Name: RogueSlytherin (Signed) · Date: 19 Mar 2022 06:01 PM · For: antsy

Here with the SS Voyager :D :D :D 

 

This is such an adorable and incredible concept for this drabble collection. I am so excited to read what other sorts of tiny kisses you have in store! Ants?! Who would have thought of ants for this - so unique <3 

 

And the way you capture them all I can see them bustling about about thier most important business XD And I love how you call it an almost embarrassed kiss, like they have to do it as a sort of tradition but it's their momes telling them so it's awkward and fumbled and then they're just on to the next thing XD 

 

I love too how your writing sort of reflects this marching and orderliness that the ants take on. It's very matter of fact and that just makes sense with the way ants are always so on mission ya know? Loved this! 

 

- Jacquelin

Name: blackballet (Signed) · Date: 19 Mar 2022 03:00 PM · For: antsy

Hi there, I'm here for a review for the galazy event!

 

I love the tiny descriptions that you use in this first installment of 'tiny kisses'. <3 the way you break down everything on such a miniscule level is so amazing, from the bumpy concrete and the challenging piece of gravel <3

 

And I love how you slip in the 'embarrassed kiss' at the end, what a great theme to use. I can really see these little ants moving back and forth under the microscope of your story. I get a sense of the machine-like movement they have with the web of tunnels and the important business they attend to.

 

Such a great little analysis of an ecosystem!

Thank you :)

Catherine

Name: BookDinosaur (Signed) · Date: 05 Dec 2021 01:18 PM · For: antsy

Helloooo Eva I'm here to give your tiny kisses some love and you start off SO tiny and SO kisses -- I'm so charmed! Eva! Your descriptions in just a hundred words is so beautifully evocative, I am in awe. The comparisons between the ants' tasks to them and to us got me, how adorable. Each ant is carrying a "hefty" load but they are also only "speck-sized" !!! Their processions are dignified.... I am enraptured.

The tiny kisses are so sweet too -- "awkward camaraderie" in sharing "a swift, embarrassed kiss", omg, how adorable. I can't believe you've made me feel this for ants. Ants! I know I always say this but surely this is the ultimate proof that your writing is impossibly sweet and whimsical, that you can make me feel this way for ants :')) What a lovely little drabble, and what a beautiful little introduction to this themed drabble collection <33

Name: RonsGirlFriday (Signed) · Date: 25 Feb 2021 10:03 AM · For: antsy

Oh my gosh, Eva. Who besides you could give ANTS so much charm and character? It's that thing about your writing that I can never really pput my finger on or figure out quite the way to articulate what it is. Something sort of delicate and intentional, but also cheeky and playful.

 

ABOUT ANTS.

 

It is a delightfully vibrant, peppy scene here, the little ants scurrying around with such great purpose and focus, like speedy little soldiers. A tiny piece of gravel is "challenging." The ants with their own personal dimension. And the "swift, embarrassed kiss"! What an adorable way to describe it. I am very charmed.

 

BY ANTS.

 

<3 Melanie

 

fairyland

Name: shadowycorner (Signed) · Date: 18 Feb 2021 10:43 PM · For: antsy

Hello dear Eva, I'm here for tiny kisses <3

I actually always really liked watching ants in various documentaries, see the rhythm of their movements and how they meet and greet each other as they pass, and I love how you've taken that and described it here, and some of the language is so pretty, like 'a goldmine of breadcrumbs' and them actually sharing 'swift embarrasing kisses' it just all sounds so lovely that i kinda want to try being an ant for a day. And omg also super cute that they stumble over a challenging piece of gravel, i can also identify with that, because i stumble on very unlikely obstacles as well. and i like this so much because i really didn't expect to read such a sweet piece about ants :)

 

Eli for team Snow Foxes

Name: Oregonian (Signed) · Date: 16 Feb 2021 07:21 PM · For: antsy

Hi, Eva.

 

What a sweet story!  And about ants, which we don't think of as sweet or with personalities.  Isn't it fascinating what we can see in something as tiny as ants if we get down on our hands and knees and look at them very closely.  You give them qualities of character -- dignified, tenacious, charming, embarrassed, resolute -- and of behavior -- frazzled, zig-zagging, wobbly, marching, carrying a hefty load, bumping heads...  

