Okay, putting my love for Faustian aside... for the moment...
I wholeheartedly agree with Rivka and KathyM. To me personally, their waiting in the series made their love worth more - not cheapen it. It proved that they were willing to wait for each other. That they meant more to each other just just a cheap thrill or a fling (but I come from a traditional upbringing).
I think it made their love story that much more wonderful in the series.
But all the angst and all the love and passion that fuels these characters is definitely still there in the gfic version. Sue did a great job of the conversion, with tasteful fadeouts, language choices, less provocative description - those only reading the gfic version are not losing anything, in my opinion.
Wonderfully put Kathy. I've read both and if reading nfic doesn't appeal to you, then you don't lose anything at all by reading the gfic version.
Outstanding job Sue.
-- MR
