Please don't listen to the flamers - there are a number of people who seem to get off on attacking the skill of others and it is these people who are in need of (psychological) help. They are the school yard or office bully type and should be laughed at.

However, in the past I have been flamed for my own small offering (no longer available) - it hits you in the heart and you can easily despair and take flight (just like I did).

Please don't delete - please don't give up - my flamer taunted me for months after I deleted the story - he/she won. Now a couple of years on I wish I had stuck it out, but my nerve goes everytime I think about writing and posting again. He/she was my first reviewer.

I ask you too look at the people who have commented her, those people who think your story is good, the people who believe that your skill is worth following and nurturing, and please, have more courage than I had and continue.

The count stands as ... what? 35/38 against 1 numpty. The majority think your story is worthy of publishing.

I believe it is time that anonymous reviewing/flaming is stopped. If you want to comment you should have to put your name to it. If your commenter had anything worthy to say then they would have put their name on it.

I truly believe that he/she is jealous of your ability to produce an enthralling story that has us all hooked.

Once again I ask - please don't let them win, publish and show them that they are one out of many - they are little-billy-no-mates.

You have my support (for what little it is worth) and you obviously have the support of many people from what I have written.

Su

wow! this is amazing! the suspense is incredible and i simply have to know what will happen next.
can't wait to read more!
Great work!

Dude, who ever wrote that rude comment is an ass. I know how that feels and i do wish for you to continue along with this story. I was rather enjoying it! PLEASE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE! Go you for calling out people who are rude. Now rub it in their faces and update a totally awesome chapter. FORGODSAKE'S As much as i get annoyed when people say this to me im willing to go there if that means u'll update...if u need help writing or just simply bouncing ideas PM. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS!

I hate when people give reviews like that.

I will ask personally, DZD, that you leave this story up. Too many good stories have been ended before they could be completed because of horrible reviews like that. Thus, if there is any way I could convince you, I would do so. I'm not the only one who has enjoyed it, that much is obvious; the series is a massive hit, so far. So thus, I will stick around, even though I have changed my pen name once again. I was ShadowFox123 before; this time, i'm going with the latin form of Frozen Heavens. I Now bid you, adeu. 'Till your next update!

-GC (Formerly SF123)

NO! Please don't take this story down! This story got me through my English and Commerce assessments. It's like my oasis in a desert. Please don't take it down.
Just ignore happy. critic (s/he also goes by HC) And don't listen to what s/he says. It's just bulls**t. You have nothing to fear of HC. No doubt s/he'll slink back to the shadows after your response. And good riddance to bad rubbish, I think.
Sorry, I don't have much tolerance for flames on awesome stories.
Which brings me onto my next point...
Thank you so much for writing and posting and sharing this with us. You have the characterisations spot on, and just the right amount of drama and action to keep me happy. I absolutely LOVED the symbol on chapter three- that was a stroke of genius.
Please don't worry about chapter lenght. Each chapter is as long or as short as it needs to be, and it's your decision as the author to decide the lenght.
Anyway, I am loving the story and I can't wait for the next update.
Kat ;)

I like this story. It's well written, exciting, and above, it makes me want more. Fan fiction is called fan fiction for two reasons. One, it's fan written, and two, it is fictional, separate from the story on which it is based, and not real. If someone who reads a story cannot realize that the circumstances in the story are imaginary, and then feels the need to criticize it in an insulting manner and then sign this critique anonymously, giving a pen name that turns up dead ends, one has to wonder, does this unimaginative pedophile have any business writing whatsoever?

happy.critic, I have just been treated to a view of your words. They made me laugh. Now that I've seen your words, I have no doubt that you are not only in love with yourself, but you favor yourself as a wise, all knowing, omnipotent being. Your writing is no doubt, rigid, factual, and about as dull as the writing of the many authors you no doubt idolize. I'll spare you the embarrassment of revealing which authors these are, simply because I'm only challenging you, not declaring an all out war.

Your overuse of the words love and poppet go beyond that of pop cultural references, leading my to believe you are a pedophile. Whether you are active or budding I cannot tell.
Either way, I do have some reading I'd like to recommend for you. Being a pedophile, it probably doesn't matter what gender the child in question is. I had the misfortune of stumbling across the works of one Alan Whitman, revered as an artist in the world of poetry. Frankly, I couldn't gag my way through even half of any of his poems.

Once again, I'm GrimSavage, as far from perfection as possible, and damn proud.

To the anonymous user who so clearly upset my best friend. Show me your writing. Show me what you create, and let's see if I can't tear it apart. Then, let's see if I can't determine exactly what sort of person you are from your writing, and tear your personality, your beliefs, your line of thinking, and anything else I can learn from your writing into tiny little pieces that couldn't even be used to make a fire.

