I cruise through fandoms intermittently, mostly because I have a love of long fanfics and those accumulate slowly, especially since I'm picky and read mostly slash. So when I dipped back into the DC slashfic pool looking for good stories and found this I thought I was lucky to have happened upon such a long story that seemed so well received.
The truth was I had no clue what I was in for. This story was more than I expected, more than I hoped for, it reached a quality and level of substance I feel is decidedly uncommon in fanfiction. In fact I would go so far as to say I think you might want to consider adapting this story into an original work and trying to get it published. I say this because not only do you demonstrate a clear and capable ability to keep cannon characters in character, but you actually made OC's that are organic to the story and have their own unique voices.
It didn't hurt that Jake and I share a name and he got Superboy kisses. I feel as though I ought to go on, only I wouldn't want to seem too gushy =P But seriously, there is a wonderful juggling of pace and plot and rhythm here and I fell in love with each of the characters without feeling like the story was in any way fluffy. And one of the more impressive feats in writing, or so I think, is keeping humor and drama in proportion without impugning upon the other, which you manage *very* well.
I've seen in comments you've hinted at more writing could be in store within this story 'verse. I would support such endeavors with my VERY SOUL, because to be completely honest I've read this story 3 times already over the course of this week and am probably going back for a fourth round tomorrow.
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Date: 2010-12-10 07:27 am (UTC)The truth was I had no clue what I was in for. This story was more than I expected, more than I hoped for, it reached a quality and level of substance I feel is decidedly uncommon in fanfiction. In fact I would go so far as to say I think you might want to consider adapting this story into an original work and trying to get it published. I say this because not only do you demonstrate a clear and capable ability to keep cannon characters in character, but you actually made OC's that are organic to the story and have their own unique voices.
It didn't hurt that Jake and I share a name and he got Superboy kisses. I feel as though I ought to go on, only I wouldn't want to seem too gushy =P But seriously, there is a wonderful juggling of pace and plot and rhythm here and I fell in love with each of the characters without feeling like the story was in any way fluffy. And one of the more impressive feats in writing, or so I think, is keeping humor and drama in proportion without impugning upon the other, which you manage *very* well.
I've seen in comments you've hinted at more writing could be in store within this story 'verse. I would support such endeavors with my VERY SOUL, because to be completely honest I've read this story 3 times already over the course of this week and am probably going back for a fourth round tomorrow.