Reviewer: saltnburnem (Signed) · Date: 14/07/09 11:02 PM · On: Though Hearts Reach Out and Memories Ache

Yep....I'd be remembering Dean if I were Penny!!!!!  Glad to see a Gobsmacked follow-up!


Author's Response: Thank you!  I still have more to post, actually.  It's just been a weird couple of months for me.

Reviewer: lillelouis (Signed) · Date: 17/02/09 05:13 AM · On: Blackbird

Ok so now we're moving into a whole 'nother level of the story. We're moving deeper into the inner workings of Penny Hillsworth. Still with the same great linguistic style. Very well written indeed. Good job blending the two different characters too. You not only made Penny fit in with the Winchers' lives, but you molded Dean and Sam around her life as well. AND BOBBY. VERY nice tease with Penny being the seventh child. Hoping we'll hear more about that later. I love the mysterious air surrounding her mother's ordeal. It makes for a great tease and it keeps us interested. I love that you rounded off the story with a happy note. Not sure I can handle too much heartbreak in one take. Very nice - and long - story. Thoroughly enjoyed it. I love that you, by making Penny comfortable with stories of The Old Ones, create so much more space for the story to develope. You bring so much potential into the story by making her aware of the things in the dark. You're opening a lot more doors as you progress in the story rather than closing them as the information is given and the endresult narrows. What I mean to say is, I often struggle to keep a story full of potential for as long as I possibly can, by keeping the details to a minimum. But what you're doing is to actually limit the information and make it work FOR the story, rather than against it. Very nice job with that.

Uhh, what else....

I have a feeling that we're gonna see more of Penny as she joins the brothers on a few hunts? If you let her character hijack the plot, that is :) No, but seriously. I'm a little ambiguous about seeing Penny hunting, because that would automatically put her in a new class with the other supernatural-hunter-babes (like Jo and - to a certain extent - Ruby) Tough women who help the brothers fight the things in the dark. I'm honestly not sure how her character would change if that happened. I don't mind saying that I'm a little apprehensive and intrigued at the same time to see what she would look like then :D Because her curiosity and apprehension to the world of hunting is very much a part of her character, as far as I can gather (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong) :)

But again, I love what you're doing with the characters. You don't have to worry about not sticking to their personalities as defined on the show. Very good job :) Looking forward to more.

Whoof! That was a long one. I'm done... for now...

Cheers, Andi :D

Author's Response:

No worries about the length.  I am forever writing long comments to reviews.  I think I scare people.

OK, the one thing I can say is that I have never - ever - planned on Penny becoming a hunter.  Her background is somewhat unique - and you're one of the few people who has ever made the connection with the seventh daughter scenario - and it does have bearing on the 'verse and on her role within the AU.  There are specific themes I wanted to explore that never materialized on the show, so I created a 'verse of my own to explore them.

That being said, I'm doing my best to provide a reasonable development for Sam and Dean based on the changes I've made in S2 by incorporating the Hillsworths.  

Oh.  Penny hijacked the plot by going to the Roadhouse.  That wasn't supposed to happen, but I went with it anyway because that's where Penny wanted to go.  

I don't want to ruin the rest by saying more but...thank you so much for the review.  As always. ;)

Reviewer: goofyanimal (Signed) · Date: 11/02/09 04:52 PM · On: Bad Connection

These seem to be more like chapters than stories. Well done btw ;)

Author's Response:

Thank you!

And they do read that way at first, mostly because I never intended to write so many of them as quickly as I did.  Eventually they spread out over time. ;P

Reviewer: lillelouis (Signed) · Date: 08/02/09 11:28 AM · On: Cloudbusting

I should really be writing right now, but I couldn't leave it alone. I love the series and I'm particularly fond of the shots written from Penny's point of view. I'll be keeping up with these.

Author's Response:

Thank you!

I worked hard to make Penny unique and well-rounded, so I'm glad that her sections don't detract from the story. ;)

Reviewer: saltnburnem (Signed) · Date: 08/02/09 01:03 AM · On: Dizzy

Love this series.  Just found it.  I just love ploppling the Winchesters into a family BBQ with football game!!  (BTW I mis-scrolled on the rating.......meant to give you bunches of stars.....sorry I messed things up!!)

Author's Response: No worries on the ratings - I'm just thrilled that you're enjoying the story.  I have something of a soft spot for this series - it's taken on a life of its own, so I'm always thrilled when people are enjoying it. ;)

Reviewer: CatzEye (Signed) · Date: 05/02/09 06:34 PM · On: Demons of Her Own

This one has an interesting perspective - And, as usual, your writing is stellar :)

Author's Response:

Thank you. 

It's one of the stories I wrote for The Women of Supernatural Gen Flashfic Challenge held on Livejournal as part of the Spn_xx community.  I've always been rather proud of my entries.

 

Reviewer: rbliss1969 (Signed) · Date: 10/12/08 08:40 PM · On: Gobsmacked

time for a cold shower....................Dean is so yummy.

Renee

Author's Response: Thank you!  It's a shame that it was all, well, what it was... ;-P