Midnight Whispers
QAF Brian and Justin Fanfiction
Reviews For Why Not With Me
Reviewer: Bgriggs (Signed) · Date: March 23, 2020 06:50 PM · On: Open Letter To Readers

I really loved your story...

Reviewer: toniu (Signed) · Date: September 11, 2015 09:35 PM · On: Open Letter To Readers

I don't know if you still respond to any reviews. But here goes. I found Heartbreaker, and I loved the story. So I decided to read another of your stories. Why Not With Me.

In the beginning I loved the story. I loved that you were addressing the issue of Brian's abuse. I always felt that the writers and fanfiction writers fail the issue.

Being a survivor of my one parents abuse and the other parents reticence to step in I have always leaned more to the wounded Brian character. So anything that paints him as a wounded soul, not the selfish asshole is great.

Until you turned it into a BDSM story. When you are abused it's the inability to protect yourself that you live with. To be tied up and not be able to protect myself would be the worst thing that could happen to me.

Because I am an abuse victim I also work with abused and neglected children and youth. Working with our staff psychologist I must say your Doctor client sessions were spot on. But the doctor would have not ever agreed with the BDSM.

Then every breakdown Brian has Justin heals with sex. Sex is an addiction for the abuse victim. We are so desperate for some one to show us they love us that they confuse sex and love.

The first thing our doctors teach us is to find other forms of validation.

With that said I still enjoyed reading the story and will continue reading others becuause of your talent. Thank you.

Reviewer: dian kilborn (Anonymous) · Date: June 25, 2015 12:47 PM · On: Open Letter To Readers

Loved it. Explained a lot about Brian and why he is like he is. His relationship with Justin is so wonderful...love stories where they are together.

I hope to see more of your stories.

Thanks so much.

Reviewer: Trish (Anonymous) · Date: March 27, 2014 06:35 AM · On: Open Letter To Readers

I remember anxiously waiting to read a new chapter with this story and the awe of finally getting to finish it. I loved it then fiercely. It is now years later and I have come back to visit once every few months or so when I'm feeling down and want something beautiful and uplifting...something that'll remind me to dust myself off when the world knocks me down and to stand up and try again. Today, I sat down "just because" and read it all over again and realized I hadn't left a review in all times I've come back to read this fic. So, on the off chance that you're still around and reading your reviews, I leave my sincerest thanks. Your story has been a happy reminder for me for years that beauty exists in many forms and I am incredibly grateful to you for writing it and sharing it. Much love. ;)

Reviewer: bookstorequeer (Anonymous) · Date: November 04, 2012 08:21 AM · On: Open Letter To Readers

I just wanted to thank you for writing a touching, thoughtful, emotionally fulfilling story. You've done a great job and I really enjoyed reading it. So, thanks!

Reviewer: viceleah (Anonymous) · Date: October 15, 2011 06:25 AM · On: Open Letter To Readers

You know, I find myself really connected to this story. I've been contemplating about therapy and when I started on this story, I find it so refreshing. I do usually love stories like this where I get out of it more than just laughs and sighs of joy. I love that it makes me views circumstances, relationships, and life in a totally different view. Most of all, it really help me keep my demons at bay. Like I can sort of/kind of see why I am the way I am, just like Brian. I find it beautiful the way you write Brian's and Justin's relationship. I love that Brian is able to accept Justin's love for him completely and to trust him on a physical, emotional, mental, psychological, etc. way just shows how much he's come. I know I'm blabbing but I do want to thank you so much for this wonderfully inspiring and refreshing story. Thanks and thank you so very much.

Reviewer: bidyke73 (Anonymous) · Date: July 28, 2011 03:49 AM · On: Open Letter To Readers

Dear Tiffany,

I am not sure if I have commented on this one before, because I've read your fic for a second time these days. As a matter of fact, I hadn't read the ending, which wasn't for the reason that I didn't like your story back then, but that I kind of forgot about it after I had less time to be online.

So, now I've finished and read everything in one piece and I agree: It's one of the best QAF stories ever, a "classic". It's not flawless though, indeed it's very controversial and I'm not even sure if I'd call it "in character" most of the time. It doesn't matter as long as it's believeable in itself and as long as it "touches" me. Plus, I'm a sucker for "psychologic" stories. And for strong Justin.

What I don't really like so much, is the conclusion of your story. NOT for the reason that I dislike BDSM. I just would have prefered to have Brian go through all this with Justin's help and just psychotherapy - the way the story starts off. For me, it changes too quickly and whereas I do like the scenes you create, it makes me feel that in reality, a person like Brian wouldn't be sane enough to really consent at this point. And Justin, he's too confident, too patient, too knowing where they probably should have fought first. But these are small things, and it's your story and your choice. So let me just say: It was an amazing read, it was challenging in some ways and yeah, it was well worth it.

Regards, Sabine

 

Reviewer: LovelessSouls (Signed) · Date: April 12, 2011 08:15 AM · On: Open Letter To Readers

I stumbled across this story late last night and just finished it a few moments ago and I have to say I absolutely loved it. The characters felt very believable for the situations you put them and I think that Brian and Justin developed very well. I'll admit that I stuggled a bit at first accepting the 'new' Brian, but I thouroghly enjoyed watching him make his journey.

Reviewer: reiselust161 (Signed) · Date: January 07, 2011 10:12 PM · On: Open Letter To Readers

Well, Tiffany, it took me only like 5 days to finish your story as I couldn´t leave it till it was finished. It really moved me how intense you could write about that realtionship and the evolution of it. Though sometimes Brian seemed a bit too mushy for me and Justin a bit too much taking over, I enjoyed the story anyway. It´s fiction as the whole Brian/Justin relation is fiction so anything is possible. What is important to see that Brian could let himself fall once and for all into someones arms (figurativly and literally) which he totally deserved, and think was his greatest problem at all. 

Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us and letting us relive one of the greatest "non-relationships"

Elke

Reviewer: dzmom (Signed) · Date: May 08, 2010 01:53 AM · On: Open Letter To Readers

I have loved this story from the very first word. It's beautiful. I would have reviewed more if I'd been able to stop reading long enough to write it down. LOL!

Reviewer: MissMoe (Anonymous) · Date: February 22, 2010 09:27 AM · On: Open Letter To Readers

You know...I've shed a tear or two throughout your fic, but I've definetley cried more reading the end of this fic than I have just reading it. Thank you for such a wonderful read and experience through following it. I'm SO excited to read your other work. I kinda have to take it slow with WIPs, haha. If you're on livejournal my username there is 'sunshinecorazon', please add me there if you have an account :) I'd LOVE to keep in contact through there as well. Ohh I'm sad about this fic, but giddy about reading the rest of your work. *hugs* Again, thanks for such a WONDERFUL fic and for you being such a caring author.



Author's Response:

I'm finally getting around to answering these, so I added you to my LJ account! I'll warn you, I hardly use it though. 

I have loved having you along through the journey of this story -- your comments and enthusiasm have been such a help. I really hope you'll enjoy the rest of the stories as well. It's been my pleasurew to write for you and all the other wonderfully supportive reviewers out there! :) 

Tiffany

P.S. I've shed a tear or two over it myself! And one or two reading reviews...

Reviewer: Anonymous (Anonymous) · Date: February 22, 2010 08:23 AM · On: Open Letter To Readers

Tiffany

 

This is a wonderful story, I truly enjoyed reading what you have written. I love the way you have enabled Brian to feel something other than empty and powerless in his personal/emotional life. And empowered Justin in a way that proved to Brian and Justin that they do indeed know and trust each other better than anyone else.   I am also a big fan of this being B/J centered with little interferece from "the gang".  Keep writing!!



Author's Response:

Thank you so much. I'm so glad to hear that you feel the story turned out this way; it's all I could ever hope for. Thanks so much for the feedback and support! I hope you will / do enjoy my other stories as well! 

Reviewer: sfscarlet (Signed) · Date: February 21, 2010 09:29 PM · On: Open Letter To Readers

I enjoyed Why Not With Me and Recced it to a few people.  ( my beta and I correspond with recs frequently) Thank you for sharing this with us.



Author's Response:

Wow, thanks so much! That is such a compliment. I'm thrilled that you enjoyed the story so much. Thanks so much for your support! 

 

Reviewer: Kitty_Ballou (Signed) · Date: February 21, 2010 07:48 PM · On: Open Letter To Readers

And it's a very special gift and a wonderful one, an amazing + unique one to know you, Tiffany! Thank you so much for sharing "Why not with me" with us. For writing the story that I will never forget... Thanks again! God bless you.

 

Love, Kitty



Author's Response:

Aww, it's been wonderful getting to know you as well. I'm so lucky to have readers such as yourself! :) I'm sorry I'm so late in replying to these last comments -- I will finish them! 

It has been a marvelous journey and I'm so glad that you came along! :) 

Love,

Tiffany

Reviewer: Sunny (Anonymous) · Date: February 21, 2010 03:34 PM · On: Open Letter To Readers

Hey tiffany,

thank you so much not only for writing the story - tha´s a given - but also for your words at the end. I can rely to them in so many ways. I wish you all the best and I´m looking forward to your next story.

Hugs, Sunny



Author's Response:

Thank you so much. I'm glad you found the quotation inspirational. I hope you'll like all the stories to come! 

Hugs back, 
Tiffany

Reviewer: Sturmeskind (Anonymous) · Date: February 21, 2010 02:09 AM · On: Open Letter To Readers

Hello, Tiffany,

I hope you can forgive eventual oddities in my English, I try very hard to do it right. That is a difficult task in any case and even more so regarding the fact it's not my native language.

I realise that this is my first review to your story, a fact which I now find hard to believe as it has been, in some sense, a part of my life these past weeks. I'm slightly ashamed to admit that I rarely review anymore as it is, though I'm not too sure why. Perhaps, I tend to avoid the actual self-reflection that comes with re-examining what I've read and how it makes me feel. Oh well, might as well continue now that I've actually started. You were amazingly honest with us readers, so I will try to be honest, too.

First of all, you wrote an amazing love story. That's a big complement on my part as I'm usually and very quickly bored by such things. "Why not with me" is gentle, warm and at times a bit rough (just the way I like it) and it made me feel all fuzzy inside.

However, this is certainly not everything that's to say about this story. I love that you are so perceptive in describing both psychological issues and the relationships and undercurrents between your characters. I think the most important thing is that you didn't try to make things more dramatic than they should be. At no point in the whole story I had the feeling you were using your Brian's (or your Justin's) issues simply to create drama.

Your Dr. Stevenson is an amazing character. I wish there were more people like that in RL. I love how you let his character evolve throughout the story. I remember him being so shocked about Brian's lifestyle and now look at him in that last chapter! Yay for the Doctor.

I admit, I was sceptical at first about the "bondage/submission thing" (lacking a better term here, sorry!). Introducing a, well, controversive matter like this can either ruin the story or turn it into something special. You managed the latter. There's not much more I can say about that without tapping into may personal story, which would take things too far for now. As it is, I'm starting to ramble.

Thank you so much for sharing this. I hope to read a lot more of your work. It truely was a pleasure.

Lisa



Author's Response:

Hi Lisa, 

First of all, your English is absolutely gorgeous. Gorgeous. So please, please, don't worry about that or warn me. If anything, warn me about your articulateness! :) Seriously, though, I have so much admiration for those who are reading / writing in a non-native language. I doubt that I'll ever have the talent or courage to do such a thing. 

I really appreciate your honesty. I know it's hard to leave reviews -- even I owe some, and I know personally how meaningful they can be. You're right, I think, that part of the difficulty is that it's hard to express one's own reaction to a story. And usually, with traditional books/novels, that option is rather far off. The option of leaving reviews or notes is such an immediate way to communicate something that is so personal... I am very glad that you took the risk, though, because your note is really heartwarming. 

Your thoughts on the dramatization of the characters / their issues are very interesting. I find that I love writing the very emotional scenes (i.e. Lock and Key, Let it Take You) and I'm relieved to hear that it's clearly more than drama for its own sake. 

I love Dr. Stevenson, too, mostly because of his disinterested and nonjudgmental way of looking at things, plus, as you suggest, his willingness to change and grow. I also love him for adopting all my favorite psychological viewpoints! :)

You know, it was a risk to add the D/s element into the story... but from my point of view, it was already there. What probably seemed like a rather sudden decision in the story was not. I'd known about the D/s side of their relationship basically since a little before Chapter 10. What I didn't know was whether I would include the conceptual elements as I saw them and stop there (i.e., the chair as a safezone, the rules as a sort of contract) or whether it would be directly named. I did agonize over if, and how, to do that. Paramount to me was that it was a natural progression, with the "name" of it quite secondary to the fact and practice of it, in their relationship. It means a great deal to me that you feel that this risk paid off. Thanks for sticking with it despite the twist! 

I hope you will read more; as you probably know I have some oneshots, another multi-chapter story and am working on another. (New chapter tomorrow). I am planning to do another Big Story, but the ideas are still solidifying... 

Thank you so much for your warm thoughts and message. I am honored to have great reviewers like yourself who have made this journey so much better and the story so much better, too. :)

Tiffany

 

Reviewer: BluvsJ (Anonymous) · Date: February 20, 2010 10:16 PM · On: Open Letter To Readers

Tiffany..

You are an amazing writer... you brought these characters to life.... the way you described all their emotions, love,hate and fear.... I felt as if I knew them... it takes a great writer to do that... I am an avid fiction reader.... and if a book doesn't interest me in the first few chapters... I will not read it....  I look forward to reading any future fics you will write... and will continue to let you know how much I like them... or not...lol...  Thanks.......



Author's Response:

Thank you so much. I am honored that you stuck with the story and found it worth the long, long nature of the story. I've really appreciated your thoughtful comments and questions on the story; I know they've helped me clarify my own thoughts and improved the story, too. I'll be lucky to have you reading for me in the future! :)

Reviewer: JTSecrets (Signed) · Date: February 20, 2010 08:03 PM · On: Open Letter To Readers

Girlfriend a few more chapters and you would have passed my novel Embraced in review hits. Your comments per chapter are off the fu*king chain!

Major kuddos for an outstanding story which I plan to get back too once I'm no longer in a manic writing frenzy like now.

Did I say you have real writing talent? This is a brilliant story and one of the best I've seen in QAF fanfiction. Emotions are your themes and nobody spreads it as thick as you can.

I really like how you made Justin in this story. I take my hat off to you my lady.



Author's Response:

*grins* 

You are so funny -- you should talk! Your latest is going to pass up this story in a fraction of the time, days wise! I thought you'd be posting like a chapter every day or two, and even then I was skeptical (but hopeful) that I could keep up. Then it was like an absolute snowstorm of chapters and I'm buried now! I think the summer, with its warm weather and time off work, will be the time for me to be unburied and get caught up... I expect by then I'll have 2,000 chapters to read!! *laughing* 

It's interesting to me that you'd mention emotions specifically -- maybe the reason they come out well in writing is because elsewhere I'm not much more communicative than Brian, I fear! :) 

You are way too kind... I am touched that you liked the story so much -- quite a compliment from the master!  It's been an honor to have you as a reader and I've (and the story's) benefited from it tremendously. :)

 

Reviewer: edom (Signed) · Date: February 20, 2010 05:46 PM · On: Open Letter To Readers

Hey, Tiffany, it has been a great pleasure to get to know you too. I really hope you keep writing because you are a truly gifted writer.

I'm going to miss this story, but I will look forward to what else you'll produce :D



Author's Response:

Thanks so much -- I can't imagine the story without all of your wonderful comments and support (for this story and the rest). I really don't know how you find the time and energy to be such a wonderful reader/reviewer *and* write so many compelling stories! :)

 

Reviewer: templeton_ma (Anonymous) · Date: February 20, 2010 04:13 PM · On: Open Letter To Readers

That's a very touching letter. I too wish we all can find BJ kind of love. It makes like so much more interesting to share with someone, to go through the ups and downs with. It is such an accomplishment that you have there, to create something from your heart and share it with others. And writing 58 chapters and completing such a long story take persistence, faith in oneself to keep going, faith in readers to keep following. We all find refuge in writng or reading BJ fics. And it is great to be a part of this community. Thank you again for your story!



Author's Response:

Thanks so very much... You're right -- the aspect of having written a story like this and then to share it and...then to have such a warm, welcome reception... It's more than I could ever expect or ask for. As you say, it's not ever really easy, but having thoughtful, engaged reviewers like yourself made it so much easier! 

My best wishes always for you! 

Reviewer: Bridget (Anonymous) · Date: February 20, 2010 03:38 PM · On: Open Letter To Readers

I just wanted to say thanks for being one of those authors that reply to reviews and keep a story going. Also I felt a real kind of satisfaction at the end of this story. I can't wait to read more.

Author's Response:

Thank you so much! That's wonderful to hear -- that the story was satisfying! It's been completely my pleasure to reply to reviews -- I just hope I haven't missed any! 

Reviewer: bksbracelet (Anonymous) · Date: February 20, 2010 01:29 PM · On: Open Letter To Readers

Thanks so much Tiffany this was a special story that rose above being just a fan fic. The differing emotional levels you had Brian/Justin negotiate were just so real and gripping that I eagerly sought each new chapter. Thank you I look forward to further stories from you :)Chris 



Author's Response:

That's so sweet...what a compliment... Thank you so much. I'm thrilled that the story was so compelling. Thanks so much for your comments and support throughout! First things first... I better work on finishing Heartbreaker! :)

Reviewer: sjmpets3 (Signed) · Date: February 20, 2010 12:33 PM · On: Open Letter To Readers

thank you tiffany for a wonderful story. take me with you on the next ride.



Author's Response:

You're quite welcome -- and I'll be expecting you for the next one! :) 

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