Reviewer: White Wolf Signed
Date: October 03 2015
Title: Chapter 1: Good Morning
Wow! One of my favorite stories of all time has been given new breath. You've done an absolutely superb job of maintaining the voice of the original series, and you clearly nailed the personalities through your coordination with SpookyTaco. I really hope you decide to keep going with this. You've done exceptional justice to the original work, and I'm just as spellbound by your words as I was by those of SpookyTaco.
I was suprised at how powerful you've made the glimmer effect on men. It seems to steal even their mental coherence and ability to maintain their own desires, let alone actions. They are truly powerless if their own desires can be subverted by the women around them. Very titillating stuff. Also, and perhaps its just too early to see, but given her misgivings in the first series, I expected to see a bit more reservation on Luna's part regarding the use of her new "powers". Instead, it seemed to only bolster her enjoyment of her new position of superiority.
Also, with Luna's recognition that sharing her man is only right and fair, I feel it's changed his role somewhat. Maybe this is by design to undermine his control even more, but something about her statement about not sharing him now seeming illogical and selfish seems to shift him from a soulmate and lover to a sort of pet that should be shared to bring enjoyment to other women. I'd be very curious to see if her new feelings on the matter drive her to compel him to service other women, perhaps even against his wishes. So far, he's appeared to prefer manogamy.
Of course, as a (very amateur) writer myself, I understand that you really need to write the story you envision. I hope I haven't offended you; I'm just trying to communicate what I was thinking as I read.
Your continuation of this story has truly grabbed me and you can be sure I'll be devouring any future chapters you put out. Fantastic work.
Author's Response: Thanks for the comments! It's always great to hear how readers interpret the story.
The main thing I'll take credit for with the glimmer is naming it, since in the original story it had no name. The final Luna/Ash kissing moment in the original story already showed Luna's kiss glimmer forcing Ash into an immediate need for sex. I did heighten that a little with stammering and potential loss of conciousness.
I agree Luna hasn't expressed much reservation about her new ascended 'power'. Part of this is natural (her entire experience of life has changed), and part of this is writer's impatience, growing her into her new self too quickly. Hopefully future chapters will give me the chance to show small amounts of the original Luna peeking through, and show us that compared to other ascended women, Luna is already acting with great restraint.
As for Ash, it's impossible for Luna's ascension not to change his situation. The questions are how fast? and how much? I have many future chapters planned and outlined. Enjoy them as I post them.