AWESOME! Incredible, I loved this.

This is an interesting perspective. I've seen this portrayal of what Trigon feels toward his daughter (love that he attempts to show by the only way he knows) before, but that was one-sided; here, you have focused on Raven's side, and attempted to show that she too loves her father, albeit in a rather strange way.

To be concise, I rather like the idea.

Your writing is good, but you do have a tendency to go into unimportant and uninteresting detail.

Grammar and punctuation were, as far as I can tell, impeccable.

In short, well done.

Truly, you'd think that if anyone would be happy about losing a father, it'd be Raven, but when you do get right down to it, I think your assessment at the beginning of the story is right on; there's really nothing happy about it. Raven never really had a father to start with, but with Trigon now gone, she has no chance of ever filling that hole. Mind you, Trigon reforming and becoming a decent father was sort of a fool's hope to begin with, but sometimes, the hope itself is enough to sustain us.

So she weeps, probably for what she knows she will now never really know rather than for what she may have actually lost, which really wasn't anything great.

Once again, your grasp of the character here is incredible. In the past, you've lamented the brevity of your stories, but I rather think that's one of their strengths. There's nothing here that doesn't need to be here, and you pack all the emotion that a lesser writer would spend paragraph after paragraph trying (and failing) to find into one short, focused strike. Your stories don't take long to read, but they certainly do linger long after they've been finished.

And in concluding, since this is the first in what will probably be a couple days worth of reviews, that I'm glad to be finally reading these stories. I don't know if absence makes the heart grow fonder, but it has reminded me what I love so much about your work in the first place. Thank you, very much.

That was really good.

I liked that, an interesting look at the father/daughter relationship and how Trigon's death would affect Raven. Very good characterization and you really made us understand her sadness even though most people would think she'd be elated. I liked it, keep up the good work!

This was really nice. I never thought about Trigon's death like this, so it was a good change.

~XxNFxX

This is really a beautiful one shot. Very emotional. And you explain it so very well, I almost feel like crying every time I read it. Excellent job.

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" I liked the title you offered but couldn't figure out how to make Raven a convincing cowboy."

Oh, man, if I had a nickel...

Y'know, funny story, for a while I had a Wild West Titans story idea...

Then I went to sleep and woke up with a hangover and clear mind and the idea was never spoken of again.

But, you know how I feel about this. Awesome work.

Also, I went to your profile and looked about a bit and...

Palex oneshot?

Really?

Score one for the gays!

That will SO make my heart smile. The thought alone is like Christmas... but BETTER.

-Orange