Just to let you know I do plan on commenting to all your fabulous feedback, even if this story is old news now, LOL, because your feedback deserves that.
Where to start... well, when it comes to Damian and Lily I didn't want to focus TOO much on that. Just enough to show how what they were going through would affect Luke and Noah but no more than was necessary. (Personally, it's because the show focused TOO much on it, lol) I hope that what I did give though, was enough.
Not that being prepared stopped me from crying when reading about the accident; because Ameera endeared herself to me so much in that small, but lovely scene when she talked to Noah about Luke. It makes sense that Ameera would be a Nuke cheerleader all these years later, because she had been there and witnessed first hand what they were like together.
Another character the show did a disservice to if you ask me. Ameera had so much potential, ESP. if they had gone the route the interim writers started and had made her Noah's sister. OHMYGOD. That would have been just... \O/! I wanted her to have a significant part -- not just by giving Noah, Chloe -- but by allowing Noah to tell the reader where he stood at that point.
Which brings me to your question about whether or not Noah was talking out of his ass or really making a specific point. I left it up to reader, really, but in my head, he was talking for me. When Luke broke it was ugly and deep. Being around someone like Noah, who made him feel everthing so strongly would have made it near impossible to focus inward. At least that was what my muse told me, lol. And can I say I love that you think about thes things.
I agree about the little moments being so much bigger sometimes than the major ones. They develop so much more at times.
Holden alive! I just -- I remember starting this story and CLEARLY in my head seeing that scene with Noah and Holden and Luke. And wow -- now that you mention it MAYBE it REALLY was a parallel of where Luke found himself. I love your mind so much, Rikki!
Oh, that was my favorite Reid and Noah moment in this story. I love that conversation because it shows so much of who they are as people and to each other.
Chloe is the catalyst to Noah's life that he's needed. Basically, up to now, he's been swimming along in a straight line on a calm ocean, not letting himself feel too much or too little. Her arrival in his life as his daughter causes him to change his course in life which changes EVERYTHING.
I admire Matt and Reid as well. They love these guys but both know somewhere in the back of their mind they have an expiration date of sorts. They just react to it differently.
*flails* I can't wait to get to the next part, LOL.
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Where to start... well, when it comes to Damian and Lily I didn't want to focus TOO much on that. Just enough to show how what they were going through would affect Luke and Noah but no more than was necessary. (Personally, it's because the show focused TOO much on it, lol) I hope that what I did give though, was enough.
Not that being prepared stopped me from crying when reading about the accident; because Ameera endeared herself to me so much in that small, but lovely scene when she talked to Noah about Luke. It makes sense that Ameera would be a Nuke cheerleader all these years later, because she had been there and witnessed first hand what they were like together.
Another character the show did a disservice to if you ask me. Ameera had so much potential, ESP. if they had gone the route the interim writers started and had made her Noah's sister. OHMYGOD. That would have been just... \O/! I wanted her to have a significant part -- not just by giving Noah, Chloe -- but by allowing Noah to tell the reader where he stood at that point.
Which brings me to your question about whether or not Noah was talking out of his ass or really making a specific point. I left it up to reader, really, but in my head, he was talking for me. When Luke broke it was ugly and deep. Being around someone like Noah, who made him feel everthing so strongly would have made it near impossible to focus inward. At least that was what my muse told me, lol. And can I say I love that you think about thes things.
I agree about the little moments being so much bigger sometimes than the major ones. They develop so much more at times.
Holden alive! I just -- I remember starting this story and CLEARLY in my head seeing that scene with Noah and Holden and Luke. And wow -- now that you mention it MAYBE it REALLY was a parallel of where Luke found himself. I love your mind so much, Rikki!
Oh, that was my favorite Reid and Noah moment in this story. I love that conversation because it shows so much of who they are as people and to each other.
Chloe is the catalyst to Noah's life that he's needed. Basically, up to now, he's been swimming along in a straight line on a calm ocean, not letting himself feel too much or too little. Her arrival in his life as his daughter causes him to change his course in life which changes EVERYTHING.
I admire Matt and Reid as well. They love these guys but both know somewhere in the back of their mind they have an expiration date of sorts. They just react to it differently.
*flails* I can't wait to get to the next part, LOL.