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December 9, 2009 at 12:00 AM
I read it because I haven't yet, and was given a good ride. Still love your work, and without your help I would be lost in mine. This One shot really showed me how different our stories are, and how different the characters are within. I hopw to see more on the continuation of the second arc soon, don't forget to add me to your mailing list.
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April 21, 2009 at 12:00 AM
Vaez_the_wandering_assassin---It was fun to write a feel-good fluff story that didn't have to change a bunch of the real plotline. Means I might be able to mesh it into the main story someday...the marriage concept, at least.
Psyence---I should make a honeymoon oneshot sometime. Cute, fluffy, and utterly PWP. HA.
Psyence---I should make a honeymoon oneshot sometime. Cute, fluffy, and utterly PWP. HA.
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July 10, 2008 at 12:00 AM
once again an astoundingly amazing story that brings hope to the world great job slash keep it up
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May 26, 2008 at 12:00 AM
RAW19---Heh, kinda surprisingly, I really haven't played Pokemon that much for a while. I play Mystery Dungeon a good deal, and Crystal every so often, but the third generation...despite being the source of cute lil Gardevoir, I haven't run through Emerald in a loooong time.
But the story is close to my heart, so it doesn't matter how much or how little I play the games, heh.
Glad you enjoyed it!
But the story is close to my heart, so it doesn't matter how much or how little I play the games, heh.
Glad you enjoyed it!
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April 5, 2008 at 12:00 AM
o.o my gosh, it's been forever since i've reviewed someone's work. But, i came out of the closet XD for this one. Not only this special, this particular installment of your sinners series, is awesome, but.............the whole thing is excellent. The wording keeps it fresh, the concept is still relatively new, the flow and follow-through, not to mention the action and drama, are all perfect. I'm just one of thousands saying such, but you and your your fic are magnificent and put the 'fan' back into this site.
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April 3, 2008 at 12:00 AM
GenoLiger---I can't wait to see where they go, myself, heh.
When I'm trying to come up with a new chapter, there's a few things that I do. First, I consider all the "key points" of the story that I need to cover in the next chapter, and jot them down in a notepad document. Then I start adding ideas for the in-between stuff between those points---conversations that can occur, events that need to be described, actions that can be done---and try to make them as coherent as I can. Sometimes though, once I actually start writing my ideas down, it becomes clear that an idea that seemed good in planning isn't practical (sometimes, downright stupid), and I edit/toss it.
Sometimes I have fully-detailed ideas for scenes just..pop into my head from my muse. Those are pretty random, though, so...lol.
I actually do something called "pillow roleplay", lol, where I assign various pillows to roles (ie, Slash and Psymakio) and just brainstorm with dialogue between them (yes, you heard right, talking to myself---WITH PILLOWS). Good exchanges are remembered or written down for later use.
Other than that...I'm not quite sure, lol.
DizzyRye---Honestly, I started crying when I was writing the "Watson realizes that he's grown old alone" scene, which was originally a lot longer and more detailed. I cut it down because it ruined the mood completely; the revised version has a quicker and happier resolution. The fact that I was listening to the orchestral version of "Inner Light" didn't help stem my emotions, either (Star Trek fans know what I'm talking about, lol).
Watson will continue to be a main character in Sinners; while I didn't intend it when I started, he's become as dear to me as Psymakio or Slash.
Slash and Gardie (yes, that's a new nickname, but I'm not sure when it'll come up in the main story) feel more real to me than any real-world experience that I've had with love. I've never felt true, unconditional love before...and so I must write it, perhaps to try and prove to myself that it can exist, even if only in fiction.
Graveler may well be evolved by March...the reason I didn't make him a Golem was because I'm not sure of when he'll evolve, as opposed to the other Pokemon. I can't wait for Growlithe to evolve---if I could draw, I would love to draw Slash and Psymakio atop of Arcanine, heh.
There will be a sort of epilogue to Sinners---while I don't know how it'll end, I'm sure of the consequences of either victory or defeat. It's unlikely that many people will understand it...until I start writing more original work, anyway...but it'll be good. Unifying. All I'll say now is that Slash is a recurring character in my writing (under various incarnations, of course), as are Psymakio and Kiako...and what they do in the world of Sinners may affect their 'other versions' in ways that may not be easily seen.
T~SIDEWAYZ---Glad you like it, heh. If you haven't already, you may wish to e-mail me at slashfirestorm@inbox.com and get on the Sinners Mailing List, so you can be informed of updates to the main story, oneshots, plotmails, etc.
When I'm trying to come up with a new chapter, there's a few things that I do. First, I consider all the "key points" of the story that I need to cover in the next chapter, and jot them down in a notepad document. Then I start adding ideas for the in-between stuff between those points---conversations that can occur, events that need to be described, actions that can be done---and try to make them as coherent as I can. Sometimes though, once I actually start writing my ideas down, it becomes clear that an idea that seemed good in planning isn't practical (sometimes, downright stupid), and I edit/toss it.
Sometimes I have fully-detailed ideas for scenes just..pop into my head from my muse. Those are pretty random, though, so...lol.
I actually do something called "pillow roleplay", lol, where I assign various pillows to roles (ie, Slash and Psymakio) and just brainstorm with dialogue between them (yes, you heard right, talking to myself---WITH PILLOWS). Good exchanges are remembered or written down for later use.
