Today is the last day to join, so if you want in on it, be sure to read over the rules and PM Shakespearicles!Salvation · 12:46am Jul 4th, 2016
Yesterday, I read Cold in Gardez's Salvation. Like, the whole thing. In a day. (It's a mature Sad Romance with Rainbow/Rarity)
It had actually been sitting in my original to-read shelf (making it a part of my queue for my review series) but before I even started doing reviews I had read the first two chapters of it and liked it. I just couldn't read it at the time because it was so... emotional and raw. I set it aside to read later, for when I was in the mood. Well, yesterday, at 3AM, I was in the mood. I had been up all night and was upset. I felt alone. I was crying in ways I hadn't since Christmas. So! I started reading Salvation, and it really helped me feel better... by NOT making me feel better. Does that make sense?
The characters were feeling pain. I was feeling pain. Thus, it felt good to relate to them. To see things from their perspectives, and to dare to hope for a happy ending for them. For myself.
Damn was it a good story.
I couldn't have read it any other time unless I was in that same emotional place I was in yesterday to be able to receive it. I like angst and melodrama, but it's hard hearing about truly sad circumstances. My life is plenty sad. I try not to add to it if I can help it.
I suppose this is a quick unofficial review for Salvation, but I really urge you to give it a read if you haven't yet. Great, great story. Really pulled off a Rainbow/Rarity pairing quite well. Not many "grown-up" stories on FimFiction like it. I confess to a kind of professional envy as I was reading Salvation. It's the kind of stuff I wish I had the courage (and skill) to write.
It's been a while since I've blogged. Not much to talk about. Hmm... Writing updates? Writing updates. Sure.
HCHL Chapter 7 is six and a half pages long so far on Google Docs. I was able to scrounge up some energy and inspiration, thanks to Salvation, to start Chapter 22 of WTEtG. It's about 500 words, about half a page, but hey! It's a start. Starts are important. I tried starting a new chapter for Nuts and Bolts, buut... Not feeling all that comedic lately?
Competitive mode started for Overwatch on consoles. My productivity is going to take a hit, I will not lie. Moreso than what it has already.
Sorry guys. Even my blog posts are feeling hard to type up. May I just offer up a link to Garbage's awesome mixtape station on Pandora, and get back to my knitting? (I'm a crappy knitter, but I find it relaxing doing the same motions over and over.)
EDIT: Oh, hey. Lookit that! My feed hit 1000. 
Salvation singlehandedly convinced me to write romance of any kind. Great story--and I was reading the original, which is only half as long
4066379 If it weren't for Salvation, I don't think I would have managed to write a lot of what I did this week. It's been a while since I binged on a story that hard. The ending was marvelous!