Reviewer: cullengirl08 (Signed) · Date: June 11, 2022 11:40 AM · On: Thou Art

This was a great little story, and I loved the ending!!!   If only, it had been that way on the show!!   I think Justin's staying with Brian was definitely the right decision.   Brian is his inspiration, and being away from that, for five years would not do him well.   

Reviewer: coleamber (Signed) · Date: April 08, 2019 05:12 PM · On: Thou Art

good one, glad he did not listen to darn Lindsey this time

Author's Response:

Glad you liked it ;-) As you can probably tell from the stories, I'm not a huge fan of Lindsay. I think she damaged Justin and Brian's relationship for some self-serving reasons. But some people like her. I guess it takes all sorts to make a world ;-) Thanks again for reading and for your reviews!

Reviewer: Juditka (Signed) · Date: January 06, 2018 01:40 PM · On: Thou Art

I really liked the end of the story, Justin's choice. Justin can be happy only with Brian. So it can be a real artist.

Author's Response:

Thanks Juditka! I'm really glad you enjoyed this story, and that you agreed with Justin's choice at the end. Art and love go hand in hand :-) Thanks so muych for reading and for you wonderful review!

Reviewer: Paul.....Atavisim series (Anonymous) · Date: April 05, 2014 03:30 AM · On: Pyribrotos

I just wanted to say that your story was superb.  I was somewhat devastated by how the series had ended.  I had never seen it originally on Showtime, but have watched it over the past 6 months by buying each of the 5 seasons.  My parter/husband and I will have been together 35 years this June.  I think the reason that I was so taken by the series was that I saw the tapestry of love that Brian and Justin created as being so similar to what Ray and I experienced.  Just as Brian was Justin's first lover, so Ray was mine.  In cases like this, I honestly believe that it is divine intervention that brings the two souls together.  I have always believed that the talent of a great writer is manifested in how their written words are processed in the minds of their readers.  In your case, as I read your story,  images filled my brain as clearly as if I had been watching them on TV.  Scene by scene, image by image,  I saw that majestic manor house and Gale Harold and Randy Harrison as Brian and Justin bringing your story to life. A very SINCERE THANK YOU for helping a hopeless romantic find some closure to a wonderful series.  Paul

Author's Response:

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Thank you so much for your wonderful, thought-provoking review. Please believe me when I say that hearing a story has touch someone on a deeper level is high praise indeed for any author. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and your own story. Like you, I began watching QaF after it had finished airing, in 2007. I feel in love with he characters, and with Brian in particular. I loved his complexity; his brashness and courage, but also his humanity and sensitivity. Also like you, I was very disappointed with the end of season 5 - not only because it was a disappointing ending, but because it seemed utterly out-of-character for both Brian and Justin. Why would they abandon something they had fought so hard for when there was an easy compromise? Atavism was one of my first post-513 fics, but I've since written a few others. I like exploring alternative ending, and the ways in which it could come about.

 

Thank you again for your thoughtful review, and again for sharing your thoughts. I truly appreciate it, and this is one review I will treasure :-)

 

Reviewer: Weave the Magic (Signed) · Date: December 17, 2012 08:30 PM · On: Thou Art

Now why didnt the show finish this way?  With everything the two went through, you would have thought they'd go through their dreams together. Well I'd like to think they still did.

Author's Response:

I totally still like to think they did as well. I don't believe for a second that Brian and Justin would part 'just like that' - no way. They've both grown and changed together and they would have lost so much. Nope. I'm convinced that somehow, some time, they would have come to their senses and gotten back together :-) Thanks so much for reading once again, and thank you for your wonderful comments. I appreciate them so much :-)

Reviewer: Weave the Magic (Signed) · Date: December 17, 2012 05:25 PM · On: Pyribrotos

Really nice. I know there's panic going on all over, but I can feel the calm inside of Justin because of Brian, et.al. Such contrast. Really well done.

Author's Response:

Thanks :-) I'm really glad you enjoyed this chapter. In times of extreme panic like this, it's sometimes remarkable how composed you can be where you have something to focus on. I think that was the place Justin was in here. Thanks so much for reading and for your wonderful review. I appreciate it so much :-)

Reviewer: no sleep (Signed) · Date: October 29, 2012 09:20 AM · On: Thou Art

"And all I’d be able to create would be empty shells..."

I'm always sleep deprivated by Suinday but Ihave to spend time with the kid and hubby, so I watched TV with him. I read this to prevent myself from going insane (the cartoons kids watch theses days).

Anyway, I was mesmerized by the romantic and heartwarming flow of this story. I hated the way the show ended. This story was a beautiful way of rectifying it. 

