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Fiana_Novarr Registered: Sep '01	Date Posted: 11/17/05 11:41am Subject: RE: Dubious engagement--Jaina/Jag AU New Chapter Up 11/16 !!! - Date Edited: 11/17/05 11:48am (3 edits total) Edited By: Fiana_Novarr
	EDITED cause I realzed what my post might sound like for people who do not know me and my review style ... Let's start with the comment that I - once again - loved your post - spot-on characterization, plot development, and your writing style ... - If you ever publish a book - no matter about what, let me know. Well, I still leave my first-reaction comment below - however, it is not all meant literally, and everything is meant in the most positive way you could possibly understand it. Cause, you know, I love this story, right?? Fia (and edited again cause I can't spell today.) And here is the original post: You evil, evil, evil woman!!! Shame on you!!! Okay, so you killed his best friend - that's a plot device I can live with. coughChewiecough(Though it made me go all ) BUT THEN you make Jaina realize she is falling for him (Which is not a bad thing - out of the context of what you did then) and you SEND HIM AWAY? Have you got no shame? See, all I wanted was some fluff, you see? Just happy, fluffy moments. Is that too much to ask?? But noooooo ... Bring on the angst ... So, might I put in a petition for a fluffy one-shot or something? Cause, you see, I absolutely adore your writing style and your characterization and everything - but for some reason I feel you enjoy torturing your characters too much. Honey, promise you will never write any Tahiri(/Anakin) canon-compatible post-SbS story, please!! Cause you know, that would just kill me. Ys, Fia -----signature----- "State your business - or keep quiet and I'll just shoot you." (FN, SoA) "Oh my God. What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing? Oh, right, that would be me. Uh, back to work." "You're irritating me, go away!"
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BottledUpInside Registered: Jul '05	Date Posted: 11/17/05 12:16pm Subject: RE: Dubious engagement--Jaina/Jag AU New Chapter Up 11/16 !!!
	I just found this story, its absolutely wonderful, but you're making him go to war?!?!?! how evil! sigh but I suppose that We'll just have to wait forthe next update to find out more.... Amazing work! ~Jen~ -----signature----- "I would rather kiss a wookie!" "That can be arranged!" Knighted by NYCityGurl Thanks for everything! Jacella. Simply perfect. proud Master of Jturtle!!!!!
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Chilla Registered: Jul '05	Date Posted: 11/17/05 12:30pm Subject: RE: Dubious engagement--Jaina/Jag AU New Chapter Up 11/16 !!!
	What a sweet chapter! Hope Jag will return soon. -----signature----- master to Cem_Fel and proud J/K shipper e-daughter to AzureAngel2 and DarthUncle and e-sis to Darth_Gangrenous e-mother to RevaDurron and her e-husband Darth_DSpice http://yun-harla.tripod.com http://freewebs.com/signedbygod
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Mystralgurl Registered: Oct '04	Date Posted: 11/17/05 1:48pm Subject: RE: Dubious engagement--Jaina/Jag AU New Chapter Up 11/16 !!! - Date Edited: 11/17/05 1:48pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Mystralgurl
	AUGH!!! how could you!?! She figures out shes falling for him and he has to go? you should at least have given them the night together..... EDIT: you did a wonderful job! up! -----signature----- Finally writing again... Child of the Shadows: http://boards.theforce.net/Message.aspx?topic=28428878&brd=10476&start=28428884 Sorry, my brain was thinking one thing, and my mouth was saying the same. - Me, after accidentally insulting my mother
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aurrasingrules101 Registered: Apr '03	Date Posted: 11/17/05 5:33pm Subject: RE: Dubious engagement--Jaina/Jag AU New Chapter Up 11/16 !!!
	ATTENTION READERS, PLEASE READ THIS POST! IT CONTAINS SPOILERS!!!! laughs evilly i'm not in the least offended, but i admit that this is not the reaction i expected. and, sorry, fluffy one-shots aren't my style. the fruit of your rewards are only sweet because of the bitterness you had to go through to get there. i also have to say that i didn't think anyone would care if Shawnkyr died. but its an important plot development and so i would have added it anyways. if you all cannot take this little tidbit of angst then i suggest you mentally prepare yourself for what is to come. i usually would not do this for anticipation reasons, but i know that when things get rough in a story i'm reading i stop reading it because i can't take depressing stuff. so in the interest of keeping people reading this, i PROMISE that jag will not die during this war. okay. everything else is within the range of possibilities, so let your minds wonder... another evil laugh -----signature----- Stories in profile 1st Peter 4:16 and John 3:3 Dubbed the Mistress of Cliffhangers "You can call me 'Great One'. Most people do." -Jaina Solo
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Marbe Registered: Jun '03	Date Posted: 11/17/05 7:00pm Subject: RE: Dubious engagement--Jaina/Jag AU New Chapter Up 11/16 !!!
