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by Jen
PG/S
http://minkland.dreamhost.com/jen1.htm
SYNOPSIS:
| Seiji says goodbye to Touma, not knowing but regretting that it would be for the last time. |
MAKO:
| I got the privilege to beta read this fic, before Jen submitted it to Mink. Jen and I e-mail each other quite frequently, so when she asked me if I'd pre-read a fic for her, I jumped at the chance. Imagine my surprise when I saw this. I was expecting to laugh my ass off; Jen is a happy nut, one of the reasons Mish and I love her so much, but this was completely unexpected. |
MISH:
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If it was possible to measure surprise, the metre would have been broken with this fic. Jen, Minkland�s very own resident of Jen Jen land, the all around high-spirited Texan that photographs her socks...completely shocked me. This fic is nothing but angst. I have to wonder what was going through her head when she became, for once in her life, serious and wrote this short stab to Seiji�s soul.
In fact, the fic was so short that there was no way I could synopsise it without giving it away. To keep from further spoiling the fic, I couldn�t take out any excerpts. |
MAKO:
| It was shorter when I first had a peek at it, if you can believe that! I suggested a small rewrite, and she ended up making the fic that much more intense... by adding ONE additional paragraph! |
MISH:
| On the other hand, the brevity of the fic is one of it�s greatest attributes. Sure, it�s short, but succinct. Jen gets to the point, throws in enough angsty emotion, and avoids bogging it down with excessive explanation. All we need to know is what�s in the story, so Jen leaves it at that. |
MAKO:
| I think "Dove" has got to be one of the most poignant stories I've ever read. It had me in tears when I read the re-write, and I haven't come across something that could do that in a LONG time! |
MISH:
| 7/10. I don�t really enjoy reading angst during a lunch break, it�s not good for my morale. Thankfully, it was redeemingly short. |
MAKO:
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I gave this a 9 out of 10 when I first read it. Jen was one of the first to preview our site; I got to pre-read this shortly afterwards.
Fic reviewed on June 27, 2000 |