Oh, these two. I absolutely love them, and you've captured every reason why. I really hoped you would tackle this prompt, and I'm so glad you did. Flaily hands. I really like how you just..perfectly capture the world of metaphors and similes that they surround themselves in. It's like make believe and yet more real than anything else they've experienced all together, and I love it.
I love that he chooses Lewis Carroll to read to her. I think she would love the story of the Jabberwock, personally. And then the metaphor of her finger being like a caterpillar as he reads her that particular work? Guh. Such a tiny detail but such a great one. And I love how much you focus on their hands and touching, because there's so much physicality to them as a couple, and you capture it beautifully. And I just realized as I reread it, she says she'd chop of his head, and then he chooses Carrol's work. Guh. Guh. Yes.
Thank you so much. This was a great thing to read before getting ready for bed :)
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Re: btvs - spike/dru - callooh, callay (2/2)
Date: 2010-11-10 09:32 am (UTC)I love that he chooses Lewis Carroll to read to her. I think she would love the story of the Jabberwock, personally. And then the metaphor of her finger being like a caterpillar as he reads her that particular work? Guh. Such a tiny detail but such a great one. And I love how much you focus on their hands and touching, because there's so much physicality to them as a couple, and you capture it beautifully. And I just realized as I reread it, she says she'd chop of his head, and then he chooses Carrol's work. Guh. Guh. Yes.
Thank you so much. This was a great thing to read before getting ready for bed :)