Date: 09/01/13 05:30 pm Title: Chapter 1
Love it! the Epilogue is a little bit to perfect and kitschy in my opinion. But everyone has another taste :) but The chapters before I really love.
Author's Response: I'll admit I didn't try as hard on the epilogue. That was put in there kind of indulgently. But I'm really glad you liked everything else!
Date: 08/26/13 05:55 pm Title: Chapter 1
Wow, really cool fanfcition. I liked it! There were some unexpected things and many sweet scenes :)
But I don't like the end. Why tom married mathob and why he had still sex with her? Sex until she get pregnant - okay, he need a child for the throne. But more sex and marryng? why? it doesnt make sense to me, if he love bill. because she deserved it? what she deserved? to be an unloved wife? O.o (she could have stayed in the palast and be alllowed to have a boyfried, or so, that she would have deserved )no, i dont get it and it make the and less sweet and happy.
That tom is ill ... it's sad, but i think for an end, there are too many (bad) facts. It's okay for one, but for so many ...
So, tom love bill, but he married a woman, have sex and a child with her, is ill so he will die young, and bill ... yeah. he is still a concobine that will never will marry tom or will have him for his own, because tom have still mathob. I dont like it :( The story - yes, really much, but the end make the story worse, also it its not ... dont know how the say, i am from germany so my english sucks ...
i hope you are not angry because the critic, but i think its so sad, that the story is so good, but the end fucked up, that i wouldnt want to read the story again just because of the Epilque:(
Author's Response: Hey, thanks for reading for all the way through. Too bad that you didn't like the ending. I was actually quite proud of that. In retrospect, to me this story can tend to be quite immature. I've really come a long way as a writer since I put this fic on the site. Fortunately, the epilogue was one of the more mature moments in Gilded Cage. I included the "sad" parts, as you say, because that is what real life is like: a mix of happy and sad. And above all, when I went to sum up all of the rest of Tom and Bill's lifelong romance, I wanted to convey that I imagined that they'd have both good and bad times in their many years together. But the point, after all, is that good or bad, they would be TOGETHER. So unfortunately I'll have to disagree with your assessment of the finale as "fucked up." Thanks for your honesty in reviewing though.
Date: 06/25/13 06:12 pm Title: Epilogue
thanks for this story so incredible.
cry a lot with it and lived every moment as if
mine was next to the main characters.
Author's Response: Thanks! so glad you liked it and it really got to you.
Date: 05/30/13 08:15 am Title: Epilogue
This isn't the first time I read this story, but it still amazes me time and time again.. As for the ending, I think that the last paragraph is probably the best ending to a story that I've ever read.. You really couldn't have ended it better.. I wish this story could go on forever, because I really don't want it to end..
Author's Response: Aw, thanks! I'm glad you liked the ending so much.
Date: 05/17/13 04:02 pm Title: Epilogue
Hey. I'm sorry for any mistakes in this review, i'm french and i'm only learning your language at school. I've read your story in french for first and i've decided to read this in english because of the subjectivity of the translator (even though her translation was and is perfect.)I just wanted to read it in its authenticity. Thank you so much for having written this perfect story. I love it so much and i wanted to say a massive and a huge thank you to you because your characters are just wonderful and i loved, loved, and loved more and more through the chapters Bill in your fanfiction.
I'll gonna try to read another story written by you, only in your language if i feel myself able to do it.
Thank you.
Author's Response: Well your review was totally legible,
Author's Response: Well your review was totally legible,
Date: 01/13/13 06:40 pm Title: Epilogue
Oh, my god! *--* this story is really beautiful. I'm from Mexico and my friend recommended I read your fic, so I said, "sounds interesting, why not?" And here I'm amazed from toes to head raring put an altar just for you >u< It's one of my favs.
Author's Response: Thanks! Glad you liked it.
Date: 01/06/13 05:28 pm Title: Epilogue
A great story I must say ^^ been sitting reading this story everyday now for the last 3 days from I woke up till I could not longer hold my eyes open at 6 o'clock the next morning again (all 2-3 day/nights)^^
Only thing that took my heart a bit with sorrow was that Tom did not change the rules about gay marrige and then marry Bill ^^ but I survived and the fact that you ended it with him becoming "prince" and meeting his mother once again made me happy again ^^ love aaaaaaaall the sex scenes :D gaaaaaaaaad I pictured them all in my mind and the few hours I were asleep I dreamt of this story as if I watched it as a movie ^^D (that would have been one of the greates movies ever)
thank you so much for making this story :D I trouly love you for this one ^^
Author's Response: Gay marriage hasn't even been conceived of in this universe, so it probably wouldn't occur to Tom to change the laws.I'm so glad you enjoyed reading this fic. Thanks for all the lovely comments.
Date: 11/25/12 03:38 am Title: Epilogue
awesome!!i first saw it in chinese,but it's not translated completely.now i find it and can enjoy the whole story!!
Author's Response: Wow, it's translated into Chinese? Nobody ever asked my permission if they could do that. I hope it was translated well, at least. And I am glad you found the original so you could continue reading. Thanks for the review!
Date: 08/17/12 10:08 pm Title: Epilogue
Hello, I know this story has ended, but anyway I have a lot of things to say. 1 It’s really a master piece. 2 the way you wrote it, it was just magnificent, I could understand everything, and English is not my language, it was just amazing. 3 You write showing so many feelings, that sometimes I was overwhelmed and about to cry my heart out. Like, for example, when Bill saw the doctor the first time, I thought he was going to become a eunuch, just like Anis, I was just as afraid as Bill himself. Or when he was about to be raped by the stupid sultan. I hated the guy. 4 I really loved that Bill was only touched by Tom, even being an slave, it was really nice, because many fics shows rapes and that really freaks me out, so I must thank you for taking care of Bill jejeje. I hope you read this because you deserve to know that you are very talented and you made me really happy with this fic. Thanks.
