AQATSA: Chapter Thirteen - A Determined Elf

[inverarity]

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Error w/ FFnet

[(Anonymous)]

I think something went wrong with the upload. When I click the ff.net link up there, I get

"FanFiction.Net Message Type 1
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Re: Error w/ FFnet

[inverarity.livejournal.com]

Fanfiction.net seems to be having server problems again. It hasn't let me log in all day.

anon jane

[(Anonymous)]

Great chapter, but it only showed up on Mugglenet - not ff.
I'm about to do some stats - to check your claim of the decline. Assuming AQATSA is about equal length, you now have 137 reviews on ff.


____FF: __Mugglenet:
AQ1_282___163 =445 (29 chapters)
AQ2_517___274 =791 (37 chapters)
AQ3_417___179 =596 (31 chapters)
AQ4_137___15 =152 (as of 12 chapters)

Keep in mind that since Ch. 9 in AQ4, Mugglenet was not updated for over a month.


I'd say the reviews correlate with the number of chapters. Your fandom is pretty stable at this point, unlike most which are declining.

[aisaacs.livejournal.com]

The story seems to be coming together. Alex is now closer than ever to finding Manuelito. Larry seems to be behaving, weird. And the stars above, will they talk back?

Looking forward to the next chapter.

[wodcdre.livejournal.com]

From the moment Forbearance mentioned about talking with the stars above, my mind instantly went to that part in AQATLB when max and alex talked with the corn maidens.....maybe it's just me, but I think those maidens will play a role in Alex getting out of her Geas....hmmmmmm
Larry is acting weird...maybe he does fancy Alex....

Now as for a determined elf...Kreacher was ONE determined elf...but that's another story that most of us read. I'm still very suspicious of Sonja though...something inside of me is thinking she's a snitch....Really thinking she's the Marietta Edgecomb of the quick-e verse

just saying...

[aisaacs.livejournal.com]

Yeah i'd have to kinda agree. Not sure if i'll go so far as to say Sonja is a snitch, but I don't really feel right about her persistence to be Alex's friend.

anon jane

[(Anonymous)]

why didn't my comment come up?

Re: anon jane

[inverarity.livejournal.com]

Anonymous comments automatically get screened. They haven't disappeared, but you won't see them until I get a chance to log in and unscreen them.

Larry's behaviour

[lunacorva.livejournal.com]

Actually, Larry not taunting Alex is something I expected from the beginning, Larry is a VERY proud man. But part of that pride is a need to EARN his place at the top, not just have victory handed to him. (This is the trait that separates him from Malfoy). For him to say that he beat Alex, when if KNOWS he didn't, would have made him feel like a bully and a cheat, something his pride would not permit. Yes, he does bully people, but he believes that he is better than those he bullies, and there for entitled to it. But Larry did NOT win the duel against Alex and for him to take bragging rights anyway, would be an offence to his personal honour code.

In short: Even Jerks Have Standards

On a related note, that scene revealed some information on Alex's character. Her inability to recognise Larry's motives, shows that she views the world in fairly black and white terms 'Friend' 'Enemy' 'Extra' and she has trouble understanding that even her enemies have good points

Alex also got some Woobie points in that chapter, from her shock that anyone would want to be her friend.
To Inverarity
Nice touch with the Heartwarming In Hindsight revolving around Sonja by the way