I love your writing and I'd love to read more. Please continue. :)

Don't give up now! This is such an excellent fic which honestly and truly portrays each character to a truthful tee. Only Penfeather's Feathers in the Maelstrom rivals your understanding of Vincent and Tifa. I pray you do not take the same route she did and give up on the fic because both of you have some of the best FF7 fanfictions I've ever seen. SCREW Square Enix. They should look to the both of YOU for hints on how to make a damn good story, especially after they made those watered down half-assed sequels.

Keep writing, please for all your fans. We love it!

Still waiting patiently for an update! <3 Been awfully busy due to work and uni starting and so on and so forth, which means I don't have time to formulate a proper responses, if you actually remember me lol! Look forward to more fan art, though! I'll definitely be doing some once I find the time.

Can't wait for more!

-Q

I have only just gotten into Final Fantasy, and this is one of the best stories I've read so far. I hope you'll update.

Okay, so I actually played a good amount of catch-up on this fic back in the fall (not all the way, but at least though chapter 11), and then got caught up in things before I could review properly (they were probably holiday-related). So now I have to go re-read everything, gah! But, it's an enjoyable re-read. :)

Other people have probably mentioned it, but you better get your ** on some original stuff. One of the things I love most about your writing is, in fact, your OCs--not something that can be said of many fanfic writers, to be sure. Not to say I don't care about Tifa and Vincent (and Cloud), but...it's sort of like, I've seen them before. Characters like Dana and Aiden are entirely new, and I find myself strangely more interested in their side-plot--which is bogus on two levels, because not only are they side-characters, but their whole deal is just this weird unresolved romance. And I don't often find myself drawn to strict romance. (And as this is a romance story, please don't take that the wrong way in regards to your main pairing. I mean, Tifa's out climbing mountains and **, and Vincent's being...well, Vincent, and there's this lovely anxious-while-not-action-heavy chase element to it. It's not just Tifa going up to Vincent and being all, "Um...I love you," and Vincent being all, "Well...um...I love you, too.")

I ramble. Back to your OCs.

I like them because even as minor characters, they're well-developed and come off as real people in their own rights. Aiden's all OCD and awkward, and Dana's caught between being **-off and still in love with him, and I'm just like, "ZOMG what happened before?!?" When you can make readers care about the normal, non-world-saving OCs, you've got something going for you.

Even Maria. Admittedly it's weird to see a canonxOC romance (of sorts)--that is not a Mary-Sue, happy ending, at least. Maybe it's just that discrepancy between canon and original that makes it so...odd, but really, I think it's just this gut feeling I get about them--that things are simply NOT going to work out nice and pretty--that makes me uneasy when I read about them. I find myself feeling sorry for the girl, because she's so real and normal, and is shacked-up with the basket-case known as Cloud. It's like you can just sense the demise of the relationship, and that lends another aspect of anxiety to this story.

So really, while this is hardly thriller-esque subject material, there's something about it that is nail-biting-inducing all the same, on all the pairing fronts.

Well. Review for this chapter done and done. Read on your profile that you're working backwards on this fic (welcome to my writing, haha), so I wish you the best with filling in the gaps. And I hope your epiphanies went well. :)

'Til I manage to re-read more,
-Sztorm

Well-paced, complex, deeply touching, realistic and subtle. Romance and friendship in its most romantic form. Every chapter has been worth the wait - I look forward to seeing more!

Love,
Q
hextorica @ yahoo . co . uk

Wow, I can't believe this sat in my inbox so long before I noticed the alert for it. Well, an excellent job as always.

I'm really feeling the anticipation build in this chapter. And that bit about Vincent's intentionally unintentional ways was a nice turn of phrase.

Keep up the great work. I'm still looking forward to finding out how this all comes together.

I must tell you that this rates among some of the best fanfiction I have read (next to Penfeather 20's Feathers in the Maelstrom, which I am most definently sure you are aquainted with ;)). Your understanding of Tifa and Vincent as characters are right on the mark. So many fanfic writers create stories and upon doing so, completely soil the characters so as to fit them based on what THEY want them to be instead of what they are tragically, Vincent is one of the most abused in this since, most likely because he is one of the most difficult to understand. The common misconception is to take his demeanor and experiences at face value rather than what is really underneath. However, you have painted him true to character as you have Tifa; combine that with an extremely witty writing style, and you have a damn good fanfic. Keep writing and know your fans are watching you. Now if only I can get penfeather to release that next chapter...

Aww...they're both so shy! Urgh, I want to read more! Great chapter. I'm glad they're both starting to...talk. :) Thanks so much for the next installment! I eagerly await the next!

Oh you evil.. evil woman!! You know who you are starting to sound like with these cliff hangers between Tifa and Vincent doncha? Trena!! Don't even get me started on her... lol. But this was a surprise. I honestly had no clue you'd be updating so soon and when I saw the notification in my inbox, I dropped everything I was suppose to do to come read this. And I'm glad I did. The visuals, as always, were spot on. The mental image of those two are still lingering in the back of my head. See what you did? Evil chick... you better update soon or I may just have to sick some ninja pandas on you ;) Kidding

"what do you do for fun around here?"
"i go clubbin', i get some hookers. i get high, tifa. i get high."
for some inane reason i actually thought you might make him say that... well, anyway.

i'm not late to the party this time! :D

the more i read your story, the more i wish you had a better site to showcase your wonderful talents on. maybe you should make your own site or something. if i can construct a site that no one looks at, i'm certain that just about anyone can! well, unless you actually _want_ people to look at your site, then i can't help you with that (because i know nothing of this)... but i digress...

vincent and tifa are so well characterized in this. now all tifa needs to do is kick some sense into his pretty ** (or perhaps his pretty head, whichever is faster) and all will be well for her intentions. gee, i wonder what poor vincent would do if she just pounced on him?

what a great surprise on my day off! lovely writing style, as usual. you're improving far beyond how i can write, if that makes any difference whatsoever. :)

Oh, Vincent, misinterpreting as usual. Though I guess, both of them misread a few things in this chapter. As buildup goes, they're getting closer to the heart of the issue, but it seems they're not quite ready to make the leap. Which, I guess, is true to the way you've characterized them thus far. Looking forward to what you've got planned!

you finally updated! (and i finally reviewed...) i liked this chapter! update again soon!

Goddammit, Vincent, just kiss her already! RAWR! That man drives me crazy...
Fantastic work, as always! I love this story so much! One of these days, I'm going to go back over the whole thing and read it from start to end without stopping. Keep up the stupendous work, and please write more soon!

A real heartwarmer to contrast the setting in which it takes place. :) I love the way you characterise Vincent and Tifa, keeping them in character yet adding a unique touch that only you can do. Can't wait for the next chapter!

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