[Report This]Date: April 28, 2012 7:12 am Title: Letting Go
Thanks for making me cry for the last hour, you suck... (NO, I'M KIDDING, THIS WAS AMAZING!) Now I'm going back to my crying :(
Date: December 14, 2011 7:39 pm Title: Letting Go
God, I hope to never read something so depressing as this ever again!
Not that it was awful! I don't know whether to favourite the story or avoid it like the plague...
But I'll favourite because it's beautifully written.
Date: December 14, 2011 7:15 pm Title: It's so hard...
Firstly: "Today, they would return empty handed, having put their child in the ground."
The way you worded that was just so startling and depressing.
Secondly: "Portrait of Shawn – crouched proudly beside his dinosaur fossil discovery" - that's exactly the picture I had in mind when I thought about Shawn's funeral!!
Thirdly: As soon as Shawn said "I love you", my heart just sank, and I began crying again! For real! This is too damn depressing!!
Date: December 14, 2011 3:30 pm Title: Voices From the Past
“I’m sorry.” He whispered, hoping that somehow, in some way, his words would be heard. “Spencer…I’m so sorry.”
That did it. I'm officially in tears.
Date: December 14, 2011 3:17 pm Title: You Never Told Me You Left
Here comes that huge lump in my throat...
Date: December 14, 2011 2:52 pm Title: Friendly Fire
JESUS. I was NOT expecting that...
Date: November 27, 2011 11:25 pm Title: Letting Go
Holy. Shit.
That's really all I can think of right now. Holy. Shit.
I can think of a handful, probably 10 at the most, of stories that have brought me to tears. This is without doubt, one of those very few. Your ability to communicate the character's emotions through just words alone....even though I clicked the story knowing it was a death fic, and as warned a 'tear-jerker', I wasn’t prepared for the sob-fest that was to come. Halfway through I had to give myself a break, saying to myself "Why the hell are you reading this??" And yet I continued. With more tears, more emotion...this was fantastic. It takes true talent and skill to do what you've done here. To transcribe such a heartbreaking and emotional period in people’s lives, the death of a loved one, to make ME as the reader feel their pain. True talent.
Again, I can’t think of an amazing review or feedback to give you. I’ve always sucked in that department. But what I can say is, I have no doubt after reading this wonderful art of words….it will haunt me. That last scene, with no doubt, will haunt me for a good time to come. I’ll be at my job, staring off into space when suddenly the image of Gus in an empty Psych office saying goodbye to his friend of 30some years will pop into my head, and I will probably break down crying having to explain to my boss “B-b-b-buttt….it was such a good fanfiction!” Your ability to convey emotion is just that damn good.
Author's Response: Oh wow! Such an awesome and heartfelt review! Just reading it left me pretty speechless, so THANK YOU :) Writing something like this is not what I would take lightly, so I'm thrilled by reviews and thoughts that show I met my goal of really giving this topic and the characters justice. Thanks so much for reading and for taking the time to let me know your thoughts.
[Report This]Date: November 12, 2011 2:39 am Title: Training Day
This story was AMAZING!!! I read most of it in one sitting and last chapter last night. You beautifully captured how all the characters would handle such a loss. I found myself crying at unexpected moments in the story, like when Gus finally helps Buzz. This story was cathartic for anyone who lost someone too young. Thank you for sharing this.
Author's Response: Wow, your review even hit a chord with me! Truth is, I did lose someone too young, and to an errant gunshot wound even. Maybe a good chunk of this story had more to do with my own coping than I originally intended. Thank you so much for your kind words, and for taking the time to review :)
[Report This]Date: November 06, 2011 4:28 am Title: Letting Go
It is 4:25 in the morning and i am sobbing like a baby trying to keep quiet so my dad won't flip out. I have a few words for you. How. Dare. You. make shawn so devastating... i don't know... dead. I've never cried this much over a fictional character in one fic, ever. I just read the whole thing from start to finish when i saw it was completed because i thought i could handle it without all the cliffhangers and what-not. i thought it would be better. I was soooooo wrong. And... and... and... the video's!! i wanted Shawn so badly to tell everyone he wasn't psychic! Ugh... i have to go get some tissues...
Author's Response: Actually, my beta readers were often asking me the same things! "How. Dare. You" came to be a bit of a mantra with each snippet that I sent them ;) I did think, briefly, of him confessing about his pseudo-psychic abilities. But, then I decided Shawn wouldn't do that for several reasons, most notably for the fact that doing so would still leave Gus and his dad on the hook. Also, that just wasn't the focus of what he (or anyone) would have been thinking at a time like that. Otherwise, yeah, you're definitely not alone in crying over this no matter how much of it you read at once. Thanks so much for liking it, for giving it a chance, and for taking the time to review, also for bringing in an interesting thought to the videos that I also had to think about for a while :)
[Report This]Date: November 06, 2011 12:02 am Title: Training Day
Okay, I never cry at anything, but this fic had me trying so hard to hold back my tears. It was amazingly written and contained so much emotion. Truly phenomenal.
Author's Response: Thank you so much! Yes, for me, this story was going to be a lot more about the emotions and coping of those left behind than about the death itself. I'm glad it came through :) Thanks so much for reading and reviewing!