The Collector - Comments, page 3

@TheRoseOnYoyrCoffinDoor
Hiya! Yeah, uni is good but so much more work this year than last and it's only going to increase! But, hey, it's interesting and waaaaay better than I expected:D
Glad you liked the last chapter :) and I hope you like the new one too. The second half of it took me by surprise - I wasn't expecting this new character to be so mysterious! You'd think I'd know, wouldn't you! :P
Saw Frank again tonight at his last show. It was awesome!! He was in such good spirits and he threw everything into it. Perfect end to a great tour - I really hope he enjoyed it because I know we all did! And, it was filmed too! Would be amazing if it were to come out as a DVD - I do hope that's the plan!
Anyway, thanks for leaving a comment! You are amazing and I really appreciate you taking the time to leave it!
Thanks again!
Sas xx

Yes! I enjoyed this chapter too! I was actually getting a little worried honestly, after over a month of not hearing from you. It’s good to hear that it’s just a busy at uni thing though, I hope your enjoying yourself at uni!
Yeah I managed to find the one other person in my friendship group not at uni (he dropped out in the first week) and apparently offering guys a free ticket to watch a guy from his favourite band is very compelling.
Oh and plot twist! I DIDNT knit while reading this one. I cross-stitched and then made tacos. I like to keep you guessing.
Keep it up, I’m really enjoying the story still and I can hardly wait for the next chapter of whichever story you write.

@TheRoseOnYoyrCoffinDoor
I'm so glad you got to see Frank! That's so exciting when you think you can't go and suddenly you realise you can! Did you get everything sorted in time? I guess you did, because I saw the details in your other message, which I will reply to now! So glad you're still enjoying TC. Got another quiet chapter for you, which maybe you could knit to :D. Hope you like it and thanks - as always - for the comments, I really do appreciate them!!

Sas xx

OKAY unwanted update: Frank has proved me a FUCKING LIAR, he's opening the tour in my region so I have booked tickets and now have to sort everything out for 4 days time when all of my friends are at university. This is both exciting and a little annoying but whatever. Yay!

Oh man this fic is heating up! Action! Thrills! Exciting! I'm really enjoying it still (no surprise lol), and chapter 31 is super living up to expectations. I'm on the edge of my seat for the next chapter!
Thankfully I don't have any triggers for sexual assault, but I do appreciate you pointing out a trigger warning anyway. I promise that it'd be very difficult for this work to set off my trigger due to how weird and specific it is, but prior warnings are always good. Thank you!

Unfortunatly it feels like only 10% of getting into vet school is based on good grades (there's an alternate route for poor grades even!)". The other percentages seem to be luck, experience, interviews and whether or not your family has enough money to buy your way through everything. Yeah I'm applying again for entry 2018 (it's what the gap year is for) and! I've managed to book the last experience I need! Now for interview technique and personal statement and thankfully Bristol is not doing interviews anymore as well!
However, most people take a gap year and reapply, less show of determination, more putting me on the same level as everyone else tbh.

Its really annoying when people declare more shows in London if you don't live there though. Like when the nearest show is three hours away on a school night and they declare another show.... 6 hours away. Fun. And I'm sure you'll power through! You have to enjoy the show enough for me as well. Hopefully next time he tours he'll book a show at the Metro Arena in Newcastle like some other bands have done before and hopefully I find out with more time to plan than a month before lol.

Oh and you might be interested or not, I won my village's local show! 2 Second places (knitted toy and unframed cross stitch) and a First place (knitted article). Won £22 and got to keep my entries so all is awesome!

You take care too, I really look forward to each new chapter!

@TheRoseOnYoyrCoffinDoor
Hiya!! Thanks ever so much for commenting again! I do appreciate it so much :D

Sorry you didn't get into vet school :( Sounds pretty harsh given that you did so well. Are you reapplying for next year? If there's one thing your gap year will do, it'll show them just how committed you are! That is impressive! Not sure I could do that!