I don't actually need your writing to be able to start tearing you apart, your actions speak for themselves. I only wish I had gotten to read your words before they were erased. I don't expect that my short and limited analysis of you will suffer much without the words you wrote, however.

You have made your standards so high for several possible reasons, the two most likely being that you are entirely in love with yourself and your work, and to you, anything that you view as less fantastic and perfect than your own work is subject to your ridicule and scorn. Or, it could be the opposite. It could be that you have failed to live up to high standards placed on you by everyone around you so much that when you see something that surpasses your own work, it makes you angry, and you feel the need to tear it down detail by detail to try and rattle the author's cage.

I dare you to reveal to me your pen name and show me your work. Criticize my work all you like by the way. I realize that it isn't perfect, but that's why I go back and edit my stories.

I'm GrimSavage, as far from perfect as can be, and absolutely loving it.

Hey, me again.

Well, I had a pleasant visit from 'happy.critic' last night. I think she got a little ticked off about my comment and decided to flame my story instead. *snorts* The comments were pathetic. The worst they could come up with was that they think I should practice writing more fiction before I post. What the heck?! Out of 95 reviews, that's the only person who's thought so.

Anyway, this is just proof of how stupid 'HC' is (they even changed their name so that they'd be less recognisable, apparantly - *snorts* - well THAT was a smart idea!). So don't worry if they give you any more trouble. This is one of the phantom flamers FF gets from time to time. They hop around between fandoms, trying to cause trouble, then once they realise that nobody cares, they slink away into the shadows again. All that you can do is feel sorry for them, to be honest.

Take care!
xoxoxox

Hi there!

I only started reading this yesterday, and was pleased to see that you'd updated...only to find that you hadn't. After getting over the initial disappointment, I read through your little note. Just gotta say, DZD (it's okay if I abrieviate your pen name, right? It's kinda long :^D), that I personally think that your writing is fanstastic, and I've thoroughly enjoyed reading this story so far. There have hardly been any grammatical errors (always the sign of a talented and careful author), and the plot has been gripping enough to keep me simply dying to read more! Excellent job in my opinion.

Which is why, when I looked at this so-called 'happy' critic's review, I got a little ticked off. Although, as you pointed out, their points were valid, there simply was no need to write it in such a degrading fashion. It's purely offensive and highly unnecessary. Also, using 'darling' in that context goes beyond the realms of patronizing. You are more talented than a number of authors on this site that I have encountered before, but even THEY wouldn't have deserved a review like that. Ithink that 'happy.critic' needs to learn how to be polite.

What makes it worse is the fact that this reviewer is probably an author. Judging by the detail they went into, they clearly know at least a LITTLE bit about writing. But still, if that is the case, then they should have left you constructive criticism. That review wasn't constructive - it was just a sugar-coated flame. Yuk.

I had intended to reivew chapter 3 yesterday, but FF didn't seem to like me for some reason. So I'm gonna review now:

GORDON! NO!

Does that about cover it? Lol. Great work, anyway. Please don't be discouraged by this one reviewer. A friend of mine had the same problem a few weeks ago (she's a Supernatural writer), and she felt the same way as you after reading it. Just remember that you have 29 (well...30 including this one!) reviews and only one bad review. And although I've never been flamed myself, I can tell you that nothing good will come out of it if you take these things to heart. Just ignore it, hun (and I don't mean that in a patronizing way, honest!), and he/she will go away. If they review again, just laugh at them. Their comments may be slightly valid (although not very), but still, it's an in-progress story! Of course things haven't been fully explained yet!

(Oh, and FF has actually provided us writers with the means to delete reviews that haven't been signed by an official fanfictioner. It's an icon somewhere on your homepage - sorry, I forget where, but it's definitely there.)

Keep smiling, DZD. You're doing just fine. And if you want any help, or just wanna chat, feel free to drop a line whenever. Us TB authors have gotta stick together, right? :^D

Bump xoxoxoxoxoxoxox

I'm sorry that i haven't reviewed this story before seeing as you are now quite disheartened by one stupid reviewer, whats the saying? 10 positive things to combat one negative? Well let's go for it lol

For starters, RedHardy, you make the best point ever! THUNDERBIRDS REALISTIC?? good one! just all the information happy.critic has put trying to justify this is ridiculous; yes, they are a secret *made-up* organization, but why are you not questioning the events of the movie or indeed any of the episodes? In the movie, the Hood found their island and all their machines and could easily have gained access to their schematics when they got brains to open the island's main systems - DUH! and as for the episodes, i remember there being about giant flipping crocodiles for christ's sake, cause that's plausible??

