LEEET'S GOOOOO, K ROUTE, LET'S GOOOO *clap clap* :DDDDD (FEEDBACK UNLOCKED - spamming return key for those wanting to avoid K 13 spoilers.....)
Summary:
(were the other routes fluffier? I only romance K God - someone give me hope.... XD)
I honestly felt like my Entire spirit had to - -take a knee, hold onto the railing, buckle up for safety after that one, ET - - but, Beyond that 😆 (Really, you should have added 'ANGST' as a content warning for K's route, ALONE, GOODNESS....)
But it was BEAUTIFUL; it was - GORGEOUS -- I was in AWE the Whole damn time. Just them talking - - it was: Just. Them. TALKING - and I Never wanted it to end.
So, I hope you like long feedback. Cuz I wrote this as I was reading + reacting/this is happening lol. Besides: you really, Really deserve it.
‘To hate something is to bond.’ <— 🤯 what a Terrifyingly Great line (and, perhaps - TOO approps given current times….) I just liked it on its own; but now, in the wake of finishing 13 -- it hits Deeper. Cuz, good golly GEE, if there's a theme for K/MC, it's: *That*.
The Romance LOCK was so EXCITING (beyond giving that lil heart attack)~ That moment of finally going ALL IN - :D
But, I also really appreciated how you let my MC truly - Ruminate on K. Cuz - who is the greater opponent: MC's doubts or K, themself?
It’s quite a lonely route (Fitting, given RO); it feels near Entirely one-sided. And the Uncertainties MC has on it - even *Being* anything are very, Very Valid. Who I am as the reader and who my Hunter is as the one experiencing it... there was this Tension between the two, throughout. What's a 'romance lock' with someone who so Clearly doesn’t want romance? (Heck - I'm fighting to be friends) That’s not criticism; I adored it. But K-mancers are - -Really a Different kind of breed. lol
*I* get some assurance because you’ve told us K will be a viable route; despite the difficulties. But not my poor MC. She’s climbing uphill and - - doesn’t KNOW if there’s a payout. I’m so glad you haven’t neglected that(even when you know the End result better than ALL of US XD); you detailed that Frustration, that Agony, second-guessing and despair, very well.
‘How easily will I disappear from Kaia's memory? How long will it be until these two months are forgotten and never talked about again, remembered only as a distant dream that Kaia won't recall?’ <— also Valid. There were sprinkles of MC considering implications of being with an immortal before, but (esp b/c mine was more confident flirt type) it feels Real now. Like - Actual consideration. This is more than just Lust; if MC really goes for this -- like so many others have issue with in this route (not moi - Bring it) -- will they just be Forgotten? Negligible?
Their dialogue in the library — ALL OF IT - God…I *Missed* their Rhythm~ The - beat - of how they talk(yell?) to each other. So - clipped; so - pretty; so dazzling to watch. They resonate, play off one another, whether they realize it or not. I did argue path and - PHEW ... They threw their words like dreadful knives. Loved emotional Kaia --even if she utterly Obliterated me. haha
‘Kaia extends her hand but pulls it back before I can take it. She's kind one moment and cold in another; soft towards me one second, then almost cruel in the next. It's a maddening cycle, yet one I subject myself to regardless. …It was an accidental meeting, but I made the choice to suffer.’ <— Can I also - Scream how Much I Love the - Maturity of this??? The self-awareness. BRAVO, my MC -- cognizant enough to know this is a self-inflicted Torture.
"If I wanted to make conversation, I would have knocked on your door, not hidden myself in Eliana's library. I didn't ask for this, so don't pressure me into it as if I owe you something." <— there’s that Sucker Punch *wheezes* (but - wait! There's more! lol)
"You are a plague, Hunter. A disease.” - …..Well. LOL - - and we're back to 'HUNTER', I see? OUCH. (Real talk: I actually Enjoy every time K - calls us the Entire Way out, like that. I *like* LIs that don't let you get away with it.)
Not gonna lie - even a part of Me is starting to wonder if this is going to be okay. 😂🫣 There’s a thin line between perseverance and- - just: Pestering someone. Trying to access something they don’t want to give. And even my MC, despite liking a challenge, is Practical enough to realize they won't get water from a dry well.
‘I wish I knew how to change her mind, but Kaia is on a self-destructive spiral. You can't save someone who would rather drown.’ <— And, there it is. After - ALL of that, it's really up to K now. I can't imagine this route - continuing otherwise; MC gave their All, Pushed and Pushed and still lost in the end -- Where do you go from here?
That's for you to answer in 14, but I kinda HOPE my Hunter just: accepts it? Not push any longer, as they realized, it does no good. This is the Exciting bit: How do we GET THERE? How does it become something - More than Pain?
Absolutely Fabulous work. I won't lie and say this was a pleasant chapter; it Absolutely Hurt as much as I thought it would. But there were glimpses, admissions, and - K Didn't Leave. Not until far longer than usual. I continue to cling to hope us K-mancers will get our just reward by the end~
