Whoa, a review, at this late date

[Bob Schroeck]

The following showed up on the FFML a couple nights ago in what amounted to an anonymous posting thanks to what appears to be a massive mailglitch caused
(or maybe not) by the sender's attempt to send an HTML-formatted message. I managed to extract it, but I haven't had time since then to even read my
mail, let alone respond to it. I appreciated it greatly, though; unfortunately I have no idea (yet) who actually sent it, so I'm just going to post it
here and give my very public thanks for the kind words. (And when life finally gives me a chance to get back to my email, I will send a more detailed response
via the FFML.)

With all the talk about Drunkard's Walk V going around, I decided to


take a peek at the whole series. Naturally, I started at the very


beginning, DW2.

Read it. Now.



Why are you still here? You're wasting valuable time that could be


spent reading DW2.



OK, I guess you want to know why I consider it one of the top ten best


anime fanfiction works. Here's the short list

6. Lisa Vanette. I never thought any one could write her as


anything other than background noise. DW2 proved me wrong.

5. The overall characterization of Looney. Throughout the whole


series Loony is portrayed NOT as a "Superhuman" but as a


"superHUMAN." He makes mistakes, he stumbles both mentally and


morally. Then he gets up, dusts himself off and tries again.

4. The way he manages to go into Looney Toon's history without ever


actually going into it. This guy can turn a phrase so well that he


can give us an entire flashback scene without ever having to WRITE the durn


thing.

3. The endless psychological twists and turns. Nobody is


completely in the right and nobody is completely in the wrong.


Throughout the series, you start to realize that every viewpoint you're


treated to is at some point, justified. Sure what Madigan's actions


are wrong, anybody would know that, but by the time she's done it


all, you can't help but feel sorry for her.

2. The idea that someone could consider the Knight Sabers' mission as


wrong and possibly evil. Don't laugh, don't scoff. Looney


Toon's harangue at Sylia is very compelling. Which could explain why


the Knight Sabers' take it so personally. A big subplot is Nene is


wondering whether or not she's evil and Rob Schroeck pulls it off


beautifully.

1. The Plot Twist at the end proves once and for all that Robert M.


Schroeck is actually a pen name for M. Night Shyamalan. Saying any


more would be spoiling it.

-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.