Talk:For Love and Hot Chocolate/@comment-25941663-20150207135001

I thoroughly enjoyed this. The fact that I read it in one sitting speaks volumes.

It is very rare for me to root for a character in a story, only a few authors have managed to enthrall me so deeply. Actually, I don't even remember when was the last time I enjoyed a happy ending in a horror story. To be honest, I was expecting Blain to have a car accident in the last few sentences, but I was positively surprised to see that this wasn't the case. It would have been a half-assed attempt at an ending and it would have ruined the experience, at least for me.

Contrary to what others have said, I felt sympathetic for Pinkerton. Yes, at times he acted like a smartass, but I liked him nevertheless. In my eyes, he is more like an unwilling pawn in the hands of Tobit than a villain. I wouldn't be surprised if Pinky had previously had a trial himself (to save a loved one) but failed and his soul is now on the Red Star, where he has to carry out Tobit's will in the physical world for all of eternity.

Finally, I don't think that Tobit is a villain as per se, he is more like an omnipotent god who presides over our universe.

To conclude this, this story is one of the best I have read in my entire life. Next month, I will nominate this for PoTM (I already nominated a story this month). Well done.

PS: I edited the small mistakes JayTen pointed out.