An interesting, if somewhat disjointed, beginning. I realize the need to reveal the past between Buffy and Sam, and that dumping it all at once would be overkill, but the constant scene switching breaks the flow of the story too much, IMO (which makes it harder for me to follow sometimes). If at all possible, I'd limit the flashbacks to one or two per chapter, when the chapters are this length.
That aside, I am interested to see how this develops. Update soon. :)
Review By [FireFlash] • Date [18 Oct 08] • Not Rated
I'm surprised at how much I'm enjoying this story of Sam and Buffy as childhood (or at least adolescence) friends.
I hope you continue to update this (and that Jack doesn't get let off the hook too soon for the double-whammy he knowingly or unknowingly laid on Carter -- first by pretending to get kicked out of the SGC, and then by ostensibly retiring to the planet she'd worked night and day to rescue him from, so he could spend his time with another woman). Nice work!
Review By [RevDorothyL] • Date [10 Jul 08] • Not Rated
I love the set up of how they became friends. I'm not too familiar with what Jack's just done to make Sam cry, maybe you could throw a sentence or two in your author's notes summarizing so I could get a better feel of where we are in the SG universe? This is an enjoyable read, and I'm glad you didn't have Teal'c or Daniel swayed by O'Neill's curiosity.
Review By [Keshkreature] • Date [10 Jul 08] • Not Rated
Review of chapter "The Beginning" from RocksandGlass
Review:
This is pretty good. Your writing is good and I like the style you've gone with, jumping about in time a bit to get the full story and the background in, rather than having them have a long, unnatural catch up on all conversation to reveal the entire back story. You do perhaps need to be a little clearer at some point as to their ages; it comes across as them being about the same age, but a bit of an age difference would probably make a little more sense, although it would work well either way. The sequence of events you have going is pretty good too, and I like the ideas in the plot so far, I'm looking forward to reading more of it. Possible typo- Sam and her three companions at the bar when Buffy is playing pool? I was under the impression that O'Neill was trapped on Edora at this point, leaving her with 2 companions. Or I could just be missing something. It's good though, so keep it up! (I mean that in as least patronising a way as possible)
Comments from author:
No, it was supposed to be 3, I mentioned earlier that Janet had joined forces with Daniel and Teal'c
Thanks for the review though
Review By [RocksandGlass] • Date [10 Jul 08] • Not Rated
I can assume they are of the same age. This means that they are in their thirties. Or are you going to fiddle with their age. Is Buffy still the Slayer and is this after the Season 7?
I'm interested on who you'll continue.
Comments from author:
Sam was supposed to be more girly than she usually comes across as, it's part of the challenge to allow her to be more herself and not so guarded and uptight.
It is after Season 7, and I am fiddling with their ages to some degree...
Review By [WhiteWolf] • Date [10 Jul 08] • Not Rated