Nowhere Man

Omg what a great story J! I saw this and decided to read it only because it's YOU who wrote it and I so love your other story!

I love the dynamic between Trav and Tyler; they are both complex characters who are pretty much reaching out to one another. Ioved the ending of the last chapter where they both admit that they have feelings for the other.

I'm really curious to find out why Tyler killed his wife. Was she sick; did she ask him to kill her so she wouldn't suffer? I can't really see him shooting his wife in cold blood. Unless....did she cheat on him? Idk, I still don't see it.

It seems he's trying to fight his feelings for Travis, but he can't. I wonder what happened to his gay friend; he never did tell Travis.

Anyway, I think this story is great and I can't wait for the next update J!

On 04/15/2011 08:51 AM, Lisa said:

Omg what a great story J! I saw this and decided to read it only because it's YOU who wrote it and I so love your other story!

 

I love the dynamic between Trav and Tyler; they are both complex characters who are pretty much reaching out to one another. Ioved the ending of the last chapter where they both admit that they have feelings for the other.

 

I'm really curious to find out why Tyler killed his wife. Was she sick; did she ask him to kill her so she wouldn't suffer? I can't really see him shooting his wife in cold blood. Unless....did she cheat on him? Idk, I still don't see it.

 

It seems he's trying to fight his feelings for Travis, but he can't. I wonder what happened to his gay friend; he never did tell Travis.

 

Anyway, I think this story is great and I can't wait for the next update J!

Nowhere man, please listen

You don't know what you're missin

nowhere man, till somebody else

lends you a hand

Hmmmm, wonde if this story relfects what John and Paul had in mind?

On 04/21/2011 08:45 AM, sojourn said:

Nowhere man, please listen

 

You don't know what you're missin

 

 

nowhere man, till somebody else

 

lends you a hand

 

 

 

Hmmmm, wonde if this story relfects what John and Paul had in mind?

I'm not sure what I was expecting when I started to read this, but Travis going off with a guy who turns out to be murderer wasn't exactly one of them. Threw me off, but in a very good way. The unexpected is always appreciated in a land of cliches (granted I like the cliches). I cant wait to read more! This is one of few stories that finally convinced me to make an account on this place so I could keep track of some great stories.

Cheers!

On 05/09/2011 02:35 PM, lockerpunch said:

I'm not sure what I was expecting when I started to read this, but Travis going off with a guy who turns out to be murderer wasn't exactly one of them. Threw me off, but in a very good way. The unexpected is always appreciated in a land of cliches (granted I like the cliches). I cant wait to read more! This is one of few stories that finally convinced me to make an account on this place so I could keep track of some great stories.

Cheers!

Can i start the list now?? or should i wait!! cant wait!!!!

On 06/07/2011 01:02 AM, Sami said:

Can i start the list now?? or should i wait!! cant wait!!!!

hold on... is it finished??

On 06/08/2011 01:20 AM, jazziebabe said:

hold on... is it finished??

Well, well. I'm a bit discombobulated here. I mean, I know exactly what happened, how it happened, why it hapened, and what will happen next. And yet I feel as remote from any sense of understanding as it is possible to be.

I spent a lot of time trying to work out if it was some sort of allegory, or a dark modern fairy tale, or a dream, or a ghost story. The are just so many absurdities in this story.

But none of that is bad, to be honest. I just loved it. I loved Travis for his naivety and neediness, and Tyler for his worldliness and jaundice. There's no doubt Tyler is a compelling character.

I loved the way you kept it very edgy all the time, too. That was partly the knowledge gaps from Tyler, as well as the contradictions in his actions. Definitely worth a read.

One thing I'd like to ask, though ... and you can pm this answer to me if you prefer. How the hell does a 23 year old get this level of knowledge and sophistication for writing such as this? Or is that a gay 23? lol i.e. think of an age and subtract a few percent? hehe

Anyway. Great job. Well worth the time out of anybody's life. And far more rewarding than a lot of other writing one might come across. Thank you.

On 12/14/2011 11:45 AM, Dannsar said:

Well, well. I'm a bit discombobulated here. I mean, I know exactly what happened, how it happened, why it hapened, and what will happen next. And yet I feel as remote from any sense of understanding as it is possible to be.

