Reviews for Calling for Help from Beyond
withered chapter 1 . 12/12/2015
Hmm...I like what it is you were trying to do, but how much you succeeded I can't be sure...

The writing is a little choppy and doesn't flow very well consistently. ("Robin, sitting on the couch while trying to watch the news of something that occurred in Gotham. His head was slouched down..."). Some of the word choices are also rather strange ("Never an easy task to contemplate" What? And "pulled Robin to her breasts [in a hug]" sounds overtly sexual despite the context).

Paragraphing is slightly off as well:
("Sounds like trouble." Starfire sensed a problem.
"The rest are out of the city!")

The scene changes are also abrupt and seem to have no purpose - from being in the tower to being on top of the tower and then to the crime scene; the entire conversation could have easily taken place where it had began.

The crimes that are also mentioned have serve no purpose either as far as I can tell. The first one being reported on is nothing but static noise to the episode Robin is having while the last is a big question mark for me. If you wanted to use the last crime scene to drive the point home that Robin needed to put the ghosts of his past to sleep or risk endangering the present, it didn't translate at all.

The lack of scene setting and straight-to-the-point storytelling also takes away from the tension the story has as the reader is introduced right in the middle of it from a very third party perspective if that makes sense: It's like I see Robin having this episode but it neither frightens me nor concerns me, I feel nothing for what he's going through and the confusion that comes with wondering who Annie is (and her subsequent story) lacks urgency.

You have the outlines of these characters and their individual stories, but they lack personality and emotion. Even Starfire's attempts to comfort the Boy Wonder read rather superficial.

I think the main problem with this story is simply the lack of heart. You don't seem to connect emotionally to the story or the message it is you're trying to convey, and that's a shame considering you seem to have a firm grasp on who it is these characters are and what it is their motivations would be to write a convincing story.
m3lani31126 chapter 1 . 8/15/2013
I thought that robin in teen titans was a wannabe of batmans assistance robin until my brother told then i watched some batman and teen titans at the same time then noticed then i paused them they had the same position and same background then i looked at their clothes it was the same then i was like WTF then i read this and i was like MOM DAD MOM DAD then they were like and i was like i learned 2 thing new about 1 person they were like thats great hun.
GeneaLady chapter 1 . 8/13/2013
"You need to stop listening to the echoes of your past," she scorned. "If you cannot hear me, I worry that you will lose someone else from that lost voice." Robin nodded, trying to straighten his head out.

...love
LightandDarkness Warrior chapter 1 . 8/12/2013
Nice work! I liked this story.