I seriously love YOU! ... except, that I could hate you for the fact you've abandoned this FABULOUSLY awesome story before Logan & Rogue even get a reunion! Come ON, honey!!

Please, please, *pretty PLEASE* finish?? I know you said you lost "several chapters" that you'd already written, and I'm sure it's discouraging and everyday life has filled up your head with other concerns since then, but I'm just dying to know what your fertile mind came up with. Oh, please, start writing again! I bet it'll even be twice as good after all this time ruminating in your mind!

You did a good job writing Rogue's reaction to homecoming; all the thoughts of longing & momentary weakness and desire to just lay down & rest in comfort for a while after living thru so much hell!

And Logan's reaction ... heh. PRetty cool. I *really* do want to see *that* Logan meet up with the new, improved ROgue, though. PLEASE, darlin' -- make it happen!

The description of flying thru clouds was cool. Lots of ppl, when writing scenes like this (whether it's Angel, Storm, Carol or Rogue doing the flying) seem to overlook the fact that there are seriously exotic and *dangerous* conditions within the clouds that look so peaceful and harmless from a distance -- ridiculously fact winds, frigid temps, thin air, and major electrical charges! So, it was nice that you didn't ignore that!

I like this chapter a lot

FUNNY scene! oh, so funny! (and hot)

Why did you never finish this?? It's a five-star plot bunny! Did you get stuck? Did you never write ANY of the introductory scenes -- only the prologue & the rest is stuck piecemeal in your head? If not ... if you DID write out a couple chapters ... then post them! THe resulting feedback might give you enough ideas & momentum to finish it!

aw :) I like the way you get into Marie's mind here. Very touching final scene!

Author's Response: This was my first real fic (with all that implies), and Im always pleasantly surprised when people like it. Thank you!

hahaha! I actually saw this one coming. But boy, you sure do have a Dark Phoenix-type stewing under this roof. I don't like those sadistic versions of Jean, b/c really, why would someone like Scott fall in love with her if that's the kind of person she was?

You did it a LOT of justice! awesome! I loved every word ... well, OK: the middle parts, the early section of the action scene, and the part where Mystique comes in -- THAT part could stand to be re-worked, especially to add some believable rationale why Kitty & Kurt didn't, for example, just use their mutations to pull everyone out of there, or why they all couldn't simply run OUT the door if it was possible for Logan to run IN! And for why they had to wait to destroy all the Sentinels b4 shutting the program down. You *could* have exercised your creative juices to fill in those important plot holes; your creativity elsewhere in this story proves that you are perfectly capable. You just didn't take the trouble to do it! That was a bit of laziness showing thru in your writing style, and it's not the first time I've seen it this story, so that's a weakness of yours.

However, a great strength is your ability to write affecting scenes! You can make ppl feel very strong emotions right along with your characters in moments of drama both mild & intense, and you used the skill to great effect here.

aw. Sha bebe! (as the Cajuns say) Very sweet ending.

I kinda didn't like the part where (once again) you tried to just copy-n-paste the X1 movie dialogue. There were some places where, yes, the symmetry/irony of certain lines felt great, but not ALL the lines fit the new situation you had written. Watch out for those things! I suggest, next time you're tempted to write such a scene, that you go back an hour or two after all the editing is done and read JUST that small section of dialogue ... to help you get the sense of how well that scene stands alone, and to help you see it with "fresh eyes", so to speak, as much as possible.

And, I found it quite remarkable how quickly Logan got his energy back -- one minute he's struggling to walk across the medlab, the next he's traversing the entire length of Xavier's vast lawn & gardens without even leaning on Marie for support, and energetically pacing back & forth! Hee Hee. I think you get what I'm saying. It may sound like I'm nit-picking, but I'm doing it for your benefit. Overlooking small but important details disrupts the logical continuity of the events in each scene, and weakens your whole story. I know you can do better b/c you definitely have talent! All you lack is the care to spend enough editing time to catch these things! Don't be in too much of a hurry to post ... we're willing to wait for high quality!

Still, this is a smartly-written tale overall. Your big strength, as I've said before, is to get across your characters' feelings. Just take care to balance the sappiness with some good plot points as you have more or less managed successfully thus far.

I realize it's been a long time since you've touched this story. Please don't abandon it now!

I don't even like Xmas stories and this one gets me every time!

I love it when the Megan bunny bites. She may be one of my favorite OCs of all time!

I always got a kick out of this one!