The Thrill Is Gone - Comments

How I still remember this story fondly after (almost?) a decade since I first read this, I don’t know. But the most incredible thing is that I now live in Oxford, of all places, and had completely forgotten this was set here.
Reading this knowing and loving all these places is just something else…
Hope you’re doing well.

Forever this story’s bigest fan,
Sara

I've been rereading the start of this story, and I'd forgotten how much I liked that Paulina was so passionate about her studies and about politics. So yeah, that's it. Just wanted to say that I feel like I'm rediscovering the story since it's been so long since I've read it for the first time, and I'm still amazed by how good it is :)

Wow, it took me 4 days (or at least the free time I had during those 4 days) to read this chapter. I was not expecting any of it and I cannot wait to start reading the sequels, so that better times will come.
The amount of times my eyes teared up reading this chapter, there were just too many to count. The amount of times I actually wanted to be Alfred or Luis and just punch Harry in the face, there were too much to count.
I was delighted to see Paulina still keeps William and the Queen in high regards and it also pleased me they, especially the Queen will still love Paulina, even if she's not with Harry anymore.

Like I said before, I can't wait to start reading the sequels!
xox

AHHH!!!!!! I've been reading this story for such a long time!! I'm really sad about how it ended, but I agree that a happy ending after being together such a relatively short period of time considering his position. I'm hopeful that one day they'll fall back into each other's lives and cannot wait to read anything you write about them in the future! Thanks for sharing this part of you with us!!!! lol be sure to update here or something so Mibba will notify us when you write something else! :D

I've been reading this story for such a long time, and I've seen it grow into what it is today, and this may sound strange, but I am so proud of all that it's become (and it's not even my story!).
You are such an incredible writer and I honestly can only hope that someday all of this becomes so much more; I can only hope for your writing, your words to reach the entire globe.
With that said, I will be, very impatiently and excitedly, waiting for the next part of their story to come out, whenever that is.

Much much love,
Sara

I've read this story pretty much from the beginning, I think it was maybe 10-15 chapters in when I started. I love how relatable Paulina is. I like how they had the everyday person issues and the sort of Harry issues. I love how you took us through their entire relationship from beginning to end, the, the bad, and now the ugly. I knew there wwouldn't be a happy ending in this installment especially from the chapter before this last one but I knew there was hpe because of the sequels. I hope it doesn't take forever for them to get back together but you've written this one so amazingly that with the next installments we won't be disappointed. I don't know what else to say except thank you for this story and I can't wait for the next part.

JV

NO!!!!! How could you kill Thea!!! God I was crying my eyes and and now my parents think I'm weird for crying for no reason. But how could you end it like that. That is so not fair. You need to update soon to make it up to us for ending it that way.

Let me start this by saying fuck you. I started reading this in the morning before work and almost was late then i continued reading at working because its slow at work and i couldn't stop. Seriously i had to stop reading because i was crying. You hear me! I had to read this finale in doses. Fuck Emi it was so gut wrenching and brilliant like i can't even begin to explain. You've inspired me so much through the years via stories and friendship. It's insane to think we started out on quizilla so many years ago. You've always been a brilliant writer even then and its because you create these wholly relatable characters that charm us all. I cannot wait for what is to come for these characters and whatever else you throw out. Congrats you curly headed nut you've gotten to the end, have a drink celebrate and then write the shit out of the next bit because I'll be patiently waiting well as patient as i can be.

It's like 2AM here and I'm crying my eyes out and I have school tomorrow and I'm gonna look so wasted because of this story - it's just - what happened to Paulina was too heartbreaking for me to handle.

I'm - I'm not sure where to begin... I think I lack the words right now (and that does not happen often, believe it or not). This is probably going to look like the random ramblings of an insane person, and I'm really sorry for that, but it seems I've lost all ability to make proper comments lately.

So, yeah, let's randomly ramble then... I feel like I should start by congratulating you on finishing this story so congratulation on that, it's amazing. And also 'wow' for the length of this chapter. I'm impressed and envious. If I didn't live so far away I'd come to steal your brain (why the hell am I saying that? That sounds so weird).
I've been reading this chapter all day (literally - I think you uploaded it round 11 my time, and it's now 19.36, and I've just finished it - why's that? Because I might have turned into the slowest reader on the planet and also because I kept telling myself: 'NOOO, you got so much to do in the house, get a life, drop that laptop, but then every time I was doing something else, I kept thinking 'NOOO, I want to know what's going on, I want to read that chapter', so I spent my day picking the laptop up and then putting it down, and reading it while I should have been doing something else, and reading it whilst I was doing something else (I ate lunch while reading your story, and I washed the dishes reading your story, and I phoned my mum and read the story at the same time, and I'm now putting nail poliish on and writing this comment (and I swear that if I put some on my laptop...) How's that for commitment?? Because that's how I feel about your story and your characters, and I'm pretty sure that other readers feel the same. We're really, I don't know, invested in it? Does that sound right? Well I am anyway. (Oh God, look at these insane ramblings - this is not going to make any sense).

Also - but does it need saying? - you're an amazing writer. Because never did I get tired of this story. Not once. I just kept wanting more. Hang on, I've just lost what I wanted to say.. It was a brilliant analogy with drugs. Yeah, on second thought, it might be better that I've forgotten it (insane ramblings again!)

I cried. Yes, I did. I cried reading this chapter (because I'm just a big softie), as I cried reading other parts of the story. But I'm so, so glad with the way you ended this. It made so much sense. And you managed to make the characters evolve whislt still remaining true to what they are (I'm not even sure that makes sense). So this ending was absolutely spot on, for me at least. But back to the crying thing. You've also made me laugh, and made me think, and made me go all smiley and all with this story. You've taken us on an emotional rollercoaster with this story, and gosh that was good.

