This story is a sequel to Requiem for Sonata and Aria at Midnight. I highly recommend you read these two before reading this.
One year has passed since Adagio's failed ploy for power. For most intents and purposes, life in the Dazzling household has remained the same.
Perhaps too much the same, or at least that's what Aria and Sonata think. They're not exactly happy with their new lot in life, stuck on Earth, but they've been able to accept it and move on.
But not Adagio.
Never Adagio.
This story marks my second year of uploading to Fimfiction, and my first year of realizing how true a passion writing has become for me. It's been a wild and unexpected journey. I've made and met new friends, entered contests, and begun my first novel-length project. So much has happened, and I'm eager for whatever comes in the future.
This also marks the last entry in my 'Homesick Sirens' series - at least for now. I've got something a bit unorthodox lined up for next year in time for the 10th Anniversary of Rainbow Rocks. So if you want to see more angsty fishes, stick around~
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This story is a lovely addition to your Sirens series. I see you continue to write these bittersweet mood pieces, but now you more clearly show us a developing and deepening plot.
If anything, this third installment is even better than its two prequels (which I also recommend.)
"Recommended! 👍"
What order should I read this story in?
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The same order as the order of publication date works fine for these three stories, if that's what you mean.
This trilogy of fish angst served as a lovely melancholic little read, of which this felt the most evocative by a fair margin. It feels like you've made a backstory of your own for the Sirens which still feels respectful to the canon, adding in little gems through Adagio's reminiscence about the meaning of family, which helps explain why the three have stuck together for so long. And the ending, while uncertain, had a kind of… Adagio-ness about it.
I really appreciate your characterisation of the three sisters here. You inject enough depth into them to make them sympathetic, but still retain enough of their original traits to keep them feeling in-character. Aria's anger is still there, but you've turned it into something driven, pragmatic. Sonata's doe-eyed ditziness has become innocence, and the stripping away thereof. Adagio’s vanity is still, well, vain, but it now feels like it’s combined with the pride and sense of responsibility that comes with being thrust into the position of a leader. Even if she shows it through her classic levels of sheer, unmitigated bitch.
Which is why it was nice to see her fall, to see her realise exactly where her twisted ‘sense of responsibility’ had actually led her. Speaking of, I couldn’t help but laugh at the irony of her present-day source of income. Not just the connection to her voice, but even the fame, the adoration. As creepy as some parts of it might’ve been – in fact, it kind of feels like you’ve injected a bit of yourself into some of these words. I do hope that Adagio’s bitterness about her ‘fans’ isn’t entirely your thoughts put to page, though, because these pieces you’ve written are a joy to read.
And the ending… Honestly? In a bittersweet way, I found myself laughing. Because through the romantic setting, the obvious connection to her home, and Adagio finally realising she needs to get her shit together? She’s still so Adagio. She’s vain and melodramatic, self-absorbed and overly-poetic. I was torn between sympathising with her plight and desire to be better, and just saying ‘for God’s sake you silly trout, get out of the damn water, go home, and put your clothes in the washing machine, they’re filthy by now’.
And I kinda can’t help but love that. Great stuff.