I started this commentary series intending to imitate the style of CinemaSins. This is why you will see a running "Sins" counter as I find more and more things wrong with the story. I won't stop at every single txtspeak or spelling error (if I did, I'd be here a month of Sundays trying to find them all, and I'd come across as the Human Spellchecker rather than an entertaining commentator), but if I see a plot inconsistency, OOC, or a typo I can make a joke out of, well, just look for the bold type in parentheses. This intention is also why all my swear words are censored with an asterisk replacing the vowel. CinemaSins does it that way, so will I. Over time, my commentary evolved (or devolved, make of it what you will) into something more reminiscent of That Guy with the Glasses or The Spoony Experiment where at points I just stop and rant about what the hell I just read, and TSE in particular thanks to having multiple side-counts of particular things wrong with the story, so please bear with me. I also will, in addition to sins for everything wrong, give out "penalty sins" if something in particular is so wrong, the transgression is deserving of more than one sin. And yes, everything is fair game. The story itself, the Author's Notes, hell, even that hacker chapter is going to get sinned.

My Immortal was written and published by Tara Gilesbie in late 2006-early 2007. People were ripping on it then, people are still ripping on it today (as of December 2014, it's been eight years). I will be pointing out some things already riffed on by many others on the web, as well as my own criticisms of the story which I haven't seen addressed yet. And no, this fic does not get points for trying.

I have decided to rate this story Mature on the ratings system due to its awful, explicit, horrid sex scenes and rampant violence. Reader discretion advised. Or, dare I say it, Viower Excretion Advisd?

However this turns out, I look forward to seeing you dear readers on the other side, and invite you to comment/review as you will. Love it, hate it, flame it, laugh at it, have some of your own criticisms I missed, I want to hear from you.

This is gonna be a bumpy ride, folks. Get in, sit down, buckle up and hang on.

-Samniss Arandeen