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[ashenmote.livejournal.com]

Hi. Here's the due cheering and applause for the Thermopylae logs. Thanks you all for a very entertaining weekend!

A few things and snippets I liked particularly or noticed for some reason or the other:

* First thing, it was all around a very good job at building up anticipation over the week.

* I'm not sure why, but for me was the goodbye scene of Alison and Doug the most moving of all.

* Madelyn's "I work at a school for mutant teenagers. And believe me, it's not that different." line cracked me up.

* The repeating of the com messages from Scott and Nathan all over the logs helped a lot with understanding the timeframe of all the scenes. Very good idea.

* When Hank had to leave Valeri behind - that was sad. [Btw I remember that transformed!beast had a strong healing factor in my old Avengers comics - did Marvel drop that idea, or is it X-journal-verse specific that he has none?]

* I liked the description of how Nathan experienced the trigger.

* Sam's air battle was good and his thoughts when he went down made me laugh.

* Damn. I liked Konstantakis! I would have preferred to see her among the survivors, really.
* I was wondering - why wasn't Radonic roottriggered immediately, like the other second-gens?

* I didn't know the fire and ice poem at the start of part 8 and I like it. X_journal is so educational. :D

* I loved Cains 'taking on Director Ruiz' scene because by then I was rightfully pissed about the stunt she had pulled.

* It was cool when Xavier helped powering the Trojan horse, because I had completely forgotten about him at that point.

* Mick's death was sad! Likewise, the scene where Madelyn finds him. Stating the obvious here, I guess, but still.


[Plus, in the aftermath, Alison's scenes with Ani, Remy and Haroun and the Nathan & Moira one were very good.]

Comments

[x-cable.livejournal.com]

Woo! Feedback! :) First of all, thank you very much on behalf of everyone involved... we had fun with it, and it's just icing on the cake to know that people had fun reading it, too. And of course, detailed feedback like this rocks our world. Well... my world, at least. If there's anyone who doesn't feel like it rocks theirs... well, I don't know what's wrong with them, but! Moving on. ;)

* I'm not sure why, but for me was the goodbye scene of Alison and Doug the most moving of all.

Our Doug-player had a late blaze of inspiration. *grins*

* The repeating of the com messages from Scott and Nathan all over the logs helped a lot with understanding the timeframe of all the scenes. Very good idea.

That is good to know. Because when I was cutting this beast up and assembling it for posting, all I could think was "Oh pleasepleaseplease let the timeframe make sense..." ;)

* Damn. I liked Konstantakis! I would have preferred to see her among the survivors, really.

I was torn. On the one hand, I liked her too. On the other hand, the whole precog-willingly-sacrificing-herself really appealed to me.

* I was wondering - why wasn't Radonic roottriggered immediately, like the other second-gens?

Because he... umm... had a natural resistance? (Really, it's because I unintentionally created a timing snafu and didn't catch it immediately. Hence some hasty plothole-plastering. ;)

* I loved Cains 'taking on Director Ruiz' scene because by then I was rightfully pissed about the stunt she had pulled.

You'd probably be entertained to know that there were a few of us who ran around going "Plane origami! Whee!" for days in advance of that being written... ;)

* It was cool when Xavier helped powering the Trojan horse, because I had completely forgotten about him at that point.

Stay tuned for repercussions of Nate enlisting/grabbing help with that. *enigmatic look* ;)

* Mick's death was sad! Likewise, the scene where Madelyn finds him. Stating the obvious here, I guess, but still.

I wavered for soooo long on killing Mick. Really. Came within a hair's breadth of not doing it... but it worked out too well in the end. ;)

[x-polarisstar.livejournal.com]

To echo sentiments: I totally agree with the feedback and like the crazy one, would like to thank you for it.



I so cried reading it all. And not just because it was about 100,000 words including supplementary logs. Seriously, folks? You all rock and I'm honored to play with you.

[x-dazzler.livejournal.com]

I wavered for soooo long on killing Mick. Really. Came within a hair's breadth of not doing it... but it worked out too well in the end. ;)

*throws more kleenexes at you*

WENCH! :D

[x-polarisstar.livejournal.com]

I know! WOE! Mick should have lived! *writes denial!fic*

[ashenmote.livejournal.com]

You're welcome.

I can see the appeal of the precog-self-sacrifice idea, too. Also, I think a 10 second precognition must suck. Less so for witty banter in talk-shows maybe, but in a battle situation? Must be terribly stressful. Useful, of course, but I'd prefer the more mundane stuff, like shooting beams. I suspect all I would ever see is me getting beaten up because I was too busy seeing it happen.

Because he... umm... had a natural resistance?
Hee. Works for me. Or insufficient RAM has delayed the reboot.

Soooo... *looks out for the repercussions*

[justitia.livejournal.com]

From another reader, I just want to say that I loved this all so much and to be honest I can't remember all of my favourite parts and I know that as soon as I click the 'post' button, I'm gonna think of something else.

I loved the logs for the night before they all went into battle, it just seemed so right and I just fell in love with the characters all over again.

I loved the timing that was used, the fact that you could place what action was happening at what time, just because of what was going on over the comms. That was just so well done.

I loved the use of poetry at the beginning and end of the logs, and I esspecially loved the line from Firefly.

