Validate Me

This month is round 2 of fic rec bingo: trope edition. This bingo comes from wild-aloof-rebel  and definitely join in if you want to! A lot of these tropes are ones that I’ve already recced before so some of my choices are ones that either weren’t written yet or just got cut off when I was making the decision. I also wanted to branch out more and have fics that weren’t just David/Patrick ones. I wanted to make recs, but a little more in-depth, and because of this there may be some slight spoilers.

Path to Paradise, Road to Ruin  by: @nilolay​

Chapters: 1/1   Word Count: 3.9k

Rating: Mature

Archive Warning: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Category: M/M

Fandom: Schitt’s Creek

Relationship: Patrick Brewer/David Rose

Characters: Patrick Brewer, David Rose (Schitt’s Creek), Roland Schitt, Jocelyn Schitt, Ray Butani, Ronnie (Schitt’s Creek)

Additional Tags: Inspired by Orpheus and Eurydice (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore), Not Really Character Death, Epic Poetry, Rhyming, Song Lyrics, Tragedy, Angst and Tragedy, Bittersweet Ending, Inspired by Hadestown, Inspired by Poetry, Poetry, Spoilery references through to the end of Season 5

Summary: A David/Patrick tale inspired by Greek mythology. 

Hear a tale of what it means to trust your heart Of an artist and his love, a work of art Of a singer and a man who was a song And the fears and frets that let it all go wrong

Thoughts: This fic fulfills the bingo square: Angst. Strap in everyone this fic rides the angst train like no other and it’s goddamn beautiful. I haven’t read a lot of fanfic that’s poetry based but this sets the bar high for any other poetry fic I’ll ever read. I lost my damn mind when I first read this. It does such a wonderful job of weaving in its inspiration along with references to canon.

Also this time I read it out loud for shits and giggles and holy hell I had to stop a few times because it was just so powerful and intense. If you ever have time to do that I highly recommend.

2. Yes so all of the others came easily, but I think Pagliacci has the lone status of being titled within moments of coming up with the idea, and well before I started writing. 

3. I rarely actually have music playing while I write, because it fucks with my focus, but I had a mood playlist while working on Path to Paradise, Road to Ruin. Obviously a lot of Hadestown and Noah Reid songs were on it, as well as Orpheus by Sara Bareilles, which I think is one of the most beautiful songs ever.

5. I think of the characters I’ve written I’ve found Stevie the most difficult. Just balancing her snark and her warmth.

Also writing Roland’s voice in iambic pentameter* was challenging but v v rewarding.

It’s my one and only precious bébé’s first birthday! One year ago I published Path to Paradise, Road to Ruin, my David/Patrick epic poem adaptation of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth. I have been in love with it since I had the idea, and all through the writing process. I put my whole heart and brain into it, learned a fuckload (including, like, how to write in verse), and I’m prouder of it than anything else I’ve created (including in my actual creative career- oops). The response it’s gotten from readers has been phenomenally gratifying and heartwarming. 

However in publishing it on this date, I made the unfortunate mistake of making it a Leo, and so it has lived its life so far in constant need of attention. 

This makes it extra tragique that it has proved far less popular than almost everything else I’ve written. If you like me or anything I’ve written pls help me celebrate its birthday by doing any of these things-

-Reading it (or re-reading, or re-re-reading) -Sharing it with people who might not see “epic poem based on greek myth” and go “yes please”, but might do so with your personal recommendation.  -Asking me questions about it! Anything! I would love to share bits of the process or inspiration or meanings or anything!

everybody

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