petal · 1mo
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riki mentioned the tradition of confessing to your crush by giving them your second button on graduation day and my mind immediately went to anatomy of blue!! im not much of an anime fan nor very well-versed regarding japanese culture unfortunately so your fic was the very first time i'd heard of this concept. every scene where that darn button was mentioned was extra agonizing to me.. that tangible, tiny representation of their feelings.. how neither of them could bear to let it go or lose it 😭😭😭😭 and it goes to show how you handled the characterization of riki (and every enha member) in that fic (and in all of your other fics) with such tender dexterity + consciousness that it's sort of manifested itself into canon 🙂↕️ the care you take in your writing shines through just as strongly from the first time i read anatomy of blue to almost a year after you've published it! to be honest, by now i've re-read it an embarrassing amount of times.. i carry such a deep appreciation for any and all words you've given to us here in enha ficdom.... i hope wonki cherish their buttons forever 💙💙💙 and i hope u know how deeply u are cherished as well!!
oh gosh this is soooo sweet!!! T__T thank you sooooo so much!!!!! & thank you for showing me that too i'm mentally punching the air in victory rn at the fact he mentioned the buttons... i was actually going to scrap that concept in the fic because i thought there was so much going on already and there would be MORE going on, but i figured it was such a riki thing to do to confess in his own earnest but private way that would: 1) physically convey his feelings and 2) not burden jungwon with the knowledge that it was a confession. also a very riki thing to do to exchange the buttons somewhat forcefully lmao so i'm very glad i kept it in!!!! i didn't think the buttons in the fic would cause such a lovely stir, it makes me incredibly happy to hear its little impact :''') and for the carefulness i put in their characterizations to be noticed... i'm so heartened. you are so kind this really made my week!!! thank you so much!!! <333
