Gah, I have no idea how to start this comment off. I am simply awed and delighted and amazed by your writing. Mercy of the Fallen is simply perfect, the type of fic that I didn't realize I had been missing and waiting for until you wrote it. Does that make sense at all? I am still scatterbrained after reading that last chapter and this scene, so excuse any incoherance. :D
You are truly one of the best writers I have ever read, and I have been reading fic like the nerdtastic geek I am for years and years in more fandoms than Tsuzuki's issues (aka A WHOLE FARKING BOATLOAD). You have a sharp, clean narrative that flows wonderfully, with an attention to detail that brings everything together into vibrant picture. I love it! But what I am most impressed by is the depth of your characterization and how well you understand these characters, major and minor. You get us into Hisoka's head so well that we experience his fall, his upheaval, and his ultimate resolution with him; we feel his spectrum of emotions from pain to helplessness to happiness.
There is simply so much heart in your story that I cannot say enough about it (I am blabbering now; focus, self, focus!)! I love how you were able to bring everyone to a resolution in the end that fit each of them individually and what they needed. You didn't make the mistake some writers do of slapping redemption on someone, or keeping someone to the same villainized/heroized role. You took what what we love and understand in canon and furthered that understanding, moving these characters in new places and ultimately, to one where they can be happy, and not just as a plot device.
Thank you so much for these stories. They are my canon now, and I can't imagine it going any other way (well, that's a lie, I can always do that, but this is certainly the best :D). I am uplifted by them, and want to tell you how much I appreciate the thought and work that went into them. Simply put, you are brilliant, the end and good night. :))
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You are truly one of the best writers I have ever read, and I have been reading fic like the nerdtastic geek I am for years and years in more fandoms than Tsuzuki's issues (aka A WHOLE FARKING BOATLOAD). You have a sharp, clean narrative that flows wonderfully, with an attention to detail that brings everything together into vibrant picture. I love it! But what I am most impressed by is the depth of your characterization and how well you understand these characters, major and minor. You get us into Hisoka's head so well that we experience his fall, his upheaval, and his ultimate resolution with him; we feel his spectrum of emotions from pain to helplessness to happiness.
There is simply so much heart in your story that I cannot say enough about it (I am blabbering now; focus, self, focus!)! I love how you were able to bring everyone to a resolution in the end that fit each of them individually and what they needed. You didn't make the mistake some writers do of slapping redemption on someone, or keeping someone to the same villainized/heroized role. You took what what we love and understand in canon and furthered that understanding, moving these characters in new places and ultimately, to one where they can be happy, and not just as a plot device.
Thank you so much for these stories. They are my canon now, and I can't imagine it going any other way (well, that's a lie, I can always do that, but this is certainly the best :D). I am uplifted by them, and want to tell you how much I appreciate the thought and work that went into them. Simply put, you are brilliant, the end and good night. :))