Great story ! I loved the characters, the idea, the writing ... Loved it !

Loved it! please, more Rush/Mandy stories! Thank you so much for this!

Your characterizations are spot on. You've captured the Rush/Young dynamic so well. Their on again/off again cooperation level is only there so much when it benefits the greater good.

Your Eli and Rush interaction are brilliant. Rush is torn between wanting Eli to grow up and not wanting to be left behind once Eli truly realizes his potential. Chloe and Rush have common ground that they others will never have. It makes her a good sounding board for Rush.

TJ ... my heart still aches for her and Carmen. Beautifully written scenes for her explaining to Rush about her hope.

EXACTLY what I thought when I saw this episode - how can a computer decide whether he loves her? It was probably seeking a perfect match to her brainwave patterns, & of course not only do no 2 people love exactly the same, he's a man & she's a woman, they're wired differently. There is no doubt in my mind that Nick loves Mandy; he's an all-or-nothing kind of guy, once he decided to give his heart he gave it completely. Also I never quite understood why, once they had gotten Nick out of the simulation, they couldn't have freed Mandy & Ginn from 'quarantine' & reprogrammed the parameters of the simulation more specifically to allow safe access. At least with the open ending of the series we can imagine a happy ending for these two somewhere down the line.

This is a really great story! The characters' dialogue sounds perfect, and the body language is just as good! I really like the different story line. The ending is great too (call me a fangirl, but I love when Rush cries)!

:) Really great story, keep writing!

it was great

"That's a lovely name," Rush responds, aware of how trite it sounds but unable to think of a single more sensible thing to contribute to a conversation he doesn't understand or know why they're having.

This story is utterly excellent, and has one of the best Rush POVs that I've ever read. The ending was magnificent. I very much hope you'll write some additional Rush-centric stories.

Thanks so much!

CWR

Your story is wonderful, I love it. Nicolas Rush/Amanda Perry is my favourite pairing. Thank you for the alternative end for the episode.

Wow. This was good! Lovely characterizations. There are too few Rush/Amanda Perry fics out there (as in: almost none). I really loved this one. Any chance there will be more?

Wonderful story. Everyone was totally in character and that would have made a great episode. I hope you write more SGU stories soon.

I really enjoyed reading this fic. You have everyone so in character I had a feeling I was watching a real episode. I especially enjoyed Rush-Young and Rush-Eli interactions. I hope to read more SGU fics written by you in the future.

This was a wonderful alternate episode. The characters are true to form from the series. I really enjoyed this. Thanks!