Hey everybody!
Well, this took me a tad longer than I expected. Actually, about a week longer than I expected. ^^;;; School started, and the first days are always a little hectic. Then, when I *had* spare time, I discovered something about myself: I can be really, really unmovitated when I want (or don't want) to be. :p
Anyway, this has shortened some as a result of the delay. For one thing, the teaser I promised turned out to be unnecessary: I had so much spare time during AP Euro and AP Calc that the first part of 'In Dreams' is already up. Check it out after you're done here, and of course, leave a review.
Also, the list of what I "borrowed" from other stuff has gone the way of the dodo. I sat down to write it and realized a.) this was incredibly boring and b.) does anyone really care anyway? I will say, however, in response to a few comments, that I didn't lift paragraphs or anything. It was more cameos and catch-phrases. For example, "Cadet" Ken Hidaka in part 5 doubles as an assassin from the anime Weiß Kreuz, and I'm sure some of you spotted the title from "Whose line is it anyway?" somewhere back in chapter 3. It's little things like that, not out-and-out plagarism. Though I will say that anyone who reads "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood would probably stop every other chapter and realize afresh just how much homage I paid that book in ~Hourglass~.
So the moment you've all been waiting for: personal comments! Woo-hoo! Now these were fun. I've been wanting to answer some of these for a while, but didn't want to ruin the plot for people who asked very, very good questions.
Not-really-in-alphabetical-order-but-sort-of:
Airin-chan! *hugs* Where do I start? Thanks for absolutely everything, from poking me not-so-subtly to check out IcyBrian to being my idea-bouncing-board to not whacking me with plushies for taking so long to read your ZenxMarron fic. I'll get to it next, I promise, right after my AP English homework. School sucks.
Alonia Everclear: *faints* I've been acknowledged by the patron saint of Seiftii! Yay! And thanks for the nomination. I'm still not sure where PLGC came from, but I'm glad you liked it.
Alse: I really, really hope you stuck around to read the rest of what I wrote, because what you wrote really stuck with me. Posting ~Hourglass~ wasn't something I was very confident about, because I felt I'd missed on a lot of things. Hearing that you'd gone through the same thing and tried the same approaches meant a lot to me, and I needed it. A lot of this was because of you.
Baconfat! You were there in the middle, then vanished. But while you were there you were great, long reviews, glowing compliments, what more can an author ask? Just... come back again!
Bippo, Bippo, Bippo. What am I going to do with you? Well, I guess you'll have to use your imagination to decide if Seifer gets stuck in an endless loop or not. My personal take on that is that succeed or fail it's impossible, because either way things are *different* from the first time. There's no guarauntee, if Squall goes, that they'll even survive to get *in* to Time Compression, or defeat Ultimecia if they do. As a matter of fact, I'd consider it pretty damn unlikely. But you made me consider it as a possibility, and I'd like to see what his reaction would be if that did happen. Interested?
Cyrell: yo! I endlessly adore you for the fact that you reviewed every time. Oh yeah, and you wrote "lest we forget", which I persist in thinking is awesome. Along with you. I'm sure you'll forgive me for not leaving you with the cliffhanger... you can get that experience in the next fic. Which you'll read, right? Right? *puppy eyes*
JessieBlueEyes: *taps foot* and just where is the next chapter of *your* fic? C'mon, girl, get writing! And BTW, thanks for the review, the cameo, heck, just thanks! *hugs, cookies and Zell*
leighton: *blushes* I'm really not that good, but I'm glad you'll stick around for the next chapter. Go ahead and sign a review anyway-- you don't have to be a member to type your name in the box. I'd love to see you around more.
lanesa: you're not going to believe it, but your fic "Kiss the Stars" (or something like that) was the very first Seiftis I ever read. I realize I never left a review, which I keep meaning to rememdy, but I appreciate that you left me one anyway ^^;;; you're a very good author yourself, so I'm glad you thought my work worth your time. You find a new way to make me float every time. *hugs* thank you, so much.
magistrate: ano... I have a good reason for missing hte last, oh, twenty of so chapters of Burning Soul. Really. MM-hmm. Laziness had nothing to do with it. Argh... hope I haven't missed the end of the world. Then again, how could you survive without me? I loved your weird review, it made me feel un-alone in my insanity. Quite Sanity is overrated. And... I'll get back soon. Really. Honest. ^^;;;
melete: awww, I love fuzzy warms *hugs a stuffed animal* but I see your point, and I hope I didn't delve /too/ far into sap-ville. It was, after all, not really the point.
nanaseven: Wow, really? I'm not sure if I deserve that, but thank you very much anyway! Coming at the beginning it was more powerful to hear, and of course you can see I appreciated the pickle reference. ^_- And the second review rocked too (skittles? what is with with the food? not that I don't like food...)
