Okay so (much too late), what I think of it... I wish that it would have been like that for Zoro, after he stuck his arms in that pain-bubble after Moria, because that's kind of how I picture it would feel. Well, if Zoro was taking what Luffy's feeling here, he probably wouldn't make it, but still. Luffy's got them all around and it's... Nakama. <3
(And maybe thinking of Zoro kind of takes away from the point of this--sorry! But man, the guy keeps getting grimmer and grimmer as time goes by and I wish we could see HIM get some love like this too. I saw him laugh in the dub eps I watched this weekend, and it almost hurt.)
but mostly it holds itself steady and just keeps going. He thinks vaguely that maybe that’s how you sound when you do magic, when you’re trying to cast a spell.
Ah. ::GRIN::
This voice sounds warm and strong, and he feels himself turned towards it. But it turns just slightly wobbly and then falls quiet, like maybe it doesn’t want to promise too much.
This pains me. Oh, Nami.
This voice seems to belong to someone he ought to know really really well. Almost as well as he ought to know himself, it feels like.
<3
All he can do is to hang there in the darkness, wriggling in his own pain and in the hurt of that voice. He feels pinned to this in-betweenishness like a butterfly on the wall, like a worm on a hook.
HOLY SHIT jesus THANK you for that horrific imagery. AUGH. ::cringe:: (uh... props for effectiveness!)
And his memory isn’t afraid anymore but has shuffled back quietly, clear in his head like it should be.
Oddly, this gives me hope for Fine. And it's a little odd to have one fic-verse informing the reading of the other. o_O
Sanji also insists that soup is all Chopper will let him eat for now. But at least there is meat in it.
Ah, priorities. That's like the best ending line ever to make it clear that Things Will Be Okay.
For me the main part didn't feel too urgent at first.. or not urgent--immediate, that's it... and it was kind of a washed-out sensation, probably because Luffy didn't remember anyone, and as I read it it became more and more grounded, I think just about culminating at that (ARRRGH) hooked worm imagery (and you'll never need a more agonizing metaphor to make me react, lemme tell you) which feels like the turning point for him, espeically combined with "All true, I’m telling you. And if isn’t now then it will be."
And then the epilogue, lo, we are once again among known quantities, shitty cooks and all. Caps it perfectly (I like that part best, really, I think because it feels... I dunno, earned? After the ordeal just before it).
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Date: 2009-05-12 03:37 am (UTC)(And maybe thinking of Zoro kind of takes away from the point of this--sorry! But man, the guy keeps getting grimmer and grimmer as time goes by and I wish we could see HIM get some love like this too. I saw him laugh in the dub eps I watched this weekend, and it almost hurt.)
but mostly it holds itself steady and just keeps going. He thinks vaguely that maybe that’s how you sound when you do magic, when you’re trying to cast a spell.
Ah. ::GRIN::
This voice sounds warm and strong, and he feels himself turned towards it. But it turns just slightly wobbly and then falls quiet, like maybe it doesn’t want to promise too much.
This pains me. Oh, Nami.
This voice seems to belong to someone he ought to know really really well. Almost as well as he ought to know himself, it feels like.
<3
All he can do is to hang there in the darkness, wriggling in his own pain and in the hurt of that voice. He feels pinned to this in-betweenishness like a butterfly on the wall, like a worm on a hook.
HOLY SHIT jesus THANK you for that horrific imagery. AUGH. ::cringe:: (uh... props for effectiveness!)
And his memory isn’t afraid anymore but has shuffled back quietly, clear in his head like it should be.
Oddly, this gives me hope for Fine. And it's a little odd to have one fic-verse informing the reading of the other. o_O
Sanji also insists that soup is all Chopper will let him eat for now. But at least there is meat in it.
Ah, priorities. That's like the best ending line ever to make it clear that Things Will Be Okay.
For me the main part didn't feel too urgent at first.. or not urgent--immediate, that's it... and it was kind of a washed-out sensation, probably because Luffy didn't remember anyone, and as I read it it became more and more grounded, I think just about culminating at that (ARRRGH) hooked worm imagery (and you'll never need a more agonizing metaphor to make me react, lemme tell you) which feels like the turning point for him, espeically combined with "All true, I’m telling you. And if isn’t now then it will be."
And then the epilogue, lo, we are once again among known quantities, shitty cooks and all. Caps it perfectly (I like that part best, really, I think because it feels... I dunno, earned? After the ordeal just before it).