This may well be the loveliest feedback I've ever had - it made me feel all glowy inside. Thank you so much.
THIS is exactly the Londo/G'Kar I would have wanted to write myself.
Ooh, write some write some write some! *jumps up and down squeeing* Seriously, there's precious little Londo/G'Kar around as it is, and I'm not even aware of anyone else who's still writing it these days - so: no better time than today to jump on the barricades for these two. ;) Incidentally, I'm always up for requests, so if there's anything else you'd like to see written, please, just fire away and I'll give it my best shot!
And - yeah, this was really one of those fics that needed writing. I was aching for some form of comfort or hope for post-season 5 Londo, however small - just anything, to ease those 20 years of hell that canon gave us. Also - I don't know if you read the "Legions of Fire" trilogy by Peter David? The novels deal with the period in between Londo's coronation and his death, and while they do a pretty good job in tying up loose ends, they make hardly any attempt to bring G'Kar into the picture... Hence, the fic.
Your writing of G'Kar is so perfect for this first-person POV
Thanks, great to hear it worked for you. I actually found the first-person POV much harder than I'd imagined, partly because of that very tight perspective, but also because Londo has this slightly pompous way of talking (and thinking) that can easily slide off into the artificial. I sweated and cursed on it for weeks, and I still can't pass any objective judgment on whether or not I got it right in the end. So it's good to get feedback on that (and even better when it's positive feedback ;) )
it's a love and devotion that reminds me of TOS Kirk and the Enterprise--unselfish and all-encompassing.
I've never made that link, but - yes, I suppose that is true: for both of them, it's the only true home they have, and they both consider it the single most important woman in their lives, the one they always come back to when the others are taken away. Very good point! Oh, by the way, I saw on your LJ you wrote a number of ST: TOS fics? I'll have to check those out. *rubs hands*
This is just...one of my favorite tropes in fic is when a character sees someone yearned-for and thinks they've finally gone mad, and it fits so very well here.
Ah, well... My being a less-than-experienced fic writer and reader means I'm not always aware of what's a trope and what isn't. That can be positive (a fresh perspective, so to say) but it can just as well just be an "ouch" experience. I'm relieved you think this wasn't the latter. ;)
Best come-on line ever Hot and bittersweet
You know, I love those kinds of compliments. *g* Even more so because this is basically a story with no sex, so I'm delighted to hear it manages to be erotic even without that.
and my heart broke that Londo couldn't go through with it, but it's clear that G'Kar understands.
*nods* Of course he'd understand - he can probably read Londo better than the man can read himself... *hugs G'Kar tight with one arm and clutches Londo with the other* And I just - I wanted to write them actually sleeping together, but in the end, I couldn't do it. It just wouldn't have fitted, I think, either with the mood of the story or with my mood while writing it, so... Ah, well, that's for another time, perhaps. :)
So, just to say it one last time: thanks again for that gorgeous, gorgeous comment. And also - despite my loving the compliments and the squee, I'm always open for points of criticism or suggestions for improvement. Really. *g*
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THIS is exactly the Londo/G'Kar I would have wanted to write myself.
Ooh, write some write some write some! *jumps up and down squeeing* Seriously, there's precious little Londo/G'Kar around as it is, and I'm not even aware of anyone else who's still writing it these days - so: no better time than today to jump on the barricades for these two. ;) Incidentally, I'm always up for requests, so if there's anything else you'd like to see written, please, just fire away and I'll give it my best shot!
And - yeah, this was really one of those fics that needed writing. I was aching for some form of comfort or hope for post-season 5 Londo, however small - just anything, to ease those 20 years of hell that canon gave us. Also - I don't know if you read the "Legions of Fire" trilogy by Peter David? The novels deal with the period in between Londo's coronation and his death, and while they do a pretty good job in tying up loose ends, they make hardly any attempt to bring G'Kar into the picture... Hence, the fic.
Your writing of G'Kar is so perfect for this first-person POV
Thanks, great to hear it worked for you. I actually found the first-person POV much harder than I'd imagined, partly because of that very tight perspective, but also because Londo has this slightly pompous way of talking (and thinking) that can easily slide off into the artificial. I sweated and cursed on it for weeks, and I still can't pass any objective judgment on whether or not I got it right in the end. So it's good to get feedback on that (and even better when it's positive feedback ;) )
it's a love and devotion that reminds me of TOS Kirk and the Enterprise--unselfish and all-encompassing.
I've never made that link, but - yes, I suppose that is true: for both of them, it's the only true home they have, and they both consider it the single most important woman in their lives, the one they always come back to when the others are taken away. Very good point! Oh, by the way, I saw on your LJ you wrote a number of ST: TOS fics? I'll have to check those out. *rubs hands*
This is just...one of my favorite tropes in fic is when a character sees someone yearned-for and thinks they've finally gone mad, and it fits so very well here.
Ah, well... My being a less-than-experienced fic writer and reader means I'm not always aware of what's a trope and what isn't. That can be positive (a fresh perspective, so to say) but it can just as well just be an "ouch" experience. I'm relieved you think this wasn't the latter. ;)
Best come-on line ever
Hot and bittersweet
You know, I love those kinds of compliments. *g* Even more so because this is basically a story with no sex, so I'm delighted to hear it manages to be erotic even without that.
and my heart broke that Londo couldn't go through with it, but it's clear that G'Kar understands.
*nods* Of course he'd understand - he can probably read Londo better than the man can read himself... *hugs G'Kar tight with one arm and clutches Londo with the other*
And I just - I wanted to write them actually sleeping together, but in the end, I couldn't do it. It just wouldn't have fitted, I think, either with the mood of the story or with my mood while writing it, so... Ah, well, that's for another time, perhaps. :)
So, just to say it one last time: thanks again for that gorgeous, gorgeous comment. And also - despite my loving the compliments and the squee, I'm always open for points of criticism or suggestions for improvement. Really. *g*