The Wordsmith's Forge

>> I've followed this series for a long time, first as Evangel on ao3 and now I've even made my own dreamwidth account to make commenting easier. I've loved this part, more than others so far and I'm not quite sure why but I'll try to make my thoughts somewhat coherent.<<

I am flattered! And you're perfectly clear.

>>I love your exploration of JARVIS' character, first with Phil realising that he's actually a person and now even further.<<

Yay!

>> I love the little detail that JARVIS plays piano. It's one of those things that I'd never have thought of, myself but that makes total sense now that you've described it in your story. <<

I figured that with Tony playing music all the time, JARVIS would know about music, but he really doesn't seem like the headbanger type. DUM-E now, he likes Tony's music. So I tried to find something else that would make sense for JARVIS.

>> JARVIS is definitely one of my favourite characters, provided that he's written well and your stories are one of the few that are written exceptionally well when it comes to his characterization, if you ask me :) <<

*bow, flourish* Happy to be of service. He's one of my favorites too.

>> Another thing I love is actually quite the coincidence: <<

That's synchronicity, actually: a meaningful repetition or parallel of events.

>> yesterday I was talking with (one of) my best friend(s) who is also my housemate about how modern fiction doesn't seem to grasp that happiness requires hard work. <<

Sadly so.

>> We talked about how the reigning consensus seems to be that happiness isn't interesting to write/read about. <<

Much the same is true of good characters. They seem to have decided that decent people are only fun if they are being dragged facedown through the mud. I disenjoy that. You know can't see something pure without wanting to smear it? Villains.

>> Happy endings are a goal, something seen as stationary, stagnated, that doesn't evolve after it's reached. <<

I think the problem is that people think of happiness as an ending. It's not. It's a process. Which is why Steve is happy.

>> In my opinion, fanfiction is one of the few places where some people actually play with the idea that happiness is hard work, <<

I agree. I've seen a few other examples, and some of the things I read in crowdfunding are that way. But it's not the norm. >_<

>>and your stories show this especially well. I told her this and bam, the next day you talk about happiness (be it in a slightly different context) in the story. It's very interesting.<<

Yay!

>>And once again, the notes give a lot of interesting food for thought in this story. I'm especially interested in the acepr0n of intellectual foreplay a few parts back, the different kinds of classical music and the mood tracking in this part. <<

I have Intellectual Foreplay. If you are at all attracted to emotional intimacy, I HIGHLY recommend it.

>>Bottom line: I love it, thank you for sharing and keep up the good work!<<

:D Thanks.