When i first read through this, not one of these supposed "plot holes" jumped to mind, i actually enjoyed reading the fic - like you're supposed to! And if you are going to discuss a criticism with an author next time happy.critic, i'd suggest doing it an a less patronizing tone if you actually want someone to take any notice of the constructiveness of your comment instead of causing them to lose confidence in their own writing. It takes an incredible amount of courage to allow one's own work to be open to such scrutiny, and so does not give you the right to be rude about a supposed problem in what they've taken the time and effort to write.

My last point is this; if you are going to flame, at least have the courage to not to sign in anonymously. Before anyone says it, i am not being a hypocrite i simply do not have a account because i do not write. But i read enough stories and review to know something about what i am saying.

Please dzd, don't let anyone tell you that what you are writing is not good enough. I was excited when your next chapter came up but extremely saddened to see what it actually was. I hope you regain the confidence to write the next chapter, and if you feel the need to, address a couple of the things suggested but only in a positive way and if it makes you feel better. I don't think your plot needs changing, developing yes, but i have foudn no problem with it so far.

Good luck,
John Tracy

While the plot and continuity errors pointed out a sound, I think that it's up to each author to decide what writing means to them, and how much of a beating they are willing to take from their readers. Especially the anonymous ones.

I do agree that consistency, the "realism" of a story, is a very valuable thing to maintain... if a plot has logic within itself, then it makes it more attractive for a reader. But it's a moot point to go after things like minor details in a "Work in progress"... that should be left for the beta stage, for the revision... for when the real work starts.

As I said, it all boils down to what writing means to you. You don't owe anyone anything - except for yourself. It's you who has to be satisfied with what you write, satisfied with the standards you achieve. Audience is millions to a number. Some will leave reviews, some won't, some like what you write, some like it but think it can improve (but don't dare to comment on it), others do comment, and there are the ones who just get rid of their own frustrations by leaving rude flames. That's what happens when you make something available to the public. From some years of experience, I can just say that expecting your audience to treat you with decency is not something you should bet your money on.

You write for your own enjoyment, not for becoming a nobel-prize winning author. That's a good thing, but it leaves you wide open for harm and hurt from people like that "critic", because you know that you're a better writer, who might've noticed those things if you had not just written for the pure enjoyment of writing.

Recommendations: Keep on writing happily and ignore the "critic". Unless you plan on really working on a story (and I mean, write, rewrite, and rewrite again), and try to make a living of it one day, of course. ;)

Looking forward to your next chapter. :)

I'm more of a lurker these days but this is the second instance of a 'critic' hiding behind a veil of anonymity. If the person concerned cannot have the decency to give a name to their comments, then they aren't worth anything at all.
You write for fun, we read for entertainment and that you are doing and doing it well...so please continue and ignore the 'comments' that just aren't worth anything.

if my vote counts for anything then i'd like you to continue your story, if and when ur able. i've been quite enjoying it. as was said in ur AN this chapter there may have been some holes or whatever but fanfiction is a something fun to write and read and if someone doesn't like they don't have to read it do they? hope u don't let that ass scare u off ur writing. cheers :)

Oh please don't let some talentless hack ruin it for the rest of us. I love this story. I find myself trying to think where you would go next with it. I'm on the edge of my seat. YOU HAVE TO FINISH. I would be more than happy to be your bodyguard and torture said reviewer if you'd like. Any other way that I could help, I would be more than willing. I am a beta and author for another fandom and recently found the Thunderbirds. I love John Tracy. PLEASE FINISH!

You know the more I think about the comments by happy.critic the more I laugh as I now realize they have made a complete and utter fool of themselves.

Happy.critic says "Think about it realistically..." Seriously? ROTFL!! This is the Thunderbirds we are talking about here!! It's science fiction and fantasy!! About as far from 'realistic' as you can possibly get! Given that we are expected to believe all the fabulous machines they've created, why is it so impossible to believe the Hood is able to create a replica of TB5? You can't have it both ways, love... poppet... if we can believe TB1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 are 'realisitic' then yes, we CAN believe that the Hood has found someone who is capable of recreating TB5.

Also, when the Hood fired a missle on TB5 in the movie, it was never explained how he knew TB5 even existed, let alone where it was so he could get an exact fix on it! Yet that wasn't questioned at all. Also, given that the first time TB5 was hit by a missile it had been an attack by the Hood, it stands to reason that should it happen again, the first person to come to John's mind as the perpetrator would be the Hood.

So, happy.critic, I'd like to congratulate you on making an idiot of yourself with your insistence on absolute realism. Job well done, DARLING!

dzd, I DO have faith in you and I know I will continue to enjoy this wonderful story! Just disable the anonymous reviews and I'm sure you'll never hear from this idiot again. Though it might be entertaining to see them make themselves look completely and utterly foolish AGAIN with their demands for absolute realism in a sci-fi fandom. ;-)