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May 21, 2016 at 12:00 AM
Wow okay so. I read this and I loved it but I can't for the life of me figure out what I think of Brennan, which means you've done an amazing job. I mean he's supposedly the bad guy here but I just can't bring myself to think of him like that after reading about him from Ryo's warped perspective and I'm left feeling as confused as he is, so very nice work.
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March 20, 2014 at 12:00 AM
This is by far one of my favorite stories, thank you for having written it!
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July 8, 2013 at 12:00 AM
I looooved it, really-thanks for actually finishing it-so many times I get sucked in and..... Nothing-I check lat updated or edited dates now
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February 3, 2013 at 12:00 AM
I loved this fic! You wrote Ryo's vulnerability so well, even the reader develops a protective streak! I liked the realism of the story, the fact that nothing is black or white and the characters are complex. As a study case for st Stockholm syndrome, I think you surely make an excellent presentation, but the fiction is so much more. Being a romantic at heart, I was very touched to see how Ryo's goodness contaminated the professional mobsters that were forced by the circumstances to be by him. They fell in love with their victim, the same way the victim fell in love with them. Fascinating idea!
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October 11, 2012 at 12:00 AM
HI,
I read 'Stardust' again and just needed! to read something else by you. So even though I had discarded this story time and again through out the years because it seemed so unfluffy. Hm I had to skip through the first few chapters but please don't mind.
I really liked the story. Thank you a lot for sharing it.
typo? chapter 16
He didn't think it had much to do with Brennan, personally- just the fact that he hadn't touched anyone or let anyone touch him in half a year, not beyond the occasional formal handshake. Maybe people needed the physical contact just like they needed sleep.
Welp[Well?!], that means you're screwed, then.
I read 'Stardust' again and just needed! to read something else by you. So even though I had discarded this story time and again through out the years because it seemed so unfluffy. Hm I had to skip through the first few chapters but please don't mind.
I really liked the story. Thank you a lot for sharing it.
typo? chapter 16
He didn't think it had much to do with Brennan, personally- just the fact that he hadn't touched anyone or let anyone touch him in half a year, not beyond the occasional formal handshake. Maybe people needed the physical contact just like they needed sleep.
Welp[Well?!], that means you're screwed, then.
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July 30, 2012 at 12:00 AM
It's been a while and there hasn't been any updates, so I will be removing this off my bookmarks.
But if the author one day comes back again and write,
YOU BETTER BE READY, BECAUSE I SURE AS HELL AM COMING BACK!
Until then, see you soon, one of my top FF!
But if the author one day comes back again and write,
YOU BETTER BE READY, BECAUSE I SURE AS HELL AM COMING BACK!
Until then, see you soon, one of my top FF!
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May 19, 2012 at 12:00 AM
Wow - is this awesome thing really over? I'm going to miss it so much - thanks for sharing this work and for your persistence in completing it. Really love how it turned out between Brennan and Ryo. Thanks!
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May 19, 2012 at 12:00 AM
I haven't forgotten about this story, slowly moving forward in reading and now after finishing chapter 11, I thought to stop by to review again :) I think this story is improving as I read further! At first I may not have completely liked the stockholm syndrom aspect, but you are writing it so well that now I just can't wait to see more scenes with Brennan and Ryo and how their relationship will develope! Ryo is a sweet character and I'm also starting to like him more and more, his thoughts during this are really interesting. Hm, I hope I am not repeating myself too much with every review *chuckles* Blainn still remains my favorite though! :D
Would love to read a bit from Brennan's pov too! After reading some other reviews you got, I think there will be chapter like that ahead? So I am looking forward to it :)
Would love to read a bit from Brennan's pov too! After reading some other reviews you got, I think there will be chapter like that ahead? So I am looking forward to it :)
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May 17, 2012 at 12:00 AM
Okay, fine! I will be patient! I liked seeing Brennan's point of view. I would write more but my time is running out waaaaa!
The last few lines made me regretfully giggle.
The last few lines made me regretfully giggle.
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May 16, 2012 at 12:00 AM
this was a welcome and lovely surprise... thought that the previous chapter was the end and i was slowly dealing with it... and now this... and now this alternate perspective... penetrating the mystery of Brennan...
In your author's note you point out that there have been no yaoi-style declarations of love... but surely, underneath all of the mind-fuckey there is love between them... it goes beyond a feeling of possession on Brennan's side... after all, he possesses Blainn but does not feel the same for him as he does for Ryo... and there was something that went beyond mere attraction when they first laid eyes on each other, way back at the beginning, even if they didn't recognise it as such... and now, Ryo surely feels love for Brennan, it is just too much for him to decipher at the moment, as he languishes in the aftermath of all he has been through especially the stockholm syndrome...
