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Reviews for: Dark Hands Washed
Spidery
2007-11-12 . chapter 1
Oh this is a really cool fic. I've only read one chapter so far but I'm excited to see where you're going with this. Love the OC (Emma).
kke
2007-09-25 . chapter 3
i'm hooked
Mireia
2007-08-17 . chapter 14
Ah, so finally the truth comes out about Emma. It all makes sense now. Of course, while this answers some questons, it also brings up even more. I guess I'll have to wait to find out the answers to those. :p

I liked the scen with the J-Team in the castle. It was very true to the series, per usual, and very exciting. I'll admit, I was a bit afraid that the scene with Jade and Hsi Wu was going to turn into a typical copy-paste "Eye Wuv Ewe" scene, but Hsi Wu's reasons for warming up to her seemed to be more about his ego than anything else. ((I should probably note at this point I have nothing against the pairing, just the lackluster way it's usually handled.))

...I wish I could say something more useful or interesting, but I think I must be having trouble braining tonight. One thing I think I should let you know is that you've kind of got a few typos here and there ex: 'The polite swerved as a stone dragon hurled hard fire up at them.', 'That little grey worm was making his way towards his new castle, with the Chan girl en tow.')

I can't wait for the next updat of part two! ^_^
Mireia
2007-05-25 . chapter 12
Sorry for not reviewing for a while. ^^'

You know, for a moment, I thought Emma might have been dreaming when she was wandering through the halls, but that didn't seem to be the case. I liked the whoel surreal atmosphere of the scene.

As for the actual dream sequence, it only fuels my suspicions that Emma might not be exactly...normal.

There were a few things that confused me, though. How did Valmont get free? Aren't both of Emma's parents dead, or is it just her mother? (I looked back at chapter one, and I noticed that she /did/ use the present tense when describing her father, but I thought that was just her way of getting out of telling Jade anything about her past. I dunno).

Looking foward to the next chapter. :D
Mireia
2007-03-26 . chapter 10
This was an exciting chapter. I liked the fight between the J-team and the demon. I have to say that I like how you're keeping the demons their evil selves. Maybe I've read too many fics where the demons were all nice with no explanation, so this is a welcome change.

But I do have a few things to say. The mountain demon's name is Po Kong. Mexico City is located in the Sierra Nevada. And shouldn't there be six more demons to defeat? Jackie's already taken down two of them.

Looking forward to the next update.
Mireia
2007-03-15 . chapter 7
All right! Finally get a chance to read this! :D

Oh my! Chapter six really shocked me! I had the feeling that something might not be normal about Emma and this chapter confirms my suspicions. However, I never thought that...THAT would happen to her. ;_;

I really liked chapter seven, too. My favorite part was the description of the spirit world. Is it based off of Chinese mythology, or is it something you created? Whichever, it was really cool. I hope that's not the last we see of the dragons from there.

(There was one thing about these chapters that confused me, though: I probably missed something, but why does the hospital only take Euros? Didn't they go back to the States?)

Overall, I really liked these chapters. Keep up the good work!
Mireia
2007-03-09 . chapter 5
At the risk of sounding like some squeeing fangirl... Oh my god I loved this chapter! Nice set-up with Valmont and Shendu. There were a couple of typos here and there, but nothing major. Can't wait to see what happens next!
Mireia
2007-03-02 . chapter 4
Wow, that doctor guy is creepy! I hope Emma's accepting help from him isn't going to come back and bite her in the butt. She's really grown on me. :/

I'm loving how this story is turning out! I can't wait for the next update.
VampireNaomi
2007-02-20 . chapter 2
You certainly didn't disappoint me! The entire canon cast is perfectly in character and your story has a refreshing feel of the series in it. Emma being about to throw up, Finn stopping the car, and Jackie flying over it is something that could have easily happened in the cartoon, and I love it when authors manage to include such great bits into their fics.

I especially want to congratulate you for the characterization of Valmont. Most authors with this kind of fics make him too soft, but you have him exactly how he's supposed to be. While I wouldn't object to some bonding between him and Emma later on, at this point his behaviour is very believable.

About Emma, I'm still liking her. She has more realism to her than most of Valmont's kid relative characters.
Mireia
2007-02-19 . chapter 2
This is a really interesting story so far. Emma's not seeming Sue-ish so far, and I like the fight scene in this chapter. Reminded me of the actual series.

Update soon!
VampireNaomi
2007-02-18 . chapter 1
Valmont's niece/cousin/daughter plots have been done to death, as you said, but I actually found myself liking this one. In the beginning I was ready to dismiss Emma as a rude brat, but she grew on me as the story progressed. In the end, I was already liking her. Be careful to avoid the Mary Sue traps, though.

Uncle's reaction (or lack of it) to the news of her relations was the best part in the story. I cracked a smile there. ;)

It'll be interesting to see how the story goes from here, especially since your grammar and punctuation are good. The only thing that caught my eye is that you should punctuate dialogue like this, "You look familiar," she said. Not like this, "You look familiar." She said.
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