It's been like a year...how about an update already, I want to see what happens in your version.

Great story, i really hope you finish it, it would be such a shame to have such a beautifully written story left without an ending.

cheers and good luck

this is a fantastic story, I do hope you finish it. there are so many wonderful fanfics out there that never see their end, either the author looses interest or well... the author just looses interest, I most certainly hope that's not the case here. I do encourage you to keep writing, not just for fans but for yourself, because nothing in life should be left unfinished if you can help it.

cheers, and good writing

This story is really good and I hope you update soon! This is one of the few stories that I have that I have every read more then the third story in a series! (I just added ever one of the chapters 1-19 to my favorites story list) if that doesn't tell you how much I like your story, then I don't know what does. As a side note your a really good author!

Aww, crap! I knew I shouldn't have read this--now I'm dying to know what happens next and I might have to wait forever for an update. I'm not going to beg, no. NO. I am resisting.

This is so very incredibly awesome. I love the episode stled format as well as the abridged. While the episode format is amazing because it lets a visual person like myself "see" this play out in my head, the abridged cuts straight to the most interesting tidbits. While I probably prefer the former, they are both excellent. You're story has earned a well-deserved spot in my favorites list--tied for first place.

I appreciate how this story is Zuko-centric; it's fitting. Honestly he's really the only character from the canon that sees much development. And it doesn't hurt my opinion of this story that I absolutely adore him. Yay.

You and your work are greatly appreciated. I'm going to add you to my watch and desperately hope that you'll hear the clamour your fans are making and indulge us in writing more.

OMG. This is an AWESOME series. I just spent 8 hours glued to the screen and read all of them in one swoop because I HAD to know what happened next. I'm not pressuring you and being all 'write more nao!11!' but I'd be very grateful if you didn't abandon this. Cause it is totally awesome and exactly what should have happened in the actual series. (I did like what happened but this is MUCH better). ^_^

I just obsessively spent the past two days reading this fic. It's excellent!

The style is very vivid; it's not difficult to "see" what's going on, not just reading it.

I like the character development. The scenes in your earlier stories, where Iroh was teaching Toph about teas, were very interesting. (I tried to think of a better adjective there, but none came to mind.) I wasn't a big fan of Mai, but I like her a bit better after this fic as well.

Awesome fic. Please update soon!

I really do hope you update soon your story is pretty amazing and i like how your handling the Zuko and Katara relationship

Well, I just took two days to read up to this point. I'm actually quite ashamed I kept passing over your epic because the format of the episodes was unusual. So far, I do count this as the best alternative third season I've read.

You have an excellent grasp of pacing and characterization. I really don't feel like the story moves too fast or too slow most of the time. I kind of do wish you would have written out the shorts that made up some of the previous chapters, but they're still good enough to stand on their own. The only pacing that puzzled me was Mai's death. I don't disagree with how you did it, or why, but it was just awfully sudden, considering how little you included her in the previous episodes. I actually think you did Jet's death and character much more justice than Mai's.

Perhaps I should qualify that. I'm not really enamored of the use of a character's death, especially a female's death, to provoke a character's development or a story's plot. It just kind of strikes me as sort of dehumanizing, even if the characters are entirely fictional. This could have been avoided, I think, if you had spent more time on Mai's character and her motivations. I only comment because she's being used, twice, to motivate and drive other characters in death and after it.

Although on that note, I do like what you've done with Ty Lee's character.

The only other thing I noticed with the characterizations that was a little off was Katara. There's a tendency in fanfiction for authors to make her too simpering, passive, and selfless. You largely manage to do better than most, but I still noticed that she was too passive and supportive than her canon counterpart, who is much more headstrong, stubborn, and sometimes very selfish. I don't hate, by any means, what you've done with her characterization, I just think it's a little off and too one-dimensional and idealized towards the "nurturing motherly" thing is a part of her character, although I don't think as large as some make it out to be.

I actually think that your best characterizations have been of Sokka, followed by Zuko. Zuko can sometimes be a little off--and sometimes too passive and calm--but I do think that you've explained that development sufficiently with your plot. I honestly, much prefer your version of Sokka over the third season's most frequent use of him as comic relief. Also, the arc where he is drafted by mistake is such a better device for his increased fighting proficiency than the "Lessons in Bad Ass" and the meteor sword episode of the canon, which felt more contrived and convenient than your development. It also provided such a great way to involve more fire nation politicians and military members than before.

Although, I do find it puzzling that all the fire nation soldiers you've included are men, and that only men are drafted. Several times in the canon, it was shown that women were soldiers and fire benders as well as guards, archers, and prison guards for the Fire Nation (which is why Azula, Mai, and Ty Lee aren't considered such abnormalities). Sexism, canon-wise, is more attributed to the Water Tribes than the Fire Nation, which I think would have made your story more interesting if you included.

Over all, I really like your take on the third season. It's both better and worse than the actual canon, and I like that I get it in a different medium (reading rather than watching). I'm putting this arc on my story alert out of hopes that you do continue. You've stated that you intend to finish, and I hope that that happens before I forget the story exists. Although, rereading it up to this point to catch up wouldn't exactly be a chore, if you know what I mean.

Anyways, I do really anxiously await an update. Not only does it mean that I'll get to enjoy this alternate third season, it also means that the problems you face IRL have resolved themselves enough for you to have time and energy to write.

And so concludes the longest review in history. Gah, what a beast. In summation, I love this and anxiously await the conclusion!

*wibble* agh I just want to hug Zuko and smack Aang upside the head and tell him to freaking make a move already and quit torturing Zuko with this half-assed approach!

And...WHERE IS THE REST OF THE STORY?!?!?!?!?!?!?! I need to know what happens next! Ugh, sorry, I try not to beat writers up about not having the next chapter. I just want to know. It doesn't help that I read the whole thing in one go and haven't slept and tend to babble. Not that at all. really.

Seriously though, I do love this story and I've bookmarked it in my browser favorites. I'll keep an eye on it and I hope you do update soon. Thanks again for sharing this lovely take with us!

YES this is going to get good! I can't wait to see how you handle splitting everyone up. I am surprised I can still get all fangirly and goosebump covered when Zuko gets the prince treatment because he's EARNED it. *happydance*

damn. now it's gonna get really interesting.

This here's gonna be a war party soon enough!

I wouldn't mind you writing other stories at all (although I desperately want you to finish this one! I reallyreallyreallyreally want to know what happens!) I'd be happy to give the other two stories a try. Just please don't forget this one!

Haha, Zhao IS a party pooper even when he isn't there. *snickers* I loved that bit, and then everyone ganging up on Sokka to do the dishes. heehee

Zuko frustrated while bending is a scary thing. Also he has improved insanely if he can hold off the avatar using all four elements for hours to try and take him down! And nearly burning Aang's eye like that is so eerie when you think of Zuko's scar.

dundundun!