more than words

[fufaraw]

[PART 1: Ch 1-4 ] [ PART 2: Ch 5-8 ] [ PART 3: Ch 9-12 ] [ PART 4: Ch 13-15 ] [ PART 5: Ch 16-18 ] [ PART 6: Ch 19-21 ] [ PART 7: Ch 22-24 ] [ PART 8: Ch 25-Epilogue ] [ ART ]  DOWNLOADS all dowloads includes art PRC (mobi) for Kindle and Palm OS Epub for Sony and iPad PDF incl. pagenumbers/footer PDF w/o pagenumbers/footer MORE THAN WORDS Fic title: More Than Words Author name: fufaraw Artist name: bflyw Genre: RPS AU Pairing: J2 Rating: NC-17 Word count: 59,530 Warnings: dubcon, mpreg, suicide ideation, minor character death offscreen Scientists and statisticians have monitored falling birth rates for decades, helpless as declining fertility predicted possible human extinction. But a new ray of hope was discovered; boys are tested in their twelfth year, and the small percentage who are capable of conceiving are taken, separated for education and training in their new way of life. At eighteen, each is assigned to the man who will father the children he will bear. Jensen missed his testing; his status is discovered when he's an adult. Unprepared, untrained, and unwilling, he's assigned to Jared. Jared is conflicted by his desire to father children, his growing love for the man placed in his care, and sympathy for Jensen's difficulty adjusting to the changes in his life. Resentful and rebellious, Jensen finds unexpected strength and support from the man he should hate. NOTE: With the loss of Megaupload, temporary hosting of PDFs, etc. has been graciously provided by morgandawn. She asks me to extend the hosting offer to other 2011 BigBang authors and artists whose work was hosted at Megaupload. Contact me at my profile address or by PM.   | Link to fic | | Link to art |

Comments

[josieb1.livejournal.com]

This looks awesome, thank you, and thanks for the PRC and PDF links, its much appreciated

[fufaraw]

Thanks to the awesome bflyw. She did the coding for the PDFs, PRC, and Epub, not just the kickass art!

[aythia.livejournal.com]

Oh my god, I don't wanna work I wanna read this now! *grabs PDF* This sounds so awesome, now I know why bflyw told me to keep an eye out for the story she was making art for!

[fufaraw]

Hope you enjoy it!

[bflyw.livejournal.com]

You've posted! YAY!

It was a pleassure working with you! I am so happy we had this wonderful collaboration - it's not guaranteed the connection between artist and writer is this good. We did great!

And thank you for writing such a wonderful story! I will re-read the entire thing today, and I will enjoy every word. I know this is a story I will re-visit many times. Thank you for writing a story that will be stored in my Kindle for a looong time! :-)

Please say I can make art for for stories you will write *puppy eyes*

[fufaraw]

You're so welcome--and I can't ever thank you enough for all the coding you did, as well as the beautiful art!

Of course you can make art for stories I write--considering how infrequently that is, though, you might want to line up some other writers to make art for! (Or your own!)

[gemini72au.livejournal.com]

Ohhh... this looks great! I can't wait to start reading. And I just bought a kindle two days ago, so thank you for the mobi download (and for including the art with it), it's great!

[fufaraw]

All thanks for the kindle-ability go to bflyw. She's good like that!

[louisem27.livejournal.com]

God why do I need to work? I want to stay home and read this!

This looks amazing!!!!!

[fufaraw]

I hope it doesn't disappoint!

[mangacat201.livejournal.com]

HOLY FRICKING COW BATMAN. This is ... I can't even... I cried so many times for the anguish and the hurt and the love in such a incredibly fucked up situation. And yes, there was so much in there, so much we take for granted in our greener pastures but that others are as far from as they can possibly get. The feelings and the decidedly 'not-the-easy-way-out' you pulled in with the inevitable end of Jared finally, finally pulling his weight, opening his own life and both of them working to make a whole out of something fractured and mechanical even though they trained themselves to view it as a wholesome relationship,... but that still had to be enough for a time because otherwise they'd have broken, well, that was like mindblowing.
Cat

[fufaraw]

I'm so happy you enjoyed the story, and I'm gratified the commentary on social issues didn't distance you from the characters and what they went through.

