Someone pointed me here, and I... Um. Wow. Thank you. Like, a lot.
This pairing really suffers from bad fic, I mean really suffers. Surely you must be joking! Don't we all love random car accidents and spontaneous decisions to commit suicide or, you know, try some heroine because, hey, didn't know it caused addiction!
Right. Sorry. Will stop snark.
although some - ie the cast in various interviews - would argue that the making of the film was enough of a life-changing event They probably would, yes. I actually think that respect for the uniqueness of this experience is part of the foundation of our fandom. -- Does that make sense? What I mean is that if we didn't, to a certain extent, consider the time the actors spent in NZ together important enough to possess the potential to change their lives, we wouldn't be writing.
the kind of love story that people actually experience I think this is the one compliment that made me tingle and squee. Thank you. When I wrote Natural Progression, my intention was to get away from the soap-opera-ish plots that too mayn authors use to torture Orlando in general and Orlando paired with Viggo in particular.
Zarah also doesn't revert to using stereotypes - there's not one single mention of Orlando's love for extreme sports or Viggo's art. ::g:: Although, to be fair, I do use these stereotypes in other stories, from time to time. It's easier to ignore Orlando's love for extreme sports than Viggo's art, most of the time.
Anyway. Once more, and just in case you missed it the other twenty times I said it: Thank you. ::skips off::
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This pairing really suffers from bad fic, I mean really suffers.
Surely you must be joking! Don't we all love random car accidents and spontaneous decisions to commit suicide or, you know, try some heroine because, hey, didn't know it caused addiction!
Right. Sorry. Will stop snark.
although some - ie the cast in various interviews - would argue that the making of the film was enough of a life-changing event
They probably would, yes. I actually think that respect for the uniqueness of this experience is part of the foundation of our fandom. -- Does that make sense? What I mean is that if we didn't, to a certain extent, consider the time the actors spent in NZ together important enough to possess the potential to change their lives, we wouldn't be writing.
the kind of love story that people actually experience
I think this is the one compliment that made me tingle and squee. Thank you. When I wrote Natural Progression, my intention was to get away from the soap-opera-ish plots that too mayn authors use to torture Orlando in general and Orlando paired with Viggo in particular.
Zarah also doesn't revert to using stereotypes - there's not one single mention of Orlando's love for extreme sports or Viggo's art.
::g:: Although, to be fair, I do use these stereotypes in other stories, from time to time. It's easier to ignore Orlando's love for extreme sports than Viggo's art, most of the time.
Anyway. Once more, and just in case you missed it the other twenty times I said it: Thank you. ::skips off::