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Reviews For O Mine Enemy
Author's Response: I know - it's been quite the journey! Thank you so much for coming on it with me! :)
Author's Response: Thank you so much! It makes my heart so happy to hear about all the bits you enjoyed - thank you so much for telling me! :) It's been a long journey to get to the end, and it's all the more satisfying with people willing to hold on til the end with me. :)
Chapter specific notes: *Unintelligible noises* The questions game! Private potions lessons! No more Dursleys! Voldyshorts! Just like everything else about this fic, this ending is absolutely perfect. Everything comes full circle so perfectly and the progress Snape and Harry have made is displayed so clearly here. I’ll leave the sappiest of sappy reviews for the epilogue, but this