::smacks self into coherence, or some semblance thereof::
There is so much heartbreak in this fic -- Richard and Henry, Richard and Edward, the lingering ghosts of Robbie and Anne -- and it's all so tightly woven together into a wonderfully shadowy setting. I knew from the start, with that initial, darling, adorable scene between Richard and Henry, that this was going to shatter me, and it completely did.
Also, for lack of Tannhauser, I went for Tristan und Isolde, and OH, MY GOD. Because if there is any character who absolutly exemplifies Eros/Thanatos and the tangled threads of love and death, it would have to be Richard.
Edward really is the fulcrum of this story, anchoring Richard until he can't any longer and OH, GOD, THAT FINAL SCENE. MY HEART. And all the cracks that fracture from it -- Henry and Edward and even Harry Percy.
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Date: 2010-09-01 01:53 am (UTC)::smacks self into coherence, or some semblance thereof::
There is so much heartbreak in this fic -- Richard and Henry, Richard and Edward, the lingering ghosts of Robbie and Anne -- and it's all so tightly woven together into a wonderfully shadowy setting. I knew from the start, with that initial, darling, adorable scene between Richard and Henry, that this was going to shatter me, and it completely did.
Also, for lack of Tannhauser, I went for Tristan und Isolde, and OH, MY GOD. Because if there is any character who absolutly exemplifies Eros/Thanatos and the tangled threads of love and death, it would have to be Richard.
Edward really is the fulcrum of this story, anchoring Richard until he can't any longer and OH, GOD, THAT FINAL SCENE. MY HEART. And all the cracks that fracture from it -- Henry and Edward and even Harry Percy.
This is utterly magnificent.