u/Chorls_the_drawerin — reddlx

36” x 48”, Acrylic on Canvas.

Based on the work of u/TakerFoxx, the voices in my head finally won and made me do this thing.

I’m still not sure if I tricked myself into liking it or not. No one should be thinking about this fic as much as I have been, I must have read the whole thing several times already, I don’t know how long I can keep rewriting my thoughts on it. I am not sure if the fic was actually good. It has undeniably endearingly character interactions, the meandering diatribes and contemplations are somehow laid out with full clarity and purpose, the bits of imagery are weaved wondrously into the narrative, the worldbuilding and overlapping plots stretches to an immeasurable scale, wrapped in some of the most quotable and memorable quips I have ever read, topped with a level of creativity and liveliness that is truly respectable – and then it will go on for 10 times longer than necessary, with moments that go beyond cringe into a level of embarrassing that humans have yet no words for, every unnecessary word felt like my brain being stretched over a rack. My brain chemicals have been forever altered by the experience, I went through the entire emotional spectrum, including some emotions that I never even knew existed. I witnessed the peak of the mountain, fell face first into the deepest canyons. I was entertained to the point of exhaustion, exhausted until I thought it was entertaining, my mind was filled with innumerable possibilities that this fic provided, pictured what things could have been improved, reminded endlessly of the stories that did things infinitely better, in awe of what has been accomplished here all on its own. I am incapable of making an overall judgement on its artistic merits, but I don’t think I can ever go back to a time where this fic hasn’t influenced me in some way.

5/10, best thing I ever read in my life. I don’t know why I made Rin look like Rei Ayanami either.