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Crown of Thorns [The Walls, the Wainscot, and the Mouse] 'Verse
“D’you realize,” [Crowley] said, “that we never tire of things humans get bored with on the regular?”
Aziraphale shrugged, lazily basking. “I’ve always assumed it’s that we don’t tire of each other.”
Aziraphale shrugged, lazily basking. “I’ve always assumed it’s that we don’t tire of each other.”
- GenresFan Fiction
1100 pages, ebook
Published February 17, 2019
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March 22, 2024
Buckle in because I had a lot of thoughts on that one!
The first of them being: Wow, what a whopper! I will admit that the only reason I got through this at all was the wonderful full-cast Podrama I listened to. I mean, which Podfic usually has dedicated chapter art and an original soundtrack? Pretty amazing.
CoT had been on my list for a while for the legacy factor that it holds. Overall, it eventually grew on me to the point of being a bit sad when I finished, and I have tremendous admiration for the sheer length of the story and the way it waved throughout so many storylines by the end, but I will admit it wasn't smooth sailing all along.
For one, there are a LOT of side characters and original characters that I simply .. didn't particularly care about until maybe 2/3 into the story? Another thing that made it difficult for me to stay engaged was the non-linear timeline. It reads more like a collection of short stories, and due to that I simply didn't quite find a red thread to follow in the earlier chapters. Not necessarily a bad thing, but also not something I am usually drawn to.
That being said, what it is quite phenomenal at is a meta-study into fandom, and generally GO fanworks predating the TV series.
Extra points go to the progressiveness shown throughout the entire work, the idea of the South Downs Cottage as a semi-sentient character, some minor short scenes which I ended up absolutely lovin (i.e. the POV of the St. James Park groundskeeper watching Aziraphale and Crowley for over 40 years without ever interacting) and - last but certainly not least - the DUCKS, which are now my favourite characters xD
The first of them being: Wow, what a whopper! I will admit that the only reason I got through this at all was the wonderful full-cast Podrama I listened to. I mean, which Podfic usually has dedicated chapter art and an original soundtrack? Pretty amazing.
CoT had been on my list for a while for the legacy factor that it holds. Overall, it eventually grew on me to the point of being a bit sad when I finished, and I have tremendous admiration for the sheer length of the story and the way it waved throughout so many storylines by the end, but I will admit it wasn't smooth sailing all along.
For one, there are a LOT of side characters and original characters that I simply .. didn't particularly care about until maybe 2/3 into the story? Another thing that made it difficult for me to stay engaged was the non-linear timeline. It reads more like a collection of short stories, and due to that I simply didn't quite find a red thread to follow in the earlier chapters. Not necessarily a bad thing, but also not something I am usually drawn to.
That being said, what it is quite phenomenal at is a meta-study into fandom, and generally GO fanworks predating the TV series.
Extra points go to the progressiveness shown throughout the entire work, the idea of the South Downs Cottage as a semi-sentient character, some minor short scenes which I ended up absolutely lovin (i.e. the POV of the St. James Park groundskeeper watching Aziraphale and Crowley for over 40 years without ever interacting) and - last but certainly not least - the DUCKS, which are now my favourite characters xD
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