Lost in the Cloud
It's still ongoing so it's obviously something that can change, but with how the story has progressed so far, this is easily one of my favorite BL's. The art is some of the best I've seen, it's genuinely just gorgeous, and of course the story is right up my alley as well. The development of the characters is slow, but it's not dragged—we slowly see their dynamic change and (at this point, seemingly unconsciously) fall for each other. It's a slow burn.
UPDATE: I'm writing this directly after the season 2 finale, and will be mostly about season two.
I'm a person who prefers to binge read; it's rare for me to pick up an ongoing story, much less continue to read each week as the chapters come out. But for Lost in The Cloud, it just pulls me in each week, it keeps me thinking about it between the days as I anticipate the newest chapter. To me, this is one of the best BL's being published, possibly even just at all.
With that said, season two has a bit of a dip in quality to me—it felt like the chapters were shorter with a bit less happening. I don't actually know if it is that way, as I binge read season one but was reading season two in real time, but regardless, the slow & short chapters are an issue. The story is definitely one best read once completed. Will I wait for season three to be done to read it? No fucking way, I like it way too much to. But it does leave me a bit annoyed after the chapters are done. And genuinely annoyed, not in the "omg that was so good I need more!" way but in the "is that really fucking it." type of way.
Even with that, season two is still fucking PEAK. Like top tier BL, easily fucking wipes all the other BL coming out. Puts them to shame. Shits all over them. Season one was more about the situation Skylar was in, the plot, while season two took a step back and digged deeper into the characters, was more character driven than plot driven, which I did like. The stuff with Cirrus . . . Let me just say:
FUCK CIRRUS' CHEAP ASS FUCKING DAD AND FUCK THAT FUCKING BITCH HE BROUGHT WITH HIM, THAT LOWBROW TRASHY FUCKING BITCH. FUCK HER AND FUCK THE DAD. AND FUCK THAT FUCKING TEACHER TOO THAT FUCKING FAGGOT ASS PEDOPHILE. that is all.
I just wanted a special moment to comment on the season two finale as well . . . I've never read anything more perfect. It was such a good finale that I would have been perfectly content with that being the series finale; it just ended so perfectly. Skylar coming over with fireworks to light with Cirrus, Skylar asking him if they'd want to be roomates in college so Cirrus isn't alone, and the way Cirrus asked to kiss him after that and the scene ended with them tentatively kissing in front of the fireworks like oh I'm sobbing
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