	Thanks, that's comforting. -----signature----- «Sarcasm - Yabba Dabba Duh!» http://sarcasmtable.com you must be 18 or older to enter residency restrictions apply void where prohibited
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ChissGoddess Registered: Jan '04	Date Posted: 11/17/05 8:23pm Subject: RE: Dubious engagement--Jaina/Jag AU New Chapter Up 11/16 !!!
	Okay so we know that Jag is relatively safe...you could still like maim him horribly or something...you author's get off on that omnipotent powertrip methinks. But now next the question is will Jaina live to see another fic? -----signature----- Wearer of the BYS Schoolgirl's Uniform and member of Blue Yoda's C.A.P. "Sometimes things must be broken in order to be rebuilt." --Jacen Solo Does Jag wear Old Spice? ...hm...
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JediFarfy Title: FanForce CR Seattle, WA Mafia winner Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 11/17/05 8:49pm Subject: RE: Dubious engagement--Jaina/Jag AU New Chapter Up 11/16 !!!
	I'm still totally into this story! I can't wait for the next post!!! JediFarfy -----signature----- *** JediFarfy misses Yvette. * JediFarfy is on Facebook as.... JediFarfy ***
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R11 Registered: Sep '05	Date Posted: 11/18/05 3:12am Subject: RE: Dubious engagement--Jaina/Jag AU New Chapter Up 11/16 !!!
	great, jania falling for jag, great. hope it gets tense.
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Fiana_Novarr Registered: Sep '01	Date Posted: 11/18/05 7:39am Subject: RE: Dubious engagement--Jaina/Jag AU New Chapter Up 11/16 !!!
	aurrasingrules101 posted: laughs evilly i'm not in the least offended, but i admit that this is not the reaction i expected. and, sorry, fluffy one-shots aren't my style. the fruit of your rewards are only sweet because of the bitterness you had to go through to get there. Is beggin gonna help?? aurrasingrules101 posted: if you all cannot take this little tidbit of angst then i suggest you mentally prepare yourself for what is to come. I am scared now ... aurrasingrules101 posted: okay. everything else is within the range of possibilities, so let your minds wonder... another evil laugh Okay, so Jag will live - thanks for that at least. AND you better keep your hands off Luke and Jacen and ( ) Anakin, and Syal and the kids and and and ... You like messin' with our heads, don't cha?? Ys, Fia -----signature----- "State your business - or keep quiet and I'll just shoot you." (FN, SoA) "Oh my God. What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing? Oh, right, that would be me. Uh, back to work." "You're irritating me, go away!"
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aurrasingrules101 Registered: Apr '03	Date Posted: 11/18/05 2:46pm Subject: RE: Dubious engagement--Jaina/Jag AU New Chapter Up 11/16 !!!
	^just a little -----signature----- Stories in profile 1st Peter 4:16 and John 3:3 Dubbed the Mistress of Cliffhangers "You can call me 'Great One'. Most people do." -Jaina Solo
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Luvinna Registered: Oct '02	Date Posted: 11/18/05 3:33pm Subject: RE: Dubious engagement--Jaina/Jag AU New Chapter Up 11/16 !!!
	I like angst. I just don't like the cliffhangers that come with it. -----signature----- There's a gentleness about a total Star Wars geek that is sublime. ~ Rick McCallum People may call us geeky, and they'll be right, but what they don't realize is that being a geek is one of the greatest, most fulfilling things in the world. ~ Mike Tyler
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goddess45 Registered: Jun '05	Date Posted: 11/18/05 6:24pm Subject: RE: Dubious engagement--Jaina/Jag AU New Chapter Up 11/16 !!!
	ok i'm comforted now.... thanks arrurasingrules -----signature----- Twin Suns 24 Crazy Duck of TKL's Wraiths Fan Art- http://boards.theforce.net/fan_art/b10020/22639294/p1/?0
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aurrasingrules101 Registered: Apr '03	Date Posted: 11/19/05 6:59pm Subject: RE: Dubious engagement--Jaina/Jag AU New Chapter Up 11/16 !!!