You also humorously point out that we are leery about the wedding but are fine with the possibility that Brennan is sleeping with Blainn... but i didn't even realise that was a possibility... I took it for granted that Brennan was no longer really interested in Blainn because of Ryo... As soon as i read your authors note i was Stressing about it happening... and then to learn that it wasn't... relief!
Oh Ryo! your description (or Brennans lol) of him, so small and thin and hollow-eyed in his apartment... oh it made me so sad and worried for him! I really thought that he was getting it together... Damn you Brennan! lol I am angry at him all over again... but i still love him and them!
So the marriage will happen. I like that you are taking such a realist approach... but it still hurts me... I am so used to yaoi-cliche endings...
How will Ryo ever move on with his life? He is doomed to a half life... I doubt they will be living together, and I doubt that he will ever be able to even half share in Brennan's life, being a civilian, and not wanting to get into that world... It makes me sad because Ryo deserves someone who he can have all of... And Brennan is getting married. Even if it is a marriage of convenience (and doesn't really sound like one... there seems to be attraction at least on Brennan's side - his description of Lynn sounded more than just appreciative and admiring) Ryo will be on the other side of the country trying to live his half-life. How can he ever have any fulfilling relationships, or have a family or even have proper friends? Brennan has screwed his entire life up... they will be together for only brief moments of time, small flings whenever Brennan feels like a break from the routine of being all Crime Boss... and once Brennan leaves to go back to his actual life, Ryo will be left, half a person once more... his future just seems so bleak... wahhhhh
and the most damning thing of all is that I just want them to be together... happily ever after...
Reading this chapter, I really just wanted to reach in and scoop little Ryo up, he was like a kitten, and keep him safe and warm...
And Brennan is not someone I can hate... do you know how annoying that is, that I can't hate him? Just like in the chapters from Ryo's perspective, when Brennan speaks and thinks... he is just so logical and rational... it takes me a moment to step back and realise the madness of him... he is in such a different reality... his world operates so differently, so I get why he thinks the way he does, but it is quite chilling, the way he rationalises things... the way he can make unacceptable things, actions, situations seem normal and okay and even like the best option...
thank you for another snippet of stockholm syndrome... I still feel like I am being held to ransom by this story
appreciation! <3
In your author's note you point out that there have been no yaoi-style declarations of love... but surely, underneath all of the mind-fuckey there is love between them... it goes beyond a feeling of possession on Brennan's side... after all, he possesses Blainn but does not feel the same for him as he does for Ryo... and there was something that went beyond mere attraction when they first laid eyes on each other, way back at the beginning, even if they didn't recognise it as such... and now, Ryo surely feels love for Brennan, it is just too much for him to decipher at the moment, as he languishes in the aftermath of all he has been through especially the stockholm syndrome...
You also humorously point out that we are leery about the wedding but are fine with the possibility that Brennan is sleeping with Blainn... but i didn't even realise that was a possibility... I took it for granted that Brennan was no longer really interested in Blainn because of Ryo... As soon as i read your authors note i was Stressing about it happening... and then to learn that it wasn't... relief!
Oh Ryo! your description (or Brennans lol) of him, so small and thin and hollow-eyed in his apartment... oh it made me so sad and worried for him! I really thought that he was getting it together... Damn you Brennan! lol I am angry at him all over again... but i still love him and them!
So the marriage will happen. I like that you are taking such a realist approach... but it still hurts me... I am so used to yaoi-cliche endings...
How will Ryo ever move on with his life? He is doomed to a half life... I doubt they will be living together, and I doubt that he will ever be able to even half share in Brennan's life, being a civilian, and not wanting to get into that world... It makes me sad because Ryo deserves someone who he can have all of... And Brennan is getting married. Even if it is a marriage of convenience (and doesn't really sound like one... there seems to be attraction at least on Brennan's side - his description of Lynn sounded more than just appreciative and admiring) Ryo will be on the other side of the country trying to live his half-life. How can he ever have any fulfilling relationships, or have a family or even have proper friends? Brennan has screwed his entire life up... they will be together for only brief moments of time, small flings whenever Brennan feels like a break from the routine of being all Crime Boss... and once Brennan leaves to go back to his actual life, Ryo will be left, half a person once more... his future just seems so bleak... wahhhhh
and the most damning thing of all is that I just want them to be together... happily ever after...
Reading this chapter, I really just wanted to reach in and scoop little Ryo up, he was like a kitten, and keep him safe and warm...
And Brennan is not someone I can hate... do you know how annoying that is, that I can't hate him? Just like in the chapters from Ryo's perspective, when Brennan speaks and thinks... he is just so logical and rational... it takes me a moment to step back and realise the madness of him... he is in such a different reality... his world operates so differently, so I get why he thinks the way he does, but it is quite chilling, the way he rationalises things... the way he can make unacceptable things, actions, situations seem normal and okay and even like the best option...
thank you for another snippet of stockholm syndrome... I still feel like I am being held to ransom by this story
appreciation! <3