I must have read this a hundred times now. It's wonderful, and each time I get something more from it.
I was reading it this time and read the last part with a different inflection and got something completely different to all the other times I had read it.
But he hates how it tugs in his chest when Michael turns, seeking Lucifer, who presses his lips behind his ear and pulls Gabriel down to kiss Michael instead.
I first read it, as Gabriel being a little hurt that Michael would turn away from him towards Lucifer, like he prefers him, and though I loved it entirely, I always thought that would be odd, seeing as they were all sharing together. And that the things in the kiss not meant for him, hurt because it showed a bigger connection between Michael and Lucifer that he is not a part of (which is true).
But upon this reading I realised, that, as it is always the same, Gabriel isn't upset for himself when Michael seeks Lucifer out, but because he knows what'll happen because it is always the same, and knowing Lucifer's, almost, rejection and feeling Michael's pain, as Lucifer should know it.
As I am here... I shall also look to the rest, I don't usually review, I'm more of a lurker, but all of your stories are awesome.
I really like the idea of Michael being like an open book to his brothers, where they all know each other so well, and just fall into place, it really brings home the magnitude of the brothers betrayal of one another. Vulnerable Michael is also verrrr hot. Being indulgent not really in control is also an excellent portrayal of the brotherly bond, as I know from my own older brother, he tries to seem like a hard line, but really wants me to be happy, and let me do what I want without getting hurt, a safety net in a way, and I think you showed that feeling perfectly.
Gabriel was a bright star in this, I can think of no one better to convey the emotion of what, I presume, you were trying to convey. He is the perfect medium of cocky and emotive. It's almost as if he is a medium in this for the pent up emotion of his two older brothers, himself feeling what they usually try to hide, which must be quite hollowing.
Finally, Lucifer. What needs to be said about him, the quiet confidence, the cold into the warm. And the ankle nudging is just too much. It also shows him as the attention seeker I always imagined him to be. Gabriel and Michael are busy eating, he isn't and he is going to be noticed somehow, playing footsie seems perfect. The last part really is tragic though, and it always touches a nerve every time I read it. (As do the words hands on Michael's thighs, but that is another matter.)
Something else that I find fascinating is the food being a metaphor for how they are supposed to be. Michael: the main course, the part that everything else complements, and falls under. As heaven's taxiarch, it is fitting, everything else falls into order for him. Gabriel: Dessert, of course. Light hearted, indulgent and fun, but suitable as he is removed from the host, just as you can have dinner without dessert, (but it is never quite as good, which again, very fitting.) And Lucifer: nothing. Completely removed, non existent, and as someone already mentioned, only proving he is above it.
But the best thing I thought was your use of the language. The use of "sometimes2 broadcasting the shows own view on how fate isn't set in stone and that decisions seem fluid, and then how all roads they take lead to the same end, the same dinner, always the same.
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Date: 2011-02-08 10:43 pm (UTC)I was reading it this time and read the last part with a different inflection and got something completely different to all the other times I had read it.
But he hates how it tugs in his chest when Michael turns, seeking Lucifer, who presses his lips behind his ear and pulls Gabriel down to kiss Michael instead.
I first read it, as Gabriel being a little hurt that Michael would turn away from him towards Lucifer, like he prefers him, and though I loved it entirely, I always thought that would be odd, seeing as they were all sharing together. And that the things in the kiss not meant for him, hurt because it showed a bigger connection between Michael and Lucifer that he is not a part of (which is true).
But upon this reading I realised, that, as it is always the same, Gabriel isn't upset for himself when Michael seeks Lucifer out, but because he knows what'll happen because it is always the same, and knowing Lucifer's, almost, rejection and feeling Michael's pain, as Lucifer should know it.
As I am here... I shall also look to the rest, I don't usually review, I'm more of a lurker, but all of your stories are awesome.
I really like the idea of Michael being like an open book to his brothers, where they all know each other so well, and just fall into place, it really brings home the magnitude of the brothers betrayal of one another. Vulnerable Michael is also verrrr hot. Being indulgent not really in control is also an excellent portrayal of the brotherly bond, as I know from my own older brother, he tries to seem like a hard line, but really wants me to be happy, and let me do what I want without getting hurt, a safety net in a way, and I think you showed that feeling perfectly.
Gabriel was a bright star in this, I can think of no one better to convey the emotion of what, I presume, you were trying to convey. He is the perfect medium of cocky and emotive. It's almost as if he is a medium in this for the pent up emotion of his two older brothers, himself feeling what they usually try to hide, which must be quite hollowing.
Finally, Lucifer. What needs to be said about him, the quiet confidence, the cold into the warm. And the ankle nudging is just too much. It also shows him as the attention seeker I always imagined him to be. Gabriel and Michael are busy eating, he isn't and he is going to be noticed somehow, playing footsie seems perfect. The last part really is tragic though, and it always touches a nerve every time I read it. (As do the words hands on Michael's thighs, but that is another matter.)
Something else that I find fascinating is the food being a metaphor for how they are supposed to be. Michael: the main course, the part that everything else complements, and falls under. As heaven's taxiarch, it is fitting, everything else falls into order for him. Gabriel: Dessert, of course. Light hearted, indulgent and fun, but suitable as he is removed from the host, just as you can have dinner without dessert, (but it is never quite as good, which again, very fitting.) And Lucifer: nothing. Completely removed, non existent, and as someone already mentioned, only proving he is above it.
But the best thing I thought was your use of the language. The use of "sometimes2 broadcasting the shows own view on how fate isn't set in stone and that decisions seem fluid, and then how all roads they take lead to the same end, the same dinner, always the same.
This is awesome!