| Reviews for Locus Amoenus |
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Guest chapter 8 . 4/4 One of the best stories out here. Really wonderful! |
KT chapter 8 . 11/25/2019 This is one of the most beautifully written stories on this fanfiction website. It was so heartfelt in how you mastered the storytelling; the details from the show and how you made it your own was unbelievable. I hope that you continue writing on here because this was an inspiring story. For C.C. and Niles in this one, they went against all odds to be together, they got over all of those difficult obstacles together. Thank you for sharing your talents. I've enjoyed reading many of your stories and I've enjoyed reading Kate811. I hope that you and other awesome writers on here, keep writing. |
Guest chapter 8 . 8/7/2019 One of the best stories ever written for them! |
Guest chapter 8 . 6/1/2019 Best story written hands down! You put them through hell and left them in heaven. I cried, laughed and was on the edge of my seat. Amazing story! |
Megan chapter 8 . 6/3/2018 What a story! Oh my goodness this was such a powerful read! I loved every word of it. The careful crafting of the whole thing. Her marriages at young age. Her awful mother. Her delicate state and that beautifully written panic attack and not to mention the escamotage of her father and the wonderful epilogue with her pregnancy and their own happy place. What a journey. Thank you. |
ScullySayer chapter 8 . 10/9/2016 What an enormously beautiful piece of fanfiction; and how wonderfully well-characterized they all were, so that Niles and CC trade in witticisms and emotion without devolving into caricatures or schmaltz. It was well-written, it was precise, it was believable - it was everything I've been looking for in a CC and Niles fanfic. Thanks so much for writing and sharing this! |
Guest chapter 8 . 3/10/2016 This isn't just one of the best Nanny fics I've ever read. It's one of the best stories I've read in general. You're a beautiful writer and you need to write more Niles & C.C. fics for this fandom! |
Cam chapter 8 . 2/16/2016 This was so beautifully written and such a sweet story to read and imagine, I really really reaaaaaally loved it. I hope you continue writing your stories. |
Guest chapter 8 . 1/27/2016 I miss your fan fics soo much! I hope to see more from you soon! |
smileinyourlife chapter 1 . 10/26/2015 OMG 0-0 |
thedeardeer chapter 8 . 5/19/2015 Oh, wow. I cannot put it into words how much I loved and enjoyed this story. It made me laugh, cry, mad, smile, weep, and incredibly happy. This is a beautiful ending to a beautiful story. I have nothing more to say. I rest my case. Happy Birthday, Lion. PS: I really liked: “I don’t know what happened, Babcock, but you were the most beautiful child.” This is gold. |
thedeardeer chapter 7 . 5/19/2015 He experienced a happiness so powerful that it nearly overcame him; the only thing holding him back was what CC would say if she awoke to find him weeping in her bed. Awwwww... This warms my heart. Lion, you are a gift. You manage to convey emotions and atmospheres so well, I don't ever want to do anything else but read your stories. "5:45." – "I will kill you." I would, too. That is just way too early. She was happy. Now I'm happy. I'm pretty much Niles in this story. We have the same locus amoenus. ... a man whose idea of paradise was seeing her happy. Wow. ... it seemed utterly ridiculous that it had taken her this long. What have I been saying all along? Awwwww. Her attempt to leave a message for Niles is adorable. I'm sorry I'm commenting on almost every sentence now, but like I said before: your words are magic. Pure magic. Suddenly, CC's face brightened and her entire face became rapturous with a smile. I can feel her joy and her relief and it just makes my heart soar. ... CC crossed the room in a few strides and threw herself at him, capturing his lips. Which is only appropriate. I love this story so much I could to drown in it. "I don't know what my happy place is. But I know you're in it." Now I'm just a mess. But I can't cry in class. Do you see what you've done? "You make me happy, Niles. I mean, you make me miserable sometimes, of course, but you make me happy. You want to see me happy. You're the only person I've ever met