Timothy M.

I'm glad the sex is good, because Emmett and Zeke don't have much else in common. But if they're both happy with the boyfriend tag for now, who are we to I liked the snow trip lecture and it's clear Emmett misses his brother and their times together even more than his home.

I loved Emmett's shopping trips, but I'm surprised Huan was OK with the smell of frying meat if he doesn't like the taste. Do pandas have a bad sense of smell? Zeke obviously knows a good thing when he sees it, but I agree it's a bit early to think of boyfriend labes. It was awesome to see how close Emmett is with his brother. It will be cool to see them together at Christmas.

Damn, Crispin's parents are as awful as Dylan's in their own way. How did those boys turn out so well? Oh, right, Dylan had his aunt and Crispin had his uncle. I can'r believe Crispin's mom went through Dylan's backpack, what a shitty thing to do. I'm glad Crispin called her on it. But I fear his parents will object less to him being gay than to the background of the boy he wants to date. I was very impressed with Dylan's realistic assessment of how people judge him unfairly, he is an intelligent and self-aware person and I like that a lot. I think he and Crispin will be good for each other.

I liked how Dylan had such a clear understanding of his family and friends, and his general circumstances, and the way he made clever decisions on to proceed. I have to admit Todd creeped me out too, but Dylan was sensible and wary in just the right proportions. Mellie and Crispin seem more like friends than a couple, I kept wondering if Crispin is in the closet or at least bi, because he certainly seemed interested in Dylan. I know Nate's story from your site, so I wasn't so sad about him as I might otherwise have been.

It made me quite sad that Rob and Nathan denied being in love with each other. Karen gave them some very good advice apart from the bit about being too young for sex. Shows how little she knows about teen boys, lol.

Sigh, we all knew John had (and has) it bad for Bobby, but to have it explained this way was heartbreaking. But at least he had a nice fantasy and orgasm. Apart from the ending this chapter was great fun, I liked his ruminations about teens and the whole dress up escapade was fucking hilarious, especially when he bumped into Bobby. I bet he was muttering about John looking smoking hot or dressed to kill. You say Bobby is straight, that may be true but I can't help hoping he'll go a little gay for our hero, who deserves some love in his life.

I decided to wait and let other readers comment first, while I enjoyed checking which of my predictions came true. My speculations on the two remaining chapters are in the story forum. The most important one was that Clarissa had made plans to follow Deon, and she's gonna share the apartment with Liam. The talk with Ross and his friends were a good prelude to that. Oh and the way she told Deon was priceless and typical Clarissa. I'm looking forward to Deon telling his parents about getting both his dreams come true. Deon planning to share with Kevin was a nice bonus. Nice to see some more of Dave and especially him being thoughtful about Charlie stressing out. It's good for Dave to hang out with Charlie and Stacey who are calm, kind people, and maybe Stacey and Karen can slowly introduce him to other people too. As he told Ross friends are important. Like everyone else I loved having Ty's father get the brat's success rubbed in his face by Paddy. Ty might have had a hard time during and just after his visit home, but the revenge is all the sweeter when he knows the evil bastard was proven utterly wrong mere hours after he once more put his son down. I would like Ty to go to Pride FM with Jim and tells the whole world how Jim made him eligible for the AFL, but I guess the Blues will want to handle his press appearances now. And I have every faith Paddy will continue to rub it in. He warned Mr. Flanders and if the bastard tried to take credit, I hope there are plenty of people who will tell the press that Ty getting away from his father and joining the Leopards were the main reasons he became a hot AFL prospect. Of course, the best moment was Ty getting picked by the Blues, and I laughed so much at his prediction at Jim just moments before. He was right, but it applied to himself not Jim. Will the clubs have press conferences where they present their new players? Or will they be busy introducing the guys to everyone in the organization? As predicted I felt sorry for Peter, he's a good guy and I liked his decision not to tell Ty anything right now, nor Julie. The Bulldogs will hopefully listen to him more in the future. I'm glad Jim reminded Ty about being there for Ross, but I think he would have done it without the nudge. I'm not too upset about Ross, I want him to become a Leopard and have a chance to be with Warwick. The media pressure will be less if he's an VFL player, plus that means we can have another Leopards book with Ross and Jim and all the other guys.

