Fanfic release dates

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Originally posted by Kif White:
Damn! Have you been hacking into my hard drive, Venus!   

*shifty eyes* How dare you accuse me of such a misdeed! You sir have crossed a line! *shifty eyes*

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Originally posted by Allen:
 That would be a great plot turn. The not-so-smart and lovable delivery boy turns insane. Possibly unlocking some hidden smarts. Insanity does do that sometimes, it doesn't always mean crazy. Sometimes it's a mere departure from the normal way of thinking. No one else shares the clarity and so he seems crazy.

Sanity is overrated   

Most definitely   

Kenneth, I am SO happy about the next chapter, I drew you a chibi promo picture, and a chibi Alesia. I'll go scan them right away!

Preview of the promo is that it says on it:

Heroes.
Villians.
Idiots.

Universe of Malice
by
Kenneth White

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Hey Kif, out of curiousity, how many pages is your total story?

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Pray that geocities doesn't go over the bandwidth limit.... or maybe Robiben will host it. Anyway, I'll start the coloring process, and Alesia maybe later. Keep up the writing! 

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how come chibi people have no lower faces? And what are those three lines supposed to represent?

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Originally posted by Venus:
how come chibi people have no lower faces? And what are those three lines supposed to represent?

To the first question: conveying expression. Without the mouth being there, you can get a lot more expression out of the eyes. Also, I suck at drawing mouths, so there   

To the second question: The nose, or at least the redness that the nose has. Profiles of chibis show the nose, but otherwise it's hard to see, so the lines are there to show where it is. Basically its the blush area. Or something. Yeah...

And Alesia's (far left) nose-line things are backwards! ARGH! Well I'll correct that when I get to her outline.

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Originally posted by Venus:
Hey Kif, out of curiousity, how many pages is your total story?

Depends what you mean by that? I have a Word document with the whole story so far up to Chapter 19 and it is exactly 599 pages in Arial Font 12, including a title and contents page. If you mean the whole thing, I don't know how long the story will be in the end pages wise, I just know that it'll end at Chapter 24

Now, @ Asylum-Fry: I absolutely adore that picture to bits, and can't wait to see the final coloured version. I also look forward to Chibi-Alesia as well, I can tell she should be quite cute from the shot of her in that promo   

Again, thanks so much for drawing these pictures.

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599 pages? Wow. that is officially a novel. bravo!

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I  really love that picture    Asylum-Fry ...damn you people and your fan art and fan fic making abilities!

No...I'm just kidding...I love you all   

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Well everyone, here it is... the color promo pic. Kenneth can put it on TLZ at his leisure:



Hope you like it.

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Saying I "like it" would be an understatement... I LOVE it! And again, I want this for TLZ. Though if you'd rather send it to one of us later with a group of more pictures of yours, go ahead. As long as it gets there some how   

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Originally posted by Kif White:
Saying I "like it" would be an understatement... I LOVE it! And again, I want this for TLZ. Though if you'd rather send it to one of us later with a group of more pictures of yours, go ahead. As long as it gets there some how   

Now is fine, go ahead. I send my pics randomly.

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UoM 20 is finished and going through editing. Expect it at TLZ over the next couple of days 

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Originally posted by Kif White:
UoM 20 is finished and going through editing. Expect it at TLZ over the next couple of days   

"That's not soon enough!"

I really can't wait, that spoiler was way too intriguing. To me, at least   

Ah well, should I be prepared to draw some more fanart for UoM after reading part 20?

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I'd like to say a definite "Yes" but that's up to you 

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*does the fanfic happy dance*

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Okay, I'm going to send off part 4 of Leela Squared to TLZ ths weekend.  As far as my alterniverse stories go, this is it for Zapp, I've never liked him, and decided to get rid of him. How?  Well, Zapp gets one of those fates worse than death.  Still, I did let him have a little glory at the end:

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*Fry swung his hardest punch, straight into Zapp's stomach.  And...Zapp just grinned.  As Fry hauled back for another try, there was a blur of motion, and his fist was trapped in Zapp's.  The grip tightened.

