I read it after I read the manga (I had watched the anime long before), which had revived my annoyance at the ending. I needed any writing that could provide me with a satisfactory "after story", and for a while I entertained myself with writing my own fan fiction. However, I have to admit that I'm worse at writing fan fiction than I am at original stories, so I gave up midway. It was by chance that I googled and found The Season of the Daffodils. Back then, it felt as a healing oasis, and now that I speed-read the whole thing again, it felt like visiting an old friend.
As the writers say, it truly is a "prosaic love tale full of clichés", and perhaps there are details in characterization that don't agree with my perception of the characters (especially Terrence), but over all I believe it was a very well written story that provided me with a chance to detox the accumulated stress from the ending of the original story.
If you watched Candy Candy in your childhood and were depressed, or want a good read about what happened afterwards - 40 years since the publication of the first manga volume - then go ahead to this link, and enjoy the story!
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| Fan art by Rosemary555 |
On a side note, it felt odd reading this fan fiction because I've used the protagonist's name as my pen name for so long, that whenever her name appeared it felt it was me who was mentioned :P
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing this beautiful memory...
ReplyDeleteNo problem! Candy Candy is a classic, but I really couldn't stand the ending.
DeleteI waited in vain for Terry to realize he's human, and it's impossible to marry a person to make happy when he is not in love with her. He could never answer her expectations...
hola, encontré esta blog buscando material de Candy Candy. Estoy interesada en la historia The season of the daffodils de Josephine Hymes. He buscado en google pero no la encuentro solo los videos. Pero yo quiero leer la historia. Sabes donde la puedo encontrar? Tu link [This Link), no funciona.
ReplyDeleteHola, disculpa la demora. Si aún no has encontrado The Season of the Daffodils, subí mi copia a mi Google Drive. La puedes encontrar aquí: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K9nnORkg8BxVOyf2ZFrssz0rPwRv-yQg/view?usp=sharing
DeleteHi, I would like to know if you can help to find the page or web where I can read the story the season of daffodils by Josephine Hymes. I tired your link {this link} but it does not work any more. Google only shows me video of it and not the story itself.
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