Author's Response: Aw, thanks for thaking the time to point out all the things you like best! So glad you liked it, I had the best times working on that fic.
Date: 08/03/12 06:44 pm Title: Epilogue
Okay, I've read, and reviewed tthis before, and its amazingly awesomeness still stands...but something I realized this time around is...we never really found out why Aaron returned, what was his deal, other as a red herring to distract you from Hessa, and why after all this time, he never grew up and realized what he wanted was out of Tom's control, and let his anger at Tom go.
Oh! And what was up with the Sultan's hand picked guards? Why did he choose them? And not keep them under control? A Hessa post coital request prehaps? But yea, i'd like to know a little more about that. It was very strange.
Author's Response: I never really did give a good enough reason for Aaron's return. I'll admit I was lazy and left a few such plot holes. All I can say is that I inteneded his story post-Tom to be that he worked his way up in the govermental ranks of the other nation in order to gain power and prestige. Those were the things he always wanted but never got with Tom, so when offered the chance, he came back to do two things: shove his new status in Tom's face, and also to assist in the plot to take Tom's own power and prestige (i.e. his and his father's power of the kingdom) away from him. As for Aaron not letting his anger go, I intended for him to be a very emotionally selfish and juvenile character, deep down. He is just one of those people who cannot move on from percieved injustice. rnrnAs for the additional guards that came in: the sultan isn't a nice guy, we all know that. He had a hand in which new guards came in for extra security, so he didn't pick the sweetest of most honorable men, but he wasn't so knowledgeable about his choices as to know their names. Think of more like a group of men he just signed off on. Anyways, the sultan certainly didn't know just how bad those men would end up behaving, and he of coursedidn't know they'd turn on him and help in the coup. Thanks for the questions =)
Date: 07/18/12 08:00 am Title: Epilogue
This fic was amazing! I loved it :D
Author's Response: Great. Thanks.
Date: 06/29/12 02:02 pm Title: Epilogue
Hmm, it's the second time I read this and I still love it so much!!! It's such an amazing story with the most perfect ending ever! The "prince Bill" comment is so beautiful..
Author's Response: I'm soooo glad you find this stoy worthy of re-reading. That means a lot.
Date: 02/16/12 09:26 pm Title: Chapter 20
okay, since you know how to put italics on here, can you tell me how? cuz that is a mystery that has been plaguing me
Author's Response: Okay, so you have to put: carrot i carrot before the word, and carrot backslash i carrot after the word. Here is an example with the elements seperated by spaces, since it'll just make an italic word without the spaces. Bill < i > really < / i > wanted to go to the party.
Date: 02/14/12 11:20 pm Title: Chapter 12
the way i look at it? it isn't rape if you enjoy it!
Author's Response: Thanks for your opinion :)
Date: 02/14/12 10:16 pm Title: Chapter 7
the humor worked sweetie. at least on those of us who have an extremely twisted and sadistic idea of what's funny. i laughed almost the entire time i was reading this. i think lafee, i think i spelled her name right, is absolutely hilarious. it was great. although, i should probably seek professional help for this, don't you think? the only thing that bothered me was the idea of the razor covered dildo. so yeah.... i'm gonna go talk to a psychologist lol. but really, this chapter was amazing. i loved it. the whole story is just very well written so far. :) love&hugs
Author's Response: Thanks for such a great review. Haha, I love that you were able to find humor in this scene! But yeah, if you need to talk to someone you could definately seek some professional help, lol. Thanks for reading and for all the compliments :)
Date: 01/27/12 07:43 pm Title: Epilogue
I love this story so much :-) I wanted to start crying, i'm so sad it's over. But i'm glad it was a happy ending, and that Tom didn't get as many children as his father, he didn't did he :-O. Also that he only had one wife to have kids with and then Bill. Or else, if i were Bill, I would've been really jealous. I just want you to know how much i love this story :-D
Author's Response: Thanks so much :) Yeah, Tom didn't end up having a bunch of wives like sultans typically did. He made changes for his true love: Bill.
Date: 01/27/12 07:02 pm Title: Chapter 36
Aww-ish :-) No1 Deena died and she was so young! :'( Why is this story ending? I love it and now i'm sad :-( Oh well, i'll just read some of your other stories. :-D
Author's Response: Yeah, she was. But I had to kill her off because she was a true romantic threat for Bill. The story ends because I eventually got sick of writing it.
Date: 01/27/12 12:17 pm Title: Chapter 34
This is one of the Amazing Reviews :-)
It's a great story! :-P
Author's Response: Glad you liked it. Thanks!
Date: 01/26/12 04:33 pm Title: Chapter 27
NO!!!! I want Love :-)
Author's Response: Sorry
Date: 01/26/12 11:15 am Title: Chapter 23
I don't understand why last chapter Bill had been there for 6 months and 6 days, but in this chapter which is sopposed to the day after where we left of in the last chapter, but in the begging it says Bill has been there for 6 months and 3 weeks?? It's supposed to say 6 months and 7 days.
Author's Response: More time passed since the beginning of the last chapter. So at the beginning of that chapter it had been 6 months 6 days, but by the end of that chapter it had been 6 months and three weeks. Then the next chapter is the very next day.