I have a feeling you dropped this and picked it back up a couple of times. It seems like you completely lost your train of thought on most of the side stories. (1/10 there) However, you did carry your main thread more or less intact throughout. (7/10 there.) Average of 4/10. Bonus point for being unique. I haven't read a Xander/Gambit story before.
Review By [Oxnate] • Date [3 Sep 11] • Rating [5 out of 10]
I just got done re-reading this story, and, I'm sorry, but, as much as I generally like your stories, this one really, really, really needs an editor. There are multiple continuity errors, such as Jenny being mentioned as being killed, and then she is alive again in the later chapters, with no explanation, or Buffy flashing back to being Lady Useless when she was dressed as Jubilee. Buffy and Willow are both extremely out of character, almost verging on bashing in Buffy's case. And that whole thing with Micheal? Why was that in the story? This story was called "Of Scoobies and X-Men" so I would have expected to have more of the X-men characters in it. As it was, you had Xander as Gambit, with a minor hand-wave over the other characters losing their mutant abilities. Sorry, but it really didn't hold together as a story. It seems as if you had one idea for the story when you started, and then decided to tell a completely different story. And what was that bit with Snyder? It came out of nowhere, and it was ignored for most of the story.
Sorry for the negative review, but, you had the beginnings of a good story here that got lost in the second chapter and never really recovered, in my opinion. YMMV
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Comments from author:
Thanks for the review. yes, it did get lost. It was a very messy matter from the get-go and, sadly, I got too involved in the 'this, that, and some of this' aspect.
Review By [redjacobson] • Date [7 Sep 09] • Rating [2 out of 10]
Good, good. Only two problems: 1) In an earlier chapter, you mentioned Buffy fretting, as "something the Noblewoman left her." However, in this universe, she did not dress as the Noblewoman. 2) In chapter 7, I believe, you mentioned the police investigating Jenny, but wasn't she killed by Angelus already?
Review By [Jetflash] • Date [5 Aug 09] • Rating [8 out of 10]
hmmm, this was a cool story. worthy of a sequel, which i hope you'll eventually write and post. personally, i'd have made him tell the angels to go fuck themselves, but then that's just me.
original in that i've never encountered a story in which xander gained gambit's powers. now i'm going to check out if you have any other stories that i might like :)
good job on this one.
Review By [Exarikun] • Date [18 May 09] • Rating [9 out of 10]
Review By [Ansku] • Date [21 Sep 07] • Rating [9 out of 10]
Review of chapter "Of Scoobies and X-Men" from PrincessTai
Review:
Oh. My. Goodness. lmao! And for the strangest reason Xander as Gambit fits. Though I woulda seriously switched Kitty to Buffy, and Jubes to Dawn. But that's just me.
Great ass chapter. Though poor Harmony! *Snickers*
Review By [PrincessTai] • Date [26 Jun 07] • Rating [10 out of 10]
There are lots of good things and some not so good things about this story. The combination of ideas was very well done, and some of the character interactions were great. However, some of the situations left something to be desired. For instance - you brought out the disagreement between Xander and Buffy then left it hanging. If Xander isn't going to leave SunnyD than something needs to be resolved. There are so many facets of this story that were barely carved: Willow, Giles, Dawn, Joyce, etc The epilogue reinforced the sense of somethings missing; chapter 7 would have made a better end. Your note indicated you planned to continue. It would be nice to see the rest of the story.
Review By [purrfus] • Date [9 Jan 07] • Rating [7 out of 10]
That was intense and absorbing. Mother Mary. Wow. Frankly, no matter *how* mad I'd get at the Creator, I'd kneel at Her feet immediately. Lots of plot and character development, with surprises and backstory. Wonderful climax, wonderful denoument, fun epilogue. Thanks.