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This is a discussion on Scenario: "That Gun Ain't Loaded!" within the Carry & Defensive Scenarios forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Originally Posted by dunndw That gun ain't loaded...ranks right up there with: Hey..hold my beer and watch this usually the last words of someone who ...
You can get yourself in more trouble with a warning shot than a clean SD shoot. I kind of look at a laser sight as taking the place of a warning shot. Just the sight of the red dot will give a thinking person reason to pause and reconsider what may be his last bad decision.
I would hold my ground and reply "Well that knife aint sharp". Wait for reply from BD and act accordinly.
Joking of course. 3 or 4 to CM or until threat is stopped.
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I am thinking the exact same thing.
As he has a knife in hand he is already presented himself as being a _highly_ dangerous person. This is a no joke don't treat it mildly situation/scenario.
Tap to the pelvic girdle or upper thigh/femur if drawing and shooting from the hip/low position and sapped for reaction time.
Otherwise tap tap at CoM while retreating backward at an angle oblique to him, if at all possible (!), to gain distance from him if reaction time is great enough to allow for a full pull from the holster and an optimal one or two fisted draw & sight.
Again though a person of this mindset who takes such an action in addition to the as stated statement of disregard that is someone who is very dangerous and should be treated as one would a pit viper.
Stop it before it stops you.
- Janq
P.S. - Warning shots are fubar. Dude got off very lucky on both counts, with the BG first and then again with the cops.
Carrying in condition 3 and all thats just nuts. He's lucky he even had time to load his sidearm muchless draw for it. The BG was obviously an amateur.
Shots in the air to come down far and away elsewhere, shots at the ground (to glance and ricochet elsewhere), talking with cops with no attorney present...dude got off and away with luck. He should have bought a lotto ticket that night.
Not nearly anyone muchless everyone can be so fortunate.
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For what it's worth, here are my two cents.
Your friend fired a warning shot, and thank goodness, it worked. The perp ran away and was, in fact, apprehended. However, look at the trouble it caused. He was threatened by the perps family and put in even more danger, and eventually that perp will get out of jail (or prison) and may want some retribution.
But, what if the evidence that the gun was loaded was to put three rounds in the perps chest?
First, the perp would have no chance to come back and pay a return visit.
Second, the family and friends would have known that this was a force best not reckoned with. If he was willing to shoot a kid for pulling a knife, what would he be willing to do if presented with a pitchfork?
Of course it could also go the opposite way, but it's at least prudent to think that the better outcome (no matter how weird that may seem) could have been just to end things once and for all.
And, I'm sorry, but if someone presents a knife at me, he won't have time to assess the status of my firearm. Knives are dangerous and very deadly and a moving man with a knife can be hard to stop, and even while dying, a wounded man with a knife can inflict a LOT of damage. When the knife comes out, as long as there's no other option, so do my bullets, at about 870 feet per second.
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IMHO, if the BG had the time to say three words, then the intended victim needs more training.
It should have been more like, see knife, hear several loud BANGS. End of scene one.
Sometimes I do wonder about so-called warning shots. I think that sometimes they are more of a panic response and then after the fact become warning shots. It is considered a good excuse for poor technique.
3rnds COM ASAP and then a warning shot into the sidewalk :P
kiddin of course but ya, no time to play hero, just get it over with.
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The warning shot. As I see it, your guns highest probability to go bang will occur with its first shot. (wheel guns not so much) With your auto the first shot only requires the firing pin to hit the primer, on the second shot look at how much more has to happen to fire. Don't waste your best shot!!!!
that's where, in the end, it comes down to "dead guys can sue" coming into play. (can't press charges either). with today's laws, somebody can get away with threatening Your life after the attempt to protect yourself. so, with the crazies ... take away their side of the story if they feel stupid enough to go to the dark side. ...my warning shot will be on target.
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Man confronts me with a blade and demands my money or my life, he has sealed the deal.
