Wow, they really *asked* him to do that? Ohmigod, humanity really *does* suck.
(sighs)

Damn dude. This is chilling. Very well done - I could easily imagine the disgust on Dib's face. I can also feel the echos of general loneliness in his life.

Anyone who would actually try to encourage someone's suicide is a murderer in my opinion.

Bread and circuses.

This reminds me of that recent story about the internet suicide and how people were urging him to do it. Sick, sick people.

I like how you presented Dib in this one, that he really WANTS to believe people are good and can move past barbarity in spite of the evidence. I hope he doesn't lose that, even after things like this happen. It would just be too sad.

But hey, at least he got a good dinner and no abuse from Gaz in this story! ^^

This was a very good fanfic. It's so terrible that a similar incident happened in real life...sometimes people (and society) sicken me. I can see Dib doing that, though...throwing his trenchcoat over the edge to fool the onlookers. It also made me mad that they would call him "emo" just because he wears black, has black hair, and happened to be on a rooftop. People are so ignorant and superficial at times. I liked the transition from his thinking about the stars in a scientific way to a more spiritual way...I can imagine him doing that. It's little things that you add like this in your stories that make the characters 3 dimensional. :)

As for typos...I didn't see any, although any time you wrote "maul" (which I'm guessing was an intentional misspelling) I thought of Darth Maul. x3

That was really good for a one-shot! I didn't know that an incident like that had actually happened though. That's really sick. Kudos to you turning it into a happier ending story.

Nice story. I like how deep it is like all your fics are. It is very realistic and I could see this actually happening in the series if Jhonen had free reign. Good job. :)

Words cannot express my disgust at this tragedy. I'm just glad Dib didn't give them what they wanted.

...just remind yourself, Dib, there are others out there like you, those who are good and just trying to help mankind, and that's why you need to continue helping these sick bastards and not listen to them.

How irritating is that? You go to cheer yourself up and people tell you to 'stop being selfish' and jump. Sadly, I expect that from the IZ universe - and even more so from the real world. It's enough to make anyone jump.

Well, at least this case had a better outcome than the story it was based on. I thank you for that cheerful-ish bit.

It's things like that news story that make me question human's inherent goodness. However, the baiting and jeering crowd certainly fits into the world of IZ. I would be surprised if people in that universe really DID try to talk Dib down.

Of course, it must be infuriating to be told to jump when you're just looking at the stars.

And, as a sidenote, 'maul' NEVER fails to amuse me.

Fortunately, I'm already a misanthrope. An amusing little narrative, regardless.

That's... terrible... I never thought people could be so horrid...

But your story was excellent, you wrote it really well. Three thumbs up!

Unbelievable. Just unbelievable. Horrible enough that such a thing happened in fiction, but to think that it was inspired by a true story...

I don't know what else to say.

_tere

AHAHAH!
I loved it.
XD

...people are really sad.


nice to see you still writing, though. This is a good piece.

Oh man. That news story sounds horrible. This story was good, though, and I'm glad it had a happy...ish...ending.