I'm originally from Liverpool, but I'm in London now. This is particularly good for me as now that Frank has announced another show down here, I've got tix for that one too! I've got a terrible bad back though and walk with a stick, so goodness knows how I'm going to make it through, but I will!! :D He's constantly touring though, so I'm sure you'll get another chance!

Anyway, I've just posted another chapter - this one's got a possible trigger warning on it, so I hope it's okay and stuff.

Take care and thanks as ever! It really does mean a lot to me!
Sas xx

Yay more chapters! You really know how to tease me with the Party Poison stuff don't ya. I'm not the biggest fan of clothing but tbh I'm gonna take Jet Star's side here lol, I'm also not a fan of those kinds of tops. Seems I'm the only one who agrees with him though (although he is definitely being a bit... Overbearing, isn't he?). And the teased revelation at the end of the chapter was great; I was wondering how Party and Ghoul met and it seems a really good and fun idea. I hope they were partnered together, but I wonder who was doing the lifting.

Yeah! We've been celebrating my results but the plan is basically an unglamorous gap year; I applied for vet school, didn't get in, so I'm staying at home for a year to shovel animal poo. I like it though, the animals are really appreciative of a clean home.

I'm glad you appreciate my comments; as long as they're still welcome I'll keep posting them!

He does that kinda thing pretty often. And I'd be excited to see sheep! Just not at midnight. Even funnier is my mum called the police on the sheep. They probably escaped from somewhere but God I wish I'd heard that call.

Yeah I can appreciate that lol. But I did read somewhere that knitting is a good "mindfulness" technique without the dull "sit and think of nothing" instructions everyone suggests, so apparently it's good for stress. But you seem to have an exciting life already!

Yeah I'm British, North England to be exact. I don't really use Twitter (I have 2 seperate accounts on it because two seperate schools I've been to tried to be 'cool' and forced us to get an account), but I have a Tumblr if that's any use?

And no, I'm not going to any of Frank's gigs. I didn't realise until it was too late, I have no-one to go with, I don't do well in crowded and/or noisy areas, and the closest gigs are the opposite side of the country or in another country so… yeah. Oh well, maybe another time.

Looking foward to the next chapter as always!

@TheRoseOnYoyrCoffinDoor
First of all - huge congratulations on your A Level results!! Well done! You must be really happy and proud! What's next? Uni? Work? Travelling?

I'm so glad you're still enjoying this fic, I can't tell you enough how much it helps getting your comments. I can get quite anxious so confidence in my writing has never been one of my strongest points and to know that people are reading and enjoying it really gives me a boost and makes me want to work hard to make them better so you stay interested.

I'm also really happy that you're finding elements in it that you can relate to - that sheep story was hilarious! I can imagine the scene, maybe with your dad all excited to think he's showing you something awesome and you're thinking, you woke me up for this???

I don't know if I want to learn knitting, to tell the truth. I'm too afraid I might like it! With uni, writing, drawing and singing, I already have more than enough taking up my time. I can't afford to add anything else!

i see you're British (from the A Levels) - me too :) Would love to chat on Twitter if you like? (That's not to suggest that if you were from somewhere else, I wouldn't want to - the 2 sentences aren't related!)

Anyway, thanks so much for the comment, I really, really appreciate them!
Sas xx

ps are you going to any of Frank's gigs?

Sorry again for not posting on the last chapter; A level results were released and I was busy celebrating acing those and forgot to comment on how ACE you are at writing this fic! Wow! Still loving it! And this recent chapter is super cool, I love an escape plan, especially ones that are half-planned half-"*screaming*WE GOTTA GET OUTTA HERE NOW!". It makes for a more enjoyable read, so I'm super looking forward to upcoming chapters.
Fortunatly I've never come across someone like that... Yet. Honestly the invasion of space would seriously freak me out, no matter how nice they are. I don't even like my mum playing with my hair.
Actually, I only started knitting around about Easter of this year (I've done many other textile arts before but...). If you do wanna learn YouTube is the greatest resource as learning from a magazine or a book is a nightmare, trust me. It's best if you can find someone to show you in person to cast on and do a knit stitch, but YouTube works well (if a little too fast for beginners).
Moreover, designing knitting patterns is fairly simple for square designs. You just use a grid and colour boxes you want to fill. You give me too much credit lol. After all, you're the one writing this FANTASTIC fanfic!
Again, thank you for all your hard work, I'm loving this story still and I'm super pumped to find out what'll happen next.