I draw, empty my weapon center mass until the threat stops, reload (5 shot revolver) cover the twitching body with my freshly loaded gun (in case there is any life left in the felon) and call 911.
He isn't given time to ask the question or rush me.
His "clan" thinks they are coming after me, I have more ammo and other weapons. If they are stupid enough to consider me a easy target, then they can met him in hell.
This is not a object of a "******* contest" as one person stated. It is a matter of a disabled woman defending her life. This is why I have a weapon and a CCW.
This has me thinking maybe I SHOULD get that automatic my hubby keeps pushing at me.
If that guy needed psychological help...he wouldn't be getting it from me and after confronting me with a blade he wouldn't need it anyway.
I am surprised that ANYONE thinks that a conversation or warning shot is needed.
A woman must not depend on protection by men. A woman must learn to protect herself.
Susan B. Anthony
A armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one has to back it up with his life.
Robert Heinlein
I wonder if there was wisdom in the old Samurai custom where if the sword is drawn, blood will be drawn also - somebody's going to die. In other words, don't draw unless you really have to; but if you are forced to defend yourself, show no mercy.
Or is that antiquated and barbaric? Is it more important to give the BG a chance to use his brain? I think if he threatens my life, it doesn't matter what he know about my armament or when he finds out. If I draw, I shoot.
Anyone disagree? I would like to have these issues thoroughly hashed out before I actually get in this situation.
I see my question has already been answered, and quite eloquently, by Lima and others. COM until the threat is stopped, immediately, it is. Thanks.
Last edited by sailormnop; August 14th, 2007 at 09:06 AM. Reason: I see my question has been answered already, since I pulled this thread up last night and replied to it today.
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I believe that the doctrine that allows you to defend yourself from what you determine is a valid threat to your life precludes your way of thinking. You would be taken apart in court if you mentioned that you had predetermined that if you drew, you would fire.Self defense needs to be a flowing succession of events to be justifiable in court. The events can happen rapidly or slowly escalate, but certain things must be in place to justify action on your part. Probably the quicker and clearer a threat presents itself, the easier your defense will be.JMHO-Chuck.


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When you install this supposedly free app, you'll be stuck either paying 99 cents or connecting it with your Foursquare account. If you don't have a Foursquare account, that means you have to set up an account before you can even get started. Once you do, you're still stuck seeing ads (though the paid version erases them). However, hot spots are shown with Foursquare tips and you can share new finds right from the app. That's really the only thing there is to like about WiFi Free's crummy layout, though. It presents hot spots as a boring list with icons that indicate what kind of business each one is -- restaurant, coffee shop, etc. There's also a not-very-interactive map you can check out, too. Hilariously, because it feeds results from Foursquare, you'll see private residences listed in with the businesses.
It's certainly a useful app that delivers on its name. You will find a dozen hot spots nearby and you might even find a new favorite watering hole or burger joint. However, the annoyingly long setup and uninspired interface drag the app down. Foursquare users will love that they can check in right from WiFi Free, but everyone else might enjoy one of the many competing apps more.


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It was obvious at the 2014 MTV VMAs that pop superstar Katy Perry doesn't quite know her fellow artists, including the all girl group, Fifth Harmony.
Katy Perry, 29, was a little taken off guard at the 2014 MTV VMAs when they announced that Fifth Harmony had won the award for "Artist to Watch." Clearly, Katy hasn't been keeping up to date on her X Factor winners. Watch her reaction below!
Katy Perry Disses Fifth Harmony At VMAs
Fifth Harmony, consisting of members Ally Brooke Hernandez, 21, Normani Hamilton, 18, Dinah Jane Hansen, 17, Camila Cabello, 17, and Lauren Jauregui, 18,were first-time nominees at the MTV VMAs and beat out Sam Smith, who just so happened to be sitting next to Katy Perry.
But, Katy didn't seem to know that this band even existed. The camera caught the "Dark Horse" singer mouthing the words, "Who are they" to Sam after the announcement of the winner for "Artist to Watch" award.
