OH MAN OH MAN. THIS STORY. <3333333 God, I fucking LOVE always-a-girl!fic SO MUCH, and this was just - god, this was SO FUCKING AMAZING, I can't even. I don't know where to START. I love the atmosphere, and the FEEL of it. I love Gee here so much - she's so unsure of herself, and clearly so AWESOME and BEAUTIFUL and I really love how we see her through Frankie's eyes, almost, and Mikey's, because she is JUST that clueless. <333
I LOVE that Pedicone is a cheating asshole. OF COURSE HE IS. And I love how that sets up her lack of confidence even more, and how natural it feels when Frankie starts unabashedly hitting on her and Gee doesn't realize. I'm not a huge fan of conflicts being misunderstandings, but this was written so naturally and it makes such SENSE that Gee just wouldn't REALIZE because SHE DOESN'T HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION, HERE, OKAY that it WORKS.
Oh my God, the way you describe Frankie - so visceral, so AMAZING, so fucking HOT, UNFFFF, omg. I love how inverted this universe is, and how the names are just a little off, but make so much sense (P.S. Don't Write, etc) I love love LOVE that Frankie is the unabashed POWERHOUSE of the band, and how the guys know that, are okay with that, how she is the leader. NRGGGGHGHHH. And I love that Gee falls for her IMMEDIATELY. The language here is so beautiful:
She's not someone's girlfriend. She's not anyone's anything. She's a fucking force. Gee doesn't know if she wants to be her or fuck her.
God, I love that SO MUCH, it HURTS. And I love that it hits Gee in the gut and that she HAS to get in the pit and let it OUT, I love that it almost breaks her HEART, how amazing the music is. Their connection there is just so great and I love love LOVE that Gee later confesses that she liked that Pedicone had been a creative person and it becomes so clear that he wasn't in it for the music, but FRANKIE is, ugh, LOVE IT. <3<3<3
I love that Gee is so disconcerted and Frankie is so clearly INTO HER and Gee is so clearly INTO HER BACK but is SCARED, and I love that Frankie just shows up and - doesn't leave. And just spends the weekend. And I love the entire scene of Gabe's party - how Frankie is always up in Gee's business, and their talk, and this:
"Gee," Frankie says, and her voice is kind of throaty and rough, and she looks more nervous than Gee would have thought possible. "Have you ever thought about-"
GRARRRGGHHGHGHGH, that whole SCENE, and how they get interrupted and never get back to it and Frankie getting ANNOYED and Gee STILL NOT SEEING IT, because it never ONCE occurred to her - oh man, love it so much. The waking up the first time, too, and the second, and this image made me laugh out loud:
"We all drank too much vodka," Frankie's voice chimes in. Gee turns her head squinting into the too-bright sunlight filtering in from the window behind the couch Frankie's sitting on, curled up in a ball and looking as miserable as Gee feels.
Indeed. I'm sorry that I'm basically re-telling the story, I just loved it SO MUCH.
*fast-forwards*
Gee edges closer to the bed and takes the CD jewel case from Frankie. She pops it open to see a disc; scrawled across the front in red sharpie it says, "Ass-kickin' chick music".
LOVE IT SO MUCH. MIX CD OF CHICKS KICKING BUTT. I fucking love that Frankie is basically heading a full-on LOVE ASSAULT and Gee still thinks it's just bonding. But, it IS bonding, a girl bonding that works SO WELL, god, I love it SO MUCH. <3333
I also loved getting to see Frankie with her band and away from Mikey, in a way where Gee got to see her as HERSELF and not an extension of Mikey, if that makes sense? Just: ADORABLE. OF COURSE SHE DOESN'T WANT TO PLAY AT A PROM, GAWD, MOM. IT'S A PROM. (BTW, I blame YOU for the prom-related dreams I had last night, WHAT EVEN.)
And then, of course, THE BIG REVEAL. DUN DUN DUN! I do love how it mirrored the beginning of the fic and Gee witnessing cheating, only this time, it's really, REALLY NOT, and then I was SO HAPPY that Gee DID say something to her, and didn't keep it inside and ~suffer, and Frankie's reaction was SO PRICELESS.
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I LOVE that Pedicone is a cheating asshole. OF COURSE HE IS. And I love how that sets up her lack of confidence even more, and how natural it feels when Frankie starts unabashedly hitting on her and Gee doesn't realize. I'm not a huge fan of conflicts being misunderstandings, but this was written so naturally and it makes such SENSE that Gee just wouldn't REALIZE because SHE DOESN'T HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION, HERE, OKAY that it WORKS.
Oh my God, the way you describe Frankie - so visceral, so AMAZING, so fucking HOT, UNFFFF, omg. I love how inverted this universe is, and how the names are just a little off, but make so much sense (P.S. Don't Write, etc) I love love LOVE that Frankie is the unabashed POWERHOUSE of the band, and how the guys know that, are okay with that, how she is the leader. NRGGGGHGHHH. And I love that Gee falls for her IMMEDIATELY. The language here is so beautiful:
She's not someone's girlfriend. She's not anyone's anything. She's a fucking force. Gee doesn't know if she wants to be her or fuck her.
God, I love that SO MUCH, it HURTS. And I love that it hits Gee in the gut and that she HAS to get in the pit and let it OUT, I love that it almost breaks her HEART, how amazing the music is. Their connection there is just so great and I love love LOVE that Gee later confesses that she liked that Pedicone had been a creative person and it becomes so clear that he wasn't in it for the music, but FRANKIE is, ugh, LOVE IT. <3<3<3
I love that Gee is so disconcerted and Frankie is so clearly INTO HER and Gee is so clearly INTO HER BACK but is SCARED, and I love that Frankie just shows up and - doesn't leave. And just spends the weekend. And I love the entire scene of Gabe's party - how Frankie is always up in Gee's business, and their talk, and this:
"Gee," Frankie says, and her voice is kind of throaty and rough, and she looks more nervous than Gee would have thought possible. "Have you ever thought about-"
GRARRRGGHHGHGHGH, that whole SCENE, and how they get interrupted and never get back to it and Frankie getting ANNOYED and Gee STILL NOT SEEING IT, because it never ONCE occurred to her - oh man, love it so much. The waking up the first time, too, and the second, and this image made me laugh out loud:
"We all drank too much vodka," Frankie's voice chimes in. Gee turns her head squinting into the too-bright sunlight filtering in from the window behind the couch Frankie's sitting on, curled up in a ball and looking as miserable as Gee feels.
Indeed. I'm sorry that I'm basically re-telling the story, I just loved it SO MUCH.
*fast-forwards*
Gee edges closer to the bed and takes the CD jewel case from Frankie. She pops it open to see a disc; scrawled across the front in red sharpie it says, "Ass-kickin' chick music".
LOVE IT SO MUCH. MIX CD OF CHICKS KICKING BUTT. I fucking love that Frankie is basically heading a full-on LOVE ASSAULT and Gee still thinks it's just bonding. But, it IS bonding, a girl bonding that works SO WELL, god, I love it SO MUCH. <3333
I also loved getting to see Frankie with her band and away from Mikey, in a way where Gee got to see her as HERSELF and not an extension of Mikey, if that makes sense? Just: ADORABLE. OF COURSE SHE DOESN'T WANT TO PLAY AT A PROM, GAWD, MOM. IT'S A PROM. (BTW, I blame YOU for the prom-related dreams I had last night, WHAT EVEN.)
And then, of course, THE BIG REVEAL. DUN DUN DUN! I do love how it mirrored the beginning of the fic and Gee witnessing cheating, only this time, it's really, REALLY NOT, and then I was SO HAPPY that Gee DID say something to her, and didn't keep it inside and ~suffer, and Frankie's reaction was SO PRICELESS.
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