Poor guy.

aw! that was so sweet and sad but perfect!

hearts
~tpx33

Oh my god, that was fantastic! I loved the progression of time throughout the years and how the roles reveres half way through the story. It's like, even though they're all grow up, everything is still the same. Sharpay is still the boss (in the beginning anyway), Ryan's still the servant, she's in denial, and Ryan's the one who ends up finding happiness. It ends with Ryan realizing that Sharpay's vision is clouded and that...that...oh gosh I can't find words to describe it. Just know that it was excellent!

~Gema~

Well, first of all, sorry it took so long. :) I've been meaning to review this for quite awhile now. Secondly, oh my goodness, this is brilliant! I'm not even exaggerating. Ryan's hopelessness is perfectly exemplified here. No matter how much he loves her; no matter how hard he tries, he's never good enough for Sharpay. Interesting take on her striving to be like their mother. That's very fascinating. The way her life just falls apart is completely believable to me. But I still can't get over your Ryan. He is flawless. He's just...I don't even know what to say. I love Ryan and you've got him down wonderfully. Everything was just so incredibly in character, it's honestly freaking me out. Even when they're older, their situations never change. She's still believing in an ideal world, where she is the star, even when it's completely irrational and insane; and Ryan still strives to be good enough for her, despite his facade of really pretending not to want to be. It's so sweet that all she has left in the world is his love, nevermind the fact that it's not enough for her. Wow. I could go on and on trying to analyze the different meanings, but I don't think I will. I'll leave my theories to myself and suffice it to say that I really loved this. It's fabulous. And worth faving, of course. ;)
--DPSG1

Got some tears in my eyes towards the end :/.
I like it, how it started with wrinkles and ended with wrinkles. A full circle. When I right, the intro doesn't have anything to do with the rest of the story. And if this is an abomination then I don't know what you call good...

Aw, this was sad. really. I loved it though but I can't helpto think you left it openended, couldn't you have like, let them be happy, or her not end up in the looney bin, that part sucked, and she noever had any children, or happiness, and it sucked. Not the story! I mean, the plot, or-agh, you know what i mean...

At first, I thought she was going to die. I regretfully admit smiling for a fleeting second at the prospect of finally being my own self but then I started to cry at the pure fact that I wouldn’t even know how to start.

So terribly terribly funny and sad, all the same. He wouldn't know what to do without her!

I loved the comparison to how his whole life is set up to fit her wishes, the woman he married, the job he surely has and how he followed her until she wiped her hands clean of him, Ryan's child and how for the BOTH of them, the little girl will be a performer just like them, why, it was as if it was THEIR child.

I think you meant to set that tone, but kept it borderline.

Well back to FF, we've missed you. :)

This is anything but atrocious, and the fact that it’s a friendship fic for me: makes me so very, very happy. My heart breaks a little for Ryan and Sharpay, every step of the way, because she’s the type that almost seems like she’s never meant to grow old, and he’s the type that’ll always be right behind her even when there is no shadow to live in.

“You’ll never be her, if you never love like her.”

Oh, Sharpay. I love your Sharpay. You give her a little something that makes me want to cry for her. Ah, you are amazing.

There will be, I hope, more HSM fics in the future?

oh...I loved this very, very much. Extremely much, as though it was my life support much. I love how the title holds SO much significance to the ending line, Ryan's love was sharpay's world, but the world is never enough, nothing is ever enough, and so thus, she's left alone and with nothing.

sad, but beautiful...now i want you to make something for me!

you know you love me. You can't resist me!

I'm in pain and its snowing woman. Cheer me up!

Anyway- i have to say, i really think you get Sharpay down better than anyone else. I loved this.

I love Ryan's from a distance watching her life and her striving for more, for perfection, for everything.

I adore your sharpay. I do.

Love you