I just read the ninth wave and the only thing I can say is it was just amazing. And so calm, and Scottish vibes and so sad at the same time but like melancholic sad. So beautiful and so kind and magical vibes. It was so sweet the way pip treated reader, but the ending destroyed me. I knew it was gonna happen, because its the right thing to do, but still it destroyed me so much. The way pip was still thinking of her so much. Like you wrote a small part about pip being alone, but it still touched something deep in me. The longing, the sadness and how much she misses her. Such a beautiful work I loved it.
And once again, 16 NOTES COME ON PEOPLE ITS NOT ENOUGH, ITS AN AMAZING WORK GO READ IT RIGHT NOW. You really deserve so much more credit and attention than you have, if I was a promoter you would be first on my list.
I will say this, as long as I have such beautiful messages in my inbox like this one I feel like my writing is doing its job. I was beyond overjoyed to see you in my inbox Maths! I just think you are so wonderful and thank you for enjoying my work.
I’m glad this piece was calm, I wanted it to feel a bit like a dream, a wonderful, chaotic, melancholy dream. I wanted pip to feel something, because they are both girls from different worlds but in the end, they are so human together. Pip is a gentleman in every piece I write, but I wanted her to feel organically protective in this. So her tending to reader and being caring and loving and supportive was important and I am glad it’s something you picked up on.
I originally wrote reader staying, she has a change of heart and realizes the sea doesn’t need her. And she doesn’t need the sea to Live. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized that reader is an extension of the sea, and therefore cannot stay on land, her human heart would be unsatisfied and unwilling. It’s like living a life you did not choose and waking up the realization everyday.
But, what I didn’t add is reader going back and being able to spend time with pip 🥹 I didn’t add it because I felt that it ended the way it should. Ambiguous enough for you to know reader came back, with a dash of hope, but also still feeling the loneliness.
I am currently writing werewolf Manor Pip and it’s definitely similar in the vibes, but pip is drastically different and I hope you’ll enjoy it as much as I do! Debating making it 18+ 😭 we shall see. (Think vampire pip but less restrained)
The support you have given is very much appreciated and I think you are just too cool. 😉