This should be rather informative.

[cynchick]

Taken from redbrunja :

Okay, flist, time to get constructive and critical... but nicely, please.

Pick one piece of fanfiction I've written.  I'll tell you one thing I didn't like about it, one thing I did and one thing I wish I would have done differently.  Then, you give me one thing you didn't like, one thing you liked and one comment about it.  The comment can be a question or in general remark or whatever you want.  Post this in your journal so I can do the same.

Comments

[cynchick.livejournal.com]

Vertigo is my baby. Even though its not the most popular, its definitely my favorite (so far.) What I like most about it is the growth and balancing between the characters. Deidara matures and becomes a better person, while Sakura grows a little darker and more jaded. They kind of even out, and reach a point where they completely understand each other. Vertigo was my Deidara Fangirl Love Project. Lol. XDD

What I dislike is that its both too long and not long enough. There was probably quite a bit I could have left out, but I wanted to include all the ideas and snippets I had, and so I should have followed through on them and not left them hanging. I just didnt have room. The fic was already a monster.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Interestingly enough, I think Vertigo is my favorite of all your work.

[cynchick.livejournal.com]

Really? Including the new one? Why is that, if I may ask? (and I may) XD

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Definitely including the new one. I think it's very in-character for both Deidara and Sakura, I liked the set-up you gave them (very believable), I liked that Sakura hinted she wanted to leave Atasuki with Deidara and after Deidara had calmed down he remembered that and believed her (which is painfully rare in fiction with issues of people not being who they said they were), the sex was scorching hot, the pairing had made chemistry and Sakura was portrayed as a shinobi with a specialty in healing and not a healer.... who happens to also be shinobi, trust us on this.

[cynchick.livejournal.com]

Definitely including the new one? Does that mean you dont like Vespertine? D:

The reasons you gave are the reason I love Vertigo so much too, and why I wanted to write it. I wanted to show the darker side of being a ninja, what they really are and what they really do. And for Sakura in the world of missing nin, being a healer takes a back burner to being a fighter. Some people didnt like that she wasnt as sensitive and compassionate, not as much of a "healer" type. But oh well. Thats what happens when protecting your own life is more important than saving others. I hate Sakura-joins-Akatsuki fics where she always cries compassionately for others and wants to heal every goddamn person she encounters no matter how terrible they are or what her relationship to them is.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Some people didnt like that she wasnt as sensitive and compassionate, not as much of a "healer" type.

Some people are fucking morons who think being a healer means you are required to heal EVERYONE and have no spine. Goddamn that's a trope I hate.

And for a while I was reading Itachi/Sakura fics in an 'it's there, no one's really writing Kakashi/Sakura, let's give it a whirl' (the same attitude I took towards Deidara/Sakura, frankly). But where I ended up liking a lot of DeiSaku fics, I realized that I do not like Itachi/Sakura as a pairing. That's why I'm not enjoying Vespertine - despite being well-written, it's not a pairing or a dynamic that I enjoy.

[cynchick.livejournal.com]

Ah ok. At least its not me. Lol. I admit that ItaSaku is my least favorite of my usual pairings. Its very hard to find good fics because most people dont understand how they could form a romantic relationship and so they just go with what they think would do it: stockholm syndrome, badboy attraction, spiting sasuke, etc. Its a difficult dynamic and its hard to make them have any fun together. Complete opposite of Deisaku, where their mad chemistry forces itself onto the page. I guess I like the subtlety and the darkness & light aspect of it. Not to mention theyre fucking gorgeous together. Lol. But Vespertine is my last ItaSaku, and probably my last AkatSaku altogether.

After Vespertine Ill be writing my final multichapter fanfic and its an epic KakaSaku based around recent events in the manga. Im also thinking about claiming KakaSaku for the 30 lemons comm. Im finally ready to dedicate myself to my OTP. XD

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I really can't wait to see what you do when you spend more time on Kakashi/Sakura. I really hope you end up claiming them at 30_lemons.

[cynchick.livejournal.com]

the cool thing (and the most tempting) about the 30 lemons challenge is that you can alternate between fic and art, which is right up my alley. and they only require one prompt a month.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I'm drooling over here at the thought of pervy Kakashi/Sakura art from you.

[cynchick.livejournal.com]

Im looking forward to it too. I already have visions for several of the prompts. >:D

Btw, you still havent answered my response to this meme on your journal. :P

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Yeah... I have a lot of comments in my inbox and when that happens I often switch between starting with the newest and starting with the oldest which means that often older comments don't get answered right away. All in good time!