I knew I was gonna love this fic since I read the summary, It's such a joy to not have been wrong this time and wow, I have to say it has quickly become one of my favorite fics in the fandom. You did an excellent job with it and I hope you know it's uniqueness if welcomed, you also have a good grip with words. Good job.
You wrote them in such an intimate state of their relationship, it's funny to see Shane slowly realize that hey, they have been there for a while, and it's only now that he is starting to realize how real it is. I appreciate the zero freaking out of it, especially thinking of their ages and the way their relationship has grown mature and natural in this story. It's very lovely to see, gives a warm feeling to the rest of the story and It's just... so perfect. It's calm and realistic, and full of happiness, exactly what the heart wants and the soul needs.
Ryan having a big ass family is incredible and a dream come true. As a mexican myself, it was fun to read about aunts and cousins catcalling them but also welcoming Shane as one of them immediatelly. Made me remember the way my boyfriend was introduced to my family and how quickly they all took to love him as if we have been together our entire lives. It's sweet and very accurate, big families are so normal in my culture and in other, let's say, poc cultures, it's really wonderful to find it accurately put together in a fanfic about a ship I love, about something I love and that brings me confort.
When Shane learns to properly do tamales and cook birria I lost it. Again, I'm mexican, and I've been wanting the fandom to aknowlodge the fact that Ryan is not only asian-american, but latino, too. It was awesome to see him in that ambient and have his boyfriend learning costumes not many people get why are so important, like the food that is such a big deal and pride for us. I loved that whole part and just the story in general.
Finally, their kids-- amazing. I call my babies exactly that, and when I first started dating my man, he once went to visit to my home and the lady that helps with cleaning told him I was "bathing the kid". He froze, thinking there was something I hadn't told him yet, and when I realized, I had to laugh my ass off before telling him that no, we were talking about one of my ten fur babies. He calls them his kids now, too, included his own fur baby. That influence Ryan has over Shane even in that it's beautiful and so accurate, for real, I think I liked this fic this much because it's so relatable and real, and close to me.
Good job, man. Thank you so much for exploring this side of Ryan and so well their relationship, and thank you for taking the time to write this and share it with us. It's incredible and I hope to read more of you. Amazing job! Thank you, thank you.
Yo, I'm so used to leaving long ass comments that I've forgotten what it's like to receive one like this, I'm gonna cry.
I mentioned this multiple times to other people but it was a nightmare trying to write Shane who's clueless but also making it very clear that his feelings are 100% in and he just hadn't put a name to it. I'm not having any of that internal struggle, unfortunately, I want sweet things T___T I understand that it happens, more often than not even, but I want depictions of how you don't HAVE to go through the struggle. That it's okay. And also yes??? They're both grown up and they've been doing these things together; drama can happen, but I wanted the non-drama side. The side where people are happy and confident and think of good things first before the bad. Natural was totally the vibe I wanted to stress here. It's sad that we still have freakouts and I want people to see it's an induced reaction, speaking from personal experience. In the context of the fic itself, I just want warm feelings, dude, people love each other and it CAN be sunshine and rainbows and puppies and happy families.
Also having a big ass family is totally Asian culture, too, I have so much extended family that if somebody told me I was related to the rest of my country, I would be so unsurprised, man. And I wanted to mix up all the good things. Like, there isn't this idea of making your significant other 'work' for approval or anything. You bring your significant other home, they get to know them, the end. Of course, the cat calling is not very much Asian culture, it depends on how comfortable families are with each other really, but it's my vision and dream to have an extended family with that level of camaraderie. And culture is such a big part of life itself, it's in the way we live whether we realise or not--sharing is inevitably going to happen, and it's important for it to be displayed in the little things. Having Shane being invited to partake in aspects of culture is like, the epitome of how a family can take you in even when you're not initially of the same race. And also a way to show how we're actually very happy to share culture, as well as how embedded it is in us through the little things.
(That said, I'm so relieved everything went over well because I was seriously scared of being offensive somewhere. I'm only confident from the Asian side of things, but I agonised over how to properly give homage to Ryan's Mexican side without being insulting or 'blatant' in an abnormal way. I'm so happy you found this okay.)
MY BABIES. I love animals to no end and when I get my own place, you can bet your ass I'm going to gather all the babies in the world. They give me the same warm feelings a parent would have. And I know there are people who find it weird fite me but I find it adorable to co-parent your pets. If you can't co-parent pets, how to do so with human children??? It's fun in the end, and sweet, and it depends on how you feel about those little ones you care for. Also the misunderstandings A+++ XDDD And just, imagining Ryan and Shane being the parents of those pups brings joy to my soul, for real.
(Also that compliment for the writing itself ajagfh;lsfjk[asdf fuck, thank you, I'm always so worried about that in particular and god do i hate commas)
This is such a pure comment, I cannot express how soft I am over it. I'm so grateful you would gift me with this, thank you so much <3333
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