Other than that...I'm not quite sure, lol.
DizzyRye---Honestly, I started crying when I was writing the "Watson realizes that he's grown old alone" scene, which was originally a lot longer and more detailed. I cut it down because it ruined the mood completely; the revised version has a quicker and happier resolution. The fact that I was listening to the orchestral version of "Inner Light" didn't help stem my emotions, either (Star Trek fans know what I'm talking about, lol).
Watson will continue to be a main character in Sinners; while I didn't intend it when I started, he's become as dear to me as Psymakio or Slash.
Slash and Gardie (yes, that's a new nickname, but I'm not sure when it'll come up in the main story) feel more real to me than any real-world experience that I've had with love. I've never felt true, unconditional love before...and so I must write it, perhaps to try and prove to myself that it can exist, even if only in fiction.
Graveler may well be evolved by March...the reason I didn't make him a Golem was because I'm not sure of when he'll evolve, as opposed to the other Pokemon. I can't wait for Growlithe to evolve---if I could draw, I would love to draw Slash and Psymakio atop of Arcanine, heh.
There will be a sort of epilogue to Sinners---while I don't know how it'll end, I'm sure of the consequences of either victory or defeat. It's unlikely that many people will understand it...until I start writing more original work, anyway...but it'll be good. Unifying. All I'll say now is that Slash is a recurring character in my writing (under various incarnations, of course), as are Psymakio and Kiako...and what they do in the world of Sinners may affect their 'other versions' in ways that may not be easily seen.
T~SIDEWAYZ---Glad you like it, heh. If you haven't already, you may wish to e-mail me at slashfirestorm@inbox.com and get on the Sinners Mailing List, so you can be informed of updates to the main story, oneshots, plotmails, etc.
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April 1, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Man, this has to be the best one you've written yet. I've been following the story, checking back every few days for an update or a short story. This one hit home though, it brought so much emotion and power from the words that i read it and didnt want to stop. You are an amazing writer and i hope to see this story continue and grow until everyone reads it. again thank you for this amazing story.
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March 31, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Hi me again. This story is thru the roof.I can't wait to see how this stuff turns out in the actual story. Hey I have a question. How do you get inspierd? I'm in a rut in my story.
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March 31, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Lesson learned. Don't have sad/romantic music playing in the background while reading this. Had to stop reading in the middle because I honestly broke down during the middle. All the standard comments apply, it was amazingly well-written, it is still the best fanfic I've ever read, quite possibly the best story I've ever read, period. You have a gift, update faster, and so on. And now you made me cry.
Once more, I'm struck by just how real all of the characters are, and again I hope that eventually you'll write a side story for Watson, he's turned out to be such a big part of the story that I can't think anyone except yourself would have expected it. All that has happened through his life, it feels so real even from the bits and pieces that have been revealed.
And of course, the love between Slash and Gardie (that caught my eye, too, a new nickname?) is as sweet as ever, a bittersweet taste of forbidden fruit, a poignant glimpse of heaven entwined with a flash of hell. Normal couples can be romantic and it comes off as comedy or triteness, but these two, it just feels real. When a fanfic couple feels more real than reality, it makes one pause.
Even the development of the rest of Slash's team was well-done. Fully evolved save Graveller, a detail I hadn't even thought of at first.
But yes, absolutely fantastic work, I will continue to eagerly look forward to each subsequent update, to read what happens next to the story that has so perfectly stolen everyone's hearts.
That, and hope for a completely non-canon goof-off story, something like Sinners: Green Room. Everyone's at the wrap party after the story's done, goofing off. Kiako's getting drunk on punch and singing bad karaoke with Watson, a 'certain someone' gives a new meaning to 'break'dancing and so on. Goofy fun that couldn't possibly happen in the story. If it happens, that'd be a fun read.
Once more, I'm struck by just how real all of the characters are, and again I hope that eventually you'll write a side story for Watson, he's turned out to be such a big part of the story that I can't think anyone except yourself would have expected it. All that has happened through his life, it feels so real even from the bits and pieces that have been revealed.
And of course, the love between Slash and Gardie (that caught my eye, too, a new nickname?) is as sweet as ever, a bittersweet taste of forbidden fruit, a poignant glimpse of heaven entwined with a flash of hell. Normal couples can be romantic and it comes off as comedy or triteness, but these two, it just feels real. When a fanfic couple feels more real than reality, it makes one pause.
Even the development of the rest of Slash's team was well-done. Fully evolved save Graveller, a detail I hadn't even thought of at first.
But yes, absolutely fantastic work, I will continue to eagerly look forward to each subsequent update, to read what happens next to the story that has so perfectly stolen everyone's hearts.
That, and hope for a completely non-canon goof-off story, something like Sinners: Green Room. Everyone's at the wrap party after the story's done, goofing off. Kiako's getting drunk on punch and singing bad karaoke with Watson, a 'certain someone' gives a new meaning to 'break'dancing and so on. Goofy fun that couldn't possibly happen in the story. If it happens, that'd be a fun read.
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March 30, 2008 at 12:00 AM
YOUR LAET LOL
Excellent writing as always. I'll be F5ing for Chapter 21, so continue the awesome plz
Excellent writing as always. I'll be F5ing for Chapter 21, so continue the awesome plz