This.

Is.

Awesome.

The characters, the interactions the everything, it's just fantastic!

Hoping for an update soon, and wondering how (if) recent events are going to influence the trial.

Great story! I really hope you continue it.)

Amazing story. Would be great if you could finish it.*hugs*

Interesting and well written, although I'm unclear why they didn't jump directly to a plea of guilty by mental disease or defect. Presuming you're following the basics of the cannon plot, the dude has lived off the grid inside of a public building for years, after an exploitative childhood and a career as a hired killer. That's pretty nutty. Also, the whole 'catastrophic birth defect(especially since you're keeping with the novel, in that it's not just some acne peppered on an Adonis) could probably be parsed out with modern medical science to have something to do with neurochemistry.
I love the banter between the lawyers, also. Great dialog, excellent realism.

I just discovered this story. What a great phic! Please, please, please finish it! I love what you've done with the characters and can't wait to find out what happens next.

Please continue this story, I cannot even begin to think of how Erik can get out of this...

Thanks

I have read your profile and know this story is on hold, but I have faith that you will complete this story eventually. Otherwise, a disaster beyond your imagination will occur.

You are a unique, talented, and awe-inspiring writer, and appreciate that you prefer Dark Phics. You really are masterful at writing them. I am glad that I found this story, which I consider slightly less morbid than your others. Don't get me wrong; while your other stories are amazing, there is only so much horror and depression I can take. You have me hooked on this story and I suppose I could forgive you for doing more research if it's for the sake of the story's credibility.
But please, please, please, please...PLEASE, make it a happy ending. And don't even try to crawl into one of those loopholes like, "Happy endings are relative.(Hmm...something Erik would say, isn't it?) When I say happy ending, I mean that Erik and Christine are together, alive, and love each other in the end. Please, please, please...

You know, I've always wondered what would happen if Erik was tried for his crimes. Your story has just told me. Up to a point I'm eagerly awaiting the next instalment.
Erik is the outstanding element of this tale. He's had me laughing out loud in places, what with the stunts in the prison etc, but there is that hopelessness there, like he doesn't care about making a nuisance of himself but is merely doing it*very* successfully out of habit. It's perfect. And very Leroux-ish, which is a rare find. Usually he's based more on Webber and loses most of his sarcastic humour in the process. You have managed to get him right. Deepest congratulations!

The next chapter will be worth the wait? The next chapter must be pretty darn good then, seeing as how you haven't updated in two years... PLEASE DON'T ABANDON THIS WONDERFUL STORY! It is OH so awesome and if you do abandon it, I shall commit suicide directly. But not before I unleash upon you the horrible, fiery, spork-y wrath of the WSA, who do not like late updaters and story abandoners even a little bit.

I really hope you get around to finishing this story. I had read it before a long while ago and I just reread it today. I love it! I only wish I knew what is going to happen next.

Really interesting. I like the angle of convicting Erik in a modern setting, and am looking forward to what happens next. 'Gone With the Wind' element is foreboding. . . .

i've never really read a fic that was actually decent. i know you havent updated in a while, leading to believe you may not ever read this but i still had to say this story is pretty fantastic. im not all the way through yet... going to take it slow and enjoy it.
just wanted to give you props though :D

. . I just found it and read the whole thing through instead of studying for ,it's characterizations were perfect,and I absolutely love your Erik-mostly Leroux *squee* with a lot of sarcasm.I almost cried during Chapter ,scratch that,I did way you set up this story always makes you want to read was indecisive as always,but as long as she leans toward Erik,I'm a happy EC angsty-fluffy moment is well-done as well,and I love how Erik tortures the shrink and the other inmates.I was laughing out loud. Please,please keep it up.I am begging you.I don't do that very often.I can't wait for another update!

I've just stumbled upon this fic, and let me say: it is remarkable. Many authors try to take familiar characters and put them in unfamiliar situations or time frames. It sounds good in a story summary. But, in my opinion, it rarely works in an actual story. Your's works. I think it's because you've captured the characters so well, deftly translating their representative behaviors into the new setting. Of course Erik would casually slip out of his handcuffs and bait his lawyers that's just who he is: arrogant, self-destructive, a consumate showman. Your Christine also rings true; she's maddeningly indecisive, yet so sincere that one feels sympathy for her. I hope you continue this addictive story!

I absolutely love this story! You have such a grasp of the characters' personalities, it's astonishing. I love Erik's demeanor, Christine's inner conflict... and especially Erik's baiting and taunting of his lawyers and the psychiatrist. I look forward to its completion!

Chrissy)