(PS I didn't mention it at the time, but the whole "huh are they moving something important somewhere?" "Wae gives a damn I'm knackered" exchange is Super Relatable. My dad woke me up at half midnight to tell me there were sheep on our street. I looked at them, looked at him, and just went back to bed)

@TheRoseOnYoyrCoffinDoor
Hiya!! Thanks, as always, for leaving a comment, it really does make a difference to the writing process. If I think people are enjoying it - even one person - it really does spur me on to write more and make the chapters interesting.

Believe it it or not, the Kami character's odd behaviour and hair stroking is actually based on someone I used to work with. Every time she'd come to speak to me, she'd stand behind me stroking my hair. I wasn't the only one though. Nice woman, just a bit strange with hair!

The quilt sounds great! I think it's amazing that you can knit at all never mind make a square with the killjoy symbols in it! I wouldn't have the first clue how to do that!

There's another quieter chapter coming up, probably later today/tomorrow depending on your time zone! But it moves the plot on and there's some character stuff. But yes, poor Party might be about to catch a break. Who knows?

Thanks again for reading and commenting!! I hope you like the next one.

Sas xx

Yay! Another chapter! I really liked this one (and poor Party again, I feel so sorry for him but at the same time your so good at writing these scenes I love reading them too much!). I especially like the mood whiplash between Party's predicament and the rest of the Killjoys, and I feel for Red there too. If someone suddenly started stroking my hair Id probably freak out, especially a stranger doing it without permission.

And I'm knitting a quilt! You know, the 'colours don't go, every square is different and mismatched' type; you knit many many squares and stitch them together for the warmest blanket ever. I was thinking of adding a Killjoys inspired square actually; I have some really nice rainbow yarn that'll make a nice background to the symbols of the gang done probably in black to stand out. What do you think? (Sorry, I'm a little waffley about knitting)

Thanks, as ever, for commenting! I really appreciate it. Yes, it was a slower one. I guess they have to creep in from time to time, but it was a bit of a surprise to me too. Glad it was still okay though. I've just posted the next chapter. That's got more going on, so hope you enjoy! Thanks again, Sas xo

ps What are you knitting??

Still loving this fanfic! The most recent chapter felt a little slow, but it was still a good one. I imagine once the entire thing is finished this chapter will lend much better to a decrease in pace, especially since I get the feeling that some sort of major action will occur relatively soon (like 5 chapters give or take I guess, I'm not good at guessing lol). Please don't take that in the wrong way; this chapter was very good to knit while reading actually so I'm not complaining.
I love Ray's grin in the video too! And I never noticed that Gerard did it on the word Way, that's so cool! I love how Mikey seems to be trying to keep his cool Aesthetic(TM) through the video but ultimately failing and looking like the cutie that he is.
I haven't read to the end of TFKB yet, but once I have I'll comment there too! I have a tendency o procrastinate strange things. For example, I've been procrastinating doing this exact sort of thing (commenting on brilliant fanfics) for one of my favourite Fallout fanfics since Easter. I... Really need to get my shit together tbh. Oh well.
Ive only ever officially written 1 fanfic, which was nearly a decade ago, based on Yu Gi Oh! GX and posted on Quizilla, so yeah, that's lost to the ages thankfully. I do have some ideas circulating but its a Fallout 4 AU rather than MCR. I kinda have an idea of a story based on an MCR song (Vampires Will Never Hurt You) but it has zero other connections to MCR so probably doesn't count as fanfic. So, probably won't read anything from me for a while, sorry. Makes me feel a bit bad though reading all your amazing work and offering nothing in return.
Guess that's it from me for now. Keep up the good work, and thank you so much for all your hard work so far.

