OMG I love this story! You ROCK!!!
Author's Response: Thank you! *curtsies*
OMG!!! Why is Simon on that list??? Does that mean Liz's mum isn't on the list??? OMFG!!
This chapter is amazing, I'm almost crying because I feel for them so much.
Author's Response: Thanks! Simon's on the list because an evil bunny told me to do it...
Oh, how sad! Felt a little teary at the end there. Great emotional chapter, though.
Author's Response: Thanks! there's some lighter bits in the next chapter, but this one needed to be done.
I completely understand your point of view on this last chapter. This way it seems more real. More like the real life, surely. Well, what can I say... if you had to choose a character to loose... I'm not so sorry it was Mark and not Jeannie! ;)
I can't wait for your next chapter!
P.S.
My previous review ended in the first chapter review part... :( I don't know why... sorry.
I don't... Yes, it's an excellent chapter. Trouble is, I get headaches when I cry, so... Anyway. I'm sorry, didn't mean to make you think I didn't like it.
As for the feedback issue, after what's been said to me in a fellow reviewer's comment, I really should address this... (Oparu, this may go some way to explaining why I felt rather upset that you didn't reply.)
Fex - do you write? I get the feeling you don't, because I've never heard your opinion from a writer in my life. I write. I write a lot, and whether I expect feedback or not, I always, always reply to it. Most fanfiction authors, even if they can't reply to individual reviews - and I'm okay with that - say "thank you for reviewing" at the top of a new chapter. It actually helps to keep people reviewing, believe it or not. I don't like to bother reviewing if I don't know whether or not a writer is actually taking note of any input, constructive criticism or praise that I might have to give. Believe it or not, feedback actually helps a great many people to improve on what their readers seem to like.
Author's Response: It's okay if you didn't like it. I appreciate being criticizedd. It helps be a better person.
Often I'm not entirely comfortable with being praised. I know it's a weird, classically low-self esteem thing to do, but sometimes I feel like I'll never be able to meet everyone's expectations and it freaks me out a little bit how much response this story gets.
It's not an excuse for my breach of ettiquette and I apologize again to you and anyone else I offended. I'm afraid I honestly didn't think anyone really cared what I had to say. I'm not accustomed to being so popular for writing. I will be more considerate in the future, and I thank you again for bringing it to my attention.
Oh, God, I didn't expect any of this, really... you made me cry!
Thanks for saving Jeannie and Maddie. It would been very sad if Rodney had nobody last after what happened recently with his sister. I don't understand why Mark wasn't on the list but I don't really care too much (though I'm sorry for the poor Sam). Instead I really hope Daniel and Cameron did it!!! Just... I don't know... how could all of this come to your mind?? I mean, it's really different from all previous chapters and from the story itself. It's, as always a wonderful chapter, I think the best part was the discussion between John and Elizabeth about the meaning of the future war against the replicators. If everyone could think like her (and like you, thank God), I think it won't be any more wars in the world. And the line "Be the man I love"... wow. Just great. Just like I always thought John and his relationship with Elizabeth were. I loved that, unlikely much other fics, it's John who sees (and follows) the Elizabeth's point of view and not the contrary, it was nice seeing a little more heart and a little less military thinking.
So, it's a beautiful chapter, as the whole story, just I don't understand why. Please, update soon, I really want to see Rodney and Jeannie together again. Please.
-fex
P.S.
To TRIALIA: I have always thought that the authors of a fanfiction were a real Santa Claus for every readers. They did it in thei spare time, and for FREE, and usually they did very good. Their stories are GIFTS. They make us dreaming, a thing that we can't do so much in the real world. They make us believe a little more in what they call "good feelings", like love and friendship. The feedback is the only way we have to say thanks to this people. When I say thanks, I didn't say it 'cause I want a "you're welcome" back. Believe me, they appreciate our feedbacks, this just because they keep on writing. If they say "you're welcome" or not depends on the person's character behind his/her fic.
