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Reviews for Just the Once

By : maliwanhellfire
  • From ANON - FallAce on June 17, 2008
    Although, next to beautiful, thorny vines and poisonous violet flowers, a sunflower tended to be overlooked for its unabashed cheerfulness. As if being happy meant you lacked depth. -That line was beautiful and so true. I've seen so many authors and so many fanfictions and none of them managed to capture THAT.

    I've seen people address Goku with mature thoughts and a diametric and empathetic personality before, however you've done it so well. You've managed to incorporate his cheerfulness and slow pace thinking with what's under the surface, giving so much sense to your story and his character.

    Also I'm starting to see how Gojyo and Goku's relationship could work. The circumstances that you've addressed works for their pairing brilliantly!

    Update soon!

    ~Fall
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  • From ANON - Eternity on June 13, 2008
    Chapter 4 - witty, clever, tense, unexpected, and thoroughly enjoyable. the paragraph or segment with the both of them standing and yelling, then quiet down an sit, that had just great timing. the segments each flowed like a natural conversation and as a reader i feel like i was right there with the two of them trying to figure out the Gojyo/Goku connection. i find it is not a pairing that you see often and seeing as it started out in this story as just PWP but now the story is something more, as a reader i, much like Sanzo and Hakkai, am wondering how it got here, where is it going and how will get there? (i'm also wondering if there will be Sanzo/Hakkai sex, but i'm trying to remain critical here and not be all fangirly. ... ... so yeah about that Sanzo/Hakkai sex -)

    i think Sanzo and Hakkai are having believable reactions. i think they are within character, although i am not sure about the drunk Sanzo. as much i like Sanzo when he is written drunk, usually, i also tend to think that Sanzo is not the type to allow himself to get drunk, at least not easliy or often. it makes him too vulnerable. but still he was not a bad drunk Sanzo.

    looking forward to more. thank you for writing and posting!
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  • From remyjames on June 10, 2008
    Aww, poor Sanzo. Poor Hakkai. So, I'm guessing no one's nuts will be hacked off any time soon? Good to know. I do love that redhead and the thought of him and Goku...well...let's just say that that particular pairing is not one to be admitted outloud
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  • From ANON - gerigirl on June 09, 2008
    wow i like what i've read so far . hakkai and sanzo sort of bonding over their missing companions even through they left of their own free will,for fear of sanzo killing them both possibly? can't wait for the next post to go up
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  • From ANON - FallAce on June 08, 2008
    Sanzo and Hakkai were in perfect character.
    Most people would just have Sanzo "own" Goku and left it at that but when you added "What am I suppose to do with him?" you gave your story so much more depth.
    Normally Hakkia swearing is very out of character but your timing was very good on that, so much so that it seemed very in character.
    And having Sanzo admit (partially) that it was partly his fault, really has me thinking what he's going to do when he finds Goku and Gojyo; who's going to end up with who?
    Oh, and drunk Sanzo had me on the floor laughing xD
    Both of them were very insightful and that made it so that it didn't seem as if it was only Gojyo and Goku who where victims.

    Sanzo can't wait for this to be over but I don't.
    Update soon.

    ~Fall
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  • From iJewel on June 05, 2008
    OH my.

    oh DEAR!

    oh. my. dear.

    This was great. a little more of the cuff humor than the last. very weird how the quirky humor is working with such a serious subject. i mean Sanzo finding Gojyo and Goku together is serious, i mean, serious stuff. especially how you have it written. and it's good. funny how the "only once" things (like oneshot pwp's) can run away with themselves. i like the introduction of Hakkai. his thoughts on G/G together are ... promising. And his summation of Sanzo - that Sanzo sees Goku as something stable in his life and gives him a comfort zone - very nice.

    looking forward to seeing where this takes you. thanks for writing and posting!
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  • From ANON - FallAce on May 26, 2008
    That gave me a good laugh. Gojyo! Have you no shame!?

    I’m glad that you’re not sticking with the normal most typical pairings within the Saiyuki fandom (not that they aren’t a good read) but it is refreshing to see something new and new this is. Because it is so uncharacteristic of them to be together in the first place, it makes for a great story and drama when you do something like this.

    It was really nice in how you perceived Sanzo's and Goku's relationship and it somehow puts the story into a much more believable state -not that it wasn't believable t begin with.

    And it was great to see that Hakkai pulled out of the Sanzo position before he really did become cynical enough to believe that it was "emotional blackmail" -nice see that there's someone whom is level headed.

    Can't wait for your next update!

    ~Fall
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  • From TrillienRose on May 20, 2008
    lol. will you be updating again? im enjoying this story.
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  • From ANON - FallAce on May 18, 2008
    Wow! I loved the first chapter, which I thought was a one-shot, but the continuation was brilliant! The demons were funny and every one was in character, and the drama! The drama is just awesome! Please, continue!

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  • From WaterWalker on May 14, 2008
    Wow, this isn't even an OTP for me, and this still has to be one of my favourite Saiyuki fics ever written. Very in character, and the circumstances behind Gojyo and Goku's relationship are absolutely perfect. Really, I don't think there's anything negative I can say about this story. Your writing style is fantastic, your delivery is flawless, your sense of timing is impeccable. Honestly, excellent work!
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  • From ANON - kUmAgoRo-BeAm on April 21, 2008
    fucking hot.
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  • From jessiedarque on November 13, 2007
    ok, this I liked. A lot. Really. . .
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