 

I'm impressed by how much you saw.  I've seen ants in a linear path, going in both directions, and as a child I would amuse myself by bothering the ants -- I would draw my finger across the line at a point where no ant was at that moment, to see how, when the approaching ants reached that spot where their scent had been disturbed, they would stop, confused, and hunt arount a bit until, a few seconds later, one of them would cross over the disturbed ground and their scent trail would be restored.

 

Very nice.

 

Vicki

Name: magemadi (Signed) · Date: 14 Feb 2021 08:46 PM · For: antsy

Hi Eva!

This first drabble is the cutest effing thing ever, oh my gosh!! I didn’t think I’d find this little thing about ants to be so adorable but wow you do such an excellent job of it :) Ants are truly a force of nature even if they are some of the tiniest lil creatures out there and we humans often get annoyed by their presence in our homes and such. Your description of their little march towards the breadcrumbs food source is great and then we see how funny and almost embarrassed they get when they run into each other! Gosh, I am just smiling so much already after this drabble, you have a true talent for writing sweet and fluffy things so I can’t wait to see how the rest of these drabbles go if they’re all going to be as sweet as this one!! <3

~Madi
Fairy foxy review event

Name: prideofprewett (Signed) · Date: 30 Jan 2021 06:33 PM · For: antsy

I love how you give the ants human emotions and characteristics in this piece. It makes us relate to them and actually care whereas we might just view them as nuissances. I was curious how you would show them kissing, but I like how it's like a "hi, hello," and very we need to continue on because these breadcrumbs are way more important to us than any sort of real affection. I also like how you described them slipping through the cracks in the pavement as if vanishing into another dimension. As humans we don't really know where they end up, do we? This was just a super clever and cute read, Sam!

 

<3 Courtney 

 

* team ice otter *

Name: mydearfoxy (Signed) · Date: 30 Jan 2021 06:11 PM · For: antsy

#snowfoxes

 

Hello lovely!

 

Tiny kisses indeed! I can't imagine a smaller kiss than between two ants! 

 

I think watching ants at work is a sort of universal experience, and you really describe it well. Tenancious is exactly the word for ants, isn't it? They just keep going at thier work no matter what! I wish i was as steadfast as they are!

 

I loooove the idea of ants having their own personal dimemsion. in a metaphorical sense, it's really true to how they behave.... and in a literal sense it is really nice to think of ants as not exisiting in the same world as me, because they kind of gross me out. Even though, yes, they are kind of mesmerizing. 

 

You write so beautifully, Eva <3

 

xoxo Renee

Name: grumpy cat (Signed) · Date: 30 Jan 2021 05:34 PM · For: antsy

eva, i think only you would be able to write about ants and make them so darn adorable. i absolutely love your descriptions of how they go about their day, bumping along the concrete, sometimes stumbling over gravel, and despite all that, they still keep going and they keep working and are generally very cute in this drabble. and then the accidental bumping of heads, making it seem as an embarrassed kiss - it's like a culmination of the things that came before, a small respite in their work, their day, an adorable little kiss before they continue on, as tenacious as they are! what an original idea to write about, i'm hella impressed.

(for foxy glory!)

Name: Unwritten Curse (Signed) · Date: 23 Jan 2021 07:34 PM · For: antsy

Ngl, I come to your AP during every review event because I just know that I'm going to find someting that I enjoy. Your writing is beautiful and perfect for a snowy afternoon like today, because I know I can just cuddle up and fall in love with your words. <3

 

I love your attention to detail in this piece. The repeated z sounds in the first line of the big paragraph immediately gives me insect vibes (and made me want to read this out loud, which added another beautiful layer of sound). I love how you echoed the "pick-pick-pick". Just one pick would've gotten the point across, but the three together shows the ants' determination (and made me almost itchy--lol). Really nicely done.

 

And the ending! Oh, I think that was my favorite part. The idea that the ants, amidst all their "dignified" and "important" business, stop to quickly kiss each other is so clever and the descriptors you used ("swift" and "embarrased") made me feel almost affectionate towards these ants.

 

You're great. Your writing is great. It's all great.