Has it really been three years? I can hardly believe it. Look how we've grown! No wonder I feel like Harry and Paulin have been such a part of my life, because they have been! Three years... I'm speechless.

Thank you.

(This was me, Gwen, by the way. I changed my username, so I didn't know... well, anyway. Thank you.)

Okay, i am a mess right now. I just cant stop the fucking tears. As much as I love Harry, he totally deserved it. I was hoping for a happy ending, i know i was being naive. I hope they get their happy ending in the squeal. Post soon!

I CANNOT CONTROL THESE FEELS. THERE ARE TOO MANY. YOU KNOW I HAD TO STOP READING HALFWAY THROUGH ALISTAIR'S STORY ABOUT HIS FAMILY BECAUSE I WAS CRYING? I HAD TO GO AND GET OUT A CARTON OF FUCKING ICE CREAM - LIKE THE ACTUAL FUCKING CARTON, AND BECAUSE IT DIDN'T HAVE MANY COOKIES LEFT IN THE COOKIES AND CREAM ICE CREAM (WTF? WHY AREN'T THERE MORE IN IT?!) I HAD TO CRUMBLE UP OREO COOKIES AND ADD THEM TO IT AND I JUST SAT IN FRONT OF MY LAPTOP WITH THE CARTON OF ICE CREAM AND CRIED WHILE WHISPERING, "POOR ALISTAIR..." BECAUSE IT WAS 3 IN THE MORNING. THEN THERE'S ALL THIS DRAMATIC STUFF GOING ON AND THEN PAULINA IS LIKE DYING WITHOUT THEA AND THE HEARTBEAT AND THE UGH AND THE MISCARRIAGE AND THE WAAAAAH AND I WAS LIKE, "NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE" AND I HAD TO STOP SO I COULD MAKE MYSELF SOME FUCKING FRIED RICE AT FOUR IN THE MORNING BECAUSE I NEEDED TO EAT MY FEELINGS TO FEEL BETTER.

AND THE STORY JUST GOT SO MUCH MORE BRILLIANT, BUT YEAH, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FEEL ABOUT THIS, OR RATHER, I DON'T KNOW WHEN I'LL STOP FEELING LIKE THIS. LIKE WHAT THE FUCK? WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK? I HAVEN'T CRIED OVER FAN FICTION IN A LONG FUCKING WHILE SO IT'S LIKE SO AMAZING THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO BRING THIS OUT IN ME AND SO I COMMEND YOUR UNLIMITED TALENT FOR WRITING BUT OMFG THE FEELS.

AND I AM SO HAPPY THAT PAULIN DIDN'T TAKE HIM BACK BECAUSE FUCK HARRY. FUCK HIM UP THE ASS.



THE FUCK? WHO DOES THAT SHIT? I WAS TOTALLY RIGHT THERE WITH LUIS AND I WAS IMAGINING MYSELF KNOCKING HIM THE FUCK OUT LIKE, "THIS MOTHA FUCKA GON' GET IT" AND I WAS READY TO WHIP OUT THE GOOD OLD PICO RIVERA GHETTO CHOLA INSIDE OF ME AND JUST FUCKING RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWR!!!!!!!!



AND I CANNOT BELIEVE HE FUCKING LOCKED HER MOM OUTTA THE ROOM. LIKE, WHO THE FUCK DOES THAT SHIT? I FELT BAD FOR WILLS BECAUSE HE'S A SWEET GUY, BUT I WAS LIKE "DON'T GO FUCKING STICKING UP FOR HIM AND SHIT" AND I WAS LIKE SO PISSED WHEN HARRY WAS THINKING ABOUT HOW IT SHOULD BE HIM AND NO ONE ELSE AND WAS JUST LIKE, "FUCK YOU" OMFG. I CAN'T EVEN. I CANNOT RIGHT NOW. I SIMPLY CANNOT.

I HAVE LOST THE ABILITY TO CAN.

BUT YOU BETTER HURRY UP AND POST THE SEQUEL. I ALREADY SUBBED AND REC'D AND I NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING TO HAPPEN OR ELSE I'M GOING TO GO MAD. LIKE, SERIOUSLY. I NEED MY FIX.

What a great way to end the story... well, I mean, I guess, but this makes it so much more interesting and I can't wait to go see where the hell it's going to end up. Holy crap. I totally thought that Kennedy guy was going to be there for her in the hospital and that Harry was gonna flip shit. That would have been hilarious.

EDIT: WHY DID I NOT SEE THAT YOU HAD UPDATED BEFORE? I WAS WONDERING IF IT WAS JUST LUCK THAT HAD GOTTEN TO READ TWO NEW CHAPTERS AND I GUESS IT'S BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE THE CHAPTER WITH ALISTAIR'S STORY.

I cried...a lot...and now I'm sad. I only hope everything gets better in the sequels.

Update Soon Please! Love this story!!

Ahhhhhh!!! Does the car hit her? Is it Alistair? I'm freaking out! Update soon!! Please!!!

Ahhhhhh!!! Does the car hit her? Is it Alistair? I'm freaking out! Update soon!! Please!!!

Ahhhhhh!!! Does the car hit her? Is it Alistair? I'm freaking out! Update soon!! Please!!!

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Hii!!!! OMG is been so long that I have read your story so last week I started to read it again from chapter 1 to 117 and I can't believe is only 1 chapter left and Paulina is pregnant asdfghhkkl please update soon pretty please don't leave us like this...

please update im having withdrawal symptoms...!!!