Review for Gift
Wow. I really don't know what to say. I that was most definitely one of the best fan fictions I've ever read! You had my heart pounding too, as I read it.
I personally don't know what being in a room when someone in labor is really like because I was five years old and in school when my little brother was born. It was really good to read something like this, it felt very real and made it much easier for someone like me to understand what it would be like.
I love how real your story felt, capturing both the happiness of a birth and the pain that the mother goes through. It seems like most people only focus on one aspect of it all when they speak of a birth. Also, it was nice to get to see things from the father's point of view as well. It seems to me that because the father is not in PHYSICAL pain, they are often forgotten. As a female, I've often wondered what the men must go through as well.
Overall, your story was soooooooo amazing. Words fail to describe it.
XOXO
Kitty
Author's response
okay, FINALLY!!! i'd been wanting to respond to your review all day.
first, thank you so much, Kitty. i'm glad you understood the mind frame of father Gerard. yes, that's true the fatther is often a forgotten figure in child brith due mainly to the fact that he in not in any physical pain.
i got the inspiration from an article i'd read about how a father was feeling the day his child was born. he said he was "not the least bit excited, and felt extremely disconnected" the entire time. the father said that he "was feeling guilty" and "felt he would not be a good parent" because he wasn't feeling excited. once he held the child and saw the baby's eyes had opened, the father broke down and finally started crying. he began crying because he'd noticed the baby's eyes were the same color as his, in this case, grayish-hazel.
that's where i got the idead from. i read a lot of parenting literature (something i've done since age five), and i thought this would be a wonderful tribute to Baby Way.
the father plays an extremely important role in child birth, 'cause the baby wouldn't be coming to this world without him, and i decided to give some light to daddies everywhere for once.
although in this case (in real life, i mean), everyone seems to be ignoring Lindsey, which makes no sense to me. eveyone seems to be forgetting that Lindsey is the one carrying the baby. weird, huh? gerard seems to unintentionally overshadow lindsey, although i know for a fact that they both have HUGE personalities.
thanks you ever so very much, kitty, for realising the signicance of the role of that father in this story. i LOVE having readers such as yourself! you make me want to write more! SERIOUSLY!!! add me to you favorites and alerts, and i will do more!
kitty, you're awesome. please stay tuned.
thank you so much and god bless.
~mr gayestgoth.