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I've never heard of Voodoo Moon, but I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter Nephylim. As I've commented in a review response, Chapter 8 has been one of the hardest and most draining chapters I've written, emotionally, second only to the horrific nature of the rape scene. For all that my readers agree that it's a powerful piece of writing, I loath that scene simply because it was too draining on me. I wrote it in one, gut-wrenching, soul shattering go. Don't ask me the details, I've deliberately forgotten most of them. I can tell you what I did; I defined the physical aspects of it, and then placed myself in Jason's head. I had to let myself be raped to write that scene (not literally, thank whatever gods you worship!) and the horror of having to go back over it and edit it down still haunts me. I basically had to get someone to hold my hand and help me prune it down to get it to an appropriate physical level (without, 'thankfully', detracting from the emotional horror of it). Of course, other chapters have been harder to write not in the emotional sense, but just because I didn't know where to go, or (more frequently) how to go there. I have a Plan for this story, and I know who is going to die. I know who is going to live. And by the Light that hurts sometimes. (Note: "Light" is a deliberate story plug that won't make sense for a long, long time...)

I don't suppose you could point me at the correct clip, since the youtube one doesn't appear to be it?

That was a pretty good scene. It really gives the impression of Dumbledore as an unimaginably powerful wizard... And Voldie is this guys equal?! (Don't forget, that's what Dumbledore can do when he's extremely weak, almost crippled...) Still, there were some other good lines / scenes. "I thought you can't apparate inside Hogwarts". "Well, there are some advantages to being me." I'm not sure I like the new take on apparition, but overall I enjoyed the movie.

I've lived that one, recently. Jer and Da from my "Redemption" story were originally a part of a much different story. They didn't fit the story (I figured out eventually) and they found a new story, and made it their own. And it's a much better fit for the characters. And the old story didn't (completely) die, either; I just found some new characters that did fit it, and a new activator. The result is a new, better story (Hector and Eddie's tale from Redemption).

OK, apparently we aren't looking at the same link...

You wish, he's just in tan-colored tightey... erg, not tightey whiteys, tightey-tanneys?

That did look pretty interesting.

Don't forget, he'd promised to obey Dumbledore without question. Dumbledore ordered him to stay below, and hidden, no matter what happened. Keeping an oath like that is... right! Dumbledore has consistantly and reliably shown his habbit of keeping secrets, giving unexpected surprises, and otherwise making a fool of anyone who thinks he knows what's going on. Harry had no way to know that this time, Dumbledore didn't have an ace up his sleeve. (Well, for those that read the books, technically Snape was his ace up the sleeve...) And lets not forget that until Snape actually cast the killing curse, Potter had no way to know that's what Snape was going to do.

So do I; too bad I don't know how to get a discussion going Do you really think you were the only person upset with the end of Chapter 6? And as far as the ending of 7 goes... even I cannot guess if we're talking about the delirium of a dieing man, or a genuine contact from the afterlife. I really don't know which of those occured! Eric is staying quiet on the subject... but he keeps on prodding me to write, he wants to get to the scene where there will be a genuine 'ghost' at the wedding Because I didn't give you enough time to think it through? Because I didn't spend time making their relationship drift apart like I could have, instead of just rushing through it? (Yeah, I don't 'like' the way the first part, which ends with chapter 6, is written in a lot of ways; the second part is both better and I fear worse...) Allow me to quote parts of the next chapter (for those that don't know, ellipses are used to indicate truncated sections): "Dearest Jason: ...I chose my fate. Please, dearest, remember that always: I chose my fate. I knew what would happen when I came to rescue you. If not the details, then at least the broad outline. I was given a Choice: your life or mine. I chose yours: now, as always. I couldn't imagine a world without you in it, I couldn't stand the thought of letting you die. ... I love you Jason. Old Marge's words, about a false love who returned a love more false and true referred to me. You lusted after me, indeed a

Is there any kind of humor better than 'puerile'?

Yeouch!

I am a sexy pinup model who likes to grope hookers. ROFL

I like most cheeses, but a few (limburger) I can't stand. Oh, and there are some cheeses that I like in meals but not by itself (there's this one that's used a lot in italian cooking, but I can't remember the name of it...)

Happy birthday! Try to avoid the birthday spanking!

I haven't seen the movie yet, but they practically had to rush it, and it's only going to get worse with the next one. Even split into two parts, it's going to be bad!

David, not all of us are naturally... flexible... to that degree. Trust me, if we were there'd be a lot less pressure to find someone else to... well, entertain ourselves with.

Immune to aids?! Wow! I didn't know that was possible!

Well, the wait is going to be longer than either of us likes; Roland can be a bit... slow... posting chapters at times. Hence why I had him do three at once when I started Redemption, and will probably keep that habit up at least until some of the story lines come together (at which point I'm going to have... problems... with chapterization anyway; I haven't decided how to handle that).

Hey guys! Now that I've started posting Redemption in e-fiction, I decided it might be a good idea to follow everyone else and have a thread in the forums here for you guys to feel free to discuss it in. Say whatever you want; so long as it isn't rampant flaming I'll probably enjoy whatever you say. Compliments give me a good warm feeling, but an honest critique that helps me work out flaws gives me a chance to gather even more compliments... So talk!

Well, soon enough you're going to be going down to a chapter a month (or slower) once I 'catch up' with where castleroland.net is. Of course, by then I might just have more stories to post, or in one case (the novella competition) posted. Edit: Ok, so the temptation of the new 'upload' feature has corrupted me... enjoy the new stuff!

I know that I'm just about ashamed of some of my earliest work. It was... technically, the writing isn't so bad. But the plot... the characters... The plot devices! Bleh. And everyone was complimenting me on the work, too.

Are you saying something about one of my characters? Because yeah, there's a fallen (well, falling) angel involved, but he isn't even in the plot yet... well, technically he is but he isn't. Just out of curiosity, has anyone guessed anything about the meaning of the prophecy yet? The first part has already come 'true' in my posting elsewhere (I'm avoiding flooding the forum with 13 or 14 chapters all at once by posting once a week, but they're up...). Oh, and is once a week too slow? Should I go ahead and increase it to one every few days until the story is 'caught up'?

I haven't actually seen the episode... but I know a little bit about the series. Sure, the Doctor would never even think of using time travel to 'undo' something he's done... But the rift doesn't always play by the rules, does it?

BTW, I was just trying to point out the hilarity of taking a couple into custody (therefore preventing them from leaving) before calling the cops.

That will be all.