Reviewer: Dayast Joy Anonymous Date: 07/26/05 - 01:58AM Title: Circling Overhead

I am running out of adjectives to describe how brilliant your work is: the pacing is breathtakingly tight, your writing is so descriptive that it's like watching a really good movie and the characterisations...where do I begin? Like a big blast of chi, so damn good it's blinding at first then just leaves you with a warm, full feeling. The conversations are really just SO cool, Sanzo's warning to Hakkai was priceless, laugh-out-loud funny! And THANK YOU for the cameo by the "harassed hotel staff"! These wonderfully entertaining side characters are quickly becoming your trademark I believe, although your pervy manager from the last story arc still holds the gong of greatness in my heart for best extra. I was wondering, is anyone ever going to get into your hardassed monk? Please keep sharing your work, it's a JOY, real big waves of happy, for your readers, especially this very grateful one ;D

Author's Response: Sanzo's lecture of Hakkai was fun to write. I kept laughing while I was typing it. ^^; I love creating extras/side characters who are characters in their own right, because that's something I love to see in fiction I read and movies I watch. The manager rocked my socks off. He never ceased to make me laugh. ^_^ In this storyline, I believe that Sanzo is going to remain single at the end, and the implied 39/93'ness is going to stay implied. But I'm writing a bunch of Sanzo fics for my next big fic project, so he'll get a hook-up eventually. ^__^

Reviewer: zan Signed Date: 06/27/05 - 10:05AM Title: Circling Overhead

i read it and i read it and i read it again...i loved it all and there were so many things i wanted to say but i think i'll just leave it at that and read it a couple more times.

much love as always.

Reviewer: Chantrea Johari Anonymous Date: 06/10/05 - 11:53PM Title: Circling Overhead

I found this fic not long ago, and though I pretty much stopped reading Saiyuki fanfiction a quite a while ago, your writing captivated me. I must admit, that I was initially a bit wary about the Hakkai/Kanan thing at first, but you've managed it perfectly. I was especially pleased when at the end of the last chapter, Hakkai revealed that not only was she *not* Kanan, but he had known all along. The way you brought matters to light in this chapter (a.k.a. why Hakkai left) made me intensely pleased, as I can completely see it as something Hakkai would do. I could certainly see him leaving in order to spare his friends from seeing his "dark side", so to speak. He does always try to spare them that, or so it seems. I was pretty much screaming by the end of the chapter, so I hope you update soon! I'm dying to know how this gets resolved, though I'm secretly pleased by the plot development (I have a very sadistic love of torturing characters physically, especially those mentally tortured already, for some reason). The hurt/comfort aspect I (hopefully) see in the future has me a bit gleeful. The Sanzo thing had me giggling as well. His reaction was both perfect and priceless. XD I can't wait until you update, and I must say, all of your writing that I've read so far has been superb. Keep up the good work.

Author's Response: *blushes* Thank you! It's rather nice to know that my story got your attention, in spite of not participating much in the fandom anymore. ^_^ You know, I didn't really think about how horribly insane the plot twist would sound until I started writing it, and--as a few of my Betas can attest--I started to flat-out panic, thinking I'd lose a lot of readers over what sounds like an implausible idea. That, thankfully, hasn't been the case. ^_^ Hurt/comfort isn't normally my thing--I prefer psychological angst to physical pain--but it works for the story, and it is indeed going to be in the next section. Thanks so much for reading and for leaving a thoughtful review!

Reviewer: zan Signed Date: 05/20/05 - 01:10PM Title: Circling Overhead

my first thought was ...omg where are they...and i guess you'll tell us that when you're good and ready...
I like how you described how each of them would have handled a hostage situation, and it will be interesting to see how you have gojyo and goku manage....although i have every faith in our hanyo that it won't go totally to pot.
and man an i ever so glad you put two chapters up as it would've killed me utterly to read the last two lines and not have more!!!
and yay! you started it...*dances around with glee* i always love it when i see a new fic by you!....lol ^_~ and your depiction of sanzo is still priceless...amusing to see him in the role of the teenager who finds it just that bit ickky that his parents are still doing IT. with respect to gojyo and hakkai.

Author's Response: Yes. The flashback will be explained shortly. ^_^ The third chapter is actually up and running on MediaMiner; it's still awaiting approval here. I think that the upcoming stuff with Sanzo in the fourth section (under construction) is going to make a lot of people happy, because, well, he's hilarious. ^^; Anyhow, yes. I'm glad you like the story; I aim to please my reviewers. ^_^