This page is sort of actually to reply to all reviews that I've had so far…
My later replies are at the bottom of the page…
To: All my reviewers…
I really am soo… happy that you've decided to review. I've made such a blunder with my first fic that I really wasn't sure how this was going to come along… I think from now on I'll keep my humour fics, and the dark and serious ones separate… I'm getting a headache just trying to remember when I'm writing what… Just for the record, I'm an English educated bilingual Chinese, who happens to know a couple of dialects, Chinese ones of course, and a few Japanese words to add to my vocabulary… So, if I get mixed up and start adding Chinese mythology, phrases or the such… Gomen. I really get a little mixed up sometimes… After all, Journey to the West, upon which Saiyuki is based on, has its roots in China and in Chinese.
A very happy author,
Wyn
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To: chiefraz
I'm really sorry, but I don't really know what you're talking about? *blushes furiously* I don't really know much about America, sorry, but I think that Detroit Tigers are some sports group, right? Anyway, thanks for your review. Being a Literature student, I tend to do quite a lot of metaphors. I couldn't resist using the tiger metaphor; I so LOVE tigers… And I'm a huge fan of Saiyuki too… Thanks anyway.
Wyn
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To: MoMo-kun
Thank you sooo… much. I thought of Gojyo that way too! I really think that he's really sly and all… I like the way that he goes around courting ladies… I was a little bored so I added the little bit about him going after the married woman, but honestly, I think he wouldn't have done it. Sorry to those who didn't think that it was part of Gojyo's character. I myself don't think so too.
Wyn
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To: UltraM2000
I'm so sorry about the Mandarin / Cantonese thing half way, but well… Theoretically, the ikkou are supposed to be from China, although one of the fanfic authors were right about Tenjiku being in the East and not the West of China since it's in Japan… [I don't know… maybe they decided to try one of those "Around the World In 80 Days" thing just to prolong their journey… Or maybe Kanzeon Bosatsu gave them the wrong information and sent them the wrong way on purpose… We all know her… him… err… it?] Anyway, my deepest apologies… Gomenasai.
Well, not that it's something that I'm supposed to be complaining about, but, I am Chinese so I had to read/watch the translated versions of Saiyuki… and I caught them on AXN. Don't shoot me, but they spelled Kanan's name as Kana, and besides, Microsoft Word accepts Kana as a 'legitimate' word… So anyway, sorry, I won't make that mistake again…
Finally, regarding the Gojyo thing… I know. I guess I purposely did that… I've been reading so many of those kind of fics with either Sha Gojyo or Kenren Taisho acting like that, I couldn't resist. Besides, I needed a laugh, and I ended up imagining Gojyo as a somewhat sexually deprived idiot running around trying to get a good lay… Well, don't shoot me… Really, really, gomen if you're as avid a Gojyo fan as I am a Hakkai one…
All the same, thanks for reviewing, and thanks for the comments. I'm sure to apply them in my future work.
Wyn
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To: ruishi
I really couldn't resist asking, but did you know that your pen name can mean "auspicious lion" in Mandarin? Of course, it can mean many other things, but that's the normal name given to the lions in the lion dances…
Anyway, back to business… I REALLY can't believe that someone actually reviewed after every single chapter! I hope I didn't cause you much trouble… I wrote "R&R" at the end of every chapter although I posted it all together because I couldn't find the time to come online… I wrote them at the same time, true, but I really didn't expect someone to do something like this… Thanks all the same…
More importantly, there are bound to be quite a number of typos in my stories… I don't normally re-read them, unless I forget what I wrote in front. I don't have a beta reader either, so really gomen about the typos. Not that I'm angry or anything, but… I do know the difference 'they're' and 'their', it's just that I normally type what I say, and these two sound pretty much the same… [My room can get rather noisy when I'm writing a fic, you know] And if you're wondering, yes, I do get mixed up with 'to', 'too' and 'two' quite often. I've been speaking English since I could speak, [my first words were probably English] so, don't worry about my grammar… I normally top the class for English tests and examinations… [I hope I top those suckers again… ha!] Sorry about the typos though. I'd appreciate you telling me about them, but don't expect me to change them… I probably won't. Like I said earlier, I don't enjoy re-reading my stories, even to find some remote mistake and re-uploading the entire chapter…
Regarding the Goku thing, I am a Yaoi fan… a little at least… I'm not hentai you know… HOWEVER, I don't mind Gojyo, Sanzo and Hakkai boinking each other till kingdom come if they don't pull Goku into it. I may not be a Goku fan, but I definitely find it extremely disturbing for a kid to be boinking anyone, or vice versa. Especially Sanzo. So, sorry, you want find any Goku boinking in my fics. Mostly, I would say you would find Sanzo boinking or getting boinked. I may be a Hakkai fan, but I love thinking about Sanzo getting boinked. I guess I am a little hentai…
About Gojyo, could you read what I wrote to UltraM2000? It's the same thing you two said about him… And finally, I hate to say it, but I find Hakkai's past so unique that I have to take advantage of it… It's just so… beautiful, in a sadistic way. I LOVE it. Well, the chapter on Hakkai in this fic, is just one of the many ways I see Hakkai… If anyone doesn't get it, I understand. I wasn't really aware of what I was typing at that time. It was nearly midnight, and I had been facing the computer more or less non-stop since 3 that afternoon. So, my brain was a little fuzzed up. Anyway, I will be writing more Hakkai-centred fics in the future, most of them probably with an extremely dark side.