 

I spent a lot of time trying to work out if it was some sort of allegory, or a dark modern fairy tale, or a dream, or a ghost story. The are just so many absurdities in this story.

 

But none of that is bad, to be honest. I just loved it. I loved Travis for his naivety and neediness, and Tyler for his worldliness and jaundice. There's no doubt Tyler is a compelling character.

 

I loved the way you kept it very edgy all the time, too. That was partly the knowledge gaps from Tyler, as well as the contradictions in his actions. Definitely worth a read.

 

One thing I'd like to ask, though ... and you can pm this answer to me if you prefer. How the hell does a 23 year old get this level of knowledge and sophistication for writing such as this? Or is that a gay 23? lol i.e. think of an age and subtract a few percent? hehe

 

Anyway. Great job. Well worth the time out of anybody's life. And far more rewarding than a lot of other writing one might come across. Thank you.

Hey JWolf. I posted a review on the CSR discussion today but I thought I'd post it here as well so other readers can see it

This was a very, very interesting story. Besides the obviously crazy intense plot twists, what I really enjoyed was how Jwolf played about the power assertions between Tyler and Travis. In the beginning, Tyler displayed all sorts of heteronormative dominating douchebaggery that was typical of how many men treat women, but then Travis started making demands of affection of his own that kind of threw him back in control and made Tyler uncomfortable. I felt like the whole story heavily revolved around this constant power struggle with every subsequent event tipping the balance; Tyler threatening Travis with the gun, Tyler kidnapping him, but then Travis killing the clown against Tyler’s will, Travis going to the police, Tyler trying to kill him but with a reversal of positions at the end, etc.

 

I also enjoyed the characterization quite a bit. Both characters were vivid and unique, and both of them were flawed. I feel like I read too many stories with characters that aren’t flawed enough, and that makes me feel apathetic towards them, but Travis and Tyler both were intriguing in their own right yet made their fair share of stupid decisions. Both men exhibited blatant vulnerabilities/insecurities. Both hungered for attention, for love, and (again) both had desires to feel like they needed control over their life somehow.

 

I liked how their affections towards each other were entangled with all sorts of other motives and consequences. Sometimes, it was hard to tell if Tyler really did love Travis, or if he was just psychotic, and if they really felt anything beyond infatuation with each other. “Love” in real life is often adulterated and difficult to define, and I thought this was a more realistic reflection of such “complicated love.”

 

As for Travis’s final arrest – I thought he completely deserved it. He made way too many irrational decisions that I was pretty indifferent towards his survival near the end. I mean, if you knowingly run off with a serial killer and then all the same be rather apathetic towards the wellbeing of your family, you deserve to be subject to natural selection lol. I’m not sure if Jwolf was aiming for that but I thought that in the latter 2/3rd of the story the majority of Travis’s decisions seemed completely illogical and that did stretch my limits of believability, unfortunately.

 

Now only the stylistics of the story. I enjoyed Jwolf’s prose and I think a lot of people can benefit from reading his stuff. It was appropriately detailed and I had a vivid image of each and every setting, although there were some awkwardly placed adverbs. The characters were described well too, even though he took a very conventional approach with Travis (which would normally make me stop reading right away). I did catch a few spelling errors (some homonyms) and thought that it could have benefited from another beta/editor, but other than that I’d say it was fairly well-written.

 

I think the strangeness of the story would be off-putting to some and thus a more detailed synopsis would definitely help reach out to a target audience. Personally, I liked its uniqueness. I like stories that are fresh, exciting, honest, and thematically sound, and “Nowhere Man” definitely reflected all of that.

 

Thank you Jwolf for writing this riveting tale, and thank you to all the people who organized CSR!

