Date: 04/25/10 06:21 am Title: Chapter 15
Just started reading this ang I love it!
Author's Response: Glad you like it. It's nice to know new people are still discoveing this and giving it a try.
Date: 04/25/10 06:00 am Title: Chapter 1
Helloooo dearie! New reader ahoy! I have to say, I am so fantastically enamored with this story, and I honestly started reading it today. And then it was updated today and I was like 'no way, man XD' I really do enjoy this story, I don't see nearly enough Arabian stories and I love them so dearly. I have but one question: if Bill didn't have his manly bits snipped, what did he have snipped?! Did I miss where it was explained, or am I just retarded?
Author's Response: I'm so glad you tried it and liked it. It's always great to hook new readers, especially ones that review.rnrnAnd no, you're not retarded stupid, a few others were confused as well. One girl was panicked that I'd castrated Bill. rnrnHe had a vasectomy. A vasectomy is a modern surgical procedure that prevents the little spermies from swimming. It's a permanent method of contraception see? So how they do it today (and in this story) is they just make an eensy inciscion (like a centimeter or less)on the back of the scrotum. Then they either cut, burn, or pinch off the vas deferens (the tube thingy that the sperms go through to get out of the penis). The procedure is so minor that (today) they don't even put you to sleep; they just use a bit of local anesthesia to numb the area, snip the thing, give you one single stitch, some aspirin, and send you on your way. The healing time is two to four days. So the only thing different about Bill is that now he's shooting blanks. Get it?
Date: 04/25/10 05:58 am Title: Chapter 15
lol, isn't it shameful when ppl don't review as much as they read? then again i'm one to talk i rarely review. :P and i am a bit shocked by tom's bit there with hanna, even though i know he feels he raped Bill, bill was in the end compliant, it may not have been completely willing but most concubines were never truly willing, atleast at first. i do not think what tom did was right but at the same time i do not feel it was a harsh as rape, perhaps at first, but not by the end.
Author's Response: I agree with all the things you said, but just because that's so doesn't mean Tom is going to be thinking the same way. rnrnAnd what Tom did to Bill (rape or not) might not have been super "harsh," but it has still created a divide between the two that they need to work out.
Date: 04/25/10 01:46 am Title: Chapter 14
I really liked this chapter. The slave tattoos are something I am not surprised about, since they mark what is theirs.
Author's Response: Glad you liked it. And yeah, it's standard policy tattoo the concubines in the harem.
Date: 04/25/10 01:01 am Title: Chapter 14
interseting story and thank you for being so accurate when it came to abraic culture
Author's Response: Glad you like it. Am I accurate? That's good to know. I just google stuff as needed and hope I'm using the correct terms. It's not just based on arabic culture though. It's like a mix of arabic, far east, indian, and turkish. Probably mostly arabic though
Date: 04/24/10 10:22 pm Title: Chapter 6
i did like the almost rape scene! though i wouldnt have minded the going thru with it. cant wait to see waht comes next, but i must because i now must return to the real world for a few days...the world of friends and studying...thanks for the beautiful story so far!
Author's Response: Most of my readers begged me not to go through with it, so I didn't. Hope you can return soon and read more!
Date: 04/24/10 10:13 pm Title: Chapter 5
ooh noo!! jorg approaches to see the ever charming and beautiful bill!! i fear for bill's rear *sorry couldnt help meself hee hee* but really....
Author's Response: Haha, that was funny.
Date: 04/24/10 10:01 pm Title: Chapter 4
hahahaa oops nobody warned him of his dad's newest kink, ne?
Author's Response: Tom just had no idea that his dad swung that way.
Author's Response: Tom just had no idea that his dad swung that way.
Date: 04/24/10 09:27 pm Title: Chapter 3
poor baby! has to behave or he'll be scrapped! aaw i wanna give him a hug, but i think eventually tom will do that...
Author's Response: Tom'll do more than hug him.
Date: 04/24/10 09:17 pm Title: Chapter 2
so good! im excited to see what happens next! thank god i dont have to wait xD
Author's Response: Yeah, finding stories aftr they've been written and have all the chapters up is a real treat. Have fun.
