WOW That was an amazing story. I am excited in reading the rest of the series. You left the Scooby gang very much in character. The only negative point I see is that you came up with an excuse for Willow's behavior. But maybe that is just because I hate Willow. 'Cause the way I see it, what she did in your story is just what canon Willow would do. Thinking that because she is the strong witch she can do all she wants in concern with magic. And the spell to make her reckless just seems..... a last minute thing to excuse what she did.
But overall, fantastic story.
Review By [kimberley] • Date [21 Oct 10] • Rating [8 out of 10]
Oh boy, when Willow messes up, she doesn't just do it by halves does she...First she wipes Oz's mind clean of any and everything and then she sends Xander off to god knows where.
Hmmmm yes a spell to induce recklessness would interfere with free will, but only in a limited way. Poor Willow just dug a hole so deep I can't see her ever getting out of it as regards Karma. Or at least not in a multitude of lifetimes lol.
Review By [DennSedai] • Date [8 Sep 08] • Rating [8 out of 10]
From what I see so far you are leading me to believe that Xander is/was the product of a lab experiment. Whose? I have no idea. Someone found him and stuck him in Sunnydale probably with the intent that as dangerous as it was that he'd die pretty quickly or at least wouldn't make it to adulthood.
It seems like from what the Atlantis people say that there was a lab on the planet that he ended up on. I'm guessing that that is where he was made, or at least where the people that he was made by or where his DNA came from lived when the planet still had an indigenous population on it.
I haven't seen any hints on who the future slash is in relation to and I'd really like to know if you are planning on making Xander gay. If so I'd really like to know that way I can stop reading this. It'd be a shame too since this is really good.
Comments from author:
Some things you say are right and some are wrong. :) But you're good! You managed to pick up on a lot of things no one else has yet. The first two stories of this series aren't slash- in fact, they're probably considered just general. It's the third story that starts having it. So, if you want, you can stop after the second one.
Review By [Ahdamnit] • Date [8 Sep 08] • Not Rated
Wow. What an amazing idea in getting a Scoobie to the Stargate verse. I love Atlantis stories so I can't wait to go and read your sequel. Which I guess I'll go do now. Great work!
Holy crap! What an ending! I loved this story and am looking forward to the sequel. I'm glad that you took things slow and developed all your ideas, rather than just doing a quick and dirty fic. It's actually good that Xander wasnt' in it that much.
Oh, thank you so much for the "reckless spell". I was pretty ok with your previous justifications when it came to what Willow did to Xander, but when it came to how she damaged Oz, possibly forever... Thank you for the reckless spell!
Again, I'm really enjoying your writing. And I was happy to see Angel, and also for Joyce's involvement.