STRAP IN BECAUSE THIS IS A LONG ONE <333
i finally finished silver fountains mud (slightly embarrassed it took me so long but I kept rereading every chapter just to read your writing because it's so gorgeous 🥰) and number one I was going to ask you where the title came from because it was so familiar but then I realized that you said it was from sonnet 35 and yes!!! I love that sonnet and its also such a gorgeous title <333
(ok spoilers for those who haven't read sfm) ->
also i'm not sure why but this line just hits: the sun in Monaco was rising, the egg yolk barely peeking through the white sky, dazzling it with streaks of pastel hues, runny orange dripping into the sea. wow. talk about painting a picture!!! but seriously I saw you said somewhere else that sfm was more of your poetic style of writing, and yes, it is so so so good <3 I was able to imagine the whole story happening like a movie in my mind, including the racing scenes.
also like the fucking kisses? max being so precious to Lewis and then they avoid each other and Toto says What. is. wrong. with him.??? and Lewis just stares and says "yk teenagers. yk them." (<- and here i'd like to think Toto thinks to himself, jack better not be ANYTHING like this. but he will be a Good Driver.) AGHHH in the driver's room and then nico's interruption was absolutely GOLDEN I laughed out loud <3
lewis's jacket that max continuously wears??? HAMILTON branded over his back? poetic poetics narratives!!! when he's with Nico and Nico says "let's go now" and that freaking Hamilton jacket that max has got on!!! and max taking up space in lewis's place, coexisting with the dogs, just in generalllll my heart is exploding I can't take it !!!
AND MAX WON AT THE END !!! holy fuck I didn't expect it but at the same time I did and it was so sweet and fun and "luck, just luck. and-- everything else." !!! every story needs its ending. [...] Lewis would've happily extended 2017 into eternity... AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH <- this goes on for several minutes please understand I was so stressed that I literally put my phone down and walked laps before I came back to finish reading. and then happiness happiness and more kissing! yay! yaoi!
also the a coda was the funniest thing ever, the max and Lewis and Nico dynamics. max is there to have fun with his mentor and boyf/kissing body/teammate and <333
and question: does Lewis still win 7? more? less? and max? :)
this is long but basically I loved it I love your writing you're amazing!!! never stop writing!! you've converted me to 4433 which I never thought would happen but obviously it has !!!
OLYMPIA OLYMPIA OLYMPIA ILYSM I NEED TO DROWN YOU IN KISSES
genuinely made that noise out loud btw you going though the bits you liked abt sfm made me want to scream and dance about because UAGSFHF this is my child and it blows my mind that people like it. this is my magnum opus and i genuinely think ive lost the ability to write anything as long or as committed again
also. biggest fucking compliment that i've converted you to 4433
i dont think lewis wins 7 in the sfm universe. in my head (spoilers ig if i write a continuation which, like, should i??) lewis wins 18 and 19, max wins 20. 2021 plays out more or less the same but in equal machinery max had more points going into ad21 and we don't get masi-ed. very harmoniuous after and lewis retires. max stays with merc and gets ground-efffect fucked. contract hilarity ensues a la now but max is a loyal asshole so he stays and lewis is his wag.
you have no idea btw how much i want to keep writing sfm i think abt it before bed more often than not. nico rosberg huanting the narrative and he is also haunting me
love you so much. love you so so so incredibly much.