Really, one's got to have one's priorities in order.
Absolutely. Sometimes, worlds have to end. I accept this - no, I support it. If it takes an apocalypse to get to the happy ending, then by god we will have a damn apocalypse.
Is it the front or back that you feel is missing?
I feel sort of weird talking about this, largely because I'm afraid I won't explain it right. It's not that there's something missing, exactly - the story as it stands is a complete arc. It doesn't read like a work in progress or anything. And I love the story as it is. Just, okay. Sometimes, when I read something multiple times, as I will if I'm going to rec it, it's like - I feel like there's another part of the story in a specific place, lurking around the edges or right in the middle or between two sections or whatever.
To me, the front end of Wrong Story/Wandering Blind is complete, especially given Paths Worth Exploring and Needs and Standards. (I am curious about where Jack was those first two years, but that would be a new story, not part of this story, if that makes sense. In the same universe, but not specifically part of this story. And oh my god, I'm getting more and more tangled as I try to explain this.) You didn't begin at the beginning, but the information on the beginning is all in the story. But the end feels - it's not like it's not a resolution, it totally is. It works as it stands! But that weird feeling that I sometimes get says every time I read it that there's about another third of the story after the current ending.
See? This is why I shouldn't talk about it. I can't explain it. *hand gestures of helplessness* Did that make any sense at all?
If you're still curious, I'm willing to try to do better at explaining what I mean (although I warn you I will likely fail), but - it might require specific examples from other people's stories, so it would probably be better if we took it to email.
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Absolutely. Sometimes, worlds have to end. I accept this - no, I support it. If it takes an apocalypse to get to the happy ending, then by god we will have a damn apocalypse.
Is it the front or back that you feel is missing?
I feel sort of weird talking about this, largely because I'm afraid I won't explain it right. It's not that there's something missing, exactly - the story as it stands is a complete arc. It doesn't read like a work in progress or anything. And I love the story as it is. Just, okay. Sometimes, when I read something multiple times, as I will if I'm going to rec it, it's like - I feel like there's another part of the story in a specific place, lurking around the edges or right in the middle or between two sections or whatever.
To me, the front end of Wrong Story/Wandering Blind is complete, especially given Paths Worth Exploring and Needs and Standards. (I am curious about where Jack was those first two years, but that would be a new story, not part of this story, if that makes sense. In the same universe, but not specifically part of this story. And oh my god, I'm getting more and more tangled as I try to explain this.) You didn't begin at the beginning, but the information on the beginning is all in the story. But the end feels - it's not like it's not a resolution, it totally is. It works as it stands! But that weird feeling that I sometimes get says every time I read it that there's about another third of the story after the current ending.
See? This is why I shouldn't talk about it. I can't explain it. *hand gestures of helplessness* Did that make any sense at all?
If you're still curious, I'm willing to try to do better at explaining what I mean (although I warn you I will likely fail), but - it might require specific examples from other people's stories, so it would probably be better if we took it to email.