Reviews for The Seduction of Innocence

Reviews For: The Seduction of Innocence

Adia 2008-06-09 ch 4,	abuseHi again :) My over-arching feeling after reading this is to wonder what the HECK is wrong with Drizzt. What weird, twisted gene that he must have that makes him still be so naive and screwed up. Not just in this fic, but in the series as a whole when you wonder what he (likely, though unsaid) must have been through. As always I do love Zaknafein in this, off-kilter, completely crazy and yet still so appealing. In all his screwed up glory. It is fascinating to not see him as a 'good guy stuck in a bad place', but a 'nicer drow in a bad place that has been damaged by surviving there'. Because I think that is a more honest interpretation of him. Makes me think that any drow that isn't made Lolth-crazy has to have some serious issues. And thus I am more amusing with Drizzt thinking his Dad is All That, yet then thinking someone like Jarlaxle is the Big Bad. ooh, I liked your line at the end of chapter...2!, "This was his Zaknafein, the only Zaknafein he would remember years and decades later whenever he thought of his father". Which makes this weave so easily into the series itself (though RAS would probably have a heart attack at the thought XD). My only quibble would be this line in chapter 2 as well, "Go to sleep, Drizzt. I won't be back before morning.". Would a drow say that? Or would it be something like, "be back before the rise of Narbondel"? Tiny thing, but it just jumped out at me. So...yay! I like! Looking forward to a possible epilogue.
hakatri 2008-06-08 ch 4,	abuseEven though this kind of relationship somehow creeps me out (hm suprise something that actually does this to me...) it does have a certain logic :) I found myself thinking of all these wives who go back to their abusive husbands time and time again. I was wondering though, whether this is in any way connected to your kindred spirits story.
Nuitari Aquarius 2008-03-30 ch 3,	abuseYou. Are. So. Mean. Go back to work on Kindred Spirits, you cruel girl ^^.
Ziggy Sternenstaub 2008-02-17 ch 2,	abuseFirst off, I have to say that I was quite pleased with the mention of servants in this chapter, because as indoctrinating as I'm sure having the page prince polish door knobs is, they are a noble family, and I'm sure they had plenty of actual servants, despite the lack of mention in the books. "He knew that he should eat to gather his strength, but he was feeling sick and strangely detached from his body." I was really impressed with the psychological implications of this line. It reminds us that Drizzt is a boy who has just had his first sexual encounter, but he doesn't know enough about it, intellectually, so be thinking in any depth about so; his body, however, is reacting with instinctive confusion. "He had felt safe in Zaknafein's arms - but he was afraid of what had happened afterwards." Ah, evil! You keep making me feel sorry for Drizzt. I mean, the poor kid has never had a scrap of physical affection shown him in his life --until now. And this with the completely unstable lunatic. Poor boy. Even worse that he has cause to fear Zak' unpredictable behaviour. When Zak came out his room with "violence and need" I was quite wary. We all know how Zaknafein gets when he's in a temper. So, yes, this was great characterisation of his often unpleasant moods. "Before Drizzt could get up again, the Weapon Master was over him, straddling him and holding his wrists." Um... unexpectedly hot. Oh dear. ""You're too innocent for this hell, Drizzt, that will only get you in trouble," Zaknafein hissed, his tone somewhere between pained and sarcastic. "It drives me insane!"" This is was quite in character. Zak tends to go on these psychotic rants of innocence and innocence destroyed, especially when it comes to Drizzt. I can absolutely see him doing something this crazy, ostensibly for Drizzt' "own good." "Zaknafein was losing his temper." Ouch. If he hasn't already lost his temper, I would fear for Drizzt if he actually did. The exchange about the priestesses not doing things like this to Drizzt, and Zaknafein's very grim response was extremely astute and again drew a very clear comparison between Drizzt' limited understanding of the world he lives in and the realities of drow society. Great stuff. "Zaknafein was radiating anger, and his violent temper was almost legendary." This line made me squee with fan-ish joy... Also, when the servant said that Matron Malice wanted to see Zak, my first thought was that she was magically spying on him again and was somehow upset with what he was doing--I don't know why. Maybe because she would think that Drizzt wasn't Zak's toy to break? Hmm. But, no. She was just horny;) "His tired voice made Drizzt forget his anger and fear, as well as his confused thoughts about Zaknafein's behaviour. All he could think about was that Zaknafein needed him now, and Drizzt certainly wouldn't let him down. He stood up immediately and followed him." You know, Zaknafein is right. This kid needs to develop some self-preservation. It seems both of Drizzt's parents liked kinky, violent