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1. How in-character was this fic? 8 I think that the characterizations were faithful in general -- I say in general because I had trouble figuring out when this took place (I'm supposing post-Outo and pre-Yama? Wow, I'm rusty, and it's way too late to join the reread on tumblr orz). But I think Fai's was spot-on, and it really resonated throughout his parts in the piece (when Subaru was introduced I just went "hohshit this is gonna hurt"). I like the idea of Kurogane pretending to be Fai (I like how he slipped sometimes, and it was an interesting contrast!).
2. How well did this fic handle the trope? 10 I wasn't sure what to expect, considering that most bodyswap fics that I've seen are either crack or smut. I was very pleasant surprised and very intrigued by the way you set this up, and I really liked that the situations and the way the characters reacted were very organic -- didn't feel to contrived or forced.
3. How much did you enjoy this fic overall? 10 Wow okay, so I read about half of this right before I went to sleep, and the other half when I woke up, and I am not ashamed to say that the feels stewed overnight and made me cry when I finished in the morning. I'm not sure if I enjoyed it, but I definitely felt it, and I'm definitely planning to save it all in my phone to read it again. Thank you :)
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1. How in-character was this fic? 8
I think that the characterizations were faithful in general -- I say in general because I had trouble figuring out when this took place (I'm supposing post-Outo and pre-Yama? Wow, I'm rusty, and it's way too late to join the reread on tumblr orz). But I think Fai's was spot-on, and it really resonated throughout his parts in the piece (when Subaru was introduced I just went "hohshit this is gonna hurt"). I like the idea of Kurogane pretending to be Fai (I like how he slipped sometimes, and it was an interesting contrast!).
2. How well did this fic handle the trope? 10
I wasn't sure what to expect, considering that most bodyswap fics that I've seen are either crack or smut. I was very pleasant surprised and very intrigued by the way you set this up, and I really liked that the situations and the way the characters reacted were very organic -- didn't feel to contrived or forced.
3. How much did you enjoy this fic overall? 10
Wow okay, so I read about half of this right before I went to sleep, and the other half when I woke up, and I am not ashamed to say that the feels stewed overnight and made me cry when I finished in the morning. I'm not sure if I enjoyed it, but I definitely felt it, and I'm definitely planning to save it all in my phone to read it again. Thank you :)
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