Issue 234 Reviews

[reinarita]

luau said:

The Skunk and the Teacher

What a sweet little story, Rei! My heart sank several times throughout. I agree on the comment about the forgotten paper--I didn't really see how it was necessary.

I think that predictability in this situation wasn't a huge problem. In fact, I was thinking to myself for a minute that she might give it to her sisters or something (don't ask me why.) I guess I didn't know until the end that the teacher wasn't painted.

I also thought the part about grandma and the brand new notebook and Sel not telling her about winning the contest, but showing the notebook was a little awkward, but nothing too terrible.

Great job! It was so sweet. I almost teared up at the end.

Yeah, I'm getting a lot of comments about the 'paper' that Sel didn't write, it was a creative disagreement between me and Claire she thought it made sense so I let her stick it in there. And yeah, a little predictable but doesn't everyone need a cheesy heart-warmer? Thanks Luau.

[reinarita]

amateurwriter said:

Short story reviews...yeahwhateveryup. XD

Cream Cookies by nut862

Oh man, I loved the plot! It was so simple, and yet so beautifully written. The descriptions were rich, but not TOO rich, and everything seemed to flow along nicely, topped off with bits of humor in between the more serious parts. Honestly, I can't find much to nitpick here. I'll just say I enjoyed reading this story, Nut. And yes, I also enjoyed visualizing poor Illusen with her braid stuck in a cream cookie. XD

The Skunk and the Teacher by elvish_one_of_magic and zen_reina

For your first piece, this is a very nice read. However, some of the parts were abrupt and did not make sense, like the paper that Sel did not write but the teacher claims that she wrote. A few of the descriptions were a little too "twisted", to the point that they get a little confusing. But the ending was good, and like I said, this is pretty good for your first publication.

Ah yes, the paper. I think that one blunder will plauge me. Thanks for reading it though.

[Dan]

reinarita said:

amateurwriter said:

Short story reviews...yeahwhateveryup. XD

Cream Cookies by nut862

Oh man, I loved the plot! It was so simple, and yet so beautifully written. The descriptions were rich, but not TOO rich, and everything seemed to flow along nicely, topped off with bits of humor in between the more serious parts. Honestly, I can't find much to nitpick here. I'll just say I enjoyed reading this story, Nut. And yes, I also enjoyed visualizing poor Illusen with her braid stuck in a cream cookie. XD

The Skunk and the Teacher by elvish_one_of_magic and zen_reina

For your first piece, this is a very nice read. However, some of the parts were abrupt and did not make sense, like the paper that Sel did not write but the teacher claims that she wrote. A few of the descriptions were a little too "twisted", to the point that they get a little confusing. But the ending was good, and like I said, this is pretty good for your first publication.

Ah yes, the paper. I think that one blunder will plauge me. Thanks for reading it though.

It's ok, one of my stories I made a dumb plot error that I'm still beating myself up on.

[reinarita]

dan4848 said:

reinarita said:

Ah yes, the paper. I think that one blunder will plauge me. Thanks for reading it though.

It's ok, one of my stories I made a dumb plot error that I'm still beating myself up on.

Well, knowing me? I think this'll be permanently on my mind... I even got a neomail the other day, "why the fail is up with Faerie Folk?" I laughed but inside I was thinking the same thing. XD

[peri]

velveteen said:

Any reviews for my collab "Neopest" comic would be received with spaghetti flavoured cookies!

ROFL! Loved this one as I could totally relate I don't complain about the good randoms while playing NQII, but those white pages and useless randoms just push my page down unnecessarily Nicely done flash comic, I think maybe the first I've read in the NT...

[Belle]

Short Story Review

Cream Cookies by nut862

Nut is back! ^^ What I mean is, I was going to scold you before for rushing your short stories because I've read a lot of your non-rushed work and I enjoyed them very much. I missed this. Anyway, I'm not sure if you rushed this piece or not but if you did, you're perfecting the art of cramming (because this short story was awesome!)!

First of all, I loved the scenario. Illusen baking those cream cookies. For some reason, I just didn't imagine that she baked those (I dunno why, actually - I think I thought of 'em as cookies she concocted by magic or through those ingredients she's always asking for). Anyway, Trika is adorable. She kind of reminded me of Luau's Penelope, actually (hehe...it's those plushies, I think). All characterizations, in fact, were very good. I love that even the minor characters (say, that mail Eyrie and Ernie and that nosy Mynci) are characterized well! ^^

The best part for me was the ending. It was heartwarming and the same time, very cheeky (Go, Illusen!).