Thanks for reviewing… You don't have to review every chapter you know, but still thanks!
Wyn
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To: UltraM2000
I'm so sorry… Making such a stupid blunder… AGAIN… I'm so sorry… I am just so lost watching Saiyuki in Japanese and everything in Japanese that I tend to over-rely on the fanfic authors… Looks like that poor author (whoever I read) was wrong… Anyway… Thanks all the same.
As for what you said, you're right. I am Chinese (like, isn't it obvious?) and I'm from… … Singapore! Well, for now at least, I'm stuck here… I might migrate some place else… The weather doesn't agree with me very well… It's just too hot… and humid… and stuffy… and hot… … oh, did I mention it's hot here?
Ok, ok, I won't waste anymore time, so, that's it for now. Thanks for reviewing!
Wyn
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To: kitsune-oni
I'm sorry about the paragraphing… I know that "English-ly" speaking, you are supposed to start a new paragraph at the end of every monologue (is that the correct word to use here?). However, I was afraid that I was going to use a lot of dialogues in my story (I tend to do that in my compositions and essays back in school), so I decided to cut some space off and drop the proper paragraphing… I guess I shouldn't have… Thanks anyway…
Regarding the author notes in the middle, I'm sorry you feel that way. I've read quite a number of stories that do this, so I thought that maybe I should try as well. You see, if you didn't know, and if I didn't say so above (I've forgotten what I typed before), this fic of mine is meant as a trial for me to test out the grounds in fanfic. I've never written here successfully before, so I thought that maybe trying to do something like this is worth a shot. So, that explains why my story's chapters are so insanely different from one another… I tried to use every single type of story-writing format I know of, and am willing to try, in this story. So, the "anti-author's note" has been, well, taken note of.
On a lighter note, I'm really glad that you like the Goku chapter so much. I'll try and write more of such fics with more of such humour for people like you who enjoy it. Okay? The next thing regarding the Italian/French… err… I wasn't aware that I put in any such languages… But if I did… I suppose Gojyo would really know certain key phrases and words in French. "It's amore baby… The language of love." Forgot where I heard that, but I figure Gojyo might say something like this in reply. By the way, Gojyo did say that he hates "babes crying" in one of the episodes in GMS to some girl… (I'll check out which episode later) But I guess you're right. He wouldn't say something like that to some woman he's trying to pick up, would he?
Final thing, I know you probably wouldn't read this before chapters Sanzo and Hakkai, but I'm not sure how you'll react to those chapters. Please review them? I'd like to know how someone who likes action will react to my final chapters. I know my humour sucks though…
Wyn
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To: Unseen Watcher
I couldn't resist asking. Are you a fan of the series/movie/game "Highlander"? I mean, there are a group of people called the "Watchers" right? And they are always unseen and non-interfering… But, no… You're probably not… If you were, you must have been pretty lost, getting yourself on the anime/Saiyuki page of fanfic.
More importantly, THANKS FOR YOUR REVIEW! I'm so sorry about the reviewing thing… I didn't realise I didn't allow anonymous reviewers. Thanks for telling me. I've just changed that. About the philosophy thing, well, I'm a "well-trained" Literature student, if I may say so myself. *cough* I know, I'm rambling again, right?
But, never mind… I'm glad for your praises to me, I really am. I'm just so happy that there are people reviewing my poorly on-the-spot-written fics… Thank you so much…
A very touched
Wyn