Oh my. At first, it was almost horrifying - then I re-read it, and figured out what was in the box. (I'd thought that it was some part of the old red one, to "remind her," not those new purple and green ones).

Pretty brilliant. You don't see many good fics with SPAWN OF JOKER AND HARLEY out there.

I really liked this one, 'cause usally when people write stories with The Joker's kids they just end up nothing like him and hating him so this was fun to read. Though I do feel a bit bad about Red, she worries and worries for Harley but it always ends up biting her in the **;)
I've just gotta ask. What was in the box?

I really, really enjoyed this one. *V*

Though I do like Ivy, I love the way the Joker tends to put a literal pun on words. This made me smile.

-Nightmare1

hey...this christmas red was neat...all your writtings are excellent...keep it up...!

:)

Oh...I'm going to have nightmares about this one... *full-body shudder*

Seriously. Not about the nightmares, but the shudder. As I finished this, you *actually* got a real physical shudder from me. It's so short, but I feel I have a lot to say about it. A wonderfully dark fanfic - part of me is so delighted by the merry, inspired EVIL going on, but another part of me feels disturbed (and I love you for it!). A wonderful, chilling piece. Definitely one I'll be remembering for a long time to come. It really got to me emotionally, and I loved it.

It's such a short piece, and I really didn't expect to get that involved in it because of that, but Ivy's fate horrified me. I felt a wierd dread just reading that Christmas scene and - like Harley - piecing together what's really going on. I found something genuinely horrifying and disgusting about this (and I meant that as a high compliment!), much more than in all those boring fanfics I've read which include gratuitous violence and linger on all the gory details. There was a real element of horror here, something that put me on edge. You really capture what made parts of "Return of the Joker" so creepy; the perverted mix of happy families wholesomeness and the real situation of control, power, madness and violence.

You built it up wonderfully - all the references to milestone remarks from Ivy lead beautifully into the Christmas scene and the ending; and I loved how you left so much open to the imagination - it had so much more of an effect on me, being left to think and guess, than if you'd given any more detail. Poor Ivy, poor Harley. And thinking of Harley not being able to do anything about it except carry on with family life as normal and hide that they'd taken something precious away from her...oh, horrible. Horrible, but wonderful. So fitting (or maybe I'm just sick-minded to think this way...XD). And the idea that Ivy's murder will be a reminder about how much all her boys love is deliciously chilling. "Every time you’ll look at it —you’ll remember we love you!"

I loved the dynamics of the ultimate nuclear family here too, the interactions between them, the contrast between Jack's silence and Michael's enthusiasm, Michael and the Joker's shared dehumanising of Ivy (and seeing as Ivy had "cradled and worried and loved" Mickey, then it's particularly disturbing), and Mickey is a wonderful mix of childish innocence, fun, affection and enthusiasm and something far darker and more dangerous. And there's something equally creepy and wrong to Jack (clearly milder, gentler, more considerate and more "sane") mumbling about not letting Ivy's absence spoil their fun. I'm definitely thrilled by their interactions. You have very strong and interesting characterizations set up already, and the dynamic *works*. The interactions with the kids don't feel forced, but totally natural. I'm so glad to think that you haven't given up on "Crimson Dice" after all, and after this, I REALLY can't wait to see the real thing take form!

Again, wonderful, frightening work. I loved it, and it's definitely for the favourites page. Thank you very much for this very creepy early Christmas gift to the fandom. ^_^