The way you wrote John's perspective of the world is truly amazing. Loved that, although he can feel people's emotions, he does not automatically know exactly what they mean (cough cough, Sherlock). Also, Moriarty as a void is an amazing way to describe him, like a spoiled child (the small slip up when John looked at him with pity, it felt like the tantrum of a toddler) that does not care for the emotions of everybody else.
>>>>John wasn’t surprised to learn it was a trick. He didn’t think Moriarty was gay – he didn’t think he was anything, really. He think Moriarty could be anything, not with that…emptiness.
Sucker for the way it portrays the self-absorption. Moriarty can only be that, and trying to change someone when they are content (or act as if they are) with it is impossible. (I don't know if you forgot the didn't in the sentence, English is not my mother tongue).
>>>>John had taken Thomas’ pain. But not only the physical, as he’d intended to – he’d taken all of his pain, every negative memory and emotion. He hadn’t just given Thomas relief from physical agony; he’d given him peace. Permanently. And it was sickening. Because everyone needed a little discontent in their lives. It was what gave people ambition, made them strive for new things – the feeling that ‘okay, things are nice now, but they could be better’.
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 Life is nothing if not the constant try to overcome difficulties. If everything is perfect, there is no need to change it, and that just leaves us hollow.
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Reader_fantasy on Chapter 1 Sun 16 Jun 2024 06:09PM UTC
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