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Didn't Katy know that these talented girls rose to fame after being signed to Simon Cowell's Syco Music and Epic Records following their appearance on X Factor back in 2012? And have since topped the charts with numerous hit singles?
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These X Factor finalists stand out as one of few successful all-girl pop groups these days and have gained worldwide fame even though they only finished third on the singing reality show.
Their single, "Miss Movin' On," shot the band to charting status. The hit song made the Billboard 100 and was certified gold by the RIAA in 2013. Not bad for a band that Katy Perry didn't know.
The young girl group was on their way to the airport when they got the news of the nomination. Member Ally Brooke told USA Today, "Normani (Hamilton) was actually asleep, so we had to wake her up and tell her. She was really excited and then she went back to sleep."
Aw, that's so sweet. Congratulations girls, you all deserved it!
What do you think, HollywoodLifers, was Katy Perry dissing Fifth Harmony? Do you think she wanted Sam Smith to take home the award? Let us know!
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Katy didn't diss them,she just said out loud what everyone was thinking.Besides,Fifth Harmony has released what..3 songs?The only reason they won is because their about 1-2 million fans kept voting non-stop.They haven't done anything truly remarkable in the music business and that's the reason why most of the audience don't know who they are.
Miss Movin On is their only good song so far,whereas Boss and Me&My Girls are geared towards tweens.They do have potential to be good but they have to fire the people who write their lyrics.
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Katy Perry definitely don't diss them. She was just saying what we are all thinking … Who? I saw their opening performance on the red carpet and I thought "LOL, we'll never hear from them again. That was the worst song I've ever heard". Then, they won an award. I was confused. I'd never heard of them before the VMAs
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Yes, their songs have being top 10 in many countries, their EP Better Together was #6 on billboards album charts, #2 on Latin Album Charts and many more don't diss if you don't know and that just the EP I'm talking about, wait till their first album Reflection is released. Congrations to them on winning Artist to Watch which it is artist to watch because these girls are future success.
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they're not that big, but all the artists on this category are not that famous. I'm from Brazil and I know them since 2012, so they're more famous than many other artists that have never cross a line to outside us. It's just a matter of what you watch on tv, if you had watched X facter that year, you would know who they are. The same goes to others whom came out from tv shows such as idols or the voice.
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Firstly, I want to say that this is a really good article. You know your facts. (about Fifth Harmony) Secondly, i don't think Katy dissed them. She was just curious, i think. The category was called "Artist To Watch"; an ( not very well-know) artist you should pay attation to this year and in the future. It's possible she didn't know them yet but she knows who they are now ;)
By the way, I really love the message Fifth Harmony wants to spread and I'm excited for their album, "Reflection", to come out in November.
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PUBLISHED: 19 Aug 2013 14:10:00 | UPDATED: 20 Aug 2013 05:19:50PUBLISHED: 19 Aug 2013 PRINT EDITION: 19 Aug 2013Federal Energy Minister Gary Gray, right, with Kevin Rudd. . . 'We do need our companies to get better in managing their productivity issues.' Photo: Andrew Meares
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The federal government has rejected claims from Chevron that Australia's high-cost economy is threatening the nation's biggest energy project, Gorgon, even as the Maritime Union of Australia demands a 26 per cent pay rise and more than 100 other benefits for its members, including Qantas Club memberships and iTunes store credits.
As Chevron's $52 billion Gorgon project became embroiled in the election campaign, trade union officials accused Chevron of seeking to dodge responsibility for poor labour productivity and high costs.
The union's demands for employees working for 19 offshore oil and gas contractors around Australia include a 26 per cent raise over four years, no foreign labour without consultation, union control of hiring and four weeks holiday for every four weeks work.
Federal Energy Minister Gary Gray, who is under pressure in his Western Australia seat of Brand, said oil and gas companies were failing to control the costs of their staff and contractors.
"We do need our companies to get better in managing their productivity issues," he said.
In Monday's Australian Financial Review, Chevron Australia managing director Roy Krzywosinski said Australia has a two-year window to get policy settings right and fix industrial relations and productivity or risk losing out on billions of further investment in liquefied natural gas projects.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said he had studied China's latest five-year economic plan and concluded Australia's industrial relations system wasn't hurting the industry.
The Coalition has already started taking steps to re-establish the Australian Building and Construction Commission, which could be used by the new federal government to help companies like Chevron overcome resistance from the union movement while they build expensive projects.
The chair of the working group, NSW Liberal MP Paul Fletcher, wrote to the ACTU last week and invited unions to discuss the plan.
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"The Working Group has a fairly tight timetable; we are required to report to Mr Abbott by 30 August 2013, with a view to being able to move quickly on this issue should we be elected to government," the email said.
Opposition resources spokesman Ian Macfarlane said the commission would be the "cop on the beat" of big projects. "You can't have a situation where Australia can't build resource projects because the unions are out of control," he said. "The first step in bringing them into a fair situation, a balanced situation is to install the ABCC and that's the first priority for us."
"On projects where the unions are either breaking agreements or deliberately flouting agreements or trying as the project reaches conclusion to ratchet the wages and conditions up the ABCC will be the umpire on that."
He backed Chevron's view that trade unions are putting at risk expansion of the energy industry through exorbitant short-term demands.
"Chevron is being held hostage by unions who aren't thinking long enough and hard enough about the impact of their actions on the long-term jobs of people who work in that industry," he said.
Chevron is weighing up an expansion of Gorgon against a proposed new LNG export venture in western Canada.
In Queensland, BG Group says an expansion of its Queensland Curtis LNG venture has to stack up against options in North America and Africa.
Paddy Crumlin, national secretary of the MUA, said most of the claims were "catch-up" claims for arrangements already agreed between contractors and other construction unions for labour already committed on the projects.
Mr Gray, a former executive at Woodside Petroleum, rejected the suggestion that cost escalations at Gorgon, a huge gas project in north-west Western Australia, and other projects, are threatening growth in the energy industry.
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Mr Gray said he remained "an absolute optimist" that both Gorgon and Gladstone would be expanded, and that new ventures would proceed in a timely fashion at Woodside Petroleum's Browse LNG project and at Santos's floating venture in the Bonaparte Gulf off the northern coast.
"I think we are on track for 100 million tonnes of LNG by 2020 and we're on track to be the world's biggest producer of LNG or the world's second biggest producer of LNG, but we need our companies to get better in managing their productivity issues," Mr Gray said.
The cost crisis around Gorgon has come to a head after the expiry on July 31 of a four-year industry-wide enterprise agreement covering 19 vessel operators that service the oil and gas industry around Australia's coast.
Negotiations on a new agreement between the Australian Mines and Metals Association, representing the vessel operators, and the unions are understood to be making little progress.
The claims submitted by the Maritime Union of Australia include daily allowances of $245, up from $215, for workers on major projects such as Gorgon and Chevron's $29 billion Wheatstone venture in WA, substantial payments into a union recruitment and training funds, restrictions on the use of foreign labour without union approval, and the use of a union database for recruitment.
Mr Crumlin put the blame on the large oil and gas companies for refusing to negotiate a multi-year "framework agreement" that would apply across the sector that would involve training and labour rates using predictive models as occurs in other major petroleum regions such as the North Sea.
Mr Crumlin said he had been seeking to engage directly with Chevron and talk through the issues with Mr Krzywosinski for about 18 months but had been refused and accused the Chevron boss of "playing politics" and of "laissez-faire bargaining."
"This is not about costs. They have already committed to long-term high costs because they have refused to reform their approach to bargaining," he said. "The problem is bad governance, bad medium- to long-term planning and they refuse to enter into a direct relationship with the unions and rather do it with their contractors, all of whom are trying to cut each others' throats. That is not a functional approach to productivity, it's a dysfunctional approach."
Blame for cost blowout
But Mr Macfarlane said that unions, primarily the Maritime Union of Australia, were "making enormous claims" on Chevron and had to shoulder part of the blame for the cost blowout at the venture. Any further overrun would both damage Australia's reputation as an LNG producer and put at risk an expansion, he said.
Mr Krzywosinski called for "balance" to be returned to the industrial relations system, and for efforts from unions, employers and employees to lift productivity.
Paul Howes, national secretary of the Australian Workers' Union, said: "I don't see Chevron struggling to make a profit. I do not have a lot of sympathy in what is a supply-demand situation for the workforce. When there is a shortage of labour the labour is more expensive."
Former resources minister Martin Ferguson has long warned that unions' success in winning wage deals for resource projects was putting Australia's competitiveness at risk.
Mr Rudd said: "Because I've studied very carefully China's 12th five-year plan, I've studied very carefully where they're going in terms of their future resource and energy demand.
"I've looked carefully at the pipeline of investments in Australia, I've looked very carefully at where the investment phase ends and where the production phase commences, I've looked very carefully at what's happening with the change in our terms of trade.
"It doesn't stand up intellectually, it doesn't stand up, in policy terms, I don't think it's right in terms of working Australians."
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ROSE Blog Interviews: Alison Chaiken, MeeGo Technical Consultant at Nokia
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I met Alison Chaiken at LinuxCon 2010 in Boston, not long after she joined Nokia as a MeeGo Technical Consultant. If you want to learn How to induce your Fedora user process to drop core for debugging purposes, how to run PCBSD and MeeGo under qemu-kvm and qemu-gl, or learn about ubiquitous, pervasive computing; flexible displays and printed electronics; biomechanics and DNA melting; structural and electronic properties of indium selenide thin films; magnetism, giant magnetoresistance and exchange coupling and much more, then check out Alison's website: exerciseforthereader.org. Perhaps if you're lucky, she'll even tell you what your name translates to in Finnish (mine means "broken," "kaput," and "asunder"... go figure).
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RK: You're speaking to a group of women from other fields who are considering switching careers. What should they know about the open source environment to prepare them for the transition from a different field?
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RK: What do you think will be the "hot topics" in open source for 2011?
AC: I can list the usual answers (HTML5, IPV6 migration, open social networks ... ), but the trend that no one else mentions is an increasing role for cameras and microphones in mobile. Cameras and microphones are used deliberately to take photos and record voice commands, but in the future they will be always on, gathering ambient data about the environment of users on the go. Mobile devices will soon have smarts enough to fulfill the promise of context interpretation.
RK: What will your focus for 2011 be at Nokia?
AC: 2011 is the critical year for the MeeGo embedded Linux distribution promoted by Linux Foundation, Intel and Nokia. My role is to help make MeeGo a success by creating demonstrations and documentation that explain the attributes and benefits of the OS to potential partners.
RK: What question do you wish I'd asked? And how would you answer it?
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The 83rd installment of the MLB All Star game, celebrating the midway point of the baseball season, took place at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri tonight. Plenty of storylines surround this year's midsummer classic, from the youth of Bryce Harper and Mike Trout, to the remarkable season of a thirty seven year-old knuckleballer named R.A. Dickey, and of course, the final all star appearance of Lawrence "Chipper" Jones. WIth the World Series home field advantage on the line, the American League hosts the National League in K.C.
The National League pulls off the eighth shutout in all star history, winning 8-0. The NL jumped on Justin Verlander early, scoring 5 runs off the Detroit Tigers and the AL starting pitcher. Melky Cabrera was named MVP after going 2-3, scoring two runs with 2 RBI. Also for the NL, Pablo Sandoval was 1-2 with a three rbi triple.


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Chao was planned, she probably planned herself to be part of 2a in order to be with her ancestor/involve him in her plan/etc, remember she is from the future and linked to Negi, her involvement in turn leds to Chachamaru's creation (remember the robots were created with input from chao) that's why I say that chachamaru was random, eva is random but it doesnt matter much since for Negis blood she would've pursued him regardless of her grade
And please forgive for going even farther off topic, but Chao is really a quiz no matter how you look at it, being from the future and being descended of Negi implies that she somehow messed with Negi's fate, something wich she did regardless of not having magic exposed
Now to really throw an off topic, have anyone considered that 1) Chao probably succedded? 2) That Chao's magic (dangerous magic) is a side effect of Negi learning black magic? could it be that Negi's black magic marks all his descendants? 3) Will she (Chao) ever come back?


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SAN FRANCISCO / Auto shop owner acquitted in killing
Good and bad I guess, acquiited of murder on grounds of self - defense, but convicted of gun possession charges.A San Francisco jury acquitted a Mission District auto shop owner Wednesday of homicide charges, finding he acted in self-defense when he fired at an armed man during an apparent extortion attempt.
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Jaime Gutierrez, 32, shot and killed Abraham Guerra, 37, on July 26, 2007, outside his auto repair shop on 23rd Street near Shotwell Street.
Prosecutors said Gutierrez had confronted Guerra with a shotgun. Gutierrez's attorney, Eric Safire, argued that his client was defending himself after Guerra fired a handgun at him.
After the shooting, Gutierrez drove Guerra to the Ingleside Police Station and tried to walk away, authorities said. He was stopped by officers and arrested.
Gutierrez was acquitted of murder and manslaughter but was convicted of being a felon in possession of a gun. He had a previous drug conviction.
Gutierrez is scheduled to appear Thursday in Superior Court before Judge Cynthia Ming-Mei Lee. He could be released immediately because he has already been in custody for more than a year.
"He's thrilled - he thanked God, he thanked everybody," Safire said.
Prosecutor Scot Clark said he respected the jury's findings but disagreed with them. He had argued Gutierrez was not in danger when he shot Guerra.


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Looking up at the bottom side of a poppy in my garden. I liked how the sun seemed to shine through the petals and the shadows of the stamens fall across them. The poppy is the state flower of California.
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View Full ProfileWow! A beautiful view of this spectacular flower! Well done Corri!
Thank you. The video of me crawling around on the ground trying to get the shot I wanted would have been amusing too. :)
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Interesting Composition the Background also Contrasts the Bright Flower
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that is beautiful – great creative angle, wonderful light and shadow on the flower :)
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beautiful – poppies are my favorite flowers and I love how you captured the glow as the sun illuminates the inside of the flower.
Thank you. The glow was what intrigued me with trying to get this angle.
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Gorgeous image!
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Reviews for Force Bond: Social Trials |
ladysithari4370 chapter 6 . 9/1/2014 So good. I dont know why there are not more reviews. This was execellent. |
Window Girl chapter 6 . 8/29/2014 I love this. I really like Vader's clumsy attempts to be a parent, and Luke's struggles are realistic. I like that you gave him friends too. |
GGMK chapter 6 . 3/6/2014 And another really good story, my favorite from the shorter ones. Luke still annoys me at times...but I thought he was actually cool in the last chapter. I liked the whole hostage situation at the end. I thought it was well-written, and added a sense of danger to the story. The ending of the final chapter was cute. I'm sure Luke's glad that he doesn't have to go to those formal meetings anymore. |
Guest chapter 6 . 11/8/2013 Please? No. Please? No. Please? NO! Hahahahaha! That was a great ending! I've read most of your Vader and Luke stories and I like how you combine humor and edge-of-seat action all at once. I also love the way you depict Vader's character, it's very well done! Do you think you could do a completely funny one sometime? Like of Vader's diary or a collection of Vader's memories of the 'worst' things Luke has ever done. I just really love these, keep writing! |
Jambee chapter 6 . 9/8/2013 I loved the humor in this story. So many great scenes and dialogue between Vader and Luke. I wished he would have been able to train Luke at a earlier age though. |
VampiricBloOdyRose chapter 6 . 4/2/2013 I love the relationship between Luke and Vader! The T-shirt was a good laugh as well. |
Darth-Taisha chapter 5 . 1/29/2013 I enjoyed reading about Luke and the princess. It also seems little by little Luke is gradually learning to listen to the force. |
Darth-Taisha chapter 4 . 1/29/2013 Aww, the discussion and the force bond was really touching. I really loved this chapter. |
Darth-Taisha chapter 3 . 1/29/2013 poor Luke, he should know better than to listen to gossip. Good chapter, I can't wait to see how it gets all sorted out. |
Darth-Taisha chapter 2 . 1/29/2013 Another good chapter. I agree, adolescence is rough. |
Darth-Taisha chapter 1 . 1/29/2013 I love how they interact with eachother, it really is fascinating and fun to read. Thanks so much for writing all of these wonderful fics. |
Dark Song 87 chapter 6 . 5/28/2012 :) |
mousefiction chapter 6 . 1/26/2012 The way you write the Emperor does him more justice than what I have seen in the movies; I think this way because you show him more doing dubious things, like his plan here in this chapter. Not that the things the Emperor did in the movies weren't manipulative and dangerous, but in this series I think you provide more quantity in little ways. I don't know. Now I feel like I'm rambling. "Because they will gain nothing by killing your son - and as far as they know, your son may very well be regarded as expendable by the Empire." Whoa. I'm surprised the officer had enough courage to say that. In either case, I instantly liked the young officer who suggested the invisibility shield. Also, I really enjoyed Luke and Vader's mental back and forth that took place after the admiral's return on the escape pod. And, finally, I loved Luke trapping Vader in a hug, and the stormtroopers' and admiral's reactions, as well as Vader contemplating spraying Luke off with a fire extinguisher. It was great. |
mousefiction chapter 5 . 1/26/2012 "I said rest, not sleep, he sent, hoping no one had seen Luke's lapse. And don't use me as a pillow." Apparently, Darth Vader makes a good pillow. I found a Darth Vader plush pillow the other day. I almost bought it. It's great how Vader considered Luke sleeping against his shoulder a potential crisis. I get why, but still it's amusing. I loved reading Luke tug on Vader's cape; that is so cute. Vader being so nonchalant with the senator just moments after almost strangling the governor to death, is just SO Vader, and you write him so well. Vader's anger cracking the window's glass, when he sensed Luke's cloudy presence, was a nice touch as well. |
mousefiction chapter 4 . 1/26/2012 I love how Luke, in avoiding Vader, has made Vader think he wants more attention from him. Also, Luke talking to Vader about girls was great to read, and then, to have Luke, in the next scene, switching his locker to avoid said girl was priceless. That transition there was really expertly done. It was also really interesting to see Vader imagining what it would be like to have a daughter. The way Luke's tear fell right after his thought about how he'd have to stop thinking of Vader as his father, man, that made me feel for him, poor little guy. It was also a really satisfying read, to have the scene where Luke stops reaching for the flag, telling himself he was better off without Vader, then showing the scene with Vader in the elevator bay, only for the next scene to be Luke stuffing the flag into his bag. That really drove home how much Luke loves his father, I think (of course, I never doubted it before; that scene with the flag just did a really good job of showing Luke's loyalty and love, even when he feels betrayed). Also! I loved Vader's "Skywalker Babysitting duty" line and the line about the Emperor running a daycare in his throne room. It's like stand-up comedy. But from Vader. Vader's whole spiel about why he took Luke in was very entertaining; my favorite comments were about him needing more stress and destruction in his life and needing to tone down his big, bad Sith reputation. Luke and Vader exploring and strengthening their parent-child force bond is one of my favorite scenes in the entire series. |


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