sex, ha ha; unfortunately, both were tops. Poor things. Zak apologising and saying he'll never do it agaain should have been a cliché, but somehow it was touching and disturbing, because he seemed to absolutely mean it, and yet, we, the readers, know that he is crazy, and will do it again. Crazy Zak is somehow extremely scary, considering what he's capable of. And, you know, it's so close to canon that it seems entirely possible that all of this could have happened. "This was his Zaknafein, the only Zaknafein he would remember years and decades later whenever he thought of his father." ...this line was so insightful and so painful. I felt terribly sorry for Drizzt when reading this, because the one person that he trusted was really not terribly much better than the others around him, and he had to literally re-write his memories in order for his father to become the person he so wanted him to be. It's a terribly sad thing. I felt so awfully for both of them.
Ziggy Sternenstaub 2008-02-16 ch 1,	abuseWell, I'm getting around to writing the review for this story now. Let's see what we have. I enjoyed how you immediately set up the characterisation of Zaknafein for the story by having Drizzt wake injured--a common occurence in those days, no doubt; additionally, the fact he wakes on Zaknafein's bed already sends a little hint of uneasiness through the reader. We know that Zak's room was forbidden territory to Drizzt, so what is he doing there...? Jaws theme music Drizzt retorting to even a well-meaning common with sulky belligerence is so in-character for his child self. The fact that he wonders whether Zak might like Malice (because he punishes Drizzt for making snarky comments about her) just shows how naive he really was. Then again, Drizzt never did recognise the value of self-preservation. I like that your Zaknafein doesn't speak much. He's very terse and that is exactly in character. He says a great deal with only a few words, unlike the ever-loquacious Drizzt. I've been thinking for a while about the sexual interaction that Zaknafein initiates. It doesn't seem to me that incest would be terribly shocking in the drow world (despite Drizzt's bafflingly foreign response to Vierna's come-on in Homeland), particularly between males who have way of reproducing anyway. Still, the fact that he is a child, and a very young child, reflects the fact that Zaknafein's is not nearly so "good" as Drizzt would believe. He clearly wants to show Drizzt some affection here, but he also seems incapable of understanding the sort of confusion and distress this will inspire in a young boy. Zaknafein's reaction to Drizzt's open nature is very much in character. I surprised he didn't think about killing him to prevent the loss of innocence (as he so often did in Homeland). He is, as you say, a completely unstable lunatic. Beautiful;) I have to admit that I really felt quite sorry for Drizzt at the end of this chapter. He was so confused and hurt and didn't understand at all what was happening. Aw.
DoomPen 2008-02-16 ch 1,	abuseBLASPHEMY! Zaknafien and Drizzt would never do anything like this you pervert whats wrong with you you should be put on trial for this
Lessiehanamoray 2008-02-14 ch 2,	abuseThis is an interesting view of the two sides of Zak I think almost everyone recognizes is there. On the one end it seems natural for him to have a lightning fast and vicious temper, but on the other it seems that he must be gentle.
amlugwen 2008-02-14 ch 2,	abusehui! about the first half i was wtf? at first, really glad he didn't go through with the rape - stupid idea anyway (killing would have been more permanent) ^^' the second half was very cute, pity- and cuddle- scores ;-) yay
PhantomBoo 2008-02-13 ch 2,	abuseI'm kind of confuse... was that the last chapter ? the ending sentence makes me believes it is but since I don't want it to be the last I don't want to believe it XD
mayokiss 2007-12-30 ch 1, anon.	abusenice~ this pairing is naughty, but hotter than hell. i don't understand why Zak was mean to him afterwards though ;_; other'n that, it was a pretty good shorty. your writing is clear and you get your point across quickly. i wish you had more reviews than this!
justme 2007-12-25 ch 1, anon.	abuseAw! I liked this alot!! It was so cute! There aren't many Zak/Drizzt fics out there...so... Update please??
KeanuGrym 2007-12-18 ch 1,	abusedude. sick. Zaknafein is his Dad. If you want to put incestious trash like this on the net go to a different site.
amlugwen 2007-12-17 ch 1,	abuseit is cute somehow… but quite sad :( poor drow, both of them - my orc frowns about Drizzt being quite childish - orc: that's not quite the way I put it - am: shutup, orc. - will you continue this? ^^ it’s not as sad as in the books - orc: yet. - that aside about the description I resent Zak being the lunatic but Uthy doesn't seem very sane either... could be a weapons-master-problem
ShadowShapeShifter 2007-12-10 ch 1,	abuseUgh, you were right, DEPRESSING. Still nice though! I like seeing this pairing every once in a while, just to spice it up a bit.

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