anonymous darling · 3mo
oh harley i want to tell you this: in yeon feels very intimate to me, and i love how nostalgic and vague the vibes are (like a dream). it’s a story i adore a lot, one of the most beautiful pieces of work i’ve ever read. from the get-go, when you first posted and when i devoured the whole thing quickly, the impression that it left me was: “ah, this feels like a chands story sighs dreamily” and soon after it became my comfort fic :) i reread it around the time chands disappeared, and that was when it hit me, i’ll just go read this whenever i miss chands (and whenever i crave a touching, indescribable, beautiful writing. which was often!).
i knew you two are friends, and knowing now that in yeon’s an ode to chands made it lovelier in my opinion… like 100% lovelier. or maybe because you two have impacted my life so much, that’s why. you two are special, gifted storytellers :)
aaa i actually don’t know what i’m getting at but please remember that i’m glad to be so lucky enough to have stumbled upon you and your works in this corner of the internet… i haven’t been the same (in a very good way) ever since.
https://x.com/antiromanticus/status/1828464627656626255?s=46&t=bHF48nd-1BZeINboAbrmdw
i did very nearly cry when i read your message. thank you for all the kind words.
writing ‘in yeon’ was such an odd experience and that might be why it feels dreamlike. i did write the story for chands and i was going to gift it to her, but i missed the timing by a few days :’) throughout, i just tried to embody some of the nostalgia that she has perfected in her writing.
i do think she left a huge void in the writing sphere, no one can quite capture the feeling of falling like she did: the uncertainty and all the niche ambiguities.
it’s funny, i suppose, cause chands and i didn’t talk much at all, but she has this way of making you feel like the most precious human being and that’s what you’re getting when you read her stories. i don’t think i’ve ever known someone quite as gentle as her.
i’m thankful you dropped by with such lovely words. i’m lucky to have such a precious reader. take care🤍
