death-fics recs
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layne67I'm in the mood for a good cry. Over death!fics, that is. In which one of the main character dies. I'm not saying that I enjoy reading them per se but once in a while I came across truly wonderful fics in which there are character deaths that really moved me to tears. They have to be stand-alone fics though. I won't be able to bear it if, say, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mews1945 decides to kill off her Family!Zeke ( No no no Julia. No ).
They have to be extremely well-written too, otherwise the grief won't come across and make you cry. I've always thought that making people cry, really, really cry, is one of the hardest thing to achieve in writing a story.
The End of the Story written bygrievous_angel is one such example. It's an alternate ending to her epic Houseparty, a Viggo/Elijah love story set in the 1930s. Do go read it if you haven't already. You'll still get the story even if you haven't read Houseparty but for maximum "cryage" you need to read it from the very beginning. Lots of tissues will be needed here.
Then there is this fic written bycloudlessclimes - Deeper Than All Roses, an Orlijah pairing that I read a long time ago way when I was an anon lurker here in LJ. Now that story has always remained in my mind even though I first read it ages ago. Very beautifully written, the death in the story still haunts me till now.
For What Binds Us is another Orlijah, written byoften_adamanta. She writes angst really well and this fic is an alternate ending in which one of the boys is suffering from leukemia, and dies.
So, can anyone rec me a good fic with character death in it? As I've said, I'm in the mood for a good cry.
mews1945 decides to kill off her Family!Zeke ( No no no Julia. No ). They have to be extremely well-written too, otherwise the grief won't come across and make you cry. I've always thought that making people cry, really, really cry, is one of the hardest thing to achieve in writing a story.
The End of the Story written by
grievous_angel is one such example. It's an alternate ending to her epic Houseparty, a Viggo/Elijah love story set in the 1930s. Do go read it if you haven't already. You'll still get the story even if you haven't read Houseparty but for maximum "cryage" you need to read it from the very beginning. Lots of tissues will be needed here.Then there is this fic written by
cloudlessclimes - Deeper Than All Roses, an Orlijah pairing that I read a long time ago way when I was an anon lurker here in LJ. Now that story has always remained in my mind even though I first read it ages ago. Very beautifully written, the death in the story still haunts me till now.For What Binds Us is another Orlijah, written by
often_adamanta. She writes angst really well and this fic is an alternate ending in which one of the boys is suffering from leukemia, and dies.So, can anyone rec me a good fic with character death in it? As I've said, I'm in the mood for a good cry.
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Date: 2006-08-03 06:27 am (UTC)Goodness. I'm so sorry but I don't have any idea which one. Guh. And I forget also about your lovely feedback. *smacks self*
*washes my brain so it can remember more*
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Date: 2006-08-03 08:23 am (UTC)♥
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Date: 2006-08-03 08:48 am (UTC)Hm. Think I'd share with you a little about it. :D
It was written in an afternoon, around 5, and I completely forgot that it was my boss's birthday in two days. We are quite close and I've been giving her stories for gifts. I had no idea what to write at first but then my mind went to her age at that time.
And I began to think what I could do with that number. I sat and began to type, and I couldn't stop. Well, I don't want to praise myself in this case, but... aduh. I was so sad myself and I wetted my keyboard with my tears. Memalukan ya? LOL.
Yah, begitulah cerita untuk hari ini. Heheh.