okay so you've always been one of my favorite authors on here pretty much ever since I found this website six years ago, and I'm not going to lie, I check your stories page every once in a while because I'm absolutely in love with all your works. (this one in particular.)
okay, just get ready because I'm about to go all out on this.
I'm just in love with every character you've created in this; Mamie is so meek and fickle and essentially has no idea what she's doing as she tries to make herself into someone she would never be if Gunnar hadn't left his mark on her.
"It was like she wanted to be as transparent as possible." that line was gorgeous and sums her up perfectly in such a simple way. she's a ghost compared to who she used to be.
And then Gunnar is completely disillusioned and desperately begging for the control he can never truly attain (“She’s mine. I hate her, but she’s fucking mine, you understand that?”) even though he knows that him and Mamie have both grown out of each other and that if he lets himself succumb to her again that everything will fall apart.
“I know you are here to kill me. Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man." GOD okay this is honestly my favorite line in the entire story, and I know it's not yours originally, but the way you crafted it into the plot with its repetition and parallel nature to his and Mamie's relationship was fucking brilliant.
and Billie, oh my god, poor Billie, the most tragic character of all. my heart breaks for him because he's just caught in the middle of this with guilty feelings that he can't control. I think Billie might be my favorite character because he has the purest intentions of them all.
“You’re poison, Mary Lou.” oh my god, this one had a way with my heart strings, let me tell ya. he's so right and it's so true and while he still shares a part of the blame for going behind his best friend's back, he never meant for things to be like this.
another thing I adore about this story is the change of perspectives. it's such a unique way to tell the story and you do it so fluidly that I couldn't imagine it being told in any other way. It provides both an upfront opinion and an outsider viewpoint on the realistic order of things. it's paced perfectly, not too slow or fast and absolutely never hard to follow. it's just simplistic, but endearingly so.
honestly, this whole story is just completely and utterly amazing. it's full of raw, spastic human emotions that are usually difficult to convey in writing, but you do it perfectly and it never seems contrived. you just truly have a gift and I don't even care if this never gets continued because I'm content just re-reading this over and over because it's both beautiful and painful to experience and I don't think I'll ever get tired of it.
I think this is the longest comment I've ever left on a story, haha. it truly deserves it. I felt like this was the only way I could even slightly do it justice. I had to let you know in some way how infatuated I am with every single aspect of your creations <3
I don't like Mamie at all omg her attitude in this makes me hate her so much idc that Gunnar cheated on her she still like ugh just idk man PLEASE UPDATE SOON
omg I don't even know what to say I like Billie a lot. And I like him with Mamie. Much more than Gunnar at this point. I AM CONFLICTED. Update sooon please!
Gunnar just found out... I wonder what's going to happen to Mamie now. I kinda feel bad for her. And Gunnar too, of course. Even Billie... Yeah, I just feel bad for all of them.
OH MY GOD WHAT A COINCIDENCE THAT IS MY SUMMARY OF SCHOOL SO FAR TOO ASDKFJHALSKDJHCLKAJWHLEKJHFAKSJDHLKJHCLKJ this chapter was brilliant by the way loving it