You replied to this a lifetime and a half ago, and you were wonderful, as usual, but that was right before I went on my unexpected hiatus and I never answered it and so you never knew how much I appreciated that you liked it. ;)

SO ANYWAYS.

I'm back. And replying.

I am so glad that you loved it. I love writing for you or with you in mind because you're so generous in your enthusiasm. And because you're awesome.

I'm so glad you thought that the voice was correct--I worried a bit about that because I'd obviously never written him before. So huge sigh of relief here.

And yeah! I couldn't not keep it canon for some reason. And I'm glad to provide you with more evidence to support the "never getting over Jo" idea.

I'd never really done the strikeouts thing before, so I'm glad it worked. It was very, very fun.

His relationshiip with Amy actually broke me more than anything else I think. Because even though, he chose her in the end, she isn't the fighter that Jo is and that first line where he had to cover his laughs because she'd be hurt was exactly them. That's exactly what I was going for--that you'd still love Amy, that this not turn into Amy-bashing, because it's not her fault, poor thing. She is who she is.

Anyways, I really am thrilled to the extreme that you liked it.

You rock worlds more. ;)