I wish you could have seen me reading this comment because the GIANT GRIN ON MY FACE and the way I was ACTUALLY KIND OF BLUSHING would tell you everything it means to me in ways that my flaily typing probably will not.
But just, GOD, THANK YOU. ♥ Everything you said here, like...I can't, even. You're just too nice. And it's not even just about you saying nice things about my writing, it's that this story affected you this way and you got what I was trying to say with so many things, that means SO MUCH to me. And I'm just so glad.
I'm kind of amazed at you saying I write Joe well because for SOME REASON I was scared of every time he had to do/say something. I always thought I'd find him easier to write, not because of him being similar to me because he's not at all, but just because I figured it would be easier to write the person who DOESN'T get so bogged down about things being stressful and wrong. SO ANYWAY THAT'S GOOD.
I also can't believe you're saying you're JEALOUS of me, you fool. I AM JEALOUS OF YOU. Like, I actually adore what you do with language and metaphors and descriptions and everything. I really do. I can never quite cope with that sort of thing the way I want to, so I'm thrilled that my meaning comes across without it, if you know what I mean.
I can't explain my whole issue with finding it hard to write them. It was actually fine once I started because I have all these FEELINGS about it that were needing to come out, but I think it's just that the pairing means so much to me that I find the idea of writing it INTIMIDATING or something. I was like this with writing Nathan/Peter (Heroes) and I found the whole thing exhausting and when I was done I was like RIGHT, THAT IS IT. And I never wrote them again. OH GOD I HOPE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN HERE TOO. D: D:
(It doesn't matter that you don't like Kings of Leon so much! Their new album is slowly growing on me but I'm not really a big fan or anything, just, EVERYTHING FITS SO WELL WHEN IT COMES TO THE JONAS BROTHERS. WEIRD.)
I agree with what you said about the JoBros probably having the talent to do something completely different than what they're basically contracted to do, it makes me really sad because 1) we're being deprived of what's probably better than the Disney pop, and 2) SO ARE THEY.
I did see the live chat where Joe was all distracted because Nick was feeling low and everything. Goddd, my heart.
I want to be like I'M GLAD THIS FIC HURT YOU but that sounds really mean, ahaha, but you know how I mean it—it's awesome that it had such a big effect on you, the one I intended basically. There was literally a point (when I wrote the bit about Nick being close to tears because he couldn't remember what his bed felt like) that I had to stop and take a break because I was making MYSELF hurt and it just got too much. EXCESSIVE EMOTIONAL INVOLVEMENT, I HAVE IT.
ALSO GLAD you picked up on the use of 'still' in that kicking line, I was happy with how sibling-ly that sounded because I felt like maybe they weren't coming across as BROTHERS so much, just as Joe-and-Nick, and I wanted something subtle to just...idk, remind people that Joe's been around for Nick's whole life. It's hard to get that sense of PAST when you're writing a oneshot like this, you know?
YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO SUM UP YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE FIC, AND I AM NOT ABLE TO SUM UP MY THOUGHTS ON YOUR THOUGHTS. OR WHATEVER. I just can't. I'm like immensely pleased and relieved and flattered and grateful and just, THANK YOU AND YAYYYY. I really, really do want to write more and will probably cry for days if this is my first and last Joe/Nick fic, for real.
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Re: PART TWO BECAUSE I TALK WAY TOO MUCH WHEN I LIKE SOMETHING
Date: 2009-04-16 04:05 pm (UTC)I wish you could have seen me reading this comment because the GIANT GRIN ON MY FACE and the way I was ACTUALLY KIND OF BLUSHING would tell you everything it means to me in ways that my flaily typing probably will not.
But just, GOD, THANK YOU. ♥ Everything you said here, like...I can't, even. You're just too nice. And it's not even just about you saying nice things about my writing, it's that this story affected you this way and you got what I was trying to say with so many things, that means SO MUCH to me. And I'm just so glad.
I'm kind of amazed at you saying I write Joe well because for SOME REASON I was scared of every time he had to do/say something. I always thought I'd find him easier to write, not because of him being similar to me because he's not at all, but just because I figured it would be easier to write the person who DOESN'T get so bogged down about things being stressful and wrong. SO ANYWAY THAT'S GOOD.
I also can't believe you're saying you're JEALOUS of me, you fool. I AM JEALOUS OF YOU. Like, I actually adore what you do with language and metaphors and descriptions and everything. I really do. I can never quite cope with that sort of thing the way I want to, so I'm thrilled that my meaning comes across without it, if you know what I mean.
I can't explain my whole issue with finding it hard to write them. It was actually fine once I started because I have all these FEELINGS about it that were needing to come out, but I think it's just that the pairing means so much to me that I find the idea of writing it INTIMIDATING or something. I was like this with writing Nathan/Peter (Heroes) and I found the whole thing exhausting and when I was done I was like RIGHT, THAT IS IT. And I never wrote them again. OH GOD I HOPE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN HERE TOO. D: D:
(It doesn't matter that you don't like Kings of Leon so much! Their new album is slowly growing on me but I'm not really a big fan or anything, just, EVERYTHING FITS SO WELL WHEN IT COMES TO THE JONAS BROTHERS. WEIRD.)
I agree with what you said about the JoBros probably having the talent to do something completely different than what they're basically contracted to do, it makes me really sad because 1) we're being deprived of what's probably better than the Disney pop, and 2) SO ARE THEY.
I did see the live chat where Joe was all distracted because Nick was feeling low and everything. Goddd, my heart.
I want to be like I'M GLAD THIS FIC HURT YOU but that sounds really mean, ahaha, but you know how I mean it—it's awesome that it had such a big effect on you, the one I intended basically. There was literally a point (when I wrote the bit about Nick being close to tears because he couldn't remember what his bed felt like) that I had to stop and take a break because I was making MYSELF hurt and it just got too much. EXCESSIVE EMOTIONAL INVOLVEMENT, I HAVE IT.
ALSO GLAD you picked up on the use of 'still' in that kicking line, I was happy with how sibling-ly that sounded because I felt like maybe they weren't coming across as BROTHERS so much, just as Joe-and-Nick, and I wanted something subtle to just...idk, remind people that Joe's been around for Nick's whole life. It's hard to get that sense of PAST when you're writing a oneshot like this, you know?
YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO SUM UP YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE FIC, AND I AM NOT ABLE TO SUM UP MY THOUGHTS ON YOUR THOUGHTS. OR WHATEVER. I just can't. I'm like immensely pleased and relieved and flattered and grateful and just, THANK YOU AND YAYYYY. I really, really do want to write more and will probably cry for days if this is my first and last Joe/Nick fic, for real.
♥ ♥ ♥