Fry: Yaaaah!

The pain was incredible.  Fry pulled as hard as he could, but Zapp, as motionless as a rock, squeezed more, the smirk on his face growing wider by the moment.  Leela ran to him and pulled on Zapp’s arm, with no effect whatsoever.

Fry’s Leela: Zapp, stop it!  Stop hurting him, now! 

So he does get to enjoy hurting Leela and Fry one more time, but that's it then.  Hope you all like it.

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Here's the spoiler I promised. This next chapter will be quite defining and have what should be quite a surprise... I won't say any more. Hopefully it will be out next week.

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Meanwhile, Zoidberg wandered into Leela's room with Fry and a large injection. Leela moaned loudly.

"What the hell is that?!"

"This'll get your legs working again it will," Zoidberg said simply. Leela sneered.

"Why is the antidote needle always five times as big as the first one?"

"There's no medical reason for that actually," said Zoidberg. "We doctors just like big needles."

"Well, lets get this over with then," Leela sighed, holding her arm out.

"Nonononono... not the arm," Zoidberg said, shaking his head. "It's a cheek injection."

"My cheek?!" Leela stammered. "Well, okay then... Just be careful not to poke out my eye..."

She leaned her face forward and faced her right cheek towards him, closing her eye. Zoidberg shook his head.

"No, your other cheek," Zoidberg said. Leela turned her face the other way. Zoidberg shook his head again.

"Not that one either," he said. "One of your buttocks cheeks."

"What?!!" Leela jumped.

"That's where the paralysis takes effect, so turn over and I'll jam this thing in your behindis," Zoidberg said. Leela rolled her eye with frustration and turned over, while Fry stood up.

"I'd better go then..." he said simply. "Give Leela some privacy."

"Wait, Fry," Leela said. "I want to talk to yoooOWW!!"

And the needle went in. Zoidberg smiled.

"There we go," he said as he pulled it out again, then turned to Fry. "Wait, Fry... You'll need to rub Leela's legs until the feeling comes back."

"Huh?" Fry said. Leela frowned.

"No he doesn't," she said. Zoidberg shook his head.

"Yes he does. You need to get the circumcision going in them manually or it might not work properly. And I can't do it with these claws."

"Don't you mean circulation?" Leela corrected.

"Whatever. I don't have time to learn all the human anatomy terms," Zoidberg shrugged. "It took me long enough to learn humans have four fingers and a thumb on each hand."

Leela groaned. Zoidberg continued.

"Look, I could always get Alesia to come and--"

"No! Fry is fine!" Leela said quickly.

"Wonderful!" Zoidberg smiled. "Now to grab my jacket."

"So we've arrived then?" asked Leela as Fry began to awkwardly rub one of her legs. Zoidberg nodded.

"Yes. That's why you're getting unparalysed now. See you later."

After the door closed behind the doctor, there was an awkward silence.

"Have you been avoiding me, Fry?" Leela asked.

"Huh?"

"This is the first time you've been in here since I was brought here," she said. "Unless you were in my underwear drawers while I was asleep?"

"No," Fry answered simply.

"Okay, I'm going to be forward and put this simply," Leela said. "Despite what you said before I was stabbed, you said you still consider me a friend. If that's the case, please stop being so cold towards me."

Fry was surprised. Leela didn't raise her voice, or even sound angry. She was looking genuinely sad about it all. He sighed.

"I'm sorry," Fry said with a smile. "You're right, I have been kind of icy towards you. I'm still mad at you for rejecting me and all. But I should be over that now, so I should also just get back to being your friend."

"Thanks Fry," she smiled. "So now that we've cleared that up, could you rub more than just the back of my left knee?"

"Huh?" Fry startled "Oh, sorry..."

"Rub them all over," Leela said.

"Uh... how high?" Fry asked nervously.

"Up to my thighs, but not too high," she said.

"You sure?"

"Fry, as a friend, I'm asking you to rub my thighs in a strictly platonic way," she stated. He smiled back.

"And speaking of being friendly... What's with Alesia being all nicey nice? She's been going out of her way to help me. She even brought me this really nice salad about an hour ago."

