Date: 10/12/14 03:05 am Title: Like Riding a Bike
You say this chapter isn't overly exciting, but it liked it. Made me smile to imagine them working all that through. I've always been desperate to be a fly on the wall as they actually rehearse and learn songs. Thanks for writing these.
Author's Response: Aww thanks for saying that. I would love to be a fly on the wall as well. I'm sure it would be enlightening. Thanks for the review! :)
Date: 07/22/12 01:02 am Title: Like Riding a Bike
Okay, tell me the truth, you do not create these stories, right? You just happen to have the power to turn into a fly and spend time watching them and then you just write what you saw, because (did i say it before?) this is exactly what's happening in that studio, nobody tell me otherwise :)
Author's Response:
lmao well you might think differently after the reading the next one.
Date: 07/15/12 02:35 pm Title: Like Riding a Bike
Awww Brian wasn't boring at all. It was nice seeing how the guys *could* be choosing the songs to record. I've always wondered how they picked which ones to put on the album and so on. I had to laugh at the part about fans sitting waiting for them.
With all the stuff I've been seeing online I wonder how these people have so much time to sit outside a studio for 10 hours to get a picture and then brag about it. To me that is just kind of creepy *shrugs* onto AJ's chapter :)
Author's Response:
Yeah, I'm not sure why people insist on bugging them while they're at the studio. I mean I get it, they're there & you only live once I guess? But it's just intrusive. My opinion though lol I would never do it, even if they were right next door to me. I'm weird like that. Anyway, thanks for getting around to reading & reviewing this one. I'm looking forward to what you have to say about AJ's story lol
Date: 07/14/12 07:37 pm Title: Like Riding a Bike
Awwwww, Kevin is happy to be back. You can really tell so by the pictures, too. I knew he'd be coming back. On was on that 2 or 3 a.m. twitter video chat with him before the cruise, there maybe only 40 peeps in there but he was still so shocked that many people wanted to talk to him and see him on video. He had tears in his eyes. I knew then he'd be back!
Author's Response:
That's awesome! I'm so happy he's back. I hope he stays back this time! :O)
Date: 07/14/12 03:43 pm Title: Like Riding a Bike
I know you said this wasn't your favorite, but I really liked this one, and not just because it was Brian's. It didn't have as much humor as the others, but it was interesting. I liked your take on their process for writing and choosing songs. I have no concept of how that really works; I would love to know. Oh to be a fly on the wall! Hopefully this documentary thing is really happening! You always say you have a hard time channeling Brian, but I think you nailed him, from him being a homebody and wanting to be with his family to his fear of rejection and getting excited when his song was one of the first ones chosen. I also enjoyed his thoughts about Kevin, wondering if Kevin regretted his decision to leave as soon as he made it but was too proud to admit it. Personally, I don't think Kevin returning means that he regretted it, per se; I think he probably just needed the break to start his family, and the guys' schedule at the time wouldn't allow it. Maybe he left for the good of the group. I do wonder if he always kind of knew he'd be back one day, though. I'm getting off topic, so I'll just say one more time that I enjoyed this one! As thrilled as I am with Kevin's return, it's also great to have you back writing fanfic, Mare!! =D
Author's Response:
Thanks, Julie! Like I told Step I think, i'm not sure how they do it, but being in the studio with some friends and doing some song writing when I was down in Nashville, thats' the process I saw being used so I went with it. I'm sure they write together more than apart but I wouldn't be surprised if they each had their own set of lyrics and then showed them to each other like that. I'm so glad you think I nailed Brian! Out of all of them, I am the most anxious writing as him because I feel like I never do him justice for some reason. I agree about the Kevin thing. I think he really did leave because he felt he needed to but I do think he always saw himself coming back. YOu can take the boy out of Backstreet but aparently you can't take the Backstreet out of the boy! LOL Thanks for the review!
Date: 07/14/12 01:31 am Title: Like Riding a Bike
Awww this wasn't boring. It was just nice and fluffy and fuzzy feeling LOL. I could definitely see Brian being like this, and I liked the way they went about lyric choosing, that's cute :).
Author's Response:
Thanks, Rose! Glad you thought it was fluffy lol
Date: 07/13/12 10:08 pm Title: Like Riding a Bike
This one was really Brian-ish! I really liked it. I enjoyed how he was sort of annoyed by the fans and didn't understand them hanging around outside the studio. I imagine the boys do feel like that. I know I would feel like that if people waited outside my work for me all day. I liked how you really focused on how Brian is a homebody and how being in the studio is the closest thing to that with the job he has. I also loved how they would pick the lyrics from the pile and how they didn't their names on them and Brian's personal guessing game of who wrote which ones - that was cute! I could see the guys doing something like that :) I didn't think this was boring at all! Not a lot of action, but entertaining and interesting all the same. Great job as usual, Mare :) Looking forward to the AJ one!
Author's Response: Im glad you didn't think it was boring! I could see him trying to figure out who wrote what as well. I can see them all doing that actually! Thanks, Steph! :O)
Date: 07/13/12 08:36 pm Title: Like Riding a Bike
I love that they're all back together again & enjoying themselves.
UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
~Lenni~
Author's Response:
Me too! Thanks, Lenni!
Date: 07/13/12 07:46 pm Title: Like Riding a Bike
Aw I loved when Brian got all excited that his song was picked to do first. I wonder if that's kind of how they do things? I often wonder how they would decide.
I can imagine having fans having around constantly would get on a person's nerves. I suppose that's the price of fame though.
Great chapter, looking forward to AJ's :)
Author's Response:
I'm not sure how they do it but friends of mine who have gone through the process do it that way & I've sat in on writing sessions in Nashville where they did the keep pile thing. I bet the stalking fans get to be a bit much sometimes. I know it would bug me lol Thanks Steph! :-)
Date: 07/13/12 06:43 pm Title: Like Riding a Bike
I loved this!It might not have been the most exciting thing you've ever written but it was dead on again!Brian seems so chill,Like nothing ever bothers him all the time,And I think you've captured that here.And like you said before they've all matured and lyrically,When it is their own stuff I know they have improved over the years,So I am sure there is alot less arguing that goes on. For Brian,It's gotta be great to have Kevin back,Because 1.They are family(I mean,After 20 years,They are all family,But Brian and Kevin are ACTUAL family)And 2.Kevin is pretty much the whole reason Brian is where he is today.It's weird I was never really that upset that Kevin left,I mean,Sure I missed him,But now that he is back,I realize that I missed them as 5,It was like they were "Incomplete"(Sorry if that was cheesy lol).Oh and I love how you threw "Backstreet's Back!Alright!" in there,I could so see Brian saying that lol!Anyway,I think this was a really cute chapter,And I can not wait for A.J.,Since he is my favorite "Boy"!Great Job!
Author's Response:
THanks so much for saying that! I think you're right about Brian being really happy that Kevin is back. I really hope there isn't a lot of arguing going on. I bet there used to a lot! I'm so glad you're finidng it realistic, sadly that will not be the case in Aj's chapter lol I took a lot of liberties with him and his tweets and pictures! But I hope you'll find it funny and entertaining! I'll be posting it either tomorrow or Sunday! Thanks for reading and all the great comments, I really appreciate it! :O)
