I think you spent too much time with the OCs and focusing on their "loves". I do not feel a connection with your OCs and find them to be too whiny and emo at times. Bastion in particular. Bristol left for rather annonying reasons, but I understand why. However, if they are in such a "star crossed" love (again I don't feel it) why didn't she just ask him to come along? Or why didn't she ask Cain or X for help and using some Hunter resources to figure it out?

Either way, characters have left their lovers for worse or even unexplained reasons. I do not believe Bastion, a long time leader of reploids, soldier, killer and witness to loss of life and his own men would break down like a bitch so easily over his girlfriend going on a pretty reasonable quest.

I almost stopped reading the story as a whole when i read about Isaia's ghost. I wonder what you were thinking when you thought that was a good idea. I figure you would probably remind me of Zero being in X somehow in your X2 novelization, but that is a very different circumstance than this weirdness and some sort of heaven for all.

No offence, truly, but these are the things I thought while reading.

I really really liked these opening words and particularly how they apply to our real life. The only part I didn't quite like was the attention to Bastion. I feel he is featured more prominently than any other character and that is too much for a story in the X series.

Wow. Just, wow. A wickedly awesome story. Willow was cool, as were the intricate plots sown throughout the story. A culmination of many, many events pulled off spectacularly. Love it.

Wow,just... wow...

This is, without a doubt, the best Megaman fanfiction I have ever read, tied with Revokov's "Terrornova"...

You even managed the transition from X4 to X5 without killing

everybody of (except Cain, that poor fella), and I'm glad the Hunters and Signas are now on the same side.

Will we actually hear something of Bastion, Willow, Phare and Co. and their struggles against the nefarious schemes of MI9 in the future?

Because I REALLY doubt those Reploid-haters are giving up after their plan has been foiled.

(and there was that little foreshadowing about Jowers - I doubt we have seen the last of him...)

Or will we see them in another Time-Period entirely?

Perhaps Zero stumbling across Cossack's Citadel during his travels between MMZ1 and MMZ2 and meeting Wycost, Bastion, Hazil, etc. who fill him in about his past?

Please continue writing your awesome fanfics, Erico.

They abso-frackin'-lutely rock !

This was really good. I hope to read more of your stories of X and company in the future.

this has to've been one of the longest fics i've come across! it's literally taken me days to read this and the ones before it, and i'm no slow reader either.

"It is extremely helpful to use this opportunity to comment on an aspect of the story that can be improved." improved my right foot. i don't see any way this could've been written better. i might be new to the while megaman thing, heck..i've only played command mission and that doesn't explain alot.

thanks to your fics i've a better idea of the characters and their pasts, dispite not knowing which are official characers and which you might've made up for the purposes of your story. i also got a better understanding of how a reploid might live it's life.

very well written, all the characters are well rounded and stick to the personalities you've given them.

bristol and willow's accents made me giggle sometimes. i'm english and i've never once heard anyone ever say things such as 'pip pip', but her swearing is wonderfully accurate.

*places some cookies at your feet, trots off to peek at the rest of your fics*

Well played, Super Bard, well played. Words of compliment fail me now, as they so very often do when all that can be said has been and those who stand idly by while a work of genius is weaved have spoken their peace. So let me just say that you've done good work, more than I could accomplish, and leave it at that.

I'm not going to say it's flawless, as those words are dangerous in the context of writing, but let it suffice that it was very solid. Any story that can invoke emotion is truly a great one, and that's precisely what DOTP did. For, beneath its many sublayers, the fic is indeed all about emotion.

But, what isn't about emotion?

-Vec

Well now. *whistles* This was even better than TSOM, and that was excellent. Of course, if you ever do a sequel, I've got a feeling we may not have yet seen the last of Kazok and Dash. Or, I could be completely off-base about all this. Meh. Off to your X2 fic. But I'll say this: Only one other fic on the entire website is a match for this, and both of you are some of the best writers I have ever seen. Well done, Super Bard, well done.

So... it's finally over... I can't believe I missed the final update for so long... anyways, this remains an unbelievable epic. A masterpiece, one that I'd say beats all your others. A great job you did delving into moral issues, the emotions of your characters, and, in general, problems in the world. My advice: get a job as a writer! If you do, then Gates might have to give up his title...

DOTP, by far, is my favourite of the series. It has much more depth than the others (more than likely on account of it being about twice the length of The Sound of Mavericks) and takes about as long to finish as the entire fricken' LOTR triology.
I noticed that in the earlier portions of this fic you used "frack" and "feck" alot, but towards the end dropped the rest and went straight to fuck, which was a good call. It adds emotion and depth to the characters' comments and thoughts, and shows the reader that this is actually a war.
I liked how Signas's character was handled, because I found myself in the same mindset about him as X and Zero were. At the start, I hated him. Then only disliked him. By the end of the 'fic I really liked his character. Good show.
Ending the story with Scion's Zenith and the wedding was a great tactic as well, because it sets up the stage for what needs to be set up for X5, but it doesn't take the lazy way out. (Lazy way just killing everyone off.) I was sorry to see Hazil go, though.
The thing I most enjoyed about DOTP was that it was intensely readable. After reading one section about Phare I'd be dying to know what's gonna happen to him next, but to find that out I'd have to read through, say, Allegro's part. But by the time I got to Phare's second part I'd be wanting to know Allegro's as badly as I wanted Phare. And to get to Allegro's second part I'd need to read through Wycost and Willow's, etc.
By far your best so far. Keep up the good work.
-Rob

Well, Erico, what can I say? Nothing that hasn't been said before, I'm sure.
That was a really powerful, deep story. I can't say that I loved every minute of it, but there was nothing that wasn't understandable or without purpose. Aw, hell, the words aren't coming for me tonight. Well done, Erico. Just - well done.

The run was a long one, and it has finally come to a glorious end. Congrats, Erico, on a job well done.
As usual you have cranked out an epic, and I do believe you to be one of the best and my favorite auhors of all time, regardless of what some simpletons may say. Your characters are memorable, your stories are profound... The Superbard does not displease. I'd better get started on finishing my fanfic, hell, or I'll never live mah dream of following in your footsteps! ]
I should drag ya back to Superbard and throw a celebration bash for this, with yer permission or course. ;]
Well, I enjoyed as much as I'm sure you enjoyed writing, and I'll be seeing you later, man.
Adios
IA

... Okay. I'm practically speechless here. This is, without a doubt, one of the LONGEST fics I've ever read. ;) Apart from that, it's definitely one of the best. Well, I don't say it's THE best, but I can't think of anything better.
I wonder what you're gonna write next? Keep up the awesome work.

and so it ends. everything has been said in all the speeches everyone else wrote, so I guess I cant make a long speech without being redundant. so... nice work, man. and here is hoping you write another one just as good.

Congratulations are in order, I believe, for one of the most powerful authors out there. Erico, you had better write novels one day, a flock of Batton Bones will defile your home, I promise ya. DOTP is proof that you can not only handle all manner of subjects but smash them all together to form a fantastic story.
Your plot? Huge and ambitious, yet somehow it was pulled off without any loose ends. There was resolution, but plenty of room was left for additional adventures.
Your characters? They have always been my favorite parts of your stories. Bastion, Bristol, Willow, Wycost, Doan, X, Zero...hell, EVERYONE had a trillion levels to their personality. The interactions and emotions felt real and genuine. Even more amazing, whether or not I agreed with a character I could understand them and realize WHY they thought the way they did.
Finally, your style remains a model for any writer to study. You took a make-believe world and made it feel real, and not many people can claim that talent. Keep up the good work. I'm sure whatever your next project is will be even better than the ones before it.
-Rev