Date: 04/24/10 08:53 pm Title: Chapter 1
good very good! though it's too late for much impact :) this seems like something I will really enjoy~and I like that the language hints at the right time and setting without being over the top
Author's Response: Thanks for the review, and no it's not too late, I love all reviews at any time! I'm glad you liked the first chapter and hope you continue reading. rnrnExcept for the servants adressing the royals by their titles, I try to write the dialogue just like I would in any other fic.
Date: 04/24/10 07:47 pm Title: Chapter 14
i think bill will be very upset when he can feel emotion again. its like being branded. but maybe someday, if things develop between him and tom, he will like it.
I liked tom's part. I think the logic made sense, though i dont want him to follow it, as I want him to treat bill well. i want bill to feel loved. =)
Author's Response: Yeah, but at least he didn't get branded for real! That would have been way worse. rnrnI'm glad you liked the Tom part. I felt like I was revealing too much info in too short an amount of time. Also, I'm kind of thinking his logic only makes half-sense. But it'll have to do. I wrote that sex scene and then realized I'd have to find a way to explain Tom's actions and still get Bill to be able to like him eventually. Of course I have to create more plot twists to do this.
Date: 04/24/10 07:31 pm Title: Chapter 14
i think tom's reaction was very natural. and the whole tatto bit, meh, i'v known ppl who had the ink drwn on their skin and the used a sewing needle to place it in, that looked painful. and look! you had lots of inspiration! woot!
Author's Response: I'm glad you liked what I wrote about Tom. I kinda felt like I was being too forthcoming by revealing his inner thoughts and motives like that, but hopefully not. rnrnIn modern times, most people get tattoos with tattoo guns, but this is a historically-inspired piece, so They gave Bill the tattoo with a handheld blade/needle hammered into the skin, like how Angelina Jolie got the tiger on her back. I'm sure it's way more painful than the gun method, but that's why I got Bill high.
Date: 04/24/10 05:47 pm Title: Chapter 13
Hi! I just have to tell you that I love this story :D
Author's Response: Thanks!
Date: 04/24/10 05:40 pm Title: Chapter 14
It could have been worse, he could have been branded instead!
Author's Response: So true, I debated on which to do, and felt that I needed to cut poor Bill a break. Besides, tattoos are sexier, don't you think?
Date: 04/24/10 05:31 pm Title: Chapter 14
NO DRUGS :((( plz and make tomi and billa lovey dovey :))) more sooon plz
Author's Response: There are lots of times and places in history where drugs were done and not viewed as a bad thing. Bill isn't really that interested in getting high, but he doesn't think it's evil, and it suits his purposes in this chapter. Don't worry, I won't be writing Bill in a perpetual opium-induuced haze.rnrnI am trying to think of ways that I can have Bill and Tom grow closer. There are a lot of things standing in the way of this though.rnrnThanks for the review.
Date: 04/24/10 04:25 pm Title: Chapter 1
i just started reading this and i am already in love. its such a good story :)
Author's Response: Great. I'm glad you like it and and hope you keep reading!
Date: 04/24/10 11:21 am Title: Chapter 13
i'm glad i decided to stick with this story. :) update soon? please?
Author's Response: I'm glad too! Thanks for not giving up un it, despite my obsurd five month hiatuses.
Date: 04/24/10 04:27 am Title: Chapter 13
i dont care what you do with tom's hair as long as you keep writing. i was very excited to see an update to this! great chapter. thank you.
Author's Response: I'm sure it must have been a shock, as I haven't posted for over five months. Glad you'e still excited to read it.
Date: 04/24/10 12:32 am Title: Chapter 13
i think dreads r more relevent to the actual dtory you are writing, the cornrows would show a more africasn influence upon the culture and i don't know if that is what you want or not. but ja.
BTW despite this chapter being awkward (as ALL morning after chapters are) i really enjoyed it. I do hope you find inspiration to continue this story soon, i enjoy reading it.
Author's Response: Everyone's voting for the dreads so far, so I'll probably let Tom keep them.rnrnGlad you liked the morning after awkwardness. rnrnI have lots of inspiration now. I'm on another creative streak, so we'll see how many chapters I pump out before I get sick of it again.rnrnThanks for the review.