When Writers Go Bad: Answers for Reviews for Chapters Five through Nine

Chapter Five

Mewt: And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how we make a filler chapter

LesMisLoony: Huzzah indeed! snuggles Raoul

Argentine Rose: Well, really, they are rather odd….

Nebulia: O.O That would be cool! I want an ego that only speaks in song lyrics!

Elyse3: Thanks for the correction on Percy's title! That's always confused me, so that is extremely helpful! snugs

Chapter Six

LesMisLoony: I never thought of them being sister-bars….hm….

pokes self I feel alive….and I also feel hungry, and I don't think I would feel hungry if I were dead….

Chapter Seven

LesMisLoony: I'm probably both. Most certainly crazy

Argentine Rose: Thank you!

Youkoelf Maiden: Thank you again!

Chapter Eight

LesMisLoony: I actually doubt Raoul would growl, but I had to have some reaction from him, and sometimes the best comedy is overreaction, you know?

giggleElvisPhantom…I never thought of that.

Youkoelf Maiden: It had great cinematography. Other than that, I thought it pretty much sucked. The Phantom was nothing compared to Michael Crawford.

Bubonic Woodchuck: tackle glomps Oh my gosh, I love you! I subconsciously noticed the sideburns but thought nothing of it. I then really consciously noticed it during "Music of the Night," and my Les Miserables soaked brain thought "Javert!" Yes, his deformity wasn't terribly frightening, was it? I was hoping it would at least look a little skullish or something, but nooooo.

I lip synched through most of it and nearly started crying during "All I Ask of You." At the parts where they weren't singing but were supposed to be, I sang softly. And then sometimes I just couldn't help myself. I drove my parent's crazy . My friend Charlene wants me to see it with her now, and I do so only for the sake of quietly singing through the whole feature with her.

bows Thank you for the applause!

sobsNo! Philippe! But I heart him! curses luck at not abducting him as well

Nebulia: I was extremely proud of this chapter. In my opinion it was the funniest one to date.

Chapter Nine

Nebulia: pats both charries Really, I am terribly cruel. But you have to have a little fun with Marius, and I'm starting to get over my strong desire to try and strangle my book whenever Erik nearly kills Raoul.

LesMisLoony: Marius is just so adorably, disgustingly, stupidly cute!

Well, as promised, here it is: A character sketch of Shadow

Shadow was created about three years ago when I still had a driving passion/obsession with Batman. This has – obviously – tapered off since then, and I've moved on to bigger and better things. But Shadow has remained a constant theme throughout. She is the tiny little bit of my soul that is gothic. She is my "tortured self." Note I use the term lightly. Shadow is just a caricature of my really off days.

It started with an odd, but not unpleasant dream that I had, and the idea nagged at the back of my head until I started writing the fic down: Shadow had been abducted along with her mother as a tiny child. At the age of thirteen, she watched her as she was murdered by the man she hated most in the entire world. Shadow is a very screwed up little puppy.

I made her during a time when I was going through a really rough patch with my parents. There was not a day I was not pouring into my diary the latest argument we had had. It was a bad time for all parties concerned. Shadow represented how I felt (alone, defeated, dark, depressed), and what I wanted to be; Shadow is the kind of girl who is great at just about nearly everything she puts her mind to. She's good at math, good at science, adores literature, but really, that's about all she can cope with. She, like me, is not a social person. Generally, she does not play well with others (I have gotten much better than she has at this). She, like me, likes things and does things no one else likes or does. Specifically, she loves reading in class (and, like myself, does so frequently), she adores history. Unlike me, she excels in math and science. Probably more importantly, she can pick an argument, and win an argument. I lack the later trait. She's very much the headstrong boss that says "Shut up and do what I say." I'm very much like that. She cannot stand people whom she deems "stupid by their own choice." She snubs preppy, popular girls. She snarls at idiots. She has a temper, and often uses it.

Shadow, however, has some extreme faults: She is much like the San Andreas Fault. She is very rough and strong on the outside, but crack the surface and two things are likely to happen: She will either blow up in furry, or start sobbing. She's very susceptible to being caught up in an emotional flurry. She can keep her head in extreme situations, but when lives start going on the line she has a melt down (and yes, that will happen in this story.)

She is fiercely loyal (which explains why she sticks by Shadow13's side to the bitter end, but hates abducting the characters). She is quiet, she's shy. She is the kind of person who speaks softly, but carries a very, very large stick.

The The-Pointless-Interview-Show Show and When Writers Go Bad caricatures all three egos to an extremity. Shadow is no exception to the rule. She would have, under normal circumstances, lost her patience with this scheme long ago. However, she does not have a choice; after all, no matter what, she's still just a name on a computer screen, and I forever dictate what happens to that name.