April 20th, 2009 at 07:25am
Wow. That was really.
Beautiful. Epic.
I loved how it was expressed.
I love how Gerard KNOWS what he's saying, but he doesn't really KNOW. It's like he thinks he understands, and that he can say what's on his mind, but he really can't.
To me, it felt like everything he tried to say, something else came out. Like instead of saying 'Hello Frank' it was 'I love you Frank'. But I'm not sure, that was just the way I saw it.
Anyway, this was really good, good luck in the contest :]
Take that faulty internet. :con:
I’m going to be frank in saying that I’ve never wanted to read stories about mental illnesses or disabilities. Though, it’s not because I don’t find them interesting, I do, I’ve just never found them to be truly believable, therefore not enjoyable. Now, I feel I must alter my opinion a little, because I really loved this.
I can’t go all technical on you and say that you hit some perfect disease head on and ramble about the symptoms or something, but I car say that you made this believable. I think that sometimes when we are writing Frerard we sort of lose our initial goal and get so wrapped up in the love, if that makes sense. I guess what I’m trying to say is that you made Gerard’s words come to life by making them sort, by making them confused. I don’t know if I’m making any sense. All in all I think the dialogue is perfect.
When you begin to talk about the wedding, its at total tear jerker for me because I am conflicted between my love of Frerard and my love of Jamia, but I suppose it’s a great thing you made me feel this way. I think my favorite part was when you talked about Gerard’s heart, and how it would break if her went to the wedding. I think that sometimes we…Or at least I know that I so sometimes forget that just because a person isn’t “all there,” doesn’t mean that they don’t have a heart and that I thought that was a good thing to touch on.
The last line really grabbed me and I think that it was a perfect way to end the piece, with ties to the title and the prompt. You really did an excellent job, congratulations. :arms: