IceDonut

IceDonut

25 | him/his | European

Writing since 2016 to find the fine line between the bittersweet beauty of sorrow and the feeling of deep human connection, creating worlds that provide shelter from reality, but also embrace its way of being.
I occasionally write comments/critiques that could be short stories on their own, so sorry for all the flooded comment sections 😅
Read into my current novel "Celluloid", if you are interested!

registered at: Sep 08, 2021
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    Aug 10, 2023

    Ohh ... somehow this chapter go lost in the shuffle of all the notifications ... 🫣
    But so much happened! 😱
    So, Claire is about to go away with the mysterious girl Jun met in the last episode ... seemingly taking responsibility for what she did to become a world breaker 🤔 But let me be honest ... I think she underestimates Jun's stubbornness when she thinks that he'll be content with just a letter from her 😂
    THEN, Jun told Mia the whole truth about himself and that he is no real elf ... that his existence in Farelle alone is meddling with the way things were supposed to go and is just not right. She takes this surprisingly well and this leads us to ...
    JUN LOVES CLAIRE! It has already been foreshadowed and teased very early on, but now it is finally official and he himself noticed it in a great sequence, where he can't stop thinking about her even though the woman he thought he loved stood right in front of him. I think it was very creative and beautiful how you portrayed the opposing thoughts and feelings that now finally resolved.
    And he decided to pursue his new-found feelings for Claire, Mia even supporting him. How could she not ...? After all she always did the right thing, even if that is letting Jun go.

    And I think the very last sentence carried a distinct undertone. It might seem like Jun is referring to his last love he lost and destroyed - the love he couldn't save, but it might also mean something different. After all, Claire seems to know Jun from an earlier life or a different world. And somehow she lost this version of him and only wanted to see him being happy.
    Maybe Jun subconsciously remembers this, and refers not just to some love he once lost, but to THIS ONE love ... to Claire, who he fell in love with. Maybe this was the love he couldn't save, and is now trying to ... *sniff*🥲

    Now I really want to know what she wrote in that letter. Guess there is only one way to find out ... and that's waiting 😅

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    Love Sorceress Cover Art (Purple Edition!)
    With a Love Sorceress I'll Make My Romance Last!
    Chapter:31






    Aug 08, 2023

    To:minatika

    Haha, you got that hint 😂👍

    That's always what I thought. They didn't connect, but it would be great to know why! Was it my fault? Were it external conditions? Wasn't it just their type of story? Like ... could I have been doing anything better? 😅 But yeah ... that's the way it is ...

    Life Long Learning, as they say it! You seem to have the curiosity necessary to try and aim for that goal that will always remain out of sight. I do as well, but in the end it will be a craft, so I hope that it will get faster at least for myself 😅

    And donut worry about the review! 😉 I'll be honest, but I'm really enjoying your story, so it won't be a devastating review for sure 😉 And I'm already very thankful for you returning the kindness and giving me a review as well! 😊

    Seems like your professor is a real artist by heart. Not putting yourself into a work feels a little bit like not really caring about the work - like it "isn't worth the blood, sweat and tears". And turning in something like that is like a horse that only jumps as high as it must: It won't exceed what it was able to do yesterday. And if you try new things and put yourself into it, it is like approaching a jump you never managed before. It won't look as graceful as the lower one, imperfect even, but it will be real and people will feel how much effort and passion you put into it. And sometimes something as simple as a coffee stain can transport this very same message and give the necessary character to a work 😅
    That said ... I totally feel that with assignments for uni. I also just want to finish them to have them behind my back already and since they'll never get used in the real world, it feels like wasted effort 😂

    I also love long comments, but as I said a while ago: I know the struggle with answering them. So take your time 😅👍

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    Celluloid Cover Image
    Celluloid: The Magic beneath us
    Chapter:11





    Aug 06, 2023

    Exactly! Just because she is doing some things with ulterior motives doesn't mean she does everything with ulterior motives! I see that Ichika definitely has some potential for becoming a doctor (not a surgeon, though ... scalpels probably count as knifes and I wouldn't let her near any human body with a knife 😅) ... or maybe a nurse! 😱
    I mean she even noticed that his injury wasn't as bad. So either way she already knows things about this or she just sneaked in the hospital, where Haruhi was being treated 🤔 (I think she'd be capable for both things, actually 😅)

    And that ending ... Haruhi was being very careless there (leaving "literature" like that lying in the open and leaving the room makes "careless" a very mild expression) and now he received punishment for his misconductions. Why do you think the 6 letter numbers were invented, my friend, huh? 😂
    I'm curious how Ichika will react to this. 🕵️‍♂️ I mean I don't know how explicit it was, but seemingly explicit enough to lead her to picking it up. Maybe she goes full girlfriend mode and scolds him how he could own something like that ... or she has a collection her own and they begin exchanging their ... uhm ... literature recommendations? I mean if it's vanilla stuff they could even try ... ahehem ... I mean we want to stay stay sex-positive while remaining G-rated, don't we? 😂
    Considering the last situations, I'd assume that Haruhi somehow manages to weasel out of this situation 😂 We'll see 😶‍🌫️

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    The Official Cover
    Love, Manga & Blackmail: A Secret Otaku's Countdown To Romance!
    Chapter:27