"Oh, that... She's just trying to be her old self again. She realised how selfish, uncaring and petty she had been lately over this all. Once she did, she scared herself and wanted to make up for it. Especially to you."

"I see..."

"She seems really happy now actually," Fry smiled. "She's been getting on well with the others... played against Zoidberg at chess a few times... helped Bender with the cooking... Showed Amy how to read star maps really well. It's made her really happy, and she isn't worried about me or you or anything."

"Be careful, Fry... It could just be a ploy."

"Jeez! Aren't you ever going to give her a break?" Fry groaned.

"Look, I still don't fully trust her. And it's going to take a lot for that to change. But I promised her I was going to try and treat her nicely at least."

"Well... It's a start I guess," Fry grumbled. He still didn't sound that happy.

"Hey, I'm starting to get some feeling in them now," Leela smiled.

"Really?" Fry smiled.

"Yeah, you're good at this," she answered. "It's like you rub things often, or something..."

Fry laughed nervously, his pupils darting back and forth. Leela motioned for him to stop, and he did.

"I think they're almost back now," she said. She turned over onto her back again and sat up, moving her left leg slowly and rubbing it herself.

"I'm fine from here," she smiled. "Thanks, Fry. Could you grab my jacket before you leave?"

"Sure," he said. He walked over the coat hanger near the door and grabbed her green captain's jack, then handed it to her.

"Thanks. You can go back to the others now. I'll be there in five minutes."

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Looks very interesting Kif, I can't wait for the next episode to come out. 

<Wondering what the surprise will be, something romantic?>

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Not spoiling any more... Have you wait and see, you all will.

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People may be uninterested to know that thanks to PEEL being down for quite a fair while, I was forced into doing other things with my time. Ergo my fanfic is finally in the last chapter.   

I especially looking forward to finishing it, since then I can sit down and thoroughly read UoM without the worry of being compelled to plagerise it.
Also I'll be able to get on with more fanart. I know this would be of welcome news to certain people here, but I stress I will still be busy, so I say to both of them:
Patience comes to those who wait. 

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that was a cute spoiler Kif. But i was expecting something a little more emotional. I thought now would be about the time Leela would start showing an interest. I mean if Leela really really isn't interested in being with Fry then why is he having such a hard time choosing? If one wants him and the other doesn't where's the choice?

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My God! Are you saying I should just put Fry with Alesia, Venus?!   

Okay, decision made then... *changes story*

Seriously though, Fry's mind is still a mess. Like he said to Alesia, he can push Leela aside and give up on her, but he can't stop loving her for real. So has Fry really made his choice already perhaps? Quite possible... Answers may just follow in Chapter 21.

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No! i am NOT saying you should put Fry with Alesia! I'm just saying i'm getting confused. I thought Leela was interested a little cause of how in the reunion chapter she asked for a kiss from Fry and plus her reaction to Fry having sex with Alesia. But now you have her insisting that all she wants is a friendship. And i also don't understand Fry's point of view. He stated that no matter who he chooses he's still gonna have some love for the other, so unless Leela has an interest in him then it makes no sense for him to be so unsure, cause if Leela really doesn't want him and he chooses her then Alesia would have nothing to stay for and would probably go back to her planet leaving Fry alone, but if he chooses Alesia he gets a lover and still maintains his friendship with Leela. So unless Leela really does have some hidden feelings for Fry that he is subconsciously picking up on then he should have no reason to be so unsure of who to pick. You can't have a lovers triangle when one of the people is uninterested. That is not a lover's triangle, that is a lover's linear line!

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Interesting points, and I'll try to stop the confusion.

Firstly, I was joking about the putting Fry with Alesia. Sorry if you took that seriously.

Secondly Leela has so far never actually said she was interested in Fry, however, this has always been kind of countered by her jealousy of Alesia, that makes her dictate otherwise. I have made it a point for Leela to never actually show any more affection to Fry than she has in the show throughout, but to have her angry as hell about Alesia instead.