Tillykke med fødselsdagen !! Happy waving of Danish birthday flags

I knew it wasn't as bad as Shane made it out to be and I'm proud of Jason for taking everything in his stride and for being supportive of his boyfriend. I can't really feel sorry for Corey and the other dude, they deserved to be punished for drug rape, betrayal and destroying Shane's peace of mind. Burn in Hell or in real life, not much difference, except the second fate is over when you die...

I would hope she meant that rather than chat with a human she wanted to talk to a human, but I fear your perception may be right. I prefer to email or even chat-by-computer with customer services, so I cannot really relate to that woman wanting to talk to somebody. Nor would I forget there's a human at the other end, that would be inexcusable.

Thanks for the feature, Renee. I really should get back to by prompt story. PS shouldn't this go to the top of the Forums page?

Well, I hope that abysmal failure to fuck Rachel makes Zac face up to the fact that he's gay. I liked him for refusing to take Rachel's virginity while thinking of a man. He's honorable and honest to himself about what terrible act that would be. But leaving her afterwards was unkind, and will probably feel more hurtful than his failure to perform. I can understand Zac's anger with Adrian, who is incredibly pushy and forward. How about getting to know a guy before you make a move on him. Or does he like preying on guys in the closet? If he has feelings for Zac, it would be different, but right now it simply looks like he's after sex. That's not a good enough reason to mess with a confused guy like Zac.

Ohh, I like the idea of a trio mating, and Alistair seems to be OK with his cousin. I look forward to them all visiting his parents.

Holy earth mother is right! So now we know why Kellar asked Miss Sibyl if shifters could mate with humans. He was already wondering about Warren and Adelin. I liked how Kellar told himself this was about saving the pack and not about holding grudges. And Warren saw the savior part immediately, and he even voiced together with his gratitude. This is a new, improved Warren, who only needs the love of a good woman to stay on the straight and narrow. He'll get away from the demons of drugs, bad friends and uncaring family and find himself cared for and appreciated as another earth mate able to help the pack. I have no doubt he'll make it, but i can understand why Kellar is cautious, and of course he has to sell the idea to the pack and Adelin too. I think it was also important that Kellar realized Don and Karen were awful parents in general and not just towards him. Talk about facing Demons of the past (his foster family) as well as the present (the hunter). I can't help hoping Warren will be a good ally in hunting down the nephew. He's not a shifter, so hopefully he'll be able to get close without raising suspicions. If he can knock the guy unconscious, Kellar can do the rest. Another great chapter, and so far all your readers were blindsided by the Warren angle.

So, new levels, eh? New levels of intimacy and content and trust between mates, as well as improved senses and a higher level of protectiveness. But also new levels of danger and speculation about the hunter(s). The first part comes with the territory of being mates and the second with the realization that somehow the hunter nephew knew Kellar was there. Did they have surveillance or something which Kellar somehow trigged as wolf or man? Was it the shift from human to wolf which gave him away? We don't know but it raises the threat to a new level, not only in the situation but for the future and the pack as well. I can see from Spikey's review that I'm not the only one who thinks your writing has reached a new level of awesomeness. Not just due to the very few edits left for me to do, but also in the way you give us new knowledge and hints without having to resort to tricks or tropes. You show rather than tell, and believe me I know how difficult that is. But we feel the closeness of the two men and hold our breath as Kellar faces the tough decision of flee or fight. I suppose one could say that playing with the emotions of your readers comes with the territory of being a writer, but few people here stakes out that kind of territory at the sublime level you do. AC Benus comes to mind as one, and thinking of Bound & Bound I know you'll agree I can hardly giver higher praise.

OK, time to catch up. Their aura colors may be doing a slow dance, and Tobyn may take his time in acceptng his need to do some horizontal dancing, but once they get down to it, we see almost instant eruption. While Tobyn's reaction on waking up might be close to dumb shit - or at least the part where he moved away from Kellar, he managed to talk about his doubts and fears so Kellar could understand and help him. They need each other and the energy they'll get from joining. There's enough bad shit waiting out there to be dealt with, but at least they'll work together - and have plenty of nights like this.

In Danish elk (or moose) is called elg, I thinks it's älg in Swedish. And of course there's a SATW on the subject. plus http://satwcomic.com/happy-friendly-animals

I have to ask... Is you fly undone on that photo or is it a visual effect of the black pattern?

