I wasn't even looking for it. I had long ago given up on Hearts of Ice, figuring that it would remain the ultimate example of a dead and abandoned fic.
I'd taken Krista Perry's site out of my personal bookmarks and stopped checking on it about... mmm 7-8 years ago.
I was perusing TV Tropes and was following up something that lead me to the Dead Fics page - where there was an update that Hearts of Ice was done. Completed.
*THUD*
That was the sound of my jaw hitting the floor. I'm thinking - this has got to be a cruel joke. No way. They're yanking my chain.
Googled up the old site, and wow, it's still there! First thing I see is Krista's announcement that it was done.
I've now finished reading it.
Holy Crap.
HOLY CRAP.
I... just FINISHED... READING... HEARTS OF ICE.
I thought those words would NEVER be written out into a sentence!
Now I have to find the time and go back and read the whole thing again. Cause my memory of the story is pretty sketchy after all this time.
I will say this - the finale of the story -- I'm not sure it was worth waiting a DECADE for...
But it's DAMN good!! Fantastic even!
Still wandering about kinda stunned. It's kinda like... certain things you think are always going to be a constant. The Cold War... the Berlin Wall... the
Red Sox never winning the World Series... Hearts of Ice never getting finished...
Anybody check the thermostat in hell these days? I think Satan is feeling a mite drafty about now...
I'd taken Krista Perry's site out of my personal bookmarks and stopped checking on it about... mmm 7-8 years ago.
I was perusing TV Tropes and was following up something that lead me to the Dead Fics page - where there was an update that Hearts of Ice was done. Completed.
*THUD*
That was the sound of my jaw hitting the floor. I'm thinking - this has got to be a cruel joke. No way. They're yanking my chain.
Googled up the old site, and wow, it's still there! First thing I see is Krista's announcement that it was done.
I've now finished reading it.
Holy Crap.
HOLY CRAP.
I... just FINISHED... READING... HEARTS OF ICE.
I thought those words would NEVER be written out into a sentence!
Now I have to find the time and go back and read the whole thing again. Cause my memory of the story is pretty sketchy after all this time.
I will say this - the finale of the story -- I'm not sure it was worth waiting a DECADE for...
But it's DAMN good!! Fantastic even!
Still wandering about kinda stunned. It's kinda like... certain things you think are always going to be a constant. The Cold War... the Berlin Wall... the
Red Sox never winning the World Series... Hearts of Ice never getting finished...
Anybody check the thermostat in hell these days? I think Satan is feeling a mite drafty about now...