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[philippa_]

Hi,

Okay, I'm going to try this here.

A couple of months ago, I mentioned a rather violent fic that I wasn't sure what to rate. Well, I've been posting it on fanfic.net but the people are reading but not sharing their thoughts. So, I was wondering what you guys thought of it.

*takes a deep breath*

Title: The Power of Speech
Rating: M for

Comments

[philippa_]

Thanks for the tip, I didn't think of that. I'm never sure on how to rate them. As like you said, I may think their violent but other people may think they're actually pretty tame.

I'm glad you like what I'm doing with the story.

The Cohen's don't come in for another few chapters, so there is a lot more of angsty!beaten!Ryan.

Thanks so much for the thoughtful comment :D

[fifimom]

F--k ffnet and the horse it rode in on. I'm sorry I missed this over there. I going now to find it but I must admit that often I miss good stories because I don't really expect to find anything other than Malex and SS and I'm always kind of surprized when I find a "Sanity" or other great Ryan fiction. Thanks for posting here.

[philippa_]

Haha :)

I know what is up with all the Malex stories? I mean Seth/Summer stories I get because they were a big pairing in the show but Malex!

I'm glad you like Sanity. Thank you for all the reviews you have left me for that, I've been wanting to thank you for a while actually. I think I was a bit spoilt from all the reviews over all I recieved from Sanity!

[mirella67]

It's violent, but if there's a point to the violence, then I don't mind. This looks to shape up as a good story.

[philippa_]

Thanks. I hope you feel that way after a couple more chapters of violence.

[beachtree]

Either we're all sadists, in which case you're among friends and have no worries, or you've tapped into something very powerful and compelling here. I'm not at bothered by the violence, mainly because I don't perceive it as being at all gratuitous, but essential backstory for establishing who Ryan is and why. You're giving us a jarring and shocking departure from our own realities and a shocking entry into his. That's what the show did, but using a more circuitous and less extreme manner

[philippa_]

Hey Beach! How are you?
I think I'm a tad bit sadist where Ryan is concerned :)

I agree with you about Frank. When Kirsten was busy trying to persuade Sandy that Frank had changed I was so annoyed and then he goes and impregnates Julie!!! I wrote this to get back at Josh.

I've just posted a post with links to the chapters I've posted on fanfic.net. That way I'm at the same place in the story in both fanfic.net and lj.

Thanks for the lovely comment :)

[beachtree]

Hey there. Wie geht's

[philippa_]

Ich bin gut danke, und dir?
:D

I also love with it the parental concern from Sandy and Kirsten. Especially Sandy. Concerned Sandy equals ♥

Nice little simile Jeckly to Hyde- I like it and it wors so well. It was quite scary when Frank went all nasty and for a moment I actually thought Josh would actually make a good plot line. Yeah Julie and Frank was a complete waste of time and took away precious Ryan minutes.

Thanks :)

[chrisear]

Well, I've been posting it on fanfic.net but the people are reading but not sharing their thoughts.

hey hey i always comment. not the most useful comments but still ;-). so this is you on lj. I havent made the connection yet....

why isnt sanity here too? so now I am going to work through your tags page again.

[philippa_]

Hey, it's nice to see you on here! I didn't make the connection either haha.

I do love your reviews, you're most generous. Other people aren't so, I see that over 300 are reading but I only get 4 people reviewing. It's very disheartening.

Sanity isn't on here. I only posted that on fanfic.net.