The background was a nice touch, especially for someone like me who is largely unfamiliar with the series. I felt like I got to know Amelia in a way I don't usually get to know a character in these stories.
The battles were exciting and believable. Remove the pooping, and this fic stands on it's own as a good short story.
Though it only made up a small part of the story, the desperation and accident were top-notch. Just what I've come to expect from you.
Overall, wonderful job. Here's looking forward to your next tale.
Unlike him, I really did enjoy the descriptions before it, and I felt that I could read about Fire Emblem's background and plot for hours before getting bored, at least with your writing style.
However, when the pooping scene came, it didn't "turn me on" as stories like this usually do. I don't know why, but it seems that not enough buildup and description were given to the accident itself and to the time surrounding it. I would have wanted there to be more in that vein rather than in the backstory.
Also, a story about Eirika? :D
I'm sorry to say this, but I don't think this is a very strong story. The most enjoyable part was an offhand mention of a different girl messing herself.
Author's Response: Hmmmm...now this is weird. I've always thought of you as a way more detail oriented writer than me, Jimmy. You usually include a lot of details about the setting in the story, and even said on the forums that you did research on the medieval period for "Rarely-Told Fairy Tales" series. Whereas I typically (in the past, anyway) rush through the description of characters and setting and get straight to the messing, which is usually as drawn out as possible. That's why in my last few stories I've been trying to include more substance as well as a lot of pooping, in response to criticism that my stories had good toilet scenes but not much else. I hope you can understand why I'm confused about your review. That doesn't mean that it isn't still valid, however. Perhaps I just overcompensated by including too much story and not enough messing.
Really good. Liked the battle scene, something that's only becoming a little more common in the stories here. Though I think the messing could be a lengthened a little, but that's just me.
Anyway, there are the usual spellilng errors and some missing quotations, otherwise it's pretty airtight. Glad to see another great story from you!
I Have to say I greatly enjoyed reading this story not only did you capture fire emblem perfectly but the charecters I thought were quite drawn out.
Can we expect Seth to tell the whole story of Erika or is a single shot?
Author's Response: Well, I threw that in there thinking that maybe I could make it into another story, maybe not...but if you's read it, I'd love to write a story about Eirika having an accident. She's a really cool character too. Actually, what am I saying, it's Fire Emblem! They're all cool characters!
Great story, believeable characters...you're really good at this writing thing, you know?
Bonus points for the off hand reference to a tough girl soiling herself from fright.
I can't really think of anything else to say about it. It was a quick, fun read. Good work.
Awesome! As always you never fail to make an exciting story about defecation.
My only criticism would have to be a few spelling errors (the guy's thinking should be in italic or something to distinguish it better) and it might have worked to have given more description to the two characters for people who might not know what they look like. Also, I think it's odd that the guy freaked out when the fireball entered outhouse, then just seemed confused when she's exposed to the world.
Overall, a great new story. Glad to see another author getting back into the game.
I thought it was refreshing to have a male main character. In most of the fics on this site the women get 99% of the attention of the narrative and the men are treated like excess baggage.
The outhouse ambush was clever and entertaining, although I have to wonder why the toilet paper wasn't destroyed with the walls. And after that's over, you give us the wonderful mental image of a chick using an outhouse with no walls while nonchalantly chatting with a guy nearby.
And the entertainment Lute provides goes way beyond her bodily function. You gave her a lot of great lines.
Besides the toilet paper error (maybe not really an error) I can't think of anything to criticize about this. It only had 1 spelling mistake that I noticed, which is a lot less than usual. Great job, and I hope to read more from you soon!
Author's Response: Thanks for the review. I've fixed some of the things that you and Orpheum mentioned. Also, as this is the first in a series based on the support conversation mechanic in the Fire Emblem series, it's going to focus mostly on male/female couples from the games that I found particularly interesting. So upcoming editions should also feature male characters that I'm actually interested in writing about.