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kerkevik surprised me with an early gift - dedicating one of his short stories "Gazalah" to me. I have no idea what I did to inspire the gift, but on reading it I had to wonder, how the heck does he KNOW me so well? We'd exchanged a few comments and conversations, but what did we know of each other, beyond the fact that I'm a lesbian and he's an honorary lesbian? (I deem it so, therefore he is.)
The story borrows a character from the comics (Satsu) but goes entirely AU otherwise, pairing her with a wife, Gazalah; it has a rich, "barbaric" gorgeousness to it, like a fragment of an epic poem found on an ancient scroll, punctuated with modern references here and there. He captures the essence of love and relationships of all kinds - especially between women - so wonderfully well. This isn't "slash" (oh how I despise that term btw), this is life, fully realized.
kerkevik surprised me with an early gift - dedicating one of his short stories "Gazalah" to me. I have no idea what I did to inspire the gift, but on reading it I had to wonder, how the heck does he KNOW me so well? We'd exchanged a few comments and conversations, but what did we know of each other, beyond the fact that I'm a lesbian and he's an honorary lesbian? (I deem it so, therefore he is.)The story borrows a character from the comics (Satsu) but goes entirely AU otherwise, pairing her with a wife, Gazalah; it has a rich, "barbaric" gorgeousness to it, like a fragment of an epic poem found on an ancient scroll, punctuated with modern references here and there. He captures the essence of love and relationships of all kinds - especially between women - so wonderfully well. This isn't "slash" (oh how I despise that term btw), this is life, fully realized.
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Date: 2013-02-14 09:46 pm (UTC)Gabrielle
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Date: 2013-02-15 11:07 pm (UTC)I've been reading more of his work and it has a cumulative, hypnotic effect, I think - not like anyone else's work.
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Date: 2013-02-23 12:30 am (UTC)Ray.
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Date: 2013-02-23 12:29 am (UTC)Thank you, for that highest of compliments!
Ray.
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Date: 2013-02-23 12:51 am (UTC)BTW - I was thinking of you today! I had some thoughts about tara and willow and Joan Armatrading's song "Willow" and wondering if Tara would sing that song to Willow. Then I imagined AB singing that song and got shivers up my spine, and it gave me all sorts of 'shippy W/T thoughts.