@TheRoseOnYoyrCoffinDoor
I absolutely LOVE Every Snowflake is Different!! I love the video too - Ray's huge grin and Gee pointing to his mouth at the exact moment he sings 'way' in the line 'and the very silly way you grin' - it's adorable!

Really happy that you're still enjoying this fic. I'm having great fun writing it actually. :D The Red character, yes she's the creation of a good friend of mine who I'm writing The Fabulous Kill Boys (TFKB) with. We had quite the discussion about character building and appearance and her being Jet's sister before I even started writing it, or maybe I'd written one chapter, I can't remember exactly. Anyway, I do check with her to make sure I'm staying to character if I have something significant happening and sometimes she will suggest some great lines for her etc. It's good fun! Thanks for the recommendation!! :D I really appreciate that! It's really sweet of you!
With TFKB, there's a lot of sex mentioned but you don't actually get to see a lot tbh. It's not what you'd call explicit by any stretch. There is a lot of violence though, and I mean, a lot!
You mention that you write too. I'd love to read some of your stuff :D Have you considered posting?
Anyway, thanks again for commenting, it is much appreciated!
Take care
Sas xx

I don't think you could let me down if you tried because this has been another great chapter! I enjoyed the brawl, it definitely felt like everyone involved had been needing that for a while. Poor Kobra though, he's really being put through the wringer poor guy.
I think you mentioned that Red was a character created by a friend somewhere before? I think it was in a footnote, but I could be imagining things. It's really cool anyway, she's a really great character; you're brilliant at writing her and your friend must be talented at making OCs too. Mine tend to be too cringey still but I have fun creating them so whatever.
Eee, I'd forgotten that part in the Sing video, it's been a while since I watched it. I probably should watch it again, but it's hard to get past the "Every snowflakes different just like you" video they did which is just... Beautiful lol. If you haven't watched that (it's an MCR song still) is recommend it.
I didn't realise you wrote The Fabulous Killboys! I'd started reading it before because the summary really grabbed me in, but I ended up backing out halfway through the first chapter, and only recently continued to read it because you mentioned it. (It was roughly at the 'Ray muttering he wanted to have sex with Mikey' that I chickened out, sorry. I'm reading it now though). So, yeah, look forward to a comment on that too within the next week I guess?

Also I found out that a new chapter had been released as a tumblr blog dedicated to that sort of thing put out a link to the new chapter (which is also the exact same way I found this fic!). Needless to say, I reblogged the link and left a recommendation for others to read it.

Anyway, thanks for the new chapter, you rock!

@TheRoseOnYoyrCoffinDoor
Hiya!! Thanks so much once again for the very detailed comment. I can't tell you how much I appreciate them! And yes, they're definitely helpful because you tell me what you like. I doubt myself and my writing a lot and your comments really help me just to keep going plus they make me want to work hard to make it good so you'll keep enjoying it.

Spoiler warning: if youve not read past chapter 18 don't read on

The Jet/Red thing, yes that's been in the works for many chapters. Throwing the odd little detail in about them getting on really well but not doing anything like kissing or anything. Just a very friendly relationship. A friend of mine came up with the idea of Red and a lot of her backstory. It wasn't supposed to be revealed until much later, but the need to gag Kobra kind of brought it forward. I'm glad thoughas it means I can continue to build her character now everyone knows.
With Korse and Party I wanted to do something different too. Trying to turn him has been done a lot and very well, too. So I wanted something quite different. I also wanted to tie it in with the Sing video again - by making Korse part android it fits with that odd scene where the woman wakes him while he's in that tube thing. I hope his backstory about how it came about made sense and sounded plausible.
if you like a bit of torture, why not check out another of mine that I'm writing in collaboration with my lovely friend who invented Red. It's called The Fabulous Kill Boys.

Spoiler warning for TFKB:
There's some shipping suggested but not much detail.

