Oh my god.
Oh my GOD.
This is really, really well done. But not surprisingly, it's fucking depressing. That's not a bad thing- evoking emotion is a good sign in a writer.
I totally understand what you were talking about in your response to killjoy_blackrose.... everyone gets that feeling, and sometimes it's hard to snap out of it. In this story, when you portrayed it as a poison, that was just amazing. I never really thought about it, but it happens. Not quite so literally, but being around such negativity can really bring you down.
Omg. I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND.
I am so glad you don't really feel this way all the time. That would be kind of terrible. :(
Syra nailed it. There is a point to being here. Life has a purpose, or else we wouldn't exist.
(Sorry that this review is a little disordered.) ANYWAY, this was a beautiful story. People rely on Ray to be the strong, dependable one, so this was an interesting point of view.
I loved it. I'm looking forward to reading more stuff from you! :3
Author's response
Ahhh, thank you SO MUCH! (I really wanna write a response that sounds... original, but I'm crap at these, so it'll probably sound the same as the others. Sorry!)
I wanted to do it about Ray because he SEEMS the happiest, and yeah, most people rely on him to be that strong, positive person. So I did the opposite, which I think's always the best. I'm so happy you liked it; I really just wanted to vent. Yes, I was pretty unhappy, but that happens very rarely. So I usually write and it takes the edge off a bit. Therefore, most of my stuff will probably either be depressing, suicidal stuff, or really cheesey fanfiction. Wait, no. Almost all of my stuff will be fanfiction. Heh.
But thank you so, so, SO much for commenting. It really means a lot to me when people tell me what they think. (X