Thanks for reading, and leaving such kind comments.

[wusswoo.livejournal.com]

I have to admit I do have a 'thing' for mpreg, particularly with an unwilling impregnee (if there is such a word). I really don't want to look too hard into what that all says about me. I loved the progression of their relationship, especially as Jensen had such an abrupt induction into his new life. I enjoyed it as a thoroughly good story which kept me captivated and rooting for the two protagonists. BTW I would love a sequel especially if they decide to fight against Repro. Thanks for such a fab story xx

[fufaraw]

Heh. At the moment, I'm not thinking of writing anything for quite a long time.

But thank you for the kind comments. I'm glad you enjoyed the story.

[jodean80.livejournal.com]

I was waiting for this. I love mpreg stories. Can't wait to read it.

[fufaraw]

I hope it doesn't disappoint!

[izzie7.livejournal.com]

This was fantastic - I was absolutely riveted from start to finish. You did a great job of depicting a world that makes you think there but for the grace of god without being heavy-handed about it, and you conveyed the horror of it without resorting to beating the reader about the head with it. I really hurt for Jensen (did he ever have to take the anti-depressants etc, I wonder?) and Jared was patience personified.

And they fight, yes?
:)

[fufaraw]

::shifty eyes:: Sure, they do!

I'm so glad you enjoyed the story, that it engaged you. Thanks for reading, and for saying nice things.

[gemini72au.livejournal.com]

I was up until 2.30am reading your story (thank God I'm on holidays). I couldn't put it down! I nearly stood up and cheered for Jared when he told Jensen that if they married, he had to accept the kids also. I hurt for Jensen's situation, and I loved Jared for his love and patience. Such a wonderful story!

[fufaraw]

Thank you so much. I'm very glad you enjoyed it.

[awakencordy.livejournal.com]

that megaupload link is dead for me for some reason even though it looks alive. is it possible for me to get "PDF w/o pagenumbers/footer" through mediafire?

[bflyw.livejournal.com]

if you PM me your emailaddress I can send it to you...

[fufaraw]

(Smooching you both--wonderful artist for being quick to help, and nice reader for being cute and funny)

[mika0279.livejournal.com]

just found it:) looks interesting:)
*off to read*

[anne1013.livejournal.com]

I just wanted to let you know what a beautifully written and well thought out story this was. Nothing was glossed over or rushed. Loved the ending. When the first baby was born and was a boy, my immediate thought was, what if he's a ciever? Jared would finally understand where Jensen was coming from. How do you handle that as a parent? "What are you willing to do?" Awesome last line. Because, as any parent will tell you, we are willing to do anything for our kids.

Well done!

Anne

[fufaraw]

Thank you so much for reading and leaving such thoughtful comments.

[mrswinchester18.livejournal.com]

This is an mpreg story for people who don't like mpreg (me!). Amazing story, and very well done. Thanks for sharing!

[fufaraw]

This story actually was partially backlash for overly sweet, schmoopy mpregs that have male characters devolving into puddles of goo over pregnancy and babies. I'm not so much a fan of those.

But I appreciate your taking a chance on this story, and thank you for the kind words.

[scarletfbl.livejournal.com]

Mpreeeg with a good plot (and by good plot, I mean oh so deliciously cliched in all the right ways ^_~). My day? It has just been made. The DLs are much appreciated. Snagging them up.

[fufaraw]

Thanks for reading!

[azabeth1.livejournal.com]

I was really excited to read this when i saw the summary!! I also like how your masterpost is set out, with great downloads at the side for easy reading- the layout and the art make it look so professional and easy to navigate. I've just saved the pdf to read this evening- looking forward to it :)

[fufaraw]

All thanks to bflyw, she did all the coding, plus the amazing art!

