SV Fic: 1,001 Kryptonian Nights (Chlark, Adult), Chapter 3/5??

[carcassi]

From the dropoff in comments on my last update, it looks as if many of you have lost interest in my latest fairytale!Chlark fic. *Tragic sigh*

Which of course means that I appreciate those who DID comment even more. *Smishes my wonderful commenters*

I definitely intend to finish this fic, most of all for butifulyletdown, to whom this fic is dedicated, and

Comments

[mari2anne]

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"From the dropoff in comments on my last update..."
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That's why I like posting on K-site and ff.net: at least there's a count of the number of folks that have read your stories in addition to the nice feedback. I've only posted two on LJ... one had four commentors; two of whom loyally followed every chapter with most encouraging feedback; and my second story didn't get a single comment on LJ (I was depressed)... (If there's a read count on LJ, I sure haven't figured out how to use it. I'm a slow learner--several things on LJ very easily confuse my over-worked brain!)

Okay, my pity-party is over!

I don't check LJ every day, so I missed when you posted chapter two until I went looking to see if you'd posted & then I remembered to track/flag (I clicked on everything) so that I'd get an email when you continued & it worked! Because I was so looking forward to reading more of this enchanting and sexy tale, er, make that VERY VERY sexy!!!

And you can't imagine how my poor, starved die-hard CHLARK heart was aching for a story about them. (Even my muse is hiding somewhere in search of inspiration!)

So, I am so happy you are continuing this story & please don't tell BabyDee, but she's gotten me hooked on cliffhangers, and you left a superb one at the end of this chapter... I'll be checking my emails twice a day hoping for chapter four to appear quickly.

Have I mentioned how I love your excellent attention to every detail; your descriptions are awesome: I could almost taste the olives so much that I thought, "Yuch, I hate olives!" and the sweetness of the honey on the baklava! Oh, it's been years since I've tasted that; your descriptions had my tastebuds remembering it instantly.

I also like how Chloe misses very little of all the details of her surroundings even as she is totally distracted/focused on the heavenly activities she and Sultan Kal-El are engaged in.

And the ending... so interesting! Makes me want to ask all sorts of questions, like, how many others has Jor-El whooshed away into the FOS? Must have happened that someone disappeared before, the way the servants were avoiding the table; or was that just because of the glowing? Or is it just Chloe? Will Kal-El know where's she's disappeared to? Or will he think she's left him? How freaked out will Chloe be?

So, is chapter four up yet...???
:-)

[carcassi]

Aww, Mari2anne, thank you for your encouragement!! *Hugs*

I know what you're saying about ksite and ffnet. They do show the number of views, which is great. I don't go to ksite anymore b/c it's depressing, to me, to see that it's become pretty much a Clois site, but once this is done I may post it on ffnet.

I've only posted two on LJ... one had four commentors; two of whom loyally followed every chapter with most encouraging feedback; and my second story didn't get a single comment on LJ (I was depressed)

OMG, I'm so sorry! To be honest, I haven't followed much Chlark fic in the past year or so, apart from Dawn and Dee's, and I have a feeling a lot of other Chlark fans on LJ may have given up reading fic, too. I remember being depressed last year when I posted "Gods and Butterflies" to ffnet and saw that it was the sole Chlark submission that day, lost amid a flood of Clois fic.

As I said in my post for the first chapter, I never would have written this if it hadn't been for Butifulyletdown, but I'm glad I did, b/c Chlark is such a wonderful 'ship. To me, it's timeless. I've always found it amazing how easily Chlark fits into so many fairytales, and I think that's b/c it draws from the classic themes from which those tales were drawn. Cinderella and her prince? Check. Cupid and his Psyche? Check. The Sultan and Scheherezade? Check. I think the fact that you and I and so many other authors are still writing Chlark is proof that Chlark touches all of us very deeply. :)

...please don't tell BabyDee, but she's gotten me hooked on cliffhangers, and you left a superb one at the end of this chapter.

My lips are sealed! Shhhh, don't encourage her. *Looks sidewise cautiously*

Have I mentioned how I love your excellent attention to every detail; your descriptions are awesome: I could almost taste the olives so much that I thought, "Yuch, I hate olives!" and the sweetness of the honey on the baklava! Oh, it's been years since I've tasted that; your descriptions had my tastebuds remembering it instantly.

What a great compliment, thank you!!! *Beams* I tried very hard to bring this 'verse to life for the reader (since it's so different from our SV 'verse), and it's a huge relief that you thought I succeeded!

As for the ending....LOL! As Dee might say, all in time. *G*

Thank you SO much, Mari, as always, for your lovely, and very thoughtful, feedback! :)

[mari2anne]

I completely agree with you that Chlark is a wonderful, timeless ship. I am still surprised that after creating such a wonderful character as Chloe that the SV writers became completely clueless as to what to do with her, except make her life miserable. How they can so easily destroy something they created is beyond me.

I still love to read fanfic; there are a few very good new stories on the K-Site Chlark thread; there are actually a few die-hard Chlarkers like us still left out there.

Thank you again for continuing this lovely story.

[babydee1]

"...please don't tell BabyDee, but she's gotten me hooked on cliffhangers, and you left a superb one at the end of this chapter."

Deb:"My lips are sealed! Shhhh, don't encourage her. *Looks sidewise cautiously*"

A-ha!!! I knew my Evil Cliffies would catch on with time! *cackles gleefully*