Just rereading... you be brilliant!

WOAH! That was heavy!

People tend to overlook bassists or underestimate their worth which is SUPER STUPID because the bassline usually gives a song it's kick.

Well written. A documentation of band reactions would be totally awesome!

Very very sad but wonderful.

very touching, good job

beautiful

that was great!a good fic!me likey!

Payce \m/

That was frickin' awesome it makes you wonder if that's what Dave really thinks....*wonders* lol seriously though that was great nice job

You know what, i have noticed that Pheonix get's the least amount of attention. Sure there are alot of ppl who like him but...just not as much as the others. Take that LP, man I'd love to see the reactions on there faces if this were real and they'd read that...Good job.

That was so sad and written like you knew what it was like to be where he was. That was... so horrible. I loved it. Poor Davey!!!!!!!!!!

I liked the "Am I dying or is this my birthday?" line. Usually I don't read these, but I love Dave, so I read this, and it's pretty good!

oh my god. That was quite heartbreaking. It flowed really well from the beginning starting off with this idea that no one would find him because no one came round to look for him or talk to him and it was a good introduction to retelling how this had been happening all through his life. His brother ruining his possessions, his parents that didn't care, the friends that had him there for the sake of it, caring about the band not him.

It was quite a negative view of the band, thought provoking as well, showing it from the POV or someone who's NOT the frontman bringing real life things such as 'bassists have feelings too, kids.' Raises the idea of does he really feel that way. The part that tore me the most personally was this idea that someone had torn part of his photograph off the autograph and thrown it away. I almost cried at that point.

Even the tone of the story suggests how pent up and desperate he gets about it: to think you have found a place in the world to find that you're still where you started all your life is something that probably would make you resort to that. And in a sense, i have now been depressed by the situation you have put Dave in so well.

That is amazing, hun. Honestly, I'm sitting here trying to think of some review to give you that isn't the standard three sentence ones I'm very capable of giving.

The way you captured Dave's emotions in the letter was just so well done.

I love the way, as you pointed out at the end, that it didn't contain the "I love you, I'll come back and be your guardian angel" stuff you usually find in them. Not that Dave had any reason to write anything like that, as the way the others blankly ignored his crying and never asked why he attempted suicide. The way you portrayed them like that, not being the caring friends, was really, really ...depressing.

Another thing I loved was the reason you gave for him calling himself Phoenix - the way he desperately resorted to calling himself that, to give himself the belief he could "rise from the ashes". Heh, oddly enough, I was thinking of that today. :)

I think the one thing that sticks SO clearly out in my head, and will do, about this fic is when you mentioned that Dave & Mike got asked for autographs, yet he found his part in a dustbin. God, that was the most heart-breaking thing in the entire story. It just left me feeling completely empty and feeling sososososo sorry for him for having to see that.

And finally, the ending. The way you had him sign off with "the world's biggest mistake" was really effective too, just in the way it summed up entirely how he felt about himself.

Absolutely amazing. :)

=( Poor Dave! God, that was sad. Very well written. Made me all sad-like. Great job!

I loved it! I really think that you should do a follow up chapter, like what the band does when they find him, how long it took, and their reaction when they read the note. i would really love to read it if you do. thanx fer th' gr8 read!

AWESHUM! But you already know I think that.. hehe.