great fic

I loved this story. A great insight in to a tortured Sheppard's mind. How could anyone walk away from what the wraith put him through without being changed forever. Well written.

Since you haven’t posted in a while I’m not sure you’ll even see this but I just wanted to say how much I have enjoyed this story and actually all of your stories I discovered Stargate Atlantis last year and thoroughly enjoyed the show and recently got into the fanfiction. Your characters felt very real to me and I could see them in my mind just as if I was watching the television show there was never a dull moment and I have to admit I couldn’t stop reading it. Great job!

Great story!

I am so glad I ran across your fic when I needed a little pick me upper! Just what I needed- a read that was in depth and captivating. Really well written with real reactions and strong characterization. Keep up the good work!

This was brilliant! I loved the children, and felt so sad when I thought of their life in capture of those hideous and disgusting creatures. Glad they ended up well :)

The story was also amazingly written, and I would have mangled the wraith Queen if I were Shep. But then again, he did good not surrendering to her in the end to what she truly wanted.

I dont know it's not bad but the problem is shepard's breaking is a little forced i mean so what if the others killed a few people cuz he said something i mean way too caring for a soldier...

Most would be glad they arent killed or look for a quick death,so it feels artificial in a sense that they "break" him cuz he allows it and cares too much for random strangers,even soldiers value their lives so my bet a soldier is gonna keep quiet as a mouse while they kill the other captured with him yeah even from his/her's squad ...

It written good in short a nice read but suffers from the holywoodnes that the show itself suffered.

If holywoodnes does not make you cringe then a good read if yes then probably not for you...

ps. review got bugged the first time

I dont know it's not bad but the problem is shepard's breaking is a little forced i mean so what if the others killed a few people cuz he said something i mean way too caring for a soldier...

Most would be glad they arent killed or look for a quick death,so it feels artificial in a sense that they "break" him cuz he allows it and cares too much for random strangers,even soldiers value their lives so my bet a soldier is gonna keep quiet as a mouse while they kill the other captured with him yeah even from his/her's squad ...

It written good in short a nice read but suffers from the holywoodnes that the show itself suffered.

Just finished it and have to say Great story was intense and incredibly good. I honestly think it is one of the best SGA stories that I have ever read. When you wrote about how he felt after he came home it was so realistic that all I could think is you had done some very good research. Loved the closure with the Queen and etc.

Very satisfying. :) I'm glad Morticia got put in her place (and killed). I was also happy that you spent more time on the mental recovery Sheppard had to go through than the torture, as some have done. Because I think it is true that it takes more time and effort to recover from something than it took to get to that state in the first place. You handled Kate's role in the story very well; and I was glad it was Ronon who helped Sheppard talk it out, sometimes Ronon doesn't get enough credit for being human.

So, definitely going to be saved to my favorites. Thanks for posting!

And I must say, very well done without any research! I enjoyed reading this very much so!

Great story. I think you wrote it perfectly. I'm really enjoying reading the stories that you write. Time to go read a different one now.

You know if that had of been me in his place listening to that annoying woman hum, I would have started belting out 99 bottle of beer on the wall as loud as possible. Or the annoying song called -This is the song that ends-don't ask- (pauses) Well I could put it in here and show you how annoying it can be **This is the song that never ends, it goes on and on my friend, people sing it and sing it and don't know what it means but it's the song that never ends** Repeat as many times as you feel like until you drive someone utterly insane. Doesn't work if the person listening to it is already insane though. Anyways I think I'll get back to your story. I've been working my way through your Stargate Atlantis stories and I've been enjoying them. As I said in an earlier review of another story, you seem to enjoy torturing him more then they do in the show...which isn't easy considering. I have never seen a show where they torture a character so much. Maybe it's because he's so cute when he's being tortured. Anyway, I'm getting back to the story now.

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Brilliant! Thoroughly enjoyed this story, yes there were issues with spelling and grammar, but the story overpowered these issues to push them into the background. Whilst Sheppard felt he had no ties with Earth, it would have been nice for John to contact his father and brother personally to let them know he was ok, they must have been informed of his death as a funeral took place. It would have tied the story up nicely... maybe if you ever decide to do a follow up to this story, this is something that could be explored with Sheppard and team taking leave on Earth prior to him taking back command. Anyway, well done.