who hasn't asked something of me, who doesn't see me as a means to an end. And you said that you want to see me happy, and since you make me happy, I want to make you happy, so when I said I want to do it, I want to make you happy by…making me happy…?" Sounds like me. I can't get to the point either. Lion, I cannot laugh in class. Why did you make Fran throw the sausage against the wall? I don’t know why that cracked me up so much. But it did. Torn between his desire to do the dishes and Miss Babcock, …. Hahahaha, good thing I am already home now. Ah, I really enjoyed this chapter, just like all the other chapters of this story. I think, so far, this is my favorite story out of all the ones I’ve read. I’d beg you for more, but seeing this story has one last chapter and that it has been completed in January… |
thedeardeer chapter 6 . 5/19/2015 “Miss Babcock, you’re breath-taking.” – “I know. Literally, I can barely breathe in this thing.” Hahahahaha, this made my crack up. I love the talk C.C and Noel have, especially when he tells her about how Niles visited her everyday at The Place and C.C. comes to realize how much it affected Niles to see her like that. “What happened with me and Piles–“ Oh God, it runs in the family. G.G. is so nice though. For some reason I imagined her a little more evil. I love the necklace as a metaphor! Very fitting. She knew he cared about her. […] that she wanted Niles to care for her. That she in fact, cared about him just as much. YES! Awww, him talking her through the panic attack and taking her onto the roof just warms my heart. “Do you… well, remember the day a few weeks ago, when we… had sex?” What a curious way to say that. Finally they talk about that! It was long overdue. Oh, the locus amoenus! “For you to be happy.” OH MEIN GOTT, ICH KANN NICHT MEHR! ICH PLATZE GLEICH. (The translation Google translate gives you is not close to the truth at all, in case you were wondering…) That would have been it for me. I would just have taken Niles and run off. Seriously, screw the others, screw money, screw etiquette, screw everything. Ugh, I am so emotional right now… in a good way. Suddenly my vision is so blurry and I can’t read anymore. Awww, man, this way so beautiful, I can’t even. Thank you, Lion. |
thedeardeer chapter 5 . 5/19/2015 “I live to help, ma’am.” I love how Niles is so sassy and is not even the slightest bit intimidated by what she’s told him… we never got to see Mrs. Babcock on screen, but I feel like she this would be a very appropriate representation of her. And what a cruel way to show Niles his place. “She got to you, didn’t she?” Yep. She did. And, again, it breaks my heart to see C.C. suffer. “Maybe you’ve synced cycles!” I honestly think this can be said about much more than their mood swings. I think it is a very accurate description of their relationship overall, the way they bicker, the way they make sense of things (e. g. Fran-Lite), the way they seek each other out, their kiss in the den… just the way they behave around each other. Very true. … she felt a rush of gratitude at the nanny for at least offering her amusement. That’s how I feel about Fran, too, yet you managed to show a (I wanna say) better side of Fran, without her being out of character. So I thank you for making me like Fran. (I challenge you to make me like Maxwell!) Another great chapter, my dear friend! Well done! |
thedeardeer chapter 4 . 5/19/2015 “Your cousin GG, dear. The butler slept with her when she replaced you at Sheffield’s company.” Oh no he di’int. Also, I disapprove of all the faux terms of endearment B.B. Babcock uses. Ugh! That woman! “Oh.” Oh no! He did! My heart breaks with all the comparisons C.C. was confronted with and all the comparisons she subjects herself to… (because you know, my dear friend, I do that to myself, too). “I never stood any real chance with you, and you knew it, and you never told me.” Ouch. That evening, CC wrapped herself in her warmest, fuzziest blanket and lay on her couch, the television turned up loudly enough to drown out any sound, even her thoughts. Same here. I don’t have too much to say about this chapter. I guess I am still in shock from the last chapter. This does not at all mean that this chapter is not good, far from it. Very well written, very on point. |