round 3 overflow post

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Round 3 Overflow Post

This post is for Round 3 fills only. We ask that when a round hits 8500 comments, fillers begin moving their fills to this post.

Format:
SUBJECT LINE -- Round #, short description of fic (ex: "Alex/Hank, lab partners")
--- Link to the prompt
--- Text of the prompt

--- Link to the fill
OR
--- Entire text of the fill

EXAMPLE:
Prompt: http://xmen-firstkink.livejournal.com/6437.html?thread=1038472#t2038174

Charles/Erik -- Charles is a bakery owner whose most frequent customer is Erik.

Fill: http://xmen-firstkink.livejournal.com/6437.html?thread=0139482#t4502942

Charles started off the morning the same way he always did...

Comments

Re: FILL: Everyday Love in Stockholm 124/?

[black-betty-26.livejournal.com]

BLARGH! Oh god....this is so good, but I feel so tense every time I read it, like stepping onto a rollercoaster...I feel like I have to amp myself up and prepare myself for a tumultuous ride...but I can't NOT read it!!!!

This section was so interesting because it marked (for me at least), a turning point in the story--the point in which Erik realizes what he's doing to Charles and actively continues to do it....all the decisions he makes to keep Charles in the dark, knowing that Charles might leave again and purposefully manipulating him so as to keep him in the apartment, and then finally, that conversation, voicing the whole scary situation aloud, and then later, when Charles responds, pretending not to hear him....just, the character development here is astounding...and for the first time I felt distanced from Erik...like, all along, I didn't always AGREE with him, but I understood where he was coming from...I got it, and I stood by him, and now...I get where it's coming from, but I can't stand with him anymore....it's...almost difficult, breaking away from him like that! I think I'm way too invested lol

And CHARLES! Oh god. I adore your Charles (I'm sure I've said it before) because even while all of this is going on, he's still fighting, he's still strong, and he's AWARE of what's happening, and just...trying to make the best of it...I think that's what I love about your writing...these are SMART men. They know what's going on, and they're not trying to fool themselves, or really, each other. But they're both caught in this thing together, and it's progressed to the point that really, how can they leave each other? Seriously, how? I don' t think they can....and Erik definitely doesn't want to.....oh geeze.....KILLING ME HERE!!

sorry this is so rambling....it's 5 am here and I haven't slept, but I needed to read this....I love it so much, even when it's breaking my heart...

Re: FILL: Everyday Love in Stockholm 124/?

[tahariel.livejournal.com]

Hmm, see, this is really interesting, because it's interesting to me to find out the point at which people start to separate from Erik and disagree with what he does.

Disclaimer time: I live inside his head so much that I have Stockholm Syndrome for Erik, too. Because see, for me, his actions here are dictated by his fear of losing Charles, the same as he always has been. He literally cannot make a decision that might mean Charles leaves him - not only leaves him, but in Erik's mind leaves him and dies. How can he tell Charles something that might result in that? (is what Erik is thinking here.) And not listening to Charles' whisper is less about Charles and more about not wanting to listen to the thing that he, Erik, fears most - that Charles' feelings for him aren't genuine.

By the way, this doesn't mean that I disagree with you! I just love talking about this stuff, sorry 0-0

I think they're both just trapped in this terrible situation trying to make the right decisions, when all the choices they have are bad. I'm really pleased you're still enjoying it even if it is painful!