Thirdly, Fry has become very confused lately. He basically told Leela he had given up on her, only to regret it when she was stabbed, and then on top of that, he's now very wary of Alesia's darker side, so he's distancing himself a bit from her too. Basically, the triangle kind of split over the last chapter and a bit, with Fry going from loving them both a lot, to being very wary and sceptical of them both a lot.

I hope that explains some things, but feel free to ask more. However, I can't give too much away... some things are happening for reasons yet to be revealed. I'll answer what I can though.

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i know she's never actually said it, but she's given so many indications and Alesia has accused her of hiding feelings so i've been reading this story the whole time with the assumption that she was interested and was just unwilling to risk the status quo. but now i have absolutely no idea what direction you're taking this in. Your story is gonna go down as being either the most shippy story there is or the most anti-shippy story there is.

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Well, I'm not really a Fry/Leela shipper, though I do see that Cohen, Groening and co set to have them together. That aside, if you're asking whether Leela *does* have feelings for Fry or not according to my story... I can't answer that, sorry. I *can* tell you that it will be answered and sorted out by the end though. I'm glad you have no idea where this is going, as that is what I want. But I am curious... you say it will either be the most shippy or anti-shippy story ever. My question is... will you still like it if it's the latter? You answer will make no difference on the outcome by the way, what I have in store will stay that way, no matter what you say. I'm just curious.

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as the biggest shipper on this board i'll be dissapointed, i usually don't read anti-shipper fic, but i won't suddenly start hating the story or anything like that, and i would still read any other futurfic you wrote, cause you do actually have writing ability which is fairly rare in the fanfic world. Well, unless Alesia is in it, cause by that point i would hate her so much only a violent bloody death would make me happy.


* only death in the literary or cinematic form makes me happy. Death in real life is scary and makes me sad. Just wanna make sure that point is clear

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Chapter 21 should be out on either Tuesday or Wednesday. Savour this fast release, it'll be a while before there's another, with Xmas, New Years and relatives about for me elsewhere. But it will be a good chapter to simmer on for a while I feel. You'll all see what I mean when you've read it.

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Originally posted by Kif White:
Chapter 21 should be out on either Tuesday or Wednesday. Savour this fast release, it'll be a while before there's another, with Xmas, New Years and relatives about for me elsewhere. But it will be a good chapter to simmer on for a while I feel. You'll all see what I mean when you've read it.

*crosses fingers and hopes for senseless violence*

Well, I can't wait.

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Well I think this is the best place for my annocement. I am afraid to say that I will be taking a leave of writing fan fictions for the time being. I have alot of work on at the moment and to be honest I'm not having fun writing fan fictions at the moment. I might come back after an extended leave of absense.
So for a while I will more than likely be writing in this thread.

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Originally posted by Kif :
it will either be the most shippy or anti-shippy story ever. My question is... will you still like it if it's the latter?

whatever... in fact, I'm not a great Leela/Fry shipper too. That would be really original to have a different end. It's rare in a Futurama fanfic !

it's easy to write something cliché, but you handle their characters and relationship with virtuosity.

btw, did you plan anything between Leela and Elod ? I mean, let her have fun damit !!!  Fry, there was only for Fry !
COME ON!

oh well... 

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Hi all. Don't know when the next chapter of UoM will come out, but here's a special Xmas Day spoiler for it for you all. The next one will actually be primarily a Zapp/Baldur and Chaos Renegades chapter, though their journies are not just aimless wandering any more. Still, here's a small piece with Fry and Leela for you all that will appear in the upcoming Chapter 22. Enjoy, and a huge Merry Xmas to you all 

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Sure enough, the echoing sounds came from the crew quarters, along with wafting light beams that sailed across the floor. Leela was pretty sure who was making the sounds and what he was making them with, a peer around the corner confirming Leela's suspicions. Glowing figures that resembled off-model cartoon characters moved around to the uneven but still somewhat in tune, music. Characters that Leela recognised: Bender, Zoidberg, Amy, Alesia and herself. All of them were connected to a single source via streams of light that danced from it, and that source was the holophonor in Fry's hands. Leela watched though the tiny gap between the door and its frame, careful not to disturb what was taking place so that she could observe it.