All in all, one of your best works yet, Nut. I can't wait to see what you'll come up with next. Keep it up! ^^

More later (hopefully...)...

[Deleted]

Reviews for The Shoyru Tamer please?

[velveteen]

yay! thanks, peri

[Nut]

Yay, more reviews! ^^ *happy* I promise I'm going to do reviews this week and not sit around handing out cream cookies the whole time. Really.

amateurwriter said:

Short story reviews...yeahwhateveryup. XD

Cream Cookies by nut862

Oh man, I loved the plot! It was so simple, and yet so beautifully written. The descriptions were rich, but not TOO rich, and everything seemed to flow along nicely, topped off with bits of humor in between the more serious parts. Honestly, I can't find much to nitpick here. I'll just say I enjoyed reading this story, Nut. And yes, I also enjoyed visualizing poor Illusen with her braid stuck in a cream cookie. XD

Whee, thank you, Kat! ^^ I take the desription "so beautifully written" as a high compliment. n;) I'm really glad you enjoyed the story, and that you could find humor in it. ^^ Thank you for the review! *hands out cream cookies*

ladyariel32 said:

Short Story Review

Cream Cookies by nut862

Nut is back! ^^ What I mean is, I was going to scold you before for rushing your short stories because I've read a lot of your non-rushed work and I enjoyed them very much. I missed this. Anyway, I'm not sure if you rushed this piece or not but if you did, you're perfecting the art of cramming (because this short story was awesome!)!

Haha, I'm glad I'm back too, if that makes sense. n:P I think I learned something with those two rushed short stories. It didn't feel terribly good to be sitting there seeing all these problems with the stories and knowing I could've fixed them if I'd just taken the time, but no, I was too eager to just get through the stories and move on to the next big thing. I'm going to try not to do that anymore. I'm afraid I'm not much good at cramming even now, since this story was written over several days. It was originally for the Illusen issue, but wasn't done in time. I was running around here and on NTAG saying "Gotta get it finished, gotta get it finished... augh, it's not finished!" n:P

ladyariel32 said:

First of all, I loved the scenario. Illusen baking those cream cookies. For some reason, I just didn't imagine that she baked those (I dunno why, actually - I think I thought of 'em as cookies she concocted by magic or through those ingredients she's always asking for). Anyway, Trika is adorable. She kind of reminded me of Luau's Penelope, actually (hehe...it's those plushies, I think). All characterizations, in fact, were very good. I love that even the minor characters (say, that mail Eyrie and Ernie and that nosy Mynci) are characterized well! ^^

Thank you! ^^ I was working on the characterizations; I'm glad you noticed. n;) Hehe, now that you mention it, Penelope and Trika do have that same childishness in their character. It probably is the plushies.

ladyariel32 said:

The best part for me was the ending. It was heartwarming and the same time, very cheeky (Go, Illusen!).

All in all, one of your best works yet, Nut. I can't wait to see what you'll come up with next. Keep it up! ^^

Whoot, thankies, Belle! ^^ I'm glad you liked the ending. That's how I picture Illusen; cheeky yet kind. n;) Thank you so much for the review! *hands out a watery cream cookie*

[Deleted]

Thanks to whoever saw my comic and put it on the list of stuff for a review <3 I've been away, and so couldn't request. It's the first solo comic I've done, and besides the image quality (it definitely did not look like that when I submitted it ) I am quite happy with it.

Any reviews would be much appreciated, even though it's kind of late. I will try to get some up later on today

[Random Cameo Neotomi]

What, no reviews for my comic even though I asked? Is this what I came back from hiatus for?

[Dan]

neotomi said:

What, no reviews for my comic even though I asked? Is this what I came back from hiatus for?

Well, that was rude. It's a person's choice to review things, they're not obligated to because you asked.

[Nut]

Don't give up, Tomi... it's not the end of the week yet.

I will review, I promise... v_v;;

[Random Cameo Neotomi]

dan4848 said:

neotomi said:

What, no reviews for my comic even though I asked? Is this what I came back from hiatus for?

Well, that was rude. It's a person's choice to review things, they're not obligated to because you asked.

Chill, you're totally overreacting. I jsut ofund it iffy to have come back from a hiatus just to see that other epoeple who asked are getting reviewed but Im being ignored. I wasn't going ona rampage or anything, I wa sjsut a bit frustrated

[Deleted]

neotomi said:

What, no reviews for my comic even though I asked? Is this what I came back from hiatus for?

Don't worry, Tomi. I feel your pain. I haven't gotten a review for my series for the past 2 issues even though I've asked. It seems ya' win some and you lose some.