I want to mention that not only is my Swedish friend a great writer, but she's also an eminent reviewer. I would like to ask two questions: What is your focus when you review stories? What would / do you like to see mentioned in reviews of your stories? (eg characters, situations, cliff hanger rants etc)

Aww, Puppi, I didn't know you came to GA because you missed me. That makes me so happy. I can relate to the problem of trying to write in English as a Scandinavian. We have long complex sentence constructions which don't work at all in English. As for the punctuation I loved the use of local stuff including the few scattered sentences in Swedish, which I can understand immediately. My favorite one is Joel's granddad saying: “Det var väl roligt att ni hade trevligt igår kväll…”

That concept is totally weird for me. But I know it can happen if people are exposed to hate from a young age. So sad and stupid...

I admit I followed your link over to your other site and read most of the Sanataria Springs stories there without leaving or sending you or the other authors feedback. It was mainly because I wasn't sure how to do so, and I was too lazy to search for a way. I don't know what 'message board post' entails, but I'm guessing it's something similar to a blog or FaceBook, something I'm not familiar with. I don't email people if I can avoid it, that's why I like GA with the review and PM system. I guess I should have sent you a PM here saying I liked what I read over there. But you're definitely not the first author to be frustrated with the lack of response, and rightly so. I'm familiar with the frustration of having readers who don't give anything back. It was one of the reasons I moved here from LitE, in spite of most of my stories being unsuitable for GA. If one out of fifty readers leaves a review I count myself lucky, but one review per 100 views is more normal and still very good for GA, I think. Some stories hardly get any reviews at all, or only from a few vocal fans. Anyway, most authors here will understand your frustration. It's the main reason I try to write reviews as much as possible, but I have to admit I read more stories than I manage to comment on, apart from a like. Though that's also because I don't like to leave meaningless reviews like 'great story' or 'I'd like to read more.' I often return and read a story or chapter more than once before reviewing. I'll get around to Love and Loss again asap.

Hej Dodger, I'm sorry if my latest review made you feel like you're not doing things right with the story. On the contrary I wouldn't read and review if I didn't like your story in spite of how much your main character frustrates me. The last part of my review was meant to convey my understanding that Robbie is an insecure teen with lots of issues, and we shouldn't expect him to act rationally - and being love makes it worse of course. So I think you're doing very well on your story line, but I still want to shake some sense into Robbie, hence the ranting. It's sort of a backwards compliment showing that you push my buttons most effectively, usually the signs of a good author. As for my ranting at the other characters, I assumed you meant to portray Nicola and the others in a way which would piss Robbie off or at least make him react in various ways. As I want Robbie to be happy I get upset on his behalf when other people treat him badly. Nathan's dad might think he was funny, but I thought it was a cruel joke to play. I think Robbie was surprisingly forgiving and he was even able to laugh and joke back. Cool, but it doesn't make me like the dentist. Again that doesn't mean I don't like the story, it just gives me great opportunities to rant. Something I rather like to do... But if you prefer to be without, I can certainly stop reviewing, although I won't stop reading. Or just mention the stuff I like in the story.

I dislike condescending adults who feel entitled to treat other people with disrespect. OK, so Tony and Jackie are doing Jackson and his coach a favor by taking Jackson on, but that doesn't entitle them to call him Jack without asking, or tell him not to be nervous and jumpy when Tony is doing his best to be nasty. I have no quarrel with his assessment of the swimming and the improvements needed, I think Jackson will thrive with people who takes his swimming seriously and make demands. I hope they tell his mother to stay away, her behavior makes me cringe. Hugging your practically naked teen son and calling him 'baby' in public shows (once more) her utter lack of respect for her son and no understanding of proper parental code of conduct. I hope she'll be too busy shopping for and making proper food for him to bother him too much from now on. Oh, and perhaps Jackson can use the diet as an excuse to get out of lunch in school, since I doubt their meals fulfill his new trainers' criteria of a healthy diet. I was very happy to see Ally get the boot once more. Lily's advice wasn't worth much since Ally was as clingy as ever. Silly girl, she only made him more relieved to get rid of her. Luke has the right approach, he backs off and gives Jackson space and what happens: Jackson worries about not seeing him and about their relationship being broken. I think they will work it out, they're too attracted to each other to stay apart. Talk about moth to flame.

Now I miss Leo even more. But of course Brian is forever my favorite. excuse me while I go think about 'divine justice.'