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mystery_sock

Ritual readers' guide

Jan 01, 2015 12:00

"An open-ended Petrellicest exercise in sheer depravity..."All the Ritual stories in chronological order. Titles, links, and brief summaries (with ratings), plus a quick overview of this whole "Ritual" relationship - it's everything for the lightly confused, but still interested! Warning: Spoilers for all aired episodes and all published web comics ( Read more... )

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Comments 61

practical_puss September 22 2007, 03:08:27 UTC

Ahhh. My inner geek is just basking. I love fanfic, I love time lines, I love meta and analysis. A time line and analysis of my all time favorite Heroes fic?
Bliss!
I'm very interested in this

Nathan is also innately strongly attracted to others with abilities

I love this idea. Any chance on you expanding on it?
I'm looking forward like whoa to this series continuing. It's just such an awesome interpretation, and so far, pretty canon-compatible.

mystery_sock September 22 2007, 05:46:02 UTC

my all time favorite Heroes fic?
Aw shucks! *blush*

depending on what happens in the future, yeah, I might expand on Nathan's attraction to other powered folks... I dunno, though. And yeah, it's canon-aligned, which is why I haven't gone into the future much at all - I want to see what canon tells me. It's so much fun for me to follow that path, even though sometimes it's a challenge making it work. But not really. If you know much about secret relationships (and fortunately or unfortunately, I do) it's really, really easy to make a relationship between Nathan and Peter possible. People usually really only see what they want to see. (Sounds like something Claude would say, huh?)

even_dusk_fades September 22 2007, 03:32:21 UTC

You are a genius. :)
Oh, and thanks for friending me back.

mystery_sock September 22 2007, 05:49:01 UTC

Thank you for friending me! Glad you like it! It's... well, you're looking at the last ten months of my life right here. ^_^

even_dusk_fades September 22 2007, 05:54:35 UTC

You're welcome! And you know, I never thought I would like it. I was following links from one journal to the next, started reading your stuff, and went, "That's so them that it's now canon in my mind!"
Ten months? Jeeze! That's some dedication right there. Where do you find the time?

mystery_sock September 22 2007, 07:13:03 UTC

Where do you find the time?
Not doing a whole lot else, and being a very fast writer in general.

I am glad you like it - it's a pleasure to know I've entertained someone who might not have been interested before. And yeah, it feels like canon to me, but I have to keep reminding myself that it's not. (But there's nothing in my fics that says that it can't be!...)

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rogue_kane October 1 2007, 18:50:45 UTC

just found and started to read the story)
i really like it! thank you very much 4 that!!!!
it's a great work!

mystery_sock October 1 2007, 20:06:25 UTC

Oh thank you - I'm glad you're into it!

fabrisse October 1 2007, 19:20:55 UTC

Oh dear. What does it say about me that I really like the idea that Ritual 10 took place on my birthday?

I'm enjoying this series. I think you capture some interesting dynamics between the two of them even on the rare occasions that I disagree with the individual characterizations (and that's rare, btw). You always get the brothers right.

mystery_sock October 1 2007, 20:04:24 UTC

I have been resisting placing stories on my own birthday, so it's all good. Glad to be of service! ^_^

Sometimes I'm not sure about the individual characterizations myself - and please, if you see something that doesn't ring true to you, call it out. I trust that you won't do the "YOU GOT THIS WRONG YOU SUCK YOU UGLY BITCH" style of "constructive criticism", and there's only going to be a few more stories, but I am always, always open to pointers. And if you respond fast enough I will sometimes go back and revise it after it's been posted!

eponineundone October 3 2007, 07:12:31 UTC

Soooo.... as the writer of this series, do you think I should follow the original order of the stories, or do it chronologically? I'm curious, cuz I started reading these a bit, loved them, then had stuff come up but I want to start back with the beginning... Whatever the beginning may be.
Lol, I know I'm a nerd, but I want to read it RIGHT, haha.
Loved what I've read so far, look forward to reading up on it more!

mystery_sock October 3 2007, 21:15:58 UTC

Much like with my pro novel series (also written out of "chronological" sequence) I recommend doing both, if you've got the time. Otherwise it depends on you - if you want a linear progression, read chronologically; if you want to see me progress as a writer, read them in numbered order ( ... )