 

xx Gina

Name: sibilant (Signed) · Date: 23 Jan 2021 01:15 AM · For: antsy

hi eva! I'm here for the fairyland event :)

 

This drabble is sooo cute, ohmygosh. Tbh, I really hate ants, so I definitely was surprised to feel so *affectionate* about them. I love the way that you describe them, with a kind of admirable diligence in their resolute marching, paired with an adorable clumsiness--made even more endearing by their persistence. I also loved the way that you reflected this tenacity through repetition ("pick-pick-pick"). I was also struck by the different metaphors you used--describing the ants as almost foot soldiers, but with more of a dignity to them like, a "royal procession". I was most struck by how that description contrasts with the image of the ants slipping into an underground web, vanishing into their own personal dimension. There's something so *magical* in the ants then, which I kinda love. And the description of their cute little kisses...omg. I think I literally aww'd out loud, because that's so sweet, and brings more beauty to a creature that I've never appreciated before.

 

lovely job!

 

<3 Shreya

Name: Renacera (Signed) · Date: 22 Nov 2020 08:34 AM · For: antsy

Hi Eva!

First of all, I'm so sorry for my absurdly slow pace at getting your drabbles reviewed. Secondly, thank you so much for participating in my challenge! I'm so excited to see how you've worked your theme of kisses into the collection. Already, it seems so cute!

I love how vivid this first drabble is, I feel like it's setting the tone for the whole series, and I love that. I can see exactly what you're describing and love that you've captured something so small in such great detail. Great job!!

On I read. :) 

Best,
Emily

Name: hotel california (Signed) · Date: 06 Sep 2020 07:02 AM · For: antsy

hi eva!

 

i was very eye emoji at this story because, apparently, i cannot read, and completely skipped over the ‘original fiction’ part of the whole equation - i wondered what you’d do with the characters and which characters you’d end up using! so of course i was very shocked to realize this first one involved ants (and then had a cackle at the chapter title, because i love a good pun).

 

this drabble was really charming. there’s something about slice of life pieces that always satisfy some domestic part of me, and your imagery is very impactful here. the ants have such personality in this: they make me think of all the supposedly-bumbling, hard-working everyman characters who end up worming their way into my heart with their earnestness. i really love your use of the picking, and the description of the tunnels as ‘their own personal dimension’... but the image of two self-conscious ants crossing paths in the middle of work, pausing to share a sheepish moment of affection? that took the cake.

 

honestly had to read it a couple of times. it was adorable.

 

<3 ariie

 

(battleship: hogwarts)

Name: tangents (Signed) · Date: 26 Jul 2020 03:08 AM · For: antsy

hello eva!

 

this drabble is adorable. your imagery is amazing — the way you describe the movement of the ants is so vivid. i love the way you wrote about the zig-zagging and the “swift, embarrassed kiss”. what’s so great about this drabble is also that you really seem to write it almost from the perspective of an ant yourself, though also removed from the scene. just your use of things like “pick-pick-pick” and description of the secret web of tunnels are super great. 

 

each word felt so important to the piece, and each contributed so well in its own way. loved this a lot!

 

rikki 

Name: Felpata_Lupin (Signed) · Date: 24 Jul 2020 01:53 PM · For: antsy

Hey, Eva, dear! I'm here for our swap! :)

Okay, this is so cute? :P I would've never thought of writing about ants, but there is something so fascinating, hypnotic even, about their ordered procession and tireless work... and I love the way you describe it, almost affectionately. You picture such a lovely image, and the fact that you made me smile with something so simple is a real testament to your writing, I guess! <3

Also, I love the way you bring in the kissing theme, here, and the metaphore you use for the ants bumping into each other. I don't know, it's sweet! <3

Lovely work on this! I guess I'll go check the next drabble now! :P

Name: victoria_anne (Signed) · Date: 23 Jul 2020 06:29 AM · For: antsy

Hi Eva!

 

Teeny tiny stories are such a specialty of yours. They're my favourite things of yours to read and I'm always left in awe at how imaginative they are in such a weeny space. I don't know what I was expecting from a drabble about tiny kisses, but ants was definitely not it!

 

I loved this so much! We've all seen ants in action like this so it was all too easy to picture what you've described. I've seen them bump into each other but I've never considered it to look like a kiss before, so I found that really, really sweet! I especially love your take on how they quickly scurry away after making contact - the way you've written it is just so cute and sentient. It really makes me think of two people in an office or like something in a meet cute story and I've just never thought of applying to a creature like an ant before!

 

I absolutely adore this tiny story, and if this is the kind of thing I can expect from this collection of drabbles, then I can't wait to read the rest!