#fr i am so Grateful that pale fire is still being Read and Appreciated?? in this economy????

[lyonsbutton]

im not sure if you’re still entertaining pale fire asks,, but I JUST FINISHED IT AND I AM CURRENTLY SOBBING BDVVSB

the ending caught me off guard but truly what could i expect? this is college and for as much as sebchal are attracted to one another, it doesn’t necessarily follow that they would be compatible— and they really aren’t!!

the first red flag truly should have been seb asking for charles not to be photographed w his tongue down someone else’s throat on fb!! THAT definitely threw me off. i loved how you portrayed seb as the cheeky bastard that he really is in real life! I don’t think enough sebchal fics have considered that.

i absolutely ADORE the characterization points you made in the ask tags. you are right w all of them!! genius right there!!

i was never really able to pin point it before, but something always felt off w sebchal for me. you were able to put it in words for me when you said that for all the allure and attraction they ~might~ have for each other, seb and charles have always existed only on different planes.

ANYWAYS the true highlight of pale fire is the friendship between alex, george, pierre and charles! i loved maxiel and carlando too.

if you aren’t busy or you’re up to it, i’d love to hear any thoughts you may have abt the future of boys (i.e what they do after college, if they stay in touch, who they end up w!!)

ALSO pierre and charles :)) kinda felt smthing between them there :)) very curious, though i do think you meant for them to be strictly platonic!

LONG STORY SHORT, thank you for this gem!! may you continue to write and write and write ✨

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I AM ALWAYS ENTERTAINING PALE FIRE ASKS!!! i am very proud of my baby and i'm so glad that it has had an emotional impact on like. people? which is crazy when i think about it. i'm simply making these men interact in Situations!!!

ok i ended up typing way more than i thought i would so here's more pale fire infodump under the cut

i think the real, True lesson (if there are any to be had, let's be real) is the friendship between men and the Bond that they possess with one another. i've always been fascinated by the platonic male dynamic so i'm glad my research (ha) paid off!!!

i think the flat will stay in touch, albeit sectioned off to george x alex and pierre x charles. they'll sometimes meet up, if they can, but they'll never have what they had, you know?

seb is off doing Great Things in Conferences as a Postdoc. i can feel it!

charles is simply figuring life out after graduation. i think he's the type to take up on Gigs in da Gig Economy while pursuing something he loves.

PIERRE AND CHARLES EH ;;;;))))) i didn't mean them to be platonic! i wanted it to be very open in a ... this could go either way ;;;))))

i definitely wanted the sebchal dynamic to represent how they were simply just in different times in their life. although attraction was their Binding Force, it's not enough to run a functional, healthy relationship? and seb wanted that while charles is sort of puttering around. hence the marriage at the end !!

this is so sweet thank you so much anon!!!!!!! i'm so glad you decided to drop by and say hi <33333

#fr i am so Grateful that pale fire is still being Read and Appreciated?? in this economy???? #fic tag #anonymous