Once More
By Jeconais
Reviews
Meg posted a comment on Friday 16th October 2009 6:31pm for Once More
*happy sigh*
For a little while, I was able to ignore the pain in my back. Thanks, Tim. :) It doesn't matter how many times I read your stories, they never fail to suck me in totally.
I really appreciate that you're keeping this archive up.
Hope you're keeping well. :)
jimmycranberry posted a comment on Saturday 19th September 2009 9:42am for Once More
I love it. An exploration of the consequences of war on a leader's psyche? Always good. More layers than just about any Hollywood film? Even better.
delrusant posted a comment on Friday 21st August 2009 8:56am for Once More
Truly a drak lord that knew his job this time around but once again grew complacent from too many successes.
Last horcruxes hidden in hell ;=)
Made me think of war veterans and people having been broken by war
ching965 posted a comment on Tuesday 30th June 2009 3:53pm for Once More
I don't doubt I've reviewed this story before.
Today, I returned to this and read through it again. This story just reminded me once again how big of a difference there is with regards to quality between works by authors like you and the standard run of the mill fan fiction author on most sites. This story is quite short, but you show your mastery in how much could be conveyed by so few words.
My favorite part of this story is at the end when Gabrielle reminisces about her past growing up with Fleur and how she'd fall asleep in her arms. The last line: She was safe. conveyed so much and I think truly captured what I think you're trying to get us readers to feel. So much hard work, so much anguish, and the war is finally over. And unlike the more romantic images of a major conflict coming to an end, the reality really is that it, just ends, without fanfare or pomp.
This is quite a beautiful story. Thank you.
Secca posted a comment on Saturday 23rd May 2009 10:34pm for Once More
I don't tend to prefer shorter stories, as I'm much more interested in full plots and development, but I think this will become one of my favorites. I really enjoyed you ideas, I think you established your characters well and gave them abilities that while overpowered, come with a rather steep cost to act as a balance. I think that you managed to capture the true depths that a person can be forced to descend to in the situations that were experienced by our two friends. You didn't just make them depraved killers or tragic heroes, but rather human beings stuck in circumstances that are not only completely outside of their control, but are almost too much to bear.
Is there any chance you can be convinced to turn this into a longer story?
Angelique Daae posted a comment on Friday 22nd May 2009 12:04am for Once More
Love or comfort? Could be seen as either, but as a romantic, I'd like to believe that love will come. I loved the betting and the silly little elements (waltzing between booby traps :P) but my favorite part was the fact that you didn't make them perfect. They got scared, they broke down, they weren't always sure and they kept going anyway because they didn't really have any other choice. Overall, excellent work!
Ethan Tankersley posted a comment on Sunday 18th January 2009 4:31pm for Once More
well the only complaint is thats its not much longer
Terry Chang posted a comment on Tuesday 7th October 2008 11:07am for Once More
i would say that i like the style of writing in this story over most of the other stories in your archive. i've been trying to pin point why that is so that this wouldn't be just a "what a great story" review, and the closest i can come to it is that the dialogue is less and you went more into the feelings of the people (vs TMW (example) which has lots of verbal dialogue and texting dialogue). especially like it since you followed where the story went instead of forcing it. well done. now i'm off to read another of your stories.
dogbertcarroll posted a comment on Sunday 10th August 2008 8:31pm for Once More
The two of them pulling off a Gomez & Morticia would have been fun.
motherjenjen posted a comment on Friday 11th July 2008 1:25am for Once More
WOW again
lol you seem to make me say that a lot
this is really good and i think you should write a sequil to it... just a short one when they wake up together....
LUV MJJ
ILikeToRead posted a comment on Thursday 5th June 2008 10:46am for Once More
Great story! I really liked the play of no emotion yet they were there just not the way you normally think of them. Thanks for sharing your story.
Chiyo posted a comment on Monday 2nd June 2008 7:24pm for Once More
I think I've read this story about 10 times now...
I still can't get over how great it really is. Is it Hope? No... epic is epic.
Is it still amazing? Yes... amazing is amazing.
mathmans posted a comment on Sunday 27th April 2008 10:12am for Once More
You have a profound gift for Harry/Gabrielle stories. I hope you write more of them.
Prongs1977 posted a comment on Friday 18th April 2008 7:23pm for Once More
GREAT story! Wonderful end to two tragic soldiers' fights, BRAVO!
UdderPD posted a comment on Saturday 8th March 2008 9:45am for Once More
I enjoyed the update as much as the original.
I just wish that you would update 'Princess'.
TTFN UdderPD
Orion posted a comment on Monday 18th February 2008 9:30pm for Once More
I enjoyed this before, and was happy to see the notice that there had been some updates. I couldn't pick out any specific point that changes had been made, but I wasn't confused at any point, so that's probably good.
Still a good one-shot. Can't wait to see what's next.
Chris1 posted a comment on Sunday 10th February 2008 12:23pm for Once More
I think I liked the old Chrono-magic explanation more. It was more mysterious :D
Great story, thanks for sharing it :)
The A/N at the end seems to be duplicated.
Chris