i like it. neurotically real representation.

I love the complexity of the plot and of the characters. I like not knowing anyone's exact age. I like-really like-this Casey. She's deep and not a cartoon-like ball of obsessive, anal, geek energy.



Great, great job with all that hard work.


Oh, and I really love this:
“I’ve known a few guys like him,” Janine said, ignoring her. “Cute. Annoying. Mr. All That and Then Some. And yeah, the ignore-them strategy is great for catching their attention, but it doesn’t work as a long-term thing. If you want him to stick around, you should encourage him a little. Otherwise, he’s going to give up.”

“Yeah – but when?” Casey muttered to herself.

She realized that Janine was assessing her, head cocked to the side. “Huh,” she said, as if she was just discovering something. She kept her eyes fixed on Casey as she said, “Carlos - I think our Casey’s a bit of a heartbreaker.”

this was a really good story... you know when i say that i wonder if it really means that the ending was just great. LOL. anyway almost to much angst and wanted to "see" Marti's doc but i loved the characters even the OC's. thanks so much for the effort. Can't wait to read more of your stuff/

You kill me.. Seriously. You've left me speechless! I don't even know what to say. Usually that's my cue to be like BUT I loved this (which inevitably, I did) and all that jazz and compliment your socks off til I run out of things to say but really. I can't even comprehend my own train of thoughts or properly form a sentence. Just.. I want to tell you that you are amazing. You've got so much potential! If you wrote a book, I would buy it, read it, then laminate it (again.. since the cover would probably have been laminated) and place it on a very tall shelf where I would admire it forever. This story really just.. I don't even know what the appropriate words would be to describe this. To have the ability to leave someone speechless must mean that you are just that brilliant.
I want to tell you how much I really LOVED this story and all the great things about it but I find that would just take so much time and effort xD plus if I did, there wouldn't be enough space to say everything and you'd probably get sick of hearing things that I'm sure many have already said hah. Well maybe not, you seem like a modest enough person to appreciate everybody's comments and feedbacks. BUT ANYWAY, I will say one thing. Once Mr. Trembley died, I just wanted to stab a fork in my eye. I will be honest, Casey really bugged the hell out of me and I just wanted to smack her upside the head! But after finishing this story, I realized that you had this incredible plot and it was so well written and I found myself hitting myself in the head because I was all upset that Casey&Derek weren't having their happily ever after (and the hot sex I was so awaiting for! :P). And I was just being so judgmental towards poor Mr. Trembley. I mean what would a story be if there wasn't any drama or angst or any sort of challenge thing like that? Boring that's for sure.
Plus another thing that bothered me was that I was so hurriedly waiting for the resolution that I didn't take into consideration of how much effort you put into this and I was just like damn it! I want DASEY fluff! I'm sorry, I apologize for being so damn annoying hah. But really, contradicting to what I was thinking while reading, it really is a great thing that you put a lot of time into this and you didn't rush the 'happy ending' because time IS of the essence and really, all that waiting and reading was definitely worth it. DEFINITELY, definitely worth it. It's like one of those great feelings that you get when you're so excited about something and to me it was reading this and it just took me away and I couldn't stop reading! I was hooked from the moment I started. It felt like an honor to be able to read through this and I just couldn't stop thinking about how wonderful, fantastic this was! (I keep rambling and I thought this was going to be a short review full of sorries for not being able to say what I have in mind) You had so much depth in each and every character, even the OCs which personally I don't like all too much in normal circumstances (probably why I had such a dislike towards Mr. Trembley lol) But in the end, you had each and every character have a purpose and you carried it through the end. That's impressive. I loved the dynamic you had with Casey&Derek. That it wasn't just 'hey we realized each other's feelings so now everything's gonna just fall into place'. You built obstacles and created tension and a lot of gut wrenching moments where the reader (like myself) just wanted to scream out in misery and frustration that they weren't making things work already. I mean, after every storm there's a rainbow (or something like that). So really, you just wowed me and I do apologize for having the lack of productivity to actually review every chapter (I did the same thing to your 'Different For Girls' story and I STILL feel bad about it. You deserve recognition and compliments for every chapter! 'Cuz every chapter was just as amazing as the next! But I'm just lazy so please forgive me.) Anyway, so I don't think I covered everything that I wanted to say (there was so much..)but I do hope you got the gest of what I DID want to say. (That you're incredible and will you please marry me?) And I love how.. realistic the ending was. It wasn't a 'Happily Ever After' obviously. I just loved how you phrased it though. That it didn't have to be that. It could just be that.. they lived. Happily? Wonderfully? That's to question but it didn't NEED that. It could just BE. And that kicked me in the face with such prominence that I really had a 'GUH THAT WAS THE GREATEST STORY I'VE EVER READ AND IT HAD SUCH A DEEP AND AMAZING MEANING THAT CAN RELATE TO REAL LIFE AND I'M ALWAYS GOING TO REMEMBER THIS AND CONSIDER THIS IN THE FUTURE!' moment. So with that all (that I have not completely) said, you are amazing in more ways then one :)

