First, I would like to clarify. I was not picking on your betas. I was only talking about you. I’ve been following your work for some time, and I have noticed when you receive any reviews that do not praise or gush over your work, you attack. If this is how you treat your reviewers, I can’t imagine how you react to your betas when their job is to fix and improve your work. Obviously, you don’t respect them enough to listen, since your stuff is clearly riddled with mistakes.



Second, as for the initial reason I reviewed. Regardless of the context the sentence is still grammatical incorrect! Plain and simple!



“William’s legs ran towards the door, for which he was grateful. His mind was disengaged, and it was no small mercy that the rest of him was alert enough to act.”



It is not possible for one’s legs to run to the door on their own!

Now if you said:

“William hurried towards the door as fast as his legs would carry him, for which he was grateful.”



Why this is correct:



William is the subject, hurried is the verb, and legs is the direct object because they receive the direct action, carry.



This sentence is still within your context. But it doesn’t imply William’s legs had a brain separate from the rest of his body, giving him instructions, as your sentence does. I understand you’re writing fantasy, but come on!



I hope you don’t make up any more reviews to defend your position.


Author's Response: I'm not attacking, but having a ridiculous amount of silly fun. I look so forward to our exchanges. Although I can tell you don't share my sense of humor - I'm having such fun, and you're feeling instructional. I say it's a win-win. ---- Your recent dissertation contains the following: "Regardless of the context the sentence is still grammatical incorrect!" I suspect that you intended to say "grammatically" incorrect. To show you that there are no hard feelings, I'm willing to beta your future correspondence with me. I would offer the use of my betas (who are seriously fantastic) but that wouldn't really be my place. Instead, I'm here for ya GP! Willing to help. Let me know! -- Your friend, Puddin'

William’s legs ran towards the door, for which he was grateful. His mind was disengaged, and it was no small mercy that the rest of him was alert enough to act.

----- Wow Grammar Police. You need to look a little harder for your fuel next time.

Author's Response: Hey, to her credit - it takes a lot of work to take things out of context. "Grammar Police's reviews are awfully entertaining" can be turned into "Grammar Police's reviews are awful." That takes effort!

Really enjooying your story.

Rest in peace George! Your death was not in vain. Buffy and William will ensure your death is properly handled. The Slayer will emerge again to catch your killer and save William.

Author's Response: Thanks lilpuff! All George-love makes me feel happy. In my AU of this AU George and Jenny (from the last story) are living on a farm in Ohio :)

Killing George was brave and definately brought tears to my eyes. Bravo! Not only do I feel for George, but also for the guilt that Buffy and also William will carry over his untimely demise. I often have fights with my muse - he has a bloodlust (and a sadistic streak) that won't end and I must rein him in at times, but this was a wonderful chapter full of angst! I love angst!

Author's Response: Thanks P4S. Someone on the EF chatbox said I wrote "fluff" the other day. I was like... "huh?" But I guess one woman's fluff is another woman's chipotle. Hopefully with this chapter behind the story will take the turn I've been longing for

Yay for more chapters! Nice to see the ole' cock killer's making a...er painful appearance.

Author's Response: I can't be alone in wishing that they'd get to have Handcuff Playtime with that thing...!

Such an evil cliff hanger following such an awkward day for them. Of course Dru would make it out of the hold, and of course it had to happen right as they were having a really good sharing opportunity. The kind of sharing opportunity that could have lead to naked fun. Not that they are yet ready for naked fun, but I would love for them to be awkwardly ready for some. :) Progress is indeed slow, but precious nonetheless. William as the water to her granite, and what shall happen when they land. They must stay together, they just must! I'm even more caught up in this story than usual. Just finished Yours, William (again!) and I just want to see those two crazy kids with a little bit of happiness. Thank you for keeping this story here. Update soon!

Author's Response: They are working through the things that people have to work through to come together but DAMN Buffy does have her some walls. In the last story she was so --- done with the war. So she could be a woman. This earlier version of her is so caught up in duty and so wary of men (post Riley, Angel and Parker) that she's a human cactus :( But Elizabeth has given our boy a pair of stones and some self confidence. He may surprise her :)

No! William No! Don't get hurt!!!! Arg!!! Must Update IMMEDIATELY.

I love this bold side of William - the quiet fortitude that you have created for his character is wonderful. Would mind terribly wrapping him up in a bow and sending him to me?? *Pretty please!*

Thanks for the update.

Author's Response: This whole chapter came out on Friday! I didn't expect it at all (and I will never understand this process). Then I worked on fixing and polishing over the weekend. The next chapter is a lot of action and a whole lot of thinking about motivations (What's more important to William at this moment? What's most important to Buffy?) and then BAM a new thing comes along and I have to think it through for them again. IT's interesting. I *WILL* loan you William but he's ... errr... busy with me right now. Soon tho Inara! Soon!

Yay!! Got Buffy's walls crumbled down - finally! Poor William and his mistreated Nebuchadnezzar ... Buffy needs to take better care of that delicate instrument ... I mean really! Sounds like Dru's gonna be a problem for a while, probably even worse if not being manipulated by Warren ... she's perfectly capable of being a monster all on her own. Hope you keep updating here - I rarely check EF and have never been able to figure out LJ ... at all.

Author's Response: THanks. I will probably keep updating here since you and Buffyrat hang here and not on EF. I wasn't frustrated because the interface is difficult and it's so much easier on other places.

LOL ... Your end notes are always amusing and informative ... but what off the nineteenth century socio-economic conditions and how that atmosphere led to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?? C'mon now ... you're stalling!

Loved the chapter - Buffy not so Buffyesk ... of the good! Buffy with a mission, always helpful! Buffy taking help from William/Spike - YAY!!

Author's Response: Hey, reading my daughters textbook about the asian experience in 19th century America really drove the last half of this story. I try to tame the history geek but she just keeps shouting to be let out of her box

Yay Buffy!!! Go! Go! Although, poor William could've probably used a little 'release' first ... Poor William. Oh, is that in bad taste? Sorry. No dancing with Dru then ... sorry Wiliam.

Author's Response: I like to test his limits! :)

Can't wait for the answer to question number three ... has me on the edge of my seat!

Author's Response: Delivered, hopefully!

It's absolutely astounding what you can learn from fanfic! LOL! And, if that was the problem, she had a perfectly good, 100% natural, all organic orgasm generator right there, called William! LOL! And now, of course, we need to shout at William to NOT GO OUT ON THE DECK!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Or shout at Buffy to go after him to kick his ass and find Dru ... unfortunately, getting any kind of story out of Dru would be like trying to make sense of the Kardashians. PS - loved the Monty Python reference ...

Author's Response: Researching vibrators was way too much fun. Just recently we went to Hot Springs Arkansas and the things they did in the 19th century that combined electricity and baths was shocking. How did we survive as a species?