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by brythain
Sun Jun 22, 2014 1:47 pm
Forum: Fan Fiction
Topic: After the Dream—Natsume's Arc (Complete)
Replies: 47
Views: 36600

Re: AtD—Natsume's Arc (Part 5b up 20140622)

When you start off a story in the way you did, with the ties among the characters feeling fairly natural, but then add the elements you have that have left it feeling less and less so, there comes a point that some readers (like me) will feel like what we enjoyed about the story was never actually ...
by brythain
Sun Jun 22, 2014 12:31 pm
Forum: Fan Fiction
Topic: After the Dream—Natsume's Arc (Complete)
Replies: 47
Views: 36600

Re: After the Dream—Natsume's Arc (Part 5b up 20140622)

As much as I love the earlier parts of the mosaic, ever since 'the family' has started to become more prominent in Rika's arc, I've been finding it harder to read. I was kinda all right with it when it felt more of a "I'll make him an offer he can't refuse" family, but this just took the cake along...
by brythain
Sun Jun 22, 2014 12:15 pm
Forum: Fan Fiction
Topic: After the Dream—Natsume's Arc (Complete)
Replies: 47
Views: 36600

Re: AtD—Natsume's Arc (Part 5b up 20140622)

I don't see that the lack of choices in and of itself requires much suspension at all, and less than certain other things in the VN. It requires much less than thinking that the lives of this particular handful of people would continue to revolve around each other for the rest of their natural live...
by brythain
Sun Jun 22, 2014 11:31 am
Forum: Fan Fiction
Topic: After the Dream—Natsume's Arc (Complete)
Replies: 47
Views: 36600

Re: After the Dream—Natsume's Arc (Part 5b up 20140622)

Given the premise behind the existence of Yamaku in this continuity, this revelation comes a little shock to me. However, what I'm left wondering is -- if it's apparent function of Yamaku is to educate and protect the disabled children of these Families and their associates, what about Hisao? Is he...
by brythain
Sun Jun 22, 2014 11:28 am
Forum: Fan Fiction
Topic: After the Dream—Natsume's Arc (Complete)
Replies: 47
Views: 36600

Re: AtD—Natsume's Arc (Part 5b up 20140622)

Yeah. Um. So. It's probably a good thing I didn't know that at the time, or I might have actually stopped reading. I can still appreciate the excellent writing quality of this whole mosaic, and the care that was taken in its crafting...but this bit took what was left of my suspension of disbelief, ...
by brythain
Sun Jun 22, 2014 10:26 am
Forum: Fan Fiction
Topic: Disheveled [Ch. 3, 9/18] (undergoing revisions)
Replies: 50
Views: 22297

Re: Disheveled [Ch. 3, 6/22]

Maybe it's just me being dead tired, but this chapter felt very hard to read... Some parts of the dialogue felt a bit... unnatural? stilted? Hmmm, yes. I wanted to get to know Natsume better, but the words kept getting in the way. It's as if some kind of reverse Asian<->English error script was in ...
by brythain
Sun Jun 22, 2014 6:05 am
Forum: Public Discussion
Topic: The "feels" bazaar.
Replies: 2254
Views: 429019

Re: The "feels" bazaar.

bhtooefr wrote:I'm surprised the Emi one doesn't have lemon.

Although I actually find tea disgusting, so...
The idea of KS-flavoured tea has always reminded me of that old joke about how vampires make tea. I don't think I could drink that now.
by brythain
Sun Jun 22, 2014 5:38 am
Forum: Fan Fiction
Topic: After the Dream—Natsume's Arc (Complete)
Replies: 47
Views: 36600

Re: AtD—Natsume's Arc (Part 5b up 20140622)

dewelar's comment from your Mutou arc comes to mind: Heh...good writing excuses a lot, but the...incestuousness of all this is starting to get a bit ridiculous :) . Next installment: Sae turns out to be Hanako's aunt who had been staying with her family, and when the fire happened she was away to a...
by brythain
Sun Jun 22, 2014 1:20 am
Forum: Fan Fiction
Topic: After the Dream—Natsume's Arc (Complete)
Replies: 47
Views: 36600

AtD—Natsume's Arc (Part 5b up 20140622)

This is the second half of the fifth part of Natsume's arc in my post-Lilly-neutral-end mosaic, ' After the Dream '. Note: The events leading up to the wedding at the end of this part can be found mainly in Hideaki's story . Clearly, a review of Rika's and Miki's stories may also be of some benefit...
by brythain
Sat Jun 21, 2014 12:08 am
Forum: Fan Fiction
Topic: Yamaku Book Club (20220124 Dish Washing)
Replies: 1945
Views: 573205

Re: Yamaku Book Club (Now Reading: Some old shit)

P.S.: I am accepting suggestions for fics to do, specifically fics that are unique, not just another epilogue or re-write, but something different. And no zombies, we have enough of those. If 'something different' means outlandish, then the focus tends to be on the nature of the outlandish. But per...
by brythain
Fri Jun 20, 2014 9:34 pm
Forum: Fan Fiction
Topic: Yamaku Book Club (20220124 Dish Washing)
Replies: 1945
Views: 573205

Re: Yamaku Book Club (Now Reading: Some old shit)

I don't know, I find the experience of reading these kinds of things kind of... fascinating . My parents and I visited a meteor crater when I was a kid. The thing was over a mile in diameter. I don't have any memory of the event itself, but looking back at the pictures they took while we were there...
by brythain
Fri Jun 20, 2014 12:41 am
Forum: Fan Fiction
Topic: Yamaku Book Club (20220124 Dish Washing)
Replies: 1945
Views: 573205

Re: Yamaku Book Club (Now Reading: Some old shit)

After reading through more of 'Some Old Shit', this response came to mind:
You seem so far away though you are standing near
You made me feel alive, but something died I fear
I really tried to make it out
I wish I understood
What happened to our love, it used to be so good…
by brythain
Thu Jun 19, 2014 11:20 pm
Forum: Public Discussion
Topic: Favourite artworks - reprise.
Replies: 4044
Views: 968257

Re: Favourite artworks - reprise.

Umber wrote:
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It reminds me of this news, just in.
by brythain
Thu Jun 19, 2014 8:58 pm
Forum: Fan Fiction
Topic: After the Dream—Natsume's Arc (Complete)
Replies: 47
Views: 36600

Interlude (20140619)

She doesn't look happy, and it goes beyond her usual I-am-being-a-grouch look. "Good evening, Nat." "Why do you do that? It's all good with you, is it not? Never bad, despairing, the end of the world as you imagine it?" "Errrm?" "I told you my story wouldn't bear repeating. And here we are, about to...
by brythain
Thu Jun 19, 2014 2:49 am
Forum: Fan Fiction
Topic: Learning To Fly - A Saki pseudo-route (Double Update 3/14)
Replies: 1140
Views: 572115

Re: Learning To Fly - A Saki pseudo-route (Updated 2/14)

That's a beautiful ending to Act 1. I much appreciate your route so far; the details of interactions between the characters are convincing and the writing is pretty good too. :) Doh! I wasn't finished posting the end to Act 1 yet haha :lol: Note to self: Mention how many posts a chapter is gonna ta...