[annoyingfan.livejournal.com]

Grabbed a PDF! Thanks!! Can't wait to read (the one with footers is "temporarily unavailable" though..)

[annoyingfan.livejournal.com]

Done! Back! Nicely done! Poor Jen but so glad they got a mostly happily ever after!

[bananas2009.livejournal.com]

I'm already excited to read this based on the summary alone but when I saw the mobi file, SCORE! I won't have a lot of time to read at home for the next couple weeks, but I will have time to read my kindle. J2-on-the-go FTW!! Thanks, looking forward to reading this!

[mre-quecky.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, loooved this story!
And I agree, sadly, in a lot of parts in the world women are still put into traditional roles of child-bearer and caretaker... Thankfully, I grew up in Germany and can be who I want to be. Slowly the traditional roles are broken up - if people want to. Personally, I don't mind getting children and taking care of them, but when I want, how I want :) By now it's much easier for men to take time off the job to take care of their children as well, so the law is helping by a)trying to open traditionally male roles to women and at the same time b) trying to open traditionally female roles to men.
I know that in Africa, Tunesia is one country that has by law stated equal rights to women, but the other countries in North Africa haven't...
Personally, I believe that in the US (did a study abroad semester) there is a lot of focus on appearance, how you look etc., and that's the first problem. Women are supposed to be concerned with how they look and to look pretty and please the men. If you spend lots of time on being pretty, chances are you don't spend too much time with studying or learning a good job. Part of being pretty is of course shopping - US girls have to go shopping... 'hanging out at the mall' is such a weird concept to me... and shoes are majorly important. Why? Also, 'being a little princess' is sooo ingrained into US society... if a little girl is a little princess, it means she will look pretty and not go to work and adore her prince charming and have pretty little children. Why are all the girls pushed into little princesses? Weird thing... ah, and beauty competitions... why would anyone voluntarily prime their little girl for beauty competitions??? But as long as the majority of people believe and want that, my guess it that not much will change in the US.

[fufaraw]

The acculturation of people into specific roles was what motivated me to write this story, so I'm glad it resonated with you. There are parts of every culture that attempt to assign certain tasks, appearances, behaviors to boys or to girls, and to different social classes. I'm not a fan of those traditions, you can probably tell.

Thanks for reading and leaving such thoughtful comments.

[mirror-mirrin.livejournal.com]

Hi! Any chance you have a .doc or .docx file?*fingers crossed*

[gwendolynd.livejournal.com]

This was an amazing fic. I was impressed at the span of time it covered and how well it was done. My heart broke that Jensen just wouldn't deal with the children or cared about the pregnancy as a whole--but it was so well done.

Love the characterization in this! The only thing that threw me, was when it stated J2's ages as forty something...but said the oldest son was only 5? Unless I read it wrong. But that seemed incredibly weird. If it all started when Jensen was 24, then by the time he got around to meeting the kids...JJ would be like...graduating. Watch your POV's in sections, they tended to flip back and forth a little, but like I said, the story was amazing and the emotion could be felt through it. <3<3<3

Great job honey!!

[fufaraw]

Thank you for saying such nice things!

I do need to find where you got the impression the Js were in their forties, and fix that. Um, no. The story spans a little less than seven years from the time Jensen arrives at Jared's house until the final scene, so Jensen is thirty, thirty-one, Jared is thirty-three or so, by the end. I never actually gave Jared's age, but I always thought of him as not more than two or three years older than Jensen. I can't think where I gave the impression they were in their forties. Now you've got me worried.

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[ursa1ita.livejournal.com]

I read the pdf this summer and I just wanted to let you know that I really enjoyed reading this story. I thought the world that you built here was compelling. I also thought that you wrote Jared and Jensen's POVs here pretty realistically. I didn't always agree with how they handled stuff (Jensen's reaction to the children, Jared's approach to Jensen in the beginning) but I thought it made sense. I may not be making sense but I found it an interesting read and it certainly made me think. Thank you for sharing it.

[fufaraw]

Thank you for reading, and thanks for letting me know. I'm happy it gave you food for thought.

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