 WillfulRebel 2009-10-15 . chapter 30Honestly, I have no idea what to say.
I haven't followed RE that much. I PHAIL at the games, that's for sure, but I watched Degeneration and THAT got me interested. I'm still surprised he hooked up with Angela... never thought I'd see the day Leon would kiss someone, ah well...
But either ways, that movie was good. Thought unfamiliar with the premise other than the fact that it all stemmed from a place called Raccoon City, a terrorist biological weapon outbreak caused by a virus created by a company known as Umbrella Corps and funded by governmental officials all over the world? And a Guy named Leon.
I'm not sure I've heard of Claire.
As I said, I have NO IDEA what RE is, other than the gist of it. And for some reason when Claire appeared, she was vaguely familiar to me. Possibly from all that Final Fantasy. LOL.
Either ways, I was surprised Claire and Leon weren't together, I kinda assumed they were the moment I saw the TWO of them together, like, they know each other from Raccoon. Then, Angela popped outta nowhere and I'm like, WOW, Leon's going soft. Then he kissed her in the water and my jaw Dropped even if it was only for artificial respiratory purposes.
Then again, I can't say much. Guess she only appears in THIS episode of RE.
Post-Degeneration setting... It's pretty cool. For some reason I thought Claire would be Jealous of Angela and Leon in the movie, but well... then again, she didn't really see them kiss or anything. But this story really explores that possibility.
Robert... I wiki-ed up RE, and I thought I saw a 'Robert' in there somewhere, guess I was wrong.
Nice story, a couple of... spelling? nahh, more like TYPO errors, common mistakes. But otherwise a good read.
And umm, no offense... but, I don't really see this story as much of an M rather than a T - T+, it's not really on the 'M' side of things yet. The violence isn't overly gory, content ain't reaching the Mature level of the rating meter yet, and there is no Sex. Other than the innuendos, and the teasing and the leading up to it. There isn't any full blown smut in the story... Yet.
But It really isn't worth the 'M' rating yet. I've read Torture scenes WAY More gory than THIS and it's still in the 'T' rating. You might want to bring it down to a 'T' rather than misleading your readers, because honestly, it's not YET deserving the 'M' rating.
You could try this, Rate it a 'T' and when things start to heat up and the Action gets a little more on the splatter side, THEN change it over to an 'M' otherwise, a person like me looking for a good 'M-rated' fanfiction be it for the smut or the violence and gore would not get their satisfaction of what they want.
But all that aside, all in all it was a Good story, Added it to my Alerts, I'll look forward to an update, The storyline and plot so far is pretty good. I keeps me wondering about the next situation, setting and scenario and how it will be dealt with.
Premise of the story is possibly... Fictional? But otherwise, it's realistic enough... I think. Setting... Can't really say much about this.
Character Portayal - Very Good.
Characters are kept IN Character, there are to random OOC moments, and most of all, I Love the way you Claire snaps leon out of his funk the best way she knows how: divert his attention. The kissing scenes are well placed, not random, not overly impulsive, but at the right times, right place. Even if it may seem odd to make out in the middle of an infected city, the setting built up is right in the fact that Claire kisses him to reassure him that he's not alone in the whole situation, that's she's still with him. It's good. Really it is.
Emotions portrayed could use a little work, not depth, I can't really imagine Claire or Leon to be the type with depth in emotions considering what they've been through. But it could use a little bit of work, I still can't really FEEL it yet.
All in all a good story. While I was reading, I could see the entire plotline played out like a movie in my mind. The setting, the characters and their reactions. But I can't seem to feel the emotions yet, I can't fill in the blanks on the spaces between their reactions and emotions. Facial Expressions would all be imaginary. I have to fill in the blanks on what their faces would look like, how it contorts in fear, how disappointment and sadness shows on their faces. Surprise even perhaps?
Kissings scenes rather lack emotions as well. The missing space between when Claire pulls Leon down for a kiss to knock him out of his funk, what is Leon feeling then? What about Claire? What are they BOTH feeling in that moment BEFORE the kiss? That part is missing.
And the fear. The fear when the Infected spring out of nowhere into their faces, the element of Thrill and Surprise, Shock and Fear. What do they feel each time they pull the trigger? Elation? That they've yet defended themselves once again? Indifference and Apathy? That it's become so routine that they've become use to it? or is it Numbness? Coldness? The fact that each time they pull the trigger another shred of humanity dies within them, with each shot fired, nothingness starts to affect them, their eyes slowly turning into the eyes of a killer, cold, blank, DEAD.
Work on these, And you'll be one of the Rare Good authors yet to remain unblemished by the bad reputation is becoming more and more well known for the more the years pass.
I'll look forward to seeing improvements. And Of course Updates! ^^
~ A. A |