I'm really,really tired so I'm sorry I can't sum up the energy to review properly, but here it is!
firstly, I sincerly and honestly think "angst" should be a genre of this fic. It has so much angst it's... I don't know, but it has so much angst. Okay, I think I got my point across.
The death of the teacher or theatre guy -- so sorry I forgot his name.. -- was a nice add in to the plot, but as you said in your AN, it did seem like an idea to prolong the fic. However, it did work out for the best. and I liked Derek's persistency(SP?) and I laughed at the family's attempt to cheer Casey up. It was funny, seeing them organise the meeting for it.
And Marti's meeting was hilarious, with her code names and everything. Calling George by his name had me laughing, too, and it was one of my favourite parts of the fic -- the George/Marti storyline. When Marti says she's adressed her lawyer or something when she locks Derek and Casey in a room was good, too. And George's glee afterwards was funny. Especially his unwillingness to get on Marti's bad side after the party disaster -- and I have to add, poor Marti on that note.
The start to the fic was brilliant, with the Christian/Casey set up and Derek's broken heart. Her realisation was great, and I loved how you described it.
Casey was a very ... fickle character, although I suppose that is given when someone close to you dies.
The last chapter was good, when immediately she ran to Derek. Sweet.
I noticed how Derek used the same methods when the drama guy died with Casey as she did to him when he got dumped. It was cute, and the gay bar thing was gas. I couldn't stop laughing.

Anyway, I really liked the fic, despite the angst ;) lol. You're a very good writer!

xCNx

Oh, Liz. This is PHENOMENAL storytelling. What an amazing story. Really. The humor (the running gag of Dasey ruining Ed's food, Marti's attempts at a normal family dinner, etc.) was perfect, especially because it was so heavy and emotional for awhile there. You gave us just enough of Mr. Tremblay so that we felt for Casey when he died, and I completely understood her emotions in the aftermath. And I loved how Derek was trying to force a relationship with Casey after she tried to do the same to him, and they were constantly trying to "fix" each other. So amazing. And I think the reactions of her family were so right for this fic. It's got to be weird for them, Dasey getting together, and you captured that perfectly.

So happy I discovered your writing. And now I'm caught up with your canon, which means you have to write more! *60s Dasey, hint hint* :)

I had to stop reading mid-chapter and just let myself crack up. You write the BEST Mc-V dinner table scenes. Seriously, you should just write a fic of all dinner table vignettes. So, so funny.

One chapter to go!

Having Derek and Casey start a food fight with Marti's refreshments and then make out on the kitchen table, and THEN having EVERYONE walk in...utter, utter brilliance. I smiled through this whole chapter. And I burst out laughing at this: George frowned at the photos. He turned to Nora. “You know, I always forget how long his hair was,” he said.

“May I be excused?” Marti asked. “If anyone wants me, I’ll be in my room, pretending I have a normal family.”

Magic. And coming from Marti, queen of the weird, you know it's bad. I love this story, have I mentioned that yet?! :)

A kiss! A kiss!
I'm very happy right now. :)

Oh man, them dancing at the end of this chapter killed me. There's a dancing scene in Hockey Girls that took me forever to feel realistic, and you got it in just a few lines! Lovin this fic so far!

I've been seeing you do the commentary for this on lj, and it's been sitting in my favorites list waiting to be clicked upon, and now I finally have. So after I finish this I will be all caught up with your stories. Yay! This may take me a few days to read, and I won't review every chapter in order to save your inbox from unnecessary spam, but rest assured I'll enjoy it immensely.

I love this so far - such a unique idea. I can't wait to see what kinds of trouble good old dereky Derek is going to Derek. :)

George thinking the smoking euphemism is actually about smoking?

Derek being a stubborn S.O.B when it came to leaving casey's apartment?

The look on edwin's face when he thought Derek was going to throw him the keys?

Gay penguins?

You win at life (George does to).

Keep up the good work.

Pure Perfection!
Great Job!

This story is purely ah-mazing so far.