I agree that Mick's death was so sad and the whole part where Alison listens to him stop breathing was just so powerful and well done.

I actually think that I need to re-read all the logs before I comment any further because the whole thing just blew me away.

Really, I just want to say well done to everyone involved because I doubt I could have pulled something like that off. So, well done!

[x-dazzler.livejournal.com]

It was a blast to participate in. Insane too, but that's another story.

And Alison is all about sound. It made some things happen just so very naturally, as a result of that... :) I'm looking forward to what comes of this, now. Heh!

[justitia.livejournal.com]

I can imagine how insane something like that can be, but it was fantastic to read.

It was just so heartbreaking to read, and I was just trying not to cry all the way through it. Very well done.

[x-cable.livejournal.com]

Again, thanks so much... it is really so exciting to know that people who aren't players are reading and enjoying the game.

And I am just over the moon that the repeated com-conversations seem to have worked so well. That's what I was most worried about putting this together, I have to admit.

Romping happily through some of my favorite poems looking for good pieces to use was a blast... I only wish I could take credit for thinking of the Firefly line, though. ;)

[justitia.livejournal.com]

I've been reading it on and off since the beginning, and I've just fallen completely in love with all the characters. Also, you guys always manage to surprise me, which is just another thing I love about it all. And, wow, see me gush madly about you all.

I loved it, it worked perfectly, and in all those logs it's nice to have a point of reference so that you know what's going on when. I probably would have got a little lost without them.

I thought the poetry was very effective, I really did love it.

[deathpixie]

Romping happily through some of my favorite poems looking for good pieces to use was a blast... I only wish I could take credit for thinking of the Firefly line, though. ;)

*waves her hand and grins* That would be me, I think. Consider it payback for the sniffling you put me through with all those sneak-peeks last weekend. ;)

[ashenmote.livejournal.com]

From another reader, I just want to say that I loved this all so much and to be honest I can't remember all of my favourite parts and I know that as soon as I click the 'post' button, I'm gonna think of something else.

I oh so know the problem. This time, however, I did the smart thing and took a few notes on my way through the big pile of logs. Well, whenever I thought of it, anyway.

[frito-kal.livejournal.com]

On behalf of Doug's (and Sam's) player, who is currently maybe ... two feet away, thank you. I think he's a bit overwhelmed, because he's doing that non-verbal thing.

And saying "um." a lot. Which isn't really non-verbal, but isn't really saying anything else. :)

[deathpixie]

* Madelyn's "I work at a school for mutant teenagers. And believe me, it's not that different." line cracked me up.

*takes a bow* Thank you very much. :)

* I was wondering - why wasn't Radonic roottriggered immediately, like the other second-gens?

Yeah, there was a boo-boo that wasn't picked up until editing late on your Friday night (I'm Australian, we're a day ahead. ;) ). And unfortunately Nightcrawler's player was unavailable for re-writing, so we had to go with the last-minute edit. There is, however, a nifty idea coming out of that which hopefully should smooth over the awkwardness. And make Kurt be less broken.

I already told Alicia this, but this plot just rocked, totally. It was a huge amount of work for her to co-ordinate, but she did it beautifully, and everyone involved did just awesome work. It was a privelege to be able to be involved in something so totally amazing.

My personal favourite bits were... well, hard to say really. It was a great combination of action, character pieces, tragedy and humour. And a lot of the most emotionally wrenching scenes were the little things - MacInnis at the end, realising he'd lost nearly all his people and wishing he had someone to comfort him; the Remy and Allison scene, which was a brilliant use of description to evoke mood, rather than dialogue; the small, human touches.

Well done, all. :)

[ashenmote.livejournal.com]

O_o I would have never thought that you play Maddie as well. I fact, I was secretly wondering if maybe Amanda's and Maddie's player don't get along or something because the two characters are so rarely seen together. Duh.

*looks forward to see the nifty idea*

And I'm with you about the McInnis scene. I think the asshat poor old man desperately needs a new hobby now. And when I say 'hobby' I mean like, 'gardening', and not 'managing a team of super villains' or stuff like that.

[deathpixie]

*grins* Well, there's a no-contact rule between primary character and alts that we have to stick to, which is why they're never seen together. Although IC I've been trying to establish some not-get-alongness to explain why the twain shall never meet. *grins* And I'll take the not realising I wrote both as a compliment - I try to keep them as separate writing-wise as I can and it seems to tbe working. *hees*

Oh, definitely there with MacInnis needing a new cause in life. Or, you know, a life beyond guilt and retribution and being an old rat bastard.

[x-beast.livejournal.com]

* When Hank had to leave Valeri behind - that was sad. [Btw I remember that transformed!beast had a strong healing factor in my old Avengers comics - did Marvel drop that idea, or is it X-journal-verse specific that he has none?]

I never knew he'd ever *had* one... I've never read Hank in Avengers, only as an X-Man. Presumably Marvel dropped the idea for some reason. *g* Glad you liked his bits, though!

[x-juggernaut.livejournal.com]

I loved Cains 'taking on Director Ruiz' scene because by then I was rightfully pissed about the stunt she had pulled.

Thank you. It was quite fun to write and put together. Thermopylae has been one of the best opportunities for character development for a lot of folks, Cain included. :)

(yes, that's blatant foreshadowing, what of it?)