PinkStarz: Very similarly to my Alonia review, I'm amazed that the patron saints of this pairing actually read this fic. Every time I saw a name of an author like you I practically flew. I don't deserve to be told that this is the best Seiftis ever, but don't worry, my ego expanded anyway. ;)
Qucykysilver: you reviewed me! Yay! *feels all happy* and Irvy wasn't even in this story, and you read it anyway. All I need now is my request and I'm a happy author. *subtle hinting* :p here, have a charachter *hands over ~Houglass~Irvy* he's... complaint. ^_-
Quistis88! You put me on your favorites list! *in shock* I'm moving up in the world.
Saravien, another regular! *hugs hugs* You've stuck with this story for pretty much the whole thing, and never failed to say something new and different every time. I can't answer everything you said in just a few lines, but knowing I'd see your name on a review every time did wonders for my motivation. And the favorites list helped too. :)
seyanaidi: you came, you saw, you reviewed. 'Nuff said.
Voice in the wind: nice catch ^_-. You were the only one who bothered to mention any references, making me wonder if no one pays attention in English class anymore :) It was great, though, keeping me from feeling like an utter idiot. There's more in 'In Dreams' so keep hunting!
OTHER:
Aligator, Aniiston, Sleeping Soul (Nightwish fan, are we?), cherry-blossoms854, Apple Pie, Makoto Almasy, Dalpal, Seifer'sGurl, Ali, Witch Baby, paladin, Heavenz Little Angel, Rikku-chan, Wicca, jtyw, Starwhispere, Quartzite, dd, fallen, LiL LoNeLY iSa, Jen, Cloudspun, Sorceress Ruby, Miss-Kittie, dee, Vanessa, Gold (o.O The author of "In Whose Name?" reviewed *me*?!?!), seiferfetish
(aka everyone who said "It's good, write more")
You didn't say much, but hey, it's a review, right? And as you can see, I was more than happy to oblige. Hope you liked all of it, not just the particular chapter you reviewed. *giant hugs and lots of cookies*
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And that's a wrap, people.
Hop on over to 'In Dreams', onegai shimasu:
Lyaka ^^
Well, this took me a tad longer than I expected. Actually, about a week longer than I expected. ^^;;; School started, and the first days are always a little hectic. Then, when I *had* spare time, I discovered something about myself: I can be really, really unmovitated when I want (or don't want) to be. :p
Anyway, this has shortened some as a result of the delay. For one thing, the teaser I promised turned out to be unnecessary: I had so much spare time during AP Euro and AP Calc that the first part of 'In Dreams' is already up. Check it out after you're done here, and of course, leave a review.
Also, the list of what I "borrowed" from other stuff has gone the way of the dodo. I sat down to write it and realized a.) this was incredibly boring and b.) does anyone really care anyway? I will say, however, in response to a few comments, that I didn't lift paragraphs or anything. It was more cameos and catch-phrases. For example, "Cadet" Ken Hidaka in part 5 doubles as an assassin from the anime Weiß Kreuz, and I'm sure some of you spotted the title from "Whose line is it anyway?" somewhere back in chapter 3. It's little things like that, not out-and-out plagarism. Though I will say that anyone who reads "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood would probably stop every other chapter and realize afresh just how much homage I paid that book in ~Hourglass~.
So the moment you've all been waiting for: personal comments! Woo-hoo! Now these were fun. I've been wanting to answer some of these for a while, but didn't want to ruin the plot for people who asked very, very good questions.
Not-really-in-alphabetical-order-but-sort-of:
Airin-chan! *hugs* Where do I start? Thanks for absolutely everything, from poking me not-so-subtly to check out IcyBrian to being my idea-bouncing-board to not whacking me with plushies for taking so long to read your ZenxMarron fic. I'll get to it next, I promise, right after my AP English homework. School sucks.
Alonia Everclear: *faints* I've been acknowledged by the patron saint of Seiftii! Yay! And thanks for the nomination. I'm still not sure where PLGC came from, but I'm glad you liked it.
Alse: I really, really hope you stuck around to read the rest of what I wrote, because what you wrote really stuck with me. Posting ~Hourglass~ wasn't something I was very confident about, because I felt I'd missed on a lot of things. Hearing that you'd gone through the same thing and tried the same approaches meant a lot to me, and I needed it. A lot of this was because of you.
Baconfat! You were there in the middle, then vanished. But while you were there you were great, long reviews, glowing compliments, what more can an author ask? Just... come back again!
