Linda Leigh

Shawna - Okay, I just wrote about this in my last entry, hon you are a freaking genius with the music ! I listened to Winter while reading 5.2 and when he said he has AIDS the song faded out it was so beautiful, you are lovely.



Oh, thank you. I guess you got lucky with the songs ! I see we both used Lexus and the word Cliched. I also listened to your playlist I liked the song Wild Horses and the Last Song !





July - Okay,wait that is the end ? It's over , that was a pretty good ending



Thank You



Blondie - I cried so hard when I read this I am not even kidding my boyfriend thinks I am crazy. If July is right that is a good ending.



*reaches for 8th tissue*



Thanks



Daisy - Many people speculate about your age because you write Tomas and Sofia so well but the adults come of so one -note. So, are you around Tomas and Sofia's age



Not really, but I think they have such a little part that they do come off as one note



GiGi - I did what Shawna did and all I can say is chills, just chills. I actually felt cold, like it was winter and I am in California !



Me too !, in California



Selena - That was very touching. Where are they going,I wonder ?



hmmmm. .



lavieboheme -This may be totally off but, is Terry singing Rent supposed to be a foreshadowing to the AIDS ?



Yes and No, it does but it was also because he love anything related to the Village



Coraline -I <3 the Fray ! I love your taste in music. This story was brilliant.

Thank you



Isabel - I really hated what happened to Tomas in this section. He turns into a jerk and I kind of hate Sofia for forgiving him for it. He had no right, he could have infected her.



I feel the same way and it's some what explained at the end of this entry, she also never really forgives him



Remi -I cried when he said he had AIDS, I will admit it. Because it is such a terrible disease and I realized in the end it didn't matter if they were together or not because their time together was limited and Sofia will probably move on



Me too



Irina - I love that Tomas will die because the emotions Tomas and Sofia is young love and that is how it will always stay. All great couples die young; Romeo and Juliet, Titanic etc.



I don't know if I'd liken them to Romeo and Juliet (althought I suppose the balcony comes close)



Felecia - So beautiful, so wonderful I have no clue what to say that will compare with the other comments.I guess my favorite part was imagining him taking her hand and running across a parking lot.



If it helps it's supposed to be snowing



Spirited_Angel - I was neither here nor there, I was blissfully unaware. I love that line, it is so perfect.



Thanks, I just realized that it rhymes



bella_italian - I am having a huge will they or wont they with this couple! Will they ever have sex ? Have they done oral or anything ? I know that is super TMI but, I have to know



That's not TMI and no to both



Tina - The AIDS thing shocked me, I think we forget that disease is still out there.

Was there a point in the whole tea/juice comment because I thought it was kind of funny



I was debating whether to give switch the line and have Sofia say it, but I thought it showed that he had picked up her tea habit.



Kelsi - Nice 'shop skills on the tat in the pic. Yeah, I noticed.



Thank the Cobaltians and Google !



Veronica - OMG, I just noticed the tattoo ! When he is looking for the tattoo which one is he talking about ? Also, does Angeline take her kids with her to China ? I'm not a big Angeline fan I have no idea why some people are she only has a paragraph of dialogue in the whole series.



It's the one he gave her in section one (she only has one). Angeline's kids have joint custody with Samuel.





Ana - What is wrong with the first 1:30 minutes of It Kills Me ? Love the section,it was so great. I wish I could just drop everything and leave



I just wanted to jump straight to that verse



June said -I can't wait to see what story you come up with from the new season of SYTYCD, lol.Loved this part ! I refuse to believe it is over



Hmmmm



bookworm - Hated section 4, loved section 5. I could write so much more but, it's late so I summarized. I just hate that Sofia let someone else take Tomas's palce.



I can understand that



Sandra - If this is over will you atleast sum up some loose ends like Willa, Tomas's dad, Servine and other stuff I'm sure other readers have ?



Yes and No



HPgirl - I totally thought they were going to have a baby there for a second. I think that would have been a little weird.



That was the original plan actually, but I deviated



twice_bitten - Did Tomas get infected in NYC or earlier than that ? When did he find out ?



He found out the day before the "party" scene when Terry hugs him. It's one of the reasons Terry tells him to buy a phone so he can remember to take his medicine. He gets infected while in petal brook but he doesn't know when.



peace_goddess - I love how the fence in the pic makes the saint symbol you use in this series which is a direct paradox to the fact that this series was originally called Devils



I didn't know the symbolism behind Fleur de lis's Ill have to look it up



Joel -I have been told both online and IRL that you and Shawna are these brilliant writers and I should be proud. So, I took this Sunday afternoon to actually read what you guys wrote and you two are wonderful writers and if you'll allow me I am very proud, if not a little scared you'll both get together and take my place. If you are wondering if I put a similar comment on Shawna's blog and texted to her phone but switched the names the answer is yes.



However to you Linda,I had no idea you could make something so stunningly captivating. I read what you write and I am lost for a few minutes. Linda, I love what you can do it's a gift. You seems to write whatever the fuck you want and take no prisoners. And yes, that fuck was just for you.



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Okay, so I want to chat a bit about some things I put in the last section. Ever since I wrote section two I knew what would happen to Tomas. I may have foreshadowed it with Terry signing Rent and Judson's commet. Also on the bus Tomas mentions that he has everything he needs to live in his bag (ie the drugs) and in section 5 Tomas says he wants to blame it on her.



The last part was really about Mis-communication and it wasn't so much as Sofia trying to replace Tomas it was more like trying to find a life of her own, I wanted Dr. Amherst to come of as evil and creppy and considered throwing some Lolita in there, but I felt that wasn't a reality I could portray.



It may seem like Tomas was wrong to seduce Sofia, but he honestly thought she knew. When he sees the doctor write her the prescription and even though it's vaguely implied (and I'm surprised no one asked)Sofia stops injecting and takes pills that she keeps in the perfume bottles in the bathroom, but Tomas just wants to be close to her and she has been distancing herself from reality



I'm not sure where the muses are going with this but it's also implied that Tomas lights an incsence in Sofia's room before they leave because his matches are open and of course Sofia smells it on him, I guess he took some of the things Terry said to heart



One Last thing I wanted to mention was that Petal Brooke was supposed to be an anaglam or Pennsylvania or North Carolina



I also have a Thank You to everyone who has put up with me !