How beautiful, but bleak...you actually managed to actually make Ridley a bit sympathetic. Kudos. And your prose is phenomenal, by the way.

Whoa. This is really cool. But unfortunately too short.

just great

i like a lot

Samus gave Ridley a fate worst than death. Being trapped a clockwork cyborg body with a mere piece of his original mind.

This little collection of paragraphs is so great, it makes me remember why people write fan fiction in the first place.

That was an interesting one-shot. I like the idea of Ridley not remembering everything in his life and that his memory was built in his cyborg body. You write unusual Metroid fanfictions, but you make them good and well written. I don't like Angst topids, but this was an exceptional. Good work !

Wow. This is wonderfully written. I've never actually played any Metroid games and I only know who Samus is from seeing her image a lot. Although I don't actually know Ridley's character, other than he is the antagonist in the games, this story makes you sympathize with his plight. Fantastic work.

How did I NOT see this one shot before?

It's so wonderfully written, invoking pity upon the one we always blow up, the one we, like Samus, have learned to hate.

I've spent countless hours trying to beat Ridley, to no avail...

Anyway, This does kind of make me want to start a writing movement where Ridley is not the great evil Space Pirate Leader we all believe, but is, himself, a slave to a greater power.

Who knows, maybe Ridley had a beginning mirroring Samus'.

And here I didn't think it was possible; you've somehow managed to make one of the most evil characters in the series actually a little sympathetic.

Then again, you've done this with a certain other villain, as well, so perhaps I shouldn't be surprised. ;)

A very interesting character study, well done as always.

Fantastic! This little soliloquy was wonderfully dramatic and dark. You've cast a sympathetic tone over a creature who, superficially, deserves no sympathy, and to great effect, I might add! This was gorgeous; very well done!