 novembergrl 2004-09-23 . chapter 1me likey this story look forward to more |
 Queen of Hellions 2004-09-14 . chapter 3Awesome! Really got me thinking, you've gotta go on! I like Amadi XD If you don't I'll...I'll...um...
...it'll be bad. Ooh. What now? |
 Lozzzz 2004-05-07 . chapter 1Thankyou for being the first person i have come accross that hasn't butchered the word parler and made it parley! |
 Daroga's Rainy Daae 2004-03-25 . chapter 2HAHA! That's great! “Ready for a long night? |
 Daroga's Rainy Daae 2004-03-25 . chapter 1Oo, this is nice! I love the description, and it all flows perfectly! I can totally visualize the scene, and the gal! Be careful about Suedome, tho! You're doing a nice job! Off to the next chappie, now. :D |
 The Fink 2004-03-24 . chapter 2This is a promising story, but it's not without its problems. Some of them are technical - your description is over wordy, particularly in your action sequences; the attack, for example, felt as if it was happening in super slowmo, which is about the worst thing that can happen to an action scene. Some of them are careless. In the latter category, you have the use of the year 1769 and the use of Vivaldi for music. The film is supposed to be set roughly around 1720 (I think that's the year the director bandies about); historically, it's earlier (c.1680 or so, I think). Either way, 1769 is a very, VERY long time into the future. Slightly less of an issue is the use of Vivaldi's Four Seasons, which were written in 1725. If you go with the historical setting, you're well out; if you go with the director's setting, you're only five-six years into the future so that could have been made to work - had your characters not known the piece of music; had it been something new to them. As it is, it doesn't.
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All in all, if nothing else, you need to edit this chapter to correct the year - otherwise this story loses any credibility at all. |
 Gamine 2004-03-24 . chapter 2I think you may be over-describing a bit - the paragraph about the costume on the woman was really long, considering it was just description, and the information could have been mixed into the rest of the prose a little more subtly.
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Also, I thought I should mention - in the historical period in which PotC is set, the term 'blackbird' referred to a slaver, and usually a particularly unscrupulous one. I don't think you intended to bestow a name with that connotation on your OC, but I thought you should know. The term was in such widespread use that even if one's name was, in fact, Blackbird, if one chose a seafaring life one would probably not use it, unless one intended to be taken for a slaver at every circumstance.
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Your style is good, over-description aside. I think you could pick up the pace a bit here and there; the story seems to drag a little in places.
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I'm reserving judgement on the Mary Sue question, though at the moment I am afraid it looks quite a bit like one. Anyway, good luck with it as you continue. |
 Hamster Huey 2004-03-16 . chapter 1Yay! This is now on my favorite stories list. I love your bio! (there's a devil in The Passion of Christ?) |
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