It made so much sense for Justin to be with Brian to become an an artist. All through the show, Brian was his muse -- his impetus to create the art he did. Why would he separate from it? He was on the right path to begin with. 

And I loved the phoenix symbolism.

Perfect as always.

Sandra:)

Author's Response:

Thanks Sandra *hugs* I'm glad this story was able to save some of your sanity :-) I'm also thrilled that you found this tale heartwarming and perhaps ridiculously romantic. I always hated the way the show ended as well, mainly because I just couldn't believe it would ever happen that way. I refused to believe that all Brian had been through in the five years since he met Justin ultimately didn't change anything about him. Because it changed everything about him, and irreversibly so. The other thing that really bugged me was that it wasn't like Justin was going to the Falkland Islands. He was going to New York for goodness sake - which is what? An hour-long plane ride away, max? It's ridiculous to think that Brian and Justin couldn't have made the effort to see each other on a semi-regular basis - that barely even counts as a 'long distance relationship'. And then there's the issue of why Justin would have gone to New York to start with. If Andy Warhol could make it in Pittsburgh, there's no reason Justin couldn't. It's not like the city is a cultural desert with New York as a shining oasis of opportunity. Nope. I don't but it. I don't buy it at all.

So I had to fix it. And I'm glad you liked the result *hugs* Thanks so much for reading, as always, and for your wonderful review. It means so much :-)

Reviewer: shimayo (Anonymous) · Date: August 30, 2010 08:57 PM · On: Thou Art

Very nice story, I particularly love the three last lines, how smart of you! 

Now, i'm going to read the sequel, promising good moments...

Author's Response:

I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I really hope you'll like the sequel :-) Thanks so much for reading and for your wonderful review!

Reviewer: manuela (Anonymous) · Date: November 12, 2009 08:39 PM · On: Pyribrotos

I'm very late, I read this story just now for the first time. I'm glad I found it, because it's beautiful. I love Justin chose Brian, I'm a hopeless romantic and I think love is the most important thing and fullfills you like nothing else.

Justin's just line was amazing, I admit it made me tear up a little.

Thanks for the beautiful story, I really love your style, I read other things written by you and loved all of them.

Author's Response:

Thanks!! I'm so happy to hear from you :-) It's always a real pleasure to hear from readers. Anyway, I'm very glad you enjoyed this story! I'm a ridiculous romantic as well, so this story could of course end no other way ;-) I've always maintained that Brian and Justin belonged together forever. Thanks again for reading and thank you for your wonderful comment. I really, really appreciate it!

Reviewer: Kat (Signed) · Date: August 01, 2008 07:53 AM · On: Thou Art

Wow, this story was fantastic. That last love scene, I only wish it had played out on the show! The last line was brilliant!

Author's Response: Thanks Kat ;) I'm pleased that you enjoyed this story! I kinda likr the last love scene, too- all hot and steamy in more ways than one... I'm glad you liked that last line, too ;) Thanks so much for reading, as always, and for your much-adored review!

Reviewer: gerri (Signed) · Date: May 02, 2008 05:41 PM · On: Thou Art

The last lines in this fic have me in a mess of emotion, so perfectly placed. I really did like this one as it was honest and didn't make it seem like Jusin was taking the lesser option, so good.

Author's Response: Thanks! I glad you enjoyed it. It's too bad Justin didn't realize this in the first place- it would have saved us all a lot of grief! You've probably figured this out already, but this story has a sequel called 'You is For Utopia'. If your interested ;) Thanks so much for reading and for your much-adored reveiws!

Reviewer: gerri (Signed) · Date: May 02, 2008 04:58 PM · On: Orphan of the Ashes

Well here I ma at 2am and so engrossed but that last line deserved some praise.

Author's Response: Thanks! I admire your persistance ;) Thanks for your comment!

Reviewer: JTee (Anonymous) · Date: April 05, 2008 12:25 AM · On: Pyribrotos

Whew, You really know how to grab your readers by the short hairs right from the starting gate. Brilliant!

Horribly realistic, even more so than seeing it happen in person-amazing Justin POV, nearly killed me.

Great writing!

Author's Response: Thanks :) I kinda like to refer to this as 'the Goosebumps Chapter'. I remember the momentum when I was writing it was pretty intense; I just couldn't stop or I felt I'd 'break the spell'. Anyway, I'm so pleased that you enjoyed it! Thanks so much for the review!

Reviewer: Ruth (Anonymous) · Date: March 15, 2008 06:40 PM · On: Pyribrotos

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Author's Response: Hey thanks! I had no idea people were looking. By the way, if you're on LiveJournal, I am too. Under sapphire_3. I just started a journal there.