Interesting.. as I read the beginning of this, I couldn't help think of The Lord of The Ring, when they pass those boglands or whatever it was, with all those ghostly creatures lingering in the water.. as you write "There are faces in the river - endless repetitions of his own features, twisted reflections of who he is, was, will be." Luckily, the ghosts in John's inner world are of the more friendly kind.

I like your story, it was told very poetically.

I love it. *g* (but a twisted part of my mind wishes that he should have stayed that way/drowned himself again. and like, succeded. but that's a very small part. you did a really great job on a really awesome idea!

This was quite good and introspective...I like that Teyla's "simple" understanding is what is effective in the end compared to all the high tech modern medicine and science.

Do I need to say this is wonderful... so dramatic... so intense..

Lovely fic! But poor John. I'm glad to see that it was Teyla who finally got through to him. She's a strong character that I'd love to see developed more.

Wow. That was beautiful. Very well-written, really emotive stuff. I like the way you didn't explain everything neatly at the beginning, just the the story develop and let us find out what happened as went along.

Wow! That's all I can say. So simple, so eloquent...

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, this story. I've always wondered what would happen to John if the pressures of his past, present and furture became too much for him. This is close enough. Perfect.

Wonderful story, very well written :o)

Very nice story. Any chance at a continuation?

I like your portrayal of the Atlantis characters

~T're

Well done. Very tight storytelling, not a word wasted. I liked it a lot.

Poor John. When I read Sheppard fic this good it makes me sad that you're not on the SGA writing staff.