At the moment Alesia was by herself, while the other figures were together. Then, starting with Amy, they gradually began to walk over towards her. Zoidberg was next, then Bender. But Leela couldn't help but notice how her hologram stayed put. All the while, the semi-patchy music seemed very sad. Things changed from here, with the addition of Elod's caricature to the group, and swords in each of their hands. They each took on a generic pirate hologram in sword fighting, save for Alesia's hologram. As the holograms fought, the music became very action orientated. Alesia's image stepped forward, the music starting to grow sad again. From nowhere suddenly, two floating hooks flew down, imbedding themselves into her chest and stomach with harsh notes that made Leela jump. As Alesia's hologram fell, the hooks flew away and the other figures disappeared. But a new figure appeared, this one being Fry. He knelt before the unmoving Alesia hologram, his face distressed and sad. The music was even sadder here, in fact some of the most lamentable music Leela had ever heard. It was becoming more in tune and crisp here too, crisper than anything Fry had played without the aid of internal worms or robot hands. Alesia's head drooped to one side, and Fry's hologram stood up and gestured great sadness and pain. The two hooks reappeared, lodging themselves into Fry's chest, Leela jumping again as a strong sharp note pierced her ears just as the hooks pierced Fry's chest. They dislodged themselves, pulling out the Fry hologram's heart as well, which was shaped like a love heart rather than a real one, each side with a hook in it. The hooks pulled in opposite directions, the music straining out piercing waves as the heart began to rip down the centre. When the tear was about half way, the heart morphed into a planet instead. Earth to be precise, and still torn half way down. This continued, until the planet was ripped in two, and strewn onto the ground like a spliced tennis ball, an echoing musical thump sounding from the instrument.

'Does that mean what I think it does?' Leela thought to herself. She hoped it didn't, but things weren't over.

After quite a pause, the glows from the remaining Earth halves almost disappearing, they flared up again, then floated upwards and became two large eyes. From the eyes sprouted a form, and Leela couldn't believe what she saw, for while all the other characters so far had been like cartoons drawn by a semi-artistic ten year old, this one was suddenly very, very realistic. It was a near perfect, life-sized image of Alesia, whom if Leela hadn't seen it form right there before her eyes, she would have sworn it was the real deal. She wore a glowing, long white dress, a bit like the one she wore to dinner in the Sheridan, and she had an ethereal haze around her as if an angel. Fry's playing was even better here, a sad and elegant tune that seemed to be building up to something, as the hologram wandered towards him. A hand reached up to Fry's cheek slowly, the playing more intense than ever, and tears rolling down Fry's cheeks. Leela felt her own eyes watering too, she could feel the pure emotion in Fry's music, and there was nothing but hurt. Then, when the figure touched his cheek, there was a continuous blare than almost blew Leela backwards, screeching as the figure before Fry changed. Her skin began to grey, her hair transformed from a smooth dark brown into an ashy wire and her face, body and limbs became gaunt. Her eyes seemed to burn away, as she looked like a zombie that slowly withered away before Fry. Leela had to turn away after a while; the sight was just too morbid and gruesome, as Alesia's god-forsaken form reached out to Fry. But Fry's gaze was fixed the whole time, as if he was torturing himself. His playing was at a climax and becoming strained, his eyes almost bursting themselves with grief and tears, his heart almost visibly tearing in two like the earlier image shown. He didn't stop until there was nothing left of her, as she turned to dust and then disappeared. And as soon as she did, he curled into a ball on the bed, and began whimpering to himself, his holophonor clasped to his chest like a teddy bear to an infant.

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*sigh* even when she's dead all i get are Fry/Alesia moments. So i'm countering with a Fry/Leela moment from the fic i'm currently procrastinating on.

