Um, wow. I've been waiting to respond to you so that I could have the time to address this. I'm kind of blown away by this, so first of all, thank you so much for all of your kind words.
It's really important to me to create characters that feel real, so it means so much that you thought so. I also sort of love that you even see the good in Rick because of Brayden's love for him. Same principle applies to Jensen's parents, I think. I'm a firm believer that every parent does the very best they know how to do. That doesn't excuse the fact that some of them (like Rick) don't bother to figure out how to do it right, but I'd like to believe they don't start out thinking, "How can I fuck this kid up royally?"
In regards to the Christmas fic, it's one of my favorites. Jensen's e-mail was supposed to be a way to explain everything that had gone on in the verse to that point to people who hadn't read it before, but it ended up being a way to show how much he really wanted his mommy to be proud of him. Because the fact that a family loves each other should be enough, it should be enough to get you through all the things you don't agree on, except that sometimes it just isn't enough. It's not always enough to hold things together, but I kind of think that sometimes it's enough to bring it all back around again, ya know?
All I really wanted to do when I started this verse was write some established relationship fic - a couple of guys who are in it together until the end. Guys who don't know how to talk about what they're going through, like you said, but who can't imagine going through it without each other. Their entire relationship is sort of the anti-fairy tale. I'm a firm believer that the really good stuff about relationships gets glossed over with 'happily-ever-after.' I'm glad you like it, too!
I'll take your words about Jensen as high praise - I love, love, love when someone says I swayed their opinion about someone with my fics, so that's awesome.
Again, thank you so much for your long comment - it really means a lot that you love the verse and took the time to let me know it. ♥
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Date: 2010-08-04 03:55 am (UTC)It's really important to me to create characters that feel real, so it means so much that you thought so. I also sort of love that you even see the good in Rick because of Brayden's love for him. Same principle applies to Jensen's parents, I think. I'm a firm believer that every parent does the very best they know how to do. That doesn't excuse the fact that some of them (like Rick) don't bother to figure out how to do it right, but I'd like to believe they don't start out thinking, "How can I fuck this kid up royally?"
In regards to the Christmas fic, it's one of my favorites. Jensen's e-mail was supposed to be a way to explain everything that had gone on in the verse to that point to people who hadn't read it before, but it ended up being a way to show how much he really wanted his mommy to be proud of him. Because the fact that a family loves each other should be enough, it should be enough to get you through all the things you don't agree on, except that sometimes it just isn't enough. It's not always enough to hold things together, but I kind of think that sometimes it's enough to bring it all back around again, ya know?
All I really wanted to do when I started this verse was write some established relationship fic - a couple of guys who are in it together until the end. Guys who don't know how to talk about what they're going through, like you said, but who can't imagine going through it without each other. Their entire relationship is sort of the anti-fairy tale. I'm a firm believer that the really good stuff about relationships gets glossed over with 'happily-ever-after.' I'm glad you like it, too!
I'll take your words about Jensen as high praise - I love, love, love when someone says I swayed their opinion about someone with my fics, so that's awesome.
Again, thank you so much for your long comment - it really means a lot that you love the verse and took the time to let me know it. ♥