But this is just my thought. Sorry if I answer before of you Oparu, but I was feeling I have to. :)
Author's Response: Maybe I stayed up too late when I was plotting, but for what I wanted to do with this story, I had to destroy Earth. It couldn't be easy to defeat a race as terrible as the Replicators.
Mark wasn't on the list because it wasn't perfect. If you only have a few hours to save hundreds of people, you're not going to get all of them. I couldn't let it be perfect either. Jeannie lost her husband, Carson lost his siblings, Ford's grandparents weren't saved. Death and loss are indescriminate and unfeeling. I wanted to show that.
I also refuse to have the bad guys fail when they quite obviously could have succeeded. They knew where Earth was, and they wanted to deal as big a blow to the Ancients as possible. I see the replicators and humans as having a kind of sibling rivalry with humans being the favored child. It's an extreme response, but the Replicators are an extreme enemy.
Thanks. In my own defense, I'm still getting used to this system where giving feedback to reviews is so immediate. (it still surprises me when people respond to me) I realize now, (thanks to Tralia) that I've been lax in not thanking everyone who takes the time to review this story. It really does mean a lot to me. I guess I've just been hesitant because the last thing I want to do is beg for reviews or sound like I won't keep going without them. I write because I like this story. It blows my mind that so many other people do too.
So thank you, thank you all very very much.
God, you've made me cry! That's so horrible. So, so heartbreaking. I really like how you made it into more of an apocolyptic fic, but it's not like any of the team was there for the event. It's so much more powerful when it's heard from a different place, and then they will have to take care of the refugees. But goodness! Simon is on the list? That makes sense, since he was probably her next-of-kin, not her mother. I wonder how he will react to seeing Elizabeth.
Author's Response: It was an evil evil plot bunny that made me save Simon. I thought about it for a moment and I loved how much I could do with the idea.
Thank you! (I'm sorry you cried...) it was tough to write. Imagining my home be destroyed and everyone I know killed...
Holy cow! Intense chapter! I hope Lizzie's mum survived.
Author's Response: Thanks! So does Lizzie ;)
Okay, I think I already said I loved this story. But this chapter? Turned it into one of my favorites! Great writing! So sad, but I love that you leave nothing out. It feels so... real, I guess. Wonderful work!
Author's Response: Thanks! [I'm a huge fan of castaway ;) ] I wanted to try something I hadn't done before, and I know it's terrible, but I like where this has put John and Elizabeth. I think I have a lot to work with now.
Simon? Simon survived and not Marc and his family? This is so unfair... Please tell me that at least Elizabeth's mother is one of them? And what about Daniel, Teal'c, Vala and Cameron?
Can't wait to read more anyway!
Author's Response: Daniel, Teal'c, Vala and Cameron all made it. They'll be showing up on Atlantis eventually. (probably with the Asgard...)
I didn't want it to be too perfect by saving everyone's family. It would have seemed weird if Earth was destroyed, but everyone important got to keep their families.
All I can say is.... GOOD GOD!!!!!!!!!! Yup, that about covers it... I think I'm gonna go hug my family now! lol And maybe kiss the ground I'm walking on! Sheesh! Earth is freakin' destroyed! Great story but, GOOD GOD! I think I'm gonna cry!
Author's Response: thank you. Since Earth always survives every disaster in the nick of time, I wanted to make a point that eventually it won't. It is part of a plan, if that helps at all. ;)
Also, it sucks monkey balls that you never bother to reply to any of your reviews or even to say "thanks everyone for reviewing" at the start of new chapters. This is a good story, but if it were any less so then I would say you don't deserve the feedback if you aren't nice about getting it.
Author's Response: I'm sorry. Sometimes I don't know what to say. I will make sure I reply to everyone from now on.
Author's Response: I also didn't know people checked. Usually when I review something I do it because it touched me. Sometimes author's get back to me, sometimes they don't. I'm certainly not writing this story just to get reviews.
I'm also very very new to a fandom where i get actively reviewed. The last time I wrote anything it wasn't read by many people. Since I know now it bothers everyone, I'll be better. I sincerely apologize that you (and anyone else) is upset.
Damn you for making me cry.
Author's Response: Thanks? I think...