I just finished Parsimony and I loved it! I originally started reading it when you first published it, but IRL stuff got in the way so I've been sitting in its suspense for god knows how long. I loved the way Hope's conflict of believing that he was taking another's place, and Lightning calling him out like. "this is the way it is, you're getting too hung up on your belief that it can't be who you are now that's actually real."

It's definitely inspiring me to think about how Hope and Lightning idk will always find a connection to each other? That they're engrained in each other's being (esp quite literally wrt Hope & Light's knife) and that even so they can pick up where they left off. I'm also curious abt the explicit repercussions of the "confirmation" Hope gave and how it affected Light. Moreso as a fun thought experiment.

I'm also wondering what it would be like if their roles were reversed, especially bc Lightning harbored such heavy guilt over Serah and is self-sacrificial for those she cares about.

I'd ask about your thoughts on ppl making works inspired by any of yours, but my backlog of wips is.... well, we don't talk about that...

I've had an incredibly shitty week so far and I'm teetering on the edge of a migraine, but I swear this message just cured me and made everything better ;____; THANK YOU THIS IS SO SWEET <333333333333

I'm so glad you enjoyed the fic! I know way too much about fics sitting in suspense, yall don't even want to KNOW how many open tabs are on my phone lmaaaao

the whole fic probably would've been way more dramatic if their roles had been reversed - partially because, like you said, Lightning's so self-sacrificial, but also because it'd take her a billion years to even accept that she ended up having ~*feelings*~ for Hope ;D I'm still convinced that it didn't really hit her until the end of LR, when he pulls her out of the darkness. although if she'd seen him in person in his fabulous adult body before then...(͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) my wip backlog is probably just as bad, if not worse lolol but I would LOVE to see works inspired by mine!!! it'd be an honor that something I did would be so inspirational <33333 but seriously, thank you SO much again for this message <33333 I really needed it and I'm so grateful you took the time to reach out just to tell me that you loved the fic!