Inevitable 15 update

[mhalachai]

So, it's up. Chapter fifteen of Inevitable: Like a Rugged Island Without a Shore is up.

The title is from a quote by Nicholas Boileau: "Honor is like a rugged island withouth a rugged shore: once you have left it, you can never return.

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Comments

[semirose.livejournal.com]

Ahh, Anita dealing with the after affects, how...well, I thought it was very well done, very perfect Anita. Catching her inability to deal with things that happen to herself perfectly.

Okay, I thought everyone's reactions were great, but most likely when I reread this fic (and I will, after all, I've already reread it at least twice), I'll probably just skim over this chapter, cause as good as everything is, I just can't stand it. No, I can't stand Anita when she's...well really I just can't stand Anita, and that's why the only contact I have with Anita Blake fics is x-overs. So really it's just my personal feelings on the character that keep me from not loving the chapter.

[deepfishy.livejournal.com]

Mmm, so perfectly Anita, so perfectly screwed up :)
Fear, paranoia, a little bit of shock distancing her thoughts...difficult to pull off the aftermath of severe trauma, but you did it. Very well-written!

[houses7177.livejournal.com]

What did I do when I got into work this morning? REad the chapter of course!

So, my thoughts:

Anita's reactions are very well played in regards to the crucio aftermath. You could feel her confusion, her inability to really comprehend what she was going through, and why. She was so worried about other people-classic Anita- that she refused to be concerned about herself. And the guilt? By heavens, very well done.

Though that speech she gave to Richard about getting over it? She so needs to hear that for herself.

One thing that I'm going to chalk up to Anita's post-traumatic reaction is her fear that JC would hit her. As far as I can recall, he never offered her violence, not even when they weren't together. It startled me as a reader that Anita was expecting to be smacked around by both JC and Richard. I'm going to chalk it up to crucio influence and leave it at that.

All in all, nicely done.

[mefeather.livejournal.com]

When I do have the time someday soon I will most definitely review each chapter separately. But for now let me just tell you that I am utterly pleased that beren_writes added your master-list of HP/AB fics in one of her posts. Otherwise I would never ever have read your Inevitable and that would mean I would never have read that wonderful, awesome, amazing, beautiful fic! I read it last week and so I was pleasantly surprised that I already could read chapter 15 as well :D
Thank you for that!
Ok, so not a review like the others gave you. I hope you don't mind me just telling you how I loved to read your fic. Because it's kind off late over here and I really should get to bed. So my thoughts are all scrambled inside my head and I can't make them obey me and form into a lovely coherent review *sighs*

[mefeather.livejournal.com]

Great, I forgot to tell you I just added you as my friend because I really want to know first hand when you update your fic :D