Hello, I just wanted to reach out and share how deeply I admire your work, your writing style, and your incredible skill as a storyteller. I’m a huge fan of your Loid/Yor fiction, and after reading Chapter 9 of Song of the Raven, my heart feels completely full.
You are an amazing writer. The way you explore the characters’ cores their inner thoughts, emotions, and behaviors is beautiful and powerful. These are nuances I often feel are overlooked in the manga, and I’ve always wished Endo had been able to linger more on those internal landscapes. Your writing fills that gap so perfectly. Sometimes I find myself wishing this series were aimed at a seinen audience(being 30 yr old woman reading the manga, sometimes makes me feel out of place lol, I want it to be more mature), simply so themes like trauma, war, PTSD, moral grayness, internal conflict, romance, and even sexual trauma(Poor Loid having to go through all those women touching him when he hated it) could be explored more deeply and honestly.
To be completely honest, I crave the angst, the conflict, and the emotional weight and you deliver all of it so masterfully. I’m especially hoping for Anya story in relation professor Authen an identity reveal that’s as tense, painful, and emotionally charged as it deserves to be(I can only imagine how Loid would react let alone our lovely girl Yor). The way you build toward those moments feels electric. (And yes, I’ll admit it I desperately need those two to kiss lol… and more.. but only after the reveal, because it would feel so much more sincere and intimate. Sorry, I got carried away!)
I truly wanted to convey how much your narration affected me. Your fic made me tingle with a mix of emotions angst, excitement, longing, and thrill and that’s something very few writers can achieve. Thank you for pouring your heart and brilliant mind into this story and for sharing it with us.
I hope you continue blessing us with your beautifully written Twiyor stories. I’m very much looking forward to the next Song of the Raven chapters.
With so much love and gratitude.
Oh my goodness I don't even know what to say ❤️ Thank you so much, this was such a lovely notification! I'll be the first to confess that I haven't been able to write as much as I used ever since I started my new job. My little high school choir program literally takes up 99% of my time haha. I adore my students, but one of my goals this year is to get back into my writing, and this was such a wonderful reminder that my work still does mean something to others.
I started Song of the Raven mostly because I really wanted to dig into Loid and Yor's inner perspectives specifically, because as much as I love and adore our darling gremlin Anya, I was missing that emotional depth that I crave so much in my favorite characters. It's also recently started playing Baldur's Gate 3, and it's been really interesting to view sex and how it can be used as a weapon or an emotional bond, especially in the case of Astarion or Loid/Twilight. It's a heavy topic, but I think it's worth exploring and giving it the space it needs to heal from.
I also just adore Yor. Don't give me wrong, I love her assassin side as much as the next person, but Yor has such a softness to her that just draws me in like nothing else. She's such a sweetheart, and I think there's a lot of childhood trauma that she's never learned to face or heal from because she herself was used as a weapon, though a little differently than Loid. I just love these two so much and I want that slowburn to actually start burning lol.
Thank you so much for this lovely comment ❤️ It's actually given me a lot of motivation to come back and keep writing. I hope you have the most wonderful start to your year!