Bippo, Bippo, Bippo. What am I going to do with you? Well, I guess you'll have to use your imagination to decide if Seifer gets stuck in an endless loop or not. My personal take on that is that succeed or fail it's impossible, because either way things are *different* from the first time. There's no guarauntee, if Squall goes, that they'll even survive to get *in* to Time Compression, or defeat Ultimecia if they do. As a matter of fact, I'd consider it pretty damn unlikely. But you made me consider it as a possibility, and I'd like to see what his reaction would be if that did happen. Interested?
Cyrell: yo! I endlessly adore you for the fact that you reviewed every time. Oh yeah, and you wrote "lest we forget", which I persist in thinking is awesome. Along with you. I'm sure you'll forgive me for not leaving you with the cliffhanger... you can get that experience in the next fic. Which you'll read, right? Right? *puppy eyes*
JessieBlueEyes: *taps foot* and just where is the next chapter of *your* fic? C'mon, girl, get writing! And BTW, thanks for the review, the cameo, heck, just thanks! *hugs, cookies and Zell*
leighton: *blushes* I'm really not that good, but I'm glad you'll stick around for the next chapter. Go ahead and sign a review anyway-- you don't have to be a member to type your name in the box. I'd love to see you around more.
lanesa: you're not going to believe it, but your fic "Kiss the Stars" (or something like that) was the very first Seiftis I ever read. I realize I never left a review, which I keep meaning to rememdy, but I appreciate that you left me one anyway ^^;;; you're a very good author yourself, so I'm glad you thought my work worth your time. You find a new way to make me float every time. *hugs* thank you, so much.
magistrate: ano... I have a good reason for missing hte last, oh, twenty of so chapters of Burning Soul. Really. MM-hmm. Laziness had nothing to do with it. Argh... hope I haven't missed the end of the world. Then again, how could you survive without me? I loved your weird review, it made me feel un-alone in my insanity. Quite Sanity is overrated. And... I'll get back soon. Really. Honest. ^^;;;
melete: awww, I love fuzzy warms *hugs a stuffed animal* but I see your point, and I hope I didn't delve /too/ far into sap-ville. It was, after all, not really the point.
nanaseven: Wow, really? I'm not sure if I deserve that, but thank you very much anyway! Coming at the beginning it was more powerful to hear, and of course you can see I appreciated the pickle reference. ^_- And the second review rocked too (skittles? what is with with the food? not that I don't like food...)
PinkStarz: Very similarly to my Alonia review, I'm amazed that the patron saints of this pairing actually read this fic. Every time I saw a name of an author like you I practically flew. I don't deserve to be told that this is the best Seiftis ever, but don't worry, my ego expanded anyway. ;)
Qucykysilver: you reviewed me! Yay! *feels all happy* and Irvy wasn't even in this story, and you read it anyway. All I need now is my request and I'm a happy author. *subtle hinting* :p here, have a charachter *hands over ~Houglass~Irvy* he's... complaint. ^_-
Quistis88! You put me on your favorites list! *in shock* I'm moving up in the world.
Saravien, another regular! *hugs hugs* You've stuck with this story for pretty much the whole thing, and never failed to say something new and different every time. I can't answer everything you said in just a few lines, but knowing I'd see your name on a review every time did wonders for my motivation. And the favorites list helped too. :)
seyanaidi: you came, you saw, you reviewed. 'Nuff said.
Voice in the wind: nice catch ^_-. You were the only one who bothered to mention any references, making me wonder if no one pays attention in English class anymore :) It was great, though, keeping me from feeling like an utter idiot. There's more in 'In Dreams' so keep hunting!
OTHER:
Aligator, Aniiston, Sleeping Soul (Nightwish fan, are we?), cherry-blossoms854, Apple Pie, Makoto Almasy, Dalpal, Seifer'sGurl, Ali, Witch Baby, paladin, Heavenz Little Angel, Rikku-chan, Wicca, jtyw, Starwhispere, Quartzite, dd, fallen, LiL LoNeLY iSa, Jen, Cloudspun, Sorceress Ruby, Miss-Kittie, dee, Vanessa, Gold (o.O The author of "In Whose Name?" reviewed *me*?!?!), seiferfetish
(aka everyone who said "It's good, write more")
You didn't say much, but hey, it's a review, right? And as you can see, I was more than happy to oblige. Hope you liked all of it, not just the particular chapter you reviewed. *giant hugs and lots of cookies*
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
And that's a wrap, people.
Hop on over to 'In Dreams', onegai shimasu:
Lyaka ^^