On 02/26/2013 04:34 PM, Luc Rosen said:

Hey JWolf. I posted a review on the CSR discussion today but I thought I'd post it here as well so other readers can see it

 

This was a very, very interesting story. Besides the obviously crazy intense plot twists, what I really enjoyed was how Jwolf played about the power assertions between Tyler and Travis. In the beginning, Tyler displayed all sorts of heteronormative dominating douchebaggery that was typical of how many men treat women, but then Travis started making demands of affection of his own that kind of threw him back in control and made Tyler uncomfortable. I felt like the whole story heavily revolved around this constant power struggle with every subsequent event tipping the balance; Tyler threatening Travis with the gun, Tyler kidnapping him, but then Travis killing the clown against Tyler’s will, Travis going to the police, Tyler trying to kill him but with a reversal of positions at the end, etc.

 

I also enjoyed the characterization quite a bit. Both characters were vivid and unique, and both of them were flawed. I feel like I read too many stories with characters that aren’t flawed enough, and that makes me feel apathetic towards them, but Travis and Tyler both were intriguing in their own right yet made their fair share of stupid decisions. Both men exhibited blatant vulnerabilities/insecurities. Both hungered for attention, for love, and (again) both had desires to feel like they needed control over their life somehow.

 

I liked how their affections towards each other were entangled with all sorts of other motives and consequences. Sometimes, it was hard to tell if Tyler really did love Travis, or if he was just psychotic, and if they really felt anything beyond infatuation with each other. “Love” in real life is often adulterated and difficult to define, and I thought this was a more realistic reflection of such “complicated love.”

 

As for Travis’s final arrest – I thought he completely deserved it. He made way too many irrational decisions that I was pretty indifferent towards his survival near the end. I mean, if you knowingly run off with a serial killer and then all the same be rather apathetic towards the wellbeing of your family, you deserve to be subject to natural selection lol. I’m not sure if Jwolf was aiming for that but I thought that in the latter 2/3rd of the story the majority of Travis’s decisions seemed completely illogical and that did stretch my limits of believability, unfortunately.

 

Now only the stylistics of the story. I enjoyed Jwolf’s prose and I think a lot of people can benefit from reading his stuff. It was appropriately detailed and I had a vivid image of each and every setting, although there were some awkwardly placed adverbs. The characters were described well too, even though he took a very conventional approach with Travis (which would normally make me stop reading right away). I did catch a few spelling errors (some homonyms) and thought that it could have benefited from another beta/editor, but other than that I’d say it was fairly well-written.

 

I think the strangeness of the story would be off-putting to some and thus a more detailed synopsis would definitely help reach out to a target audience. Personally, I liked its uniqueness. I like stories that are fresh, exciting, honest, and thematically sound, and “Nowhere Man” definitely reflected all of that.

 

Thank you Jwolf for writing this riveting tale, and thank you to all the people who organized CSR!

On 02/26/2013 04:34 PM, Luc Rosen said:

Hey JWolf. I posted a review on the CSR discussion today but I thought I'd post it here as well so other readers can see it

 

This was a very, very interesting story. Besides the obviously crazy intense plot twists, what I really enjoyed was how Jwolf played about the power assertions between Tyler and Travis. In the beginning, Tyler displayed all sorts of heteronormative dominating douchebaggery that was typical of how many men treat women, but then Travis started making demands of affection of his own that kind of threw him back in control and made Tyler uncomfortable. I felt like the whole story heavily revolved around this constant power struggle with every subsequent event tipping the balance; Tyler threatening Travis with the gun, Tyler kidnapping him, but then Travis killing the clown against Tyler’s will, Travis going to the police, Tyler trying to kill him but with a reversal of positions at the end, etc.

 

I also enjoyed the characterization quite a bit. Both characters were vivid and unique, and both of them were flawed. I feel like I read too many stories with characters that aren’t flawed enough, and that makes me feel apathetic towards them, but Travis and Tyler both were intriguing in their own right yet made their fair share of stupid decisions. Both men exhibited blatant vulnerabilities/insecurities. Both hungered for attention, for love, and (again) both had desires to feel like they needed control over their life somehow.

 

I liked how their affections towards each other were entangled with all sorts of other motives and consequences. Sometimes, it was hard to tell if Tyler really did love Travis, or if he was just psychotic, and if they really felt anything beyond infatuation with each other. “Love” in real life is often adulterated and difficult to define, and I thought this was a more realistic reflection of such “complicated love.”

