I really enjoyed this. You're an amazing author!

This story never stops amazing me. I read it all the time, and I'm in love with it.

you manage to make me cry at the end of every single story ever. good god, woman. this story is just... ahhh3

amazing... it just wowed me... i have never seen it from that point of view! It struck a chord with me and now will always be remembered... the sentimant that goes with this is impecable! And i am a German, (or Prussian;) ) and i am proud!

I don't have words. I mean, people say they don't have words but they really do and they're just saying they don't have words for dramatic effect but, Jesus. I don't have words. Just beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. Fantastic writing and you didn't overdo it, which I see often with a topic like this. Just... simply beautiful. Thank you. From the bottom of my heart.

And I did cry, thank you very much.

Wonderful. Now this, my dear, is a HUGE improvement from your previous stories. Not only have you removed the pretentious writing, but you are also straight to the point now with details.

The characterization of the characters are great; I thoroughly enjoyed Gilbert and Ivan. They have such human personalities, which is rare for these characters to have in this fandom.

The only advice I have is just stick to the formula you did with this story. It flows and keeps the reader interested.

OH MY GOD. I'M CRYING EVEN MORE NOW THAN I WAS ON THE LAST CHAPTER

MY GOD

MY DID I LET YOU TRICK ME :-P

Honestly, you've tricked me every other time in this damn story, I can't believe I didn't see this coming! -_- BUT I'M SO HAPPY WORDS CANNOT DESCRIBE

Still. Way to catch everyone off-guard by using the word 'corpse'. DAMN YE, YE DECEITFUL MISCREANT! *Ye Olde English*

This was such a beautiful read, seriously. C: Oh, and how I wept! And the bright side is that I don't have to read any fluff now since this had a happy ending. Yay! :D

I would have liked to have saw an appearance from Hungary and Austria though, if I'm perfectly honest. I get that the story was about the brotherly bond, but he DID mention them both earlier on in the story... just sayin'. :-P

Still, thank you for a brilliant read! _ I stayed up until 1:30AM to read this all in one sitting...

OH GOD

GOD DAMNM YOU

GOD FUCKING DAMN YOU

I'M CRYING LIKE A FUCKING BABY AND UGH

OH GOD I'M GOING TO BE SICK

Ugh why why why? WHY?

WHY AM I CRYING

I KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN

FOR FUCK SAKES WHY DOES THIS HURT SO MUCH

Oh my god I hate you so much right now. I read 'You made it, Gilbert. You made it.' and my heart just fucking SOARED (I do this thing where I scroll the page little by little so I only read a line/paragraph at a time to stop any spoilers.)

AND THEN I READ THE NEXT LINE

oh god did i bawl

why

just... why

OH NO.

OH NO OH NO OH NO OH NO

DON'T DO IT, GILBERT! DON'T DO ITTTT

JUST WAIT FOR THE WALL TO COME DOWN

oh god oh god i'm going to cry

IF THEY TURN OUT TO BE REUNITED IN THE END WITH NO CHARACTER DEATH

I SWEAR TO GOD

I SWEAR TO GOD

...I'll look like an idiot. Haha. XD

Oh, wow... well I didn't see THAT one coming! You always seem to be throwing curveballs in this, doing what I least expect... I like it. :-P

And I agree with Gilbert, it hurts admitting you're wrong, but admitting you're wrong and accepting help from someone you hate- ugh. What a feeling.

And this story is slowly coming to an end... and my tears are welling up again as I write this because I'm fearing the worst... ;-;

Congratulations. You've officially made me cry.

And my cry I mean bawl like a baby.

And by bawl like a baby I mean my mother just saw my face and asked me what was wrong in a panic only to see I was on Fanfiction and she rolled her eyes and walked away.

Yeah. :B

In a way I'm kind of glad there's only four more chapters left... I don't know how much more of this I can take! Haha.

Again, I just LOVE your writing style in this. I can almost feel the crush of communism myself and feel that awful hollow feeling in my gut and in my lungs. D:

AWW, YAY! That didn't go the way I thought it would AT ALL. I felt such a warm fuzziness in my chest when Gilbert helped those poor people over. And I can still feel it a little bit.

Obviously, he's playing a dangerous game here, but still... now that's a fucking Hero, right there, putting his own ass on the line to help others.

I really wish he could have gone with them, but I'm guessing he's staying so he can help more people over the wall. :(

And woah, I'm going to do some research on this when I finish. Did the soldiers really pull shifts that long? That's freaking insane, man!

Ah, that goddamn Russian is trying to get a rise out of gil, isn't he? /rage

Bah. This is so hard to read for some reason. I don't know why, but I do find it kind of upsetting. ;A; (But, then again, I guess you could view that as a job well done!)

I really hope Gilbert gets to see his brother soon... (Since there's no real timeline here, other than being told it's 1986.) Don't give up hope! :-(

And why do I have a bad feeling that something is going to happen when he's on shift... *sigh*

Each chapter I read just fills me with unbearable sadness and pity and... ugh. But I just can't stop reading!

Also, I really loved this line:

"Even that goddamn Austrian who insisted so heavily upon taking hat woman for himself. He was still better than Braginski. Anyone would be an improvement to that bastard."

I don't know why, but I just love the whole love(?)/hate relationship between Gilbert and AustriaRussia and... as bitter as the sentence was, it still lightened the mood a little and made me laugh. XD

Yes, Gil. You need to get out of there! And see your brother again! :(

What's truly heartbreaking is that I've never thought of it like that before until you pointed it out... not only was he separated from his brother, but also from Liz and Roderich. Sure, he and the latter may not have got along, but... I mean it's about that sense of familiarity isn't it? I feel even more saddened now when I think it wasn't just Ludwig vs. Gilbert, but Ludwig, Liz and Roderich vs. Gilbert. :(

Ahhh I love this story... I'm DEFINITELY going to have to read something fluffy to cheer myself up after reading this, though. :-P

Right-o. Well, at least we've established that it's All Human now. :-D I still love this... I don't think I've read a story about the Berlin Wall in this much detail yet! (It's usually just some angst-y one shot, that only focuses on the country personifications anyway). It's nice to see this from a "human" perspective, you know?

And ahhh, I must say I loved the inclusion of Ivan, haha. I can imagine how irritating his kind of presence must be in heat like that. -_-

And yet I'm still reading this when all I can thing is "omg Gilbert's gonna die omg Gilbert's gonna die"... I mean sure this is just my own speculation, but... he's gonna die, isn't he? XD

I ALWAYS PIC THE STORIES WITH THE SAD ENDINGS. D: