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  1. Liatheus on Chapter 1 Sun 06 Aug 2017 12:17PM UTC

    I'M SO SORRY I LEFT THIS HERE FOR TWO WEEKS WITHOUT A REPLY WHEN YOU POURED YOUR HEART OUT I'M SO OVERWHELMED TO THINK THAT MY REVIEWS COULD MEAN THAT TO YOU I JUST

    *hugs tightly*

    So I did actually end up crying by the time I hit the end of your reply--happy tears! Because honestly, and maybe this is a little ironic, but I read Antigravity when I was in a not so great headspace myself (stress, anxiety, feelings of impending doom re: life etc etc), and your fic gave me this escape from those feelings, and while it's natural for me to write long comments for stories I enjoy (because there's so much to say and gush about!), I've never sat down and written comments for every chapter before. Like you said you checked the times AO3 sent you comment notifications and that it must have taken me a solid 2hrs, but I remember none of that. All I remember is all the feelings your story of hurt and healing and found families gave me, and how much I wanted to tell you what I loved about it, and how much my heart ached for your Gin and your Kagura and your Otose.

    So I am so, so glad, and happy that I could make you love your fic again, make you feel proud of it again, because it should be loved and you should be so, so proud of it! It is an absolutely gorgeous piece of work, and that you're still writing it, still giving so much of your time and energy to it is something that I think is amazing. I'm proud of you! No matter how many months it takes for the next chapter, or whether it comes or not, I'm so so proud of you and of Antigravity and honoured to have read it, and been able to inspire its author in any way!

    Cause, yeah, I definitely know that insecurity thing, especially when something that you're planning on writing and posting just drags out for what seems like ever and ever (and I've only just gotten back into fic writing too! xD ). Oh god, I think I would be so embarrassed if you checked out my works. Half of it is pure smut (albeit with some feelings), all of it is GinZura (mostly because I haven't had time to write all the other pairings and gen stories I want), and all of it is littered with typos and mistakes that I really need to go and fix. Which is just a very longwinded way of saying that I'm not sure you'll like my work, but thank you for the thought!

    Seriously, if you ever need to talk to someone about your work, or feel like your work needs some love, please, please hit me up (my tumblr link is in my profile :) ), because dammit, your work IS loved!

    (Also you are evil and I love you for teasing about what happened to the joui and Kagura's family! And yesss worldbuilding!! I can't waittt!!!)

    Hahaha, if I disliked long replies, I think that would make me quite the hypocrite xD

    I'm so sorry again for how long I left your reply hanging, but I'm so happy to know that we've each been able to give the other something just with our words. I hope you have an amazing day, and wish you all the luck and good fortune of the writing muses! <3

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    1. UnidentifiedPie on Chapter 1 Wed 09 Aug 2017 07:52AM UTC

      Hey, no worries!! If anyone should be apologising here, it should totally be me! I was absolutely planning to reply to your comments over the last few weeks, but life ran away with me and I got really distracted; and you'd been here, pouring out your heart to me! But oh man you have no clue how much your comments have meant to me!! Before this I'd stopped reading Gintama, and was losing interest in this fic - I was continuing because so many people liked it, and it was nice to have impacted so many people, but I felt like it wasn't up to standard, and just. I don't know. I felt like it should be so much more, but it wasn't, and then you just came in and made me love this and got me back to reading Gintama and falling in love with the characters all over again and just. wow. you're fantastic, y'know? I didn't think I'd have the privilege of meeting someone as wonderful and kind as you; I'm so amazed that I did.

      so I'm just. Really amazed and delighted that yes, I managed to give you something back, and helped you escape from your negative emotions!! I totally get that feeling - when you're just tired and stressed and found something that lightened it up and engaged you - and I'm just. so so so happy that I managed to give that to you. That something I created was able to give you that kind of relief. For that alone, writing this whole fic was worth it.

      GeEZ, you're so kind, and so sweet, and I scream a little inside every time I see your name on a comment. I just kinda smile through the day and save the comment for later and the day is so much better for it. (Coincidentally, you waiting two weeks to reply worked out FANTASTIC on my end - this came in on my birthday, and while it had been a great day, this was icing on the cake that night and I felt so blessed hehe. one of the best birthday gifts you could've given me.) It's such an honour to have someone like you reading and enjoying my works, I just. //muffled screaming. Thank you, thank you, thank you. God bless you. You are amazing.

      And hA! I HAVE READ YOUR WRITING AND IT'S AMAZING!!! The amount of detail you put in, the amount of thought you weave into your lines, is truly amazing. It was wonderful to read, I loved it to pieces, and I want to read so much more of it. There is nothing to be embarrassed about - it was just. wow. It got me searching for more Gintama fics in hopes that I'd get to feel similar things reading them (no dice, ugh. looking forward to more of your beautiful and unique stories!!).

      YAAA ok you said so!!!!!!!!!! i'm gonna hit you up cuz you're such a sweet person and I'm so blessed to get to talk to you and um, maybe we could be friends? If you don't wanna you can totally just ignore the message I send you on tumblr, but if you wanted to be friends that would be the coolest ever.

      Shrieks I'm so excited to talk about the joui and Kagura's family wahahahahaaha!! so. much. fun. I'm so honoured to have given and been given something from you, I hope your day is the best, and that you smash through all writers blocks like they're wet tissue paper! :) Thank you so so much for commenting and making my writing experience that much more amazing!!!!!!!

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