If you fancy something a bit odd, there's always Me and My Shadow which is just a bit of fun.

Anyway, I'll leave that with you. And thank you once again so very very much for your wonderfully kind comments. They really mean so much to me!! I hope I don't let you down!!
Sas xx

Sorry for not commenting on the previous few chapters I was procrastinating and replaying professor Layton but this is still going SUPER COOL! I love it! I wish I knew more people that were into My Chemical Romance so I could recommend it to people!
Also my comments are helpful? I don't particularly plan them to be I just want to make sure you know that I really appreciate your hard work on this amazing story!
Im feeling really sorry for Party right now too he just really needs a hug someone give him some food and a hug or something. However, I am legit here for angst/pain and the whole 'Kobra Kid goes off in a huff' is legit what made me go "I will read THIS ONE" so in a very sadistic way I'm really enjoying reading all that Korse is doing.
(Spoilers for chapter 19 for anyone not reading the fanfic first, like why not? Get reading)
The Red/Jet Star revelation was amazing and it honestly surprised me. Not what I was expecting, but an amazingly awesome twist! Is it bad that I was low key shipping the two before that twist? Not properly, just like "Ah shit these two are gonna date or something" type thing.
Oh and don't take that as a bad thing. As I mentioned before I'm not here for the Romance but the Chemical and the My. Lol but seriously, a brilliant twist and I am super into this story. Keep up the good work!

@TheRoseOnYoyrCoffinDoor
I love getting comments, but yours are especially awesome because they're so detailed about what you like, which is hugely helpful - it's good to know what works. I'm delighted you're still enjoying it and I've now posted chapter 21 which, I hope you enjoy too, of course!
I know what you mean about the Frerard aspect being central in a lot of fics. Sometimes it works - e.g. I like Evil Hearted You, that's very entertaining! But sometimes it can be used instead of plot. Me? I like to sometimes have it there (I like it for Killjoy fics, not sure why, but I think it adds a different dynamic maybe?) but it's rarely the central theme. I like there to be so much action going on that they just don't have the time! :P
Anyway, thank you hugely for the comment, I really appreciate it - it's very inspiring for me too.
Sas xx

"If you like it leave a quick comment" well I LOVED it so I'll leave a longer one! I love this story so fracking much it's one of the best fan fictions I've ever read full stop. As in, across all the different fandom a I follow, this is easily one of the best. I love the characters, the story, the themes, everything! I'm not really here for shipping, so the fact that the frerard relationship is less in your face; important, but not mentioned every five words like some other fanfics, is perfect.

(For people reading the comments before the fic, spoilers may follow below)
Honestly, it's like you've read my mind and put it all in a fanfic. Copying memories into an android? Check. Adjustable strength lasers? Check. Family relations between Korae and the Killjoys? Check. It's everything I could ever want and more in a Killjoy fanfic.
I also agree that I don't think the killjoys were killed in Sing; it'd make no sense to keep them alive in Na Na Na just to kill them in sing.
Keep up the good work! I'm so pumped to read the next chapter!

@TheRoseOnYoyrCoffinDoor
Oh wow!! I am so very, very flattered! I wasn't sure if people were still enjoying it - I got a bit twitchy when I introduced the whole Korse being family thing. But I actually got the idea from the Sing video - in the scene where Gerard hugs the girl when they rescue her, he has the exact same expression as Korse and it sort of flicks back as if to confirm it. Also, the fact that at the end of the Na Na Na video, he lets them live. They're a thorn in his side and he really shouldn't have a reason, so why does he? I also got the idea of the adjustable laser gun from that scene. They're so close to each other, it would be almost impossible to not kill them, but they're relatively unharmed. Why? Maybe BLI has a 'stun' setting? This is also why I don't think that they're dead at the end of Sing. Or at the very least, Gerard and Mikey. That said, it's just about possible that I've thought about this way too much!! :D Anyway, thank you so very much for leaving a comment! You are a real gem! Sas xx