	okay, this post is shorter than my others, but it carries one theme so i thought it should be kept singular and separate from the next installment. plus, i really like cliffies. hope you all don't hate me. and whatever you do, PLEASE do not stop reading this because it's not all happy-happy fluff-fluff. i have to add SOME interesting plot lines. The apartment was uncomfortably empty. Jaina felt his absence keenly already, and she had only just arrived back onplanet. She lay awake in the oversized bed, staring at the ceiling and pondering the Star Destroyer collision that was her life. All she wanted was to be normal. She knew she could never be completely so simply because of her lineage, but was relative normality too much to ask? She wanted to be a pilot or a mechanic. She wanted to do things that girls her age did. But mostly she just wanted her family back. She supposed that she had held up especially well considering the circumstances. She had grown up without a mother or father, though given the choice she wouldn’t have traded her Uncle Luke for wither of them. But she had been reasonably happy with her life. Then all that had been uprooted and torn from her as she was thrown into a completely alien environment. She was forced to marry and live with complete stranger. There was no flexibility in her life. She couldn’t date like normal teens. She was already married. Eventually she had come to terms with all of that. She had accepted Jag as a friend, if nothing else. She was fairly content with the life she had to lead. But now all of that had been taken too. Why did everything always have to happen to her? That was the question that repeated itself over and over in her head. Why? It was as if the universe would not be satisfied until every facet of her life had been stripped from her and destroyed. Would she even want to live when it was over? She rolled over onto her side, staring at the refresher door. A fear worse than the others niggled at the back of her mind. What if Jag didn’t come back? What would she do then? Would they send her home? That thought brought a little comfort to her gloomy mood, but she knew even then that things would never be the same. Maybe they would just keep her on Csilla, though. Then she would be left alone and abandoned, living a solitary life for the rest of her days. No. She had friends. Touri was her friend. And…Payton was her friend, too. Jacen’s advice gave her pause, but on this occasion she chose to ignore it. She needed someone to talk to. She certainly couldn’t talk to Syal. And until Touri got back, she was going to need Payton to get through this. * * * She sat at the café booth, stirring her drink lackadaisically with the straw. Payton had agreed enthusiastically to have lunch with her, but Jaina was still a little apprehensive. Should she be doing this, especially with Jag away? What would it matter if he never came home? The door slid open and Payton stepped through. He smiled broadly when he saw her, and she managed a small grin. “Hey,” he said as he sat down. “Hey,” she replied. “What’s going on?” he asked. Jaina sighed and sat back. “Nothing. I was just feeling a little lonely. They deported Jag last night with the rest.” “Ooh,” he said. “Sorry.” “Thanks. I don’t want to talk about it though. Hungry?” “Starved.” They had a comfortable lunch with easy laughter and plenty of smiles. It almost made Jaina forget her misery. So when they finished eating they just sat and talked for hours on end. She dreaded the time when he would have to leave because then she would be left alone with her despair. Finally he sighed in that way people sigh when they have to do something they don’t want to. He looked up and grinned sadly. “It’s late, Jaina. I need to go.” “I know,” she replied. “I just hate going back to that place and sit by myself until it’s time to go to bed.” He sat back and studied her intently. “Can’t you go stay with your inlaws?” “They haven’t offered,” she replied. “I’m not sure I would go, anyways.” “Why not?” “I don’t know. Syal is nice enough, but I feel uncomfortable around the Baron. Life would be too tense, I guess,” she mused. “Well, just give me a call if you need anything,” he said as he stood. “Thanks,” she replied. And then he left. Jaina continued to sit at the booth. It was times like these that she was most confused about herself. When she was around him, it seemed like Payton would have been the perfect man for her. But the night before she thought she had begun to feel something for Jag… It was all too confusing. They were both handsome and affable. They each had their own sense of humor and she connected to them each in their own way. But it was a moot point, she realized. Nothing could ever come of any feelings she might have for Payton or any other man. Jag was it. She had no choice. When she got back to the apartment there was a message waiting. It was from Jag. “Hey,” he said softly. “We’re just about to go on our first offensive, and the Commander said we should say our goodbyes, in case we don’t come back.” There was a long pause when he just seemed to be staring through time and space, right to her soul. “I hope everything’s going okay. I know Mother would be happy to help you with anything you need.” Another pause. “Listen, I’m not really sure what to say. If I do die, I honestly don’t know what will happen to you. I would hope you would get to go where you want. But I don’t know. I guess as far as goodbyes, there’s not much to say. I think you’re a good person, Jaina, and I’m glad I got the chance to meet you. I’ll try to let you know whether I lived or not as soon as possible,” he said with a slight smirk. Jaina laughed in spite of herself. The message faded. She hated that she had missed his call. She would have loved to wish him good luck in person. But hopefully he would be home soon anyway, and then things could go back to normal. * * * “So when does Touri get back?” she asked. “She’s been gone a long time.” Payton shrugged. “Said she was tired of the Chiss rote and wanted to get out for a while. Didn’t say when she would be back, just