOW! I have never cried and ached for our boys so much...from the prologue til the last sentences.
I can totally understand how writing this was difficult. Angst and plot twists in abundance. You really have given Brian a back story that explains so much of his personality, his rules, his faults, his drive...most of all you gave us insight into his heart. Seeing what motivated the making of Brian"Fucking" Kinney was amazing. The show gave us just enough to lead us in certain directions where Brian as a character is concerned. You, however, gave us so much more.
Justin as a guiding spirit was a wonderful storyline. At times I ached for all he missed out on by his life being cut short. But to see the Taylor family from a different perspective was genius.
Thank you for this wonderful gift of a story. I am left with a couple of questions in your Kindred universe...Does Justin ever figure out he is his own Uncle Justin now/and Jesse was the placeholder he felt like? How does Brian explain to the Taylors (especially Winnie) why he's suddenly with Jesse?
Great writing as always, can't wait to see what's next for you!
Author's Response:
Thank you! This was certainly an emotional one, right? I'm glad you saw what I was going for - filling in Brian's backstory as best as I could to depict how he got to be the character we saw at the start of the series. I've always felt like he had a much harder childhood than was even hinted at in the show. There's no other way to explain his twisted, complex personality. I hope that my explanation fills in those missing years and explains things more in depth. I added Justin in here, in his spirit guise, because, even though I'm sure Brian's childhood was a horror, he couldn't have come out nearly as whole as he was if he didn't have some moderating force in his life. I posit that it was Justin in this fic. Who knows, right? Glad you liked the story.
As for your remaining questions: I DON'T think that the Justin in the series ever knows about his own past with Brian. He doesn't have those memories. They died with Jesse. But Brian remembers, and that, in part, colors a lot of his subsequent actions. Like, why Brian, who was a perpetualy loner, was instantly attracted to Justin. Why Brian was protective of Justin from day one. Also, why he was ambivalent about Justin's place in his life and always wanted to give Justin the chance to choose someone else other than him, because he would feel that he was somehow influencing the boy who didn't remember their past with his own desires. Of course this is all just my own headcanon, but I think it fits. As for Winnie . . . well, the Brian in the series actively avoids any contact with Justin's family after they meet, so maybe he just cut himself off from Winnie too and tried his best not to interact with them so that his prior link to Justin/Jesse wasn't obvious. That's what I see in my mind at least.
Hope this answers some of your questions.
Now off to my big Summer Collaboration story and a nice, fluffy, angst-free family fic with Lorie!
TAG
Date: Mar 22, 2017 11:16 am Title: Prologue.
Oh good because otherwise that would be sad and I don't like sad so good
Author's Response:
I don't do sad endings. Sad beginnings maybe. Sad middles, definitely. But never sad endings. LOL TAG
Date: Sep 05, 2016 10:19 pm Title: Prologue.
I love all of your stories. Please come back to this one and finish it!! I can't wait to see how it ends.
Date: May 21, 2016 8:19 pm Title: Prologue.
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Date: May 21, 2016 3:47 pm Title: Prologue.
Holy shit! What a start...I bet it will keep me on the edge of my seat