umm.. im not good at reviews.. but i really like this story, and i realy hope you update *begs* even though it's been ages since you last updated.. i read this in like 2 hours a few nights ago.. and i pretty much fell on the floor when i noticed there wasnt anymore lol.. so please! im sure im not the only person who would really love to continue reading this..

Now, Ta, it isn't true that no one cares for this story! I still care, as I'm sure do many others (count your reviews, from amoung the best authors in this catagory, no less!)

Forgive me, I know how plot bunnies can die - it's a tragic thing. But I've got this story on update alert just in case you ever revive it. The plot can be a little far-fetched at times but the characterization is so dead-on true and the language is so wonderfully rich that I hope you'll finish it! (I also hope you'll write more MR fanfics, but that's another story altogether. No pun intended.)

UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE PLEASE!

yea i know this hasnt been updated for more than 4months but i just wanted to say i liked it. great job! tho it would have been better with an ending.

Sweetie, I read it your profile that this was dead. It's such a good story! I was sad to hear that. Just know you're a brilliant writer, this is a BRILLIANT and amazingly in-character story, and you should never give up on anything you do- you write *amazingly*.
*hugs*
This story has been great, and it always will be! I adore it, my dear.

By the way, you probably know this, but "Kissing a Fool" was recorded by George Michael on his "Faith" lp back in the late '80's (and he may have been the one who wrote it, as he usually writes all his own material.)

Ok, that's more than you needed to know.

But please do finish this story!

Okay, Ta, more praise. The Satine and Harold scene is fantastic in my oh-so-humble opinion-I love her swiping the coins of the table to get his attention (pretty well encapsulates everything I'd been thinking about those two, and what Harold owes her.)

/Pulling what was left of her act together.../ oh, that's a great line. Wish I'd written it, dear.

And the way you dispatch the Duke-I couldn;t help but laugh. Lots of writers have thought of Christian getting consumption, but not the Duke.

On that note, would Harold really re-hire a consumptive whore? The theater was practically closed down a few chapters back because it had a consumptive actress, oui? And word of her condition had spread all over Paris. Would Harold take such a risk a second time? Perhaps let her be a can-can dancer (another great scene, by the way) and minimize the risk, but sleep with an important client? I don't know...

But, nonetheless, I am hoping you will finish the story!

One other quibble-Nini and Christian seem slightly flat compared to Satine and even Harold.

/Perhaps sewn into her sleeve, between layers of silk and satin./

/Take your pick Satine; you've certainly lost your touch./

*much applause bursts forth*

(and that you liked Fairy Tale only pleases me so much more, as you are one of the few people to create a really complicated and consistent Satine-well, consistent despite her whiplash-change of moods.) You're also one of the few people in this catagory to dare even contemplate the notion that his love is not all she needs, that she has dreams of her own independent of him or anyone else.

No, actually that last line "Why do you care, anyway?" is not melodramatic, it's perfect.

He's so oblivious, it's a hoot.

Dear a little nitpick (and I do feel guilty. Yes, I'm enjoying this thoroughly. Your satine is very interesting and consistently written throughout.)

They didn't have "motels" in 1900-it's an abbreviation for "motor hotel", which sprang up to serve tourists in automobiles in the 1920's and after. In 1900 it would have been a hotel, inn, tavern, boardinghouse, etc. Not motel.

Forgive the nitpick dear.

Ta, I adore this story, and I've been trying to review all night, but the site keeps eating my reviews-argh!

One nitpick, though, dear-"deer in headlights"; the first automobiles had been invented just that decade, and were not yet mass-produced, so the phrase would not have existed yet.

But this is very original and wonderful in the way you are consistent with Satine and make her more plausible in many ways than the movie did.

Ah, I hate you! You absolutely MUST finish this! I'm dead serious!

Love the song. You're right, fits perfectly. And, although I am VERY disappointed with your fowl language, I liked Nini in this chapter. *snicker*

Um...one thing, and I'm sure you were expecting this...I HATE HATE HATE contractions (other than the necessary ones in dialouge). And you had tons, m'dear.

Other than that minorness, it was brilliant.

Oh! I love that song. And a brilliant chapter, m'dear. How do you write so well? Wonderful.

Fantabulous!

Poor Satine... how could she lower herself to that? *Sniff* This is YOUR fault, Mary Helen! ;)

I'm just kidding. The chapter was very gripping, and one of your best in my opinion. Nini's character was AWESOME... you really did a marvelous job with it. I still feel deeply sorry for Christian. :(

All in all, actually my favorite chapter to this point. I hope you continue to write so beautifully.

splendid as always - you've taken a new look at the film and are developing ideas i'd never previously stopped to ponder.

one thing - they didn't have showers in 1899.