to take care of the shop while she was gone. I’ve only gotten one message, to say that she was okay.” “Where did she go?” “Chandrilla, I think.” Jaina smiled. “She’d like it there. It’s such a beautiful planet.” “I guess she does, considering how long she’s been away. I’m beginning to wonder if she’ll ever come back,” he laughed. Jaina didn’t find it funny. The fact that her friend had just disappeared like that was alarming for a reason that she could not put her finger on. It was that small Force-tug again, but it eluded her every attempt to capture it. She supposed that she would just have to wait until the actual problem presented itself before trying to fix it. She had been leaning on Payton for companionship a lot in the month that Jag had been gone. He helped to assuage some of her loneliness, but that was all. To her complete surprise, she grew no closer to a relationship with him the whole time. In fact, if his presence did anything it was make her miss Jag even more. Payton was great, that was for sure. But he wasn’t Jag. She hadn’t know how much she had come to rely on him in the weeks they had spent before he had departed. It seemed that in the absence of anyone else to depend on she had leaned on him. And no matter how much he made her laugh, or how much she agonized over the fact that she and Payton were so unmistakable made for each other, he could just never completely fill the whole left in her life. But he helped. She didn’t have to be alone. He was always there to talk to. He was such a good listener, too. It only made him more attractive. It became so that he was at her apartment almost everyday. They would cook and eat dinner together, and laugh and play dejarik until it was time for him to leave. After he left she always hated to go and lie by herself in that oversized bed. And that was the root of it. She knew without a doubt that—even though he had never spoken it—if she ever wanted to take that extra step forward he was there waiting. He didn’t push or press or show any indication of wanting to be something more, but she knew he did. She could feel it. The problem was deciding what she wanted. Did she want that? “You okay?” he asked, jerking her out of her reverie. “Huh? Oh, yeah. I was just thinking about Jag.” He eyed her speculatively. “Do you miss him?” Jaina sighed, considering the question. “I miss him being here,” she said finally. He nodded, as if it was the answer he had been expecting. * * * Jaina sipped the cup of caf Syal had offered her. It was warm and soothing, and made her feel snug all over. She smiled and set it back down on the table. They were in the kitchen of the Fel family mansion, as Jaina had been invited there for dinner. She hadn’t been invited since Jag left, and so the invitation was both unexpected as well suspicious. Suspicious as in she was wary of the motive. What increased her reservations was the fact that no one except Syal was present, and the dinner was anything but formal. Still, if there was a bombshell, it hadn’t been dropped or even hinted at so far. “So,” Jaina began, trying to pull the reason for the invitation from her host, “is there a reason you asked me here tonight?” Syal looked calculatingly over the rim of her cup. “As a matter of fact, there is.” When there was no indication of her continuing, Jaina gestured for her to proceed. Syal sat the cup down and studied Jaina intently. “I understand you have been spending quite a lot of time with Mr. Calaborskai.” Jaina raised a single eyebrow. That was one thing she had not expected this to be about. “He’s a good friend.” Syal sighed. “I’m not judging you, Jaina, or admonishing you. I cannot even imagine being put in your position. Rather, I am going to say this for your own good, as well as for the good of my son. I do not like the relationship you are pursuing with this man.” Jaina frowned. “Pursuing? What, exactly, do you think I am pursuing?” Syal frowned back. “Do not take me to be naïve.” “There is absolutely nothing between us, Syal. He’s never touched me.” “Yet.” Jaina was getting angry. “I have no intention of practicing infidelity.” Syal’s expression was sad. “Jaina, being unfaithful does not have to constitute a physical relationship. All it takes is that one moment of desire.” Jaina stood, not wanting to hear what she was saying. “I haven’t been disloyal!” Syal stood then too, the look in her eyes determined. “I’m not scolding you like a child, Jaina. I believe you have the best intentions. But I’m afraid that if this goes on it won’t stay that way.” “You can trust me, Syal. I may not love Jag, but I respect him. I wouldn’t do that.” “I do trust you, Jaina. It’s Payton that I do not trust.” That gave Jaina pause. “Why?” Syal sat wearily. “I do not know. But I think you should stay away from him.” “But he’s been such a good friend. I just cannot write him off.” She would not just write him off. “I was hoping you wouldn’t say that.” “Really, Syal, you have no need to worry.” “That is not why I worry.” Jaina looked at the older woman curiously. “Then why?” Syal raised her head and meant Jaina’s stare squarely. Jaina could see then the heaviness in her gaze, the worry behind the eyes. Syal was truly troubled. “I am worried because I received a message today. Jag is coming home.” Jaina stepped back. She had received no such information. “That’s wonderful. Why does that worry you?” “Because if you cannot let Payton go now, I worry that you won’t be able to give him up when Jag returns.” -----signature----- Stories in profile 1st Peter 4:16 and John 3:3 Dubbed the Mistress of Cliffhangers "You can call me 'Great One'. Most people do." -Jaina Solo
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skywalker64089 Registered: Jan '05	Date Posted: 11/19/05 7:29pm Subject: RE: Dubious engagement--Jaina/Jag AU New Chapter Up 11/16 !!!
	Short campaign. S. -----signature----- [link:http://boards.theforce.net/beyond_the_saga/b10477/22177775/p1/?0]Shifting Space[/link] Mara Jade & Luke Skywalker: Took them long enough!!!!!! Slicer of TKL's Lomin Ale Wraiths
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