 

As for Travis’s final arrest – I thought he completely deserved it. He made way too many irrational decisions that I was pretty indifferent towards his survival near the end. I mean, if you knowingly run off with a serial killer and then all the same be rather apathetic towards the wellbeing of your family, you deserve to be subject to natural selection lol. I’m not sure if Jwolf was aiming for that but I thought that in the latter 2/3rd of the story the majority of Travis’s decisions seemed completely illogical and that did stretch my limits of believability, unfortunately.

 

Now only the stylistics of the story. I enjoyed Jwolf’s prose and I think a lot of people can benefit from reading his stuff. It was appropriately detailed and I had a vivid image of each and every setting, although there were some awkwardly placed adverbs. The characters were described well too, even though he took a very conventional approach with Travis (which would normally make me stop reading right away). I did catch a few spelling errors (some homonyms) and thought that it could have benefited from another beta/editor, but other than that I’d say it was fairly well-written.

 

I think the strangeness of the story would be off-putting to some and thus a more detailed synopsis would definitely help reach out to a target audience. Personally, I liked its uniqueness. I like stories that are fresh, exciting, honest, and thematically sound, and “Nowhere Man” definitely reflected all of that.

 

Thank you Jwolf for writing this riveting tale, and thank you to all the people who organized CSR!

On 02/26/2013 04:34 PM, Luc Rosen said:

Hey JWolf. I posted a review on the CSR discussion today but I thought I'd post it here as well so other readers can see it

 

This was a very, very interesting story. Besides the obviously crazy intense plot twists, what I really enjoyed was how Jwolf played about the power assertions between Tyler and Travis. In the beginning, Tyler displayed all sorts of heteronormative dominating douchebaggery that was typical of how many men treat women, but then Travis started making demands of affection of his own that kind of threw him back in control and made Tyler uncomfortable. I felt like the whole story heavily revolved around this constant power struggle with every subsequent event tipping the balance; Tyler threatening Travis with the gun, Tyler kidnapping him, but then Travis killing the clown against Tyler’s will, Travis going to the police, Tyler trying to kill him but with a reversal of positions at the end, etc.

 

I also enjoyed the characterization quite a bit. Both characters were vivid and unique, and both of them were flawed. I feel like I read too many stories with characters that aren’t flawed enough, and that makes me feel apathetic towards them, but Travis and Tyler both were intriguing in their own right yet made their fair share of stupid decisions. Both men exhibited blatant vulnerabilities/insecurities. Both hungered for attention, for love, and (again) both had desires to feel like they needed control over their life somehow.

 

I liked how their affections towards each other were entangled with all sorts of other motives and consequences. Sometimes, it was hard to tell if Tyler really did love Travis, or if he was just psychotic, and if they really felt anything beyond infatuation with each other. “Love” in real life is often adulterated and difficult to define, and I thought this was a more realistic reflection of such “complicated love.”

 

As for Travis’s final arrest – I thought he completely deserved it. He made way too many irrational decisions that I was pretty indifferent towards his survival near the end. I mean, if you knowingly run off with a serial killer and then all the same be rather apathetic towards the wellbeing of your family, you deserve to be subject to natural selection lol. I’m not sure if Jwolf was aiming for that but I thought that in the latter 2/3rd of the story the majority of Travis’s decisions seemed completely illogical and that did stretch my limits of believability, unfortunately.

 

Now only the stylistics of the story. I enjoyed Jwolf’s prose and I think a lot of people can benefit from reading his stuff. It was appropriately detailed and I had a vivid image of each and every setting, although there were some awkwardly placed adverbs. The characters were described well too, even though he took a very conventional approach with Travis (which would normally make me stop reading right away). I did catch a few spelling errors (some homonyms) and thought that it could have benefited from another beta/editor, but other than that I’d say it was fairly well-written.

 

I think the strangeness of the story would be off-putting to some and thus a more detailed synopsis would definitely help reach out to a target audience. Personally, I liked its uniqueness. I like stories that are fresh, exciting, honest, and thematically sound, and “Nowhere Man” definitely reflected all of that.

 

Thank you Jwolf for writing this riveting tale, and thank you to all the people who organized CSR!