An outside POV on John and Rodney is always a treat, and to get such shrewd perceptions on earth-culture was incredibly interesting and well done. I loved the sense that you know these characters so well that even when they're all feeling basically the same thing--fear, anxiety--you wrote them behaving and reacting so distinctly. I found your Rodney particularly realistic; you didn't try to make his cantankerousness charming (which is fun in many contexts, but would have been a cop out here). My heart was beating faster all through the story...very engaging and enjoyable.
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Date: 2010-12-19 03:55 pm (UTC)I loved the sense that you know these characters so well that even when they're all feeling basically the same thing--fear, anxiety--you wrote them behaving and reacting so distinctly. I found your Rodney particularly realistic; you didn't try to make his cantankerousness charming (which is fun in many contexts, but would have been a cop out here). My heart was beating faster all through the story...very engaging and enjoyable.