Subject: I appreciate you reading despite the genre. Always good to hear there are parts that work for you! (nm)
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Posted on: 2022-01-06 20:11:02 UTC
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New Year plug: more Like a Wink and a Smile! (Jenni/Jacques series) by
on 2022-01-02 04:41:34 UTC
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In the interest of starting 2022 off on a good note (how did we get to 2022, again?), we decided it was a great time to finish editing Part 2 of Like a Wink and a Smile, Episode 2: "Attachments"!
Jacques Bonnefoy and Jenni Robinson return to your screens, finally ready for their first date! Featuring 2013 nostalgia (possibly), New Caledonia (sort of), and so much more (such kiss, so lime, wow)! Parts 3 and 4 to follow. :)
LWS Episode 2, Part 2: "All That Jazz," set July 2013. (AO3 link)
If you haven't read Part 1: "Fascinating Rhythm" (AO3), of course we suggest you do that first. If you haven't read Episode 1: "Crossing the Coffee Table" (AO3)... well, we can't make you begin at the beginning, but the link is right there...
We hope you enjoy, and feel free to let us know what you think!
~Neshomeh & Zingenmir
ETA: AO3 links.
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Oh, this thing! by
on 2022-01-07 10:11:35 UTC
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I remember the first half, but re-skimmed it to get myself back up to date. Still very nostalgic in form. :)
Jacques grinned back at her, eyes bright with mischief. “What if I have a paperwork kink?”
No, Jacques, you're thinking of the Notary. (Wait, that was a Grease song too, wasn't it? [Suspicious look])
“Within two seconds there would be someone from the Monitor popping out of the woodwork to snap photos, and they’d undoubtedly have record sales of the next issue.”
[Agent Starwind slowly moves her camera out of sight]
That was cute! Plus a little ways beyond cute, but also nicely realistic. It's fun to read about believable people.
hS
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Re: part 2 by
on 2022-01-04 04:03:08 UTC
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Boy, all that talk about the hair and clothing at the beginning makes me glad to be ace/aro! I am not very self aware appearance-wise, and i would hate to start worrying about all that stuff. As usual, not a whole lot I feel I can say about the romance elements, although I have to say: the one line ". . . enough to convince Jenni he was worth not waiting for" is solid gold, a great and expressive variation on the common "worth waiting for." That's probably the phrase that made me understand Jenni's headspace the most.
I also liked the "Time Warp" sequence, with them settling on a . . . shall we say, "not vocally athletic" song to avoid Jenni's glitter getting too prominent. It was a cute moment together! Shame it worked so well so quickly.
At least it got the single line of "You're So Vain" that I know to stop replaying in my head over and over.—doctorlit makes his first Board post with his new Christmas keyboard
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I appreciate you reading despite the genre. Always good to hear there are parts that work for you! (nm) by
on 2022-01-06 20:11:02 UTC
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That was good; by
on 2022-01-02 17:31:53 UTC
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I don't think I'll leave a particularly long review because I'm on mobil, but
Y'all did a fantastic job making everyone's feelings vivid and detailed when needed, especially during the first pile of kisses etc, without being purple about it.
The bit near the end about the singing was touching and then funny
Even though this is mainly a romance, it was still noticably a PPC work (the thing with the vampire, for example, just felt very HQ)
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Thank you! by
on 2022-01-06 20:02:51 UTC
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Re. #1, a fair bit of editing went into the pile of kisses, so it's very good to hear we struck the right balance in the end.
Re. #2, this is the sort of thing that makes J^2 so much fun to write. ^_^
Re. #3, the bit with the vampire refers to an incident that actually happened in a PPC Lounge RP way back in the day. Fun times, good memories.
~Neshomeh
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Yay, it’s up! by
on 2022-01-02 16:14:37 UTC
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Here’s an illustration for the clock tower scene!
