If this was an independent movie, I'd give it an oscar.

There are no spaces when I say, wow.

This is a couple of years late:
I don't really read fanfiction, but I kept seeing this story referenced all over the place and decided to track it down.
Whew...I thought I knew what good writing was. Not so. This, unlike most of the things I read, is absolutely unforgettable. Every word is appropriate. It's angsty, but not in a stupid, teenager, black-and-red-oh-kill-me way... Hell, after finishing it, I wanted to paint it! Very inspirational and beautifully cathartic.
Congratulations on being spectacular.

Your writing is amazing.

That was unbelievable. One of the best fics I have ever read. I could not stop the tears from streaming down my face. This story is genius, and your writing is simply amazing.

Wow. That was very impressive. Well done.

Wow, just... wow. That was amazing, seriously, I have never read fanfic so moving. I was trying so hard not to cry as I read it, especially towards the end there, and my effort didn't help at all. You could just feel the despiration.

this is very easily the best piece of fanfiction i have ever read, your writing is amazing, crappy rendezvous, i voted for you

oh my god! that was extremely depressing, but good. it had me believing every minute of it... i almost cried at the end when Vaughn walked out. I'm so sad that Vaughn was so broken... that it broke his and Syd's relationship. I hope we never see them this way... that'd be too depressing. Great job on this story;)
Barbara

amazing writer you definitely are. not my kind of story...but if this is your cup of tea...this was absolutely amazing.

this story might be mis-classifised. not much romance...just suspense and a despression aura about it :)

you have no idea how long i have been looking for the rest of this story, what a relief it is to finally find it, i looked in fanfiction.net before but under darkstar, not clone, anyway now that i have found it i want to say that i think this is the best piece of alias fanfiction ive ever read

What an amazing story! I couldn't break myself away from the screen. You have a gift for imagery, description, emotion and characterization. The story was incredible, and yet absolutely believable. There were slight typing errors in places, but they were hardly noticeable. Congratulations.

wow. The best Alias fanfiction I have ever read. You have had me onthe vege of tears. it was an awesome story. Please continue and write more!

I waited a few days before reviewing. In that time frame, I reread certain parts and mulled over how I was going to review this. Still, I've gotten nowhere. This is by far the best Alias fic I've read. Your tone, the setting, and the way you present it... good god I'm stumped at what to say besides the fact that you've got me glued to this fic. I first read it late at night and didn't see the second part. That was actually a good thing, because I thought good and long about the first part before going on to the second. It got me hooked. I'm addicted to stories where no matter how much you'd like for them to end up happy, they're much better off being angsty. You've accomplished that on a scale that's really impossible to measure. I love it. For the sake of my sanity(what little is left), by all means continue writing stories of the like.

hello there
i was so impressed with this peice...i cannot even explain. i read it about four times and cried at the end, seeing my weakness for S/V angst. I am working on my first alias fic now and have done extensive, many-page matrix fics but mine will be never be anywhere as good as yours. i have long wanted to write like you- with images worthy of any visually assaulting movie with a multi-billion dollar budget, with meaning and power and clarity and pure undiluted emotion, with psychologically accurate reactions and characters who have human and god-like aspects aplenty, with people who you can see in your head, with the words and colors described blending together seamlessly. i would give appendages to have your style.
darkstar, i am immensely jealous. i try to write sad things and they sound sappy all the time, and despite the fact that i even have a 242 page manuscript of a novel waiting to be published it does not dimish your infitely better skill as compared to mine and your much, much higher standing. i was really captured by graffiti, i dunno why, and you probably think i am a psycho and 'you can't talk to a psycho like a normal human being' accoridng to the singer poe, but please understand i'm perfectly okay, it's the quality and innate power of your writing that sent me into a little spasm there.
i just would like to say if you keep writing i'll sure as hell keep reading.

That was an EXCELLENT, WONDERFULL, AMAZING story!!!!!!