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Continuing back towards the elevators he noticed he was by the hospital’s amalgamated chapel. A quick glance at his watch told him he had fifteen minutes to spare. Not really having many other options and figuring it couldn’t hurt he cautiously stepped inside. The room was dark and empty but at the far end was a large table with candles, many of which were lit. Fry had never been religious, and to his knowledge, neither had Leela but he approached the alter just the same. When he got closer he could see that many of the lit candles had pictures of people beside them. A small card left at the head of the table informed him of his right to light a candle for an injured loved one. So he did. He reached in his wallet for a picture to put by her candle. It was one of his favorites. It showed the two of them together on the Planet Express Ship sitting beside each other on the observation couch at the front of the cockpit. She was asleep with her head resting on his shoulder and he was gazing at her lovingly. Bender had taken the picture intending to use it as blackmail not realizing that this was the type of picture Fry wouldn’t mind showing off. Since it was useless to him Bender had handed it over (for a small fee) and it had had a home in Fry’s wallet ever since. Fry gazed longingly at it for a long moment. It had felt wonderful to have Leela allow him so close. True she had fallen asleep from exhaustion after an especially trying mission and had had no idea her head had dropped onto his shoulder like that, but it had still been a wonderful moment. Made even more wonderful by the soft embarrassed smile she had gifted him with when she had awoken. He had expected that her guard would immediately come up when she realized how vulnerable she had allowed herself to seem, but she had surprised him by seeming almost pleased by the intimacy of the moment. There was no way he could part with this picture. He reverently placed it back into his wallet. Besides, he figured,  it wasn’t as if god would need a picture to identify her candle, right? Speaking of which…

“Umm…hi, it’s me, uh Fry.” He felt really stupid talking aloud to himself like this. But he was desperate and willing to do whatever it took. “I know I’ve never really talked to you before. And I know I don’t really deserve a favor, but I gotta ask anyway.”

He looked down at his picture, at Leela’s sleeping face. The candle light reflecting from the glossy surface giving her a golden almost angel like cast. “Please don’t take her.” He whispered softly. When he looked up again there were fresh tear tracks down his face.

“Don’t take her from me, please.” His voice broke. “She doesn’t deserve this.” He was openly sobbing now. “Please, if you gotta take someone, take me. I’ll change places with her in a heartbeat.”

His legs gave out from under him and he sank heavily to all fours. “Please, please let her live. Let her wake up. Please.” he struggled for breath in-between desperate, wracking sobs. The breakdown that had been building up within him for the past week finally breaking free. He didn’t know how long he cried there, but as soon as he felt he could stand he did. With a shaking hand he wiped his face. Then he placed his wallet back into his pocket, but not before he glanced one more time at the picture he loved so much. He picked up Leela’s flowers and gave them a quick once over to make sure he hadn’t damaged them. Luckily, other than a slightly mussed up sprig of Baby’s Breath the flowers were unharmed.

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Awww... do I sense a bit of bitterness? Do note there was a somewhat Fry/Leela moment at the end of 21, and you don't need to guess who'll be trying to comfort Fry the most from now on.

On another note, that's a nice piece of writing you have there, Venus. Very nicely done.   

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but it's not the saaaaammmee! Her just comforting him for the loss of the woman he apparantly (if chap 21 is anything to go by) was the one he was ultimately going to choose isn't as satisfying as an actual moment between the two. And if all their talking about is Alesia then that definetely doesn't count as a moment between the two. They might as well just have her floating above their heads.

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Originally posted by Venus:
*sigh* even when she's dead all i get are Fry/Alesia moments. So i'm countering with a Fry/Leela moment from the fic i'm currently procrastinating on.

Very nicely done Venus! I hope you will be able to start working on it again soon, I am looking forward to reading it! 

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UoM 22 coming soon. A rather straighforward chapter, hopefully not too much so that it's boring. Though it is supposed to be a calm both after a climax and before a battle. A little shorter than usual too, but 23 should be large and the finale in 24 will probably be the largest ever.

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Hey, just curious, you planning on writing any stuff after UoM is done?

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Originally posted by Venus:
So i'm countering with a Fry/Leela moment from the fic i'm currently procrastinating on.

Damn. Just...damn. Seriously good stuff, Venus. You gotta let us know when this is done; if the parts you've posted already are any indication, this is going to be a fantastic work.