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Reviews For O Mine Enemy
Excellent close of the chapter.
Your story is one of the best I have read - and trust me I've read A LOT! But yours is the only one I read again and again! The way you portray the characters is exquisite. The feelings it produces are a a lot to take in. Most of the times I want to cry and others I feel the same joy Severus feels in your latest chapter! So THANK YOU! :)
Some chapter specific notes: This chapter was just so so well done! I don’t mean this as a slight to JKR but honestly, your version of Occlumency and this mental battle between Harry and Voldemort’s minds is so much more interesting than canon. It’s so satisfying to see Harry using his mental power to fight (and it always bugged me that Harry was good at shrugging off Imperio but we never saw him reach his full potential at Occlumency). Harry’s realization that he loves and cares for Snape was so heartwarming to read — and Voldemort’s reaction was just as satisfying :) You write so masterfully and realistically that sometimes I forget that OME isn’t canon — I was rereading OotP the other day and thought to myself “ouch, that must’ve hurt Snape” when Harry said Voldemort’s name during the Occlumency lesson… then I realized that the Dark-Mark-hurting thing wasn’t actually canon (although it sooo should’ve been)! General notes: This is a bit random but I’ve always had trouble falling asleep (as a matter of fact, I’m writing this review at almost 4am… oops) and some nights I reread OME before sleeping and it works like a charm! This fic is truly the next best thing from some Occlumency sleeping tricks and dreamless sleep potion ;) I’ve even dreamt about OME once or twice! Other things: One of my absolute favorite chapters of this fic is The Spy in Snape’s perspective, and while rereading OME, I keep thinking about Snape’s perspective in every other chapter — his thoughts and feelings behind his “spy face”, the missing parts of the conversations that Harry eavesdrops on, etc. Since I’m a hopeful aspiring author, I was wondering if I might have your permission to (re)write OME in my interpretation of Snape’s perspective — a sort of fanfic of your fanfic. Of course, I would completely credit you and wouldn’t post anything without your permission! I feel like it would be my personal way of honoring OME while trying my hand at fic-writing, but I would totally understand it if you say no! Thank you so much for another incredible chapter! As always, hoping you are having a wonderful 2021 and looking forward to the next update ;) Author's Response: It is officially on AO3!!! Yay!!! Well, not all of it, not yet. I'm still posting. But I would LOVE it if you could look at OME (KirbyLane) on AO3 and let me know if you would make any changes to the tags or formatting. Pretty please? :) I definitely want to write a sequel, just will have to recharge my batteries and work on my other creative outlets first. But I really, really want to write OME2 since it would focus on them growing into more of a family. and I love family stories. Thanks for your comments on Occlumency! I'm glad you like it! Pretty much in every scene I've written something having to do with Occlumency, I haven't known ahead of time precisely how I want to go about it, so I just start writing and something usually comes to me and I cross my fingers that it's interesting to read. So I'm glad you think it is. :) Haha I LOVE that you had that thought about the Dark Mark while reading OotP lol! I totally relate though. I've had many moments where I'm re-reading a favorite book or series and cannot for the life of me remember if a certain plot point or character trait is canon or something I picked up from too much fanfiction reading! So you're definitely not alone! ;) In the dreaming too. I definitely have dreamed of some of my favorite fanfiction, ha! Absolutely, you can write fanfic of my fanfic! I would be honored. :) The only things I ask are that 1) you credit me/OME and 2) you note that it's your own personal interpretation. (Though if you ever want insight as to what I think Snape was thinking during certain parts, feel free to shoot me an email and I'll give you my two cents. I don't mind. But I also don't mind if you just want to dream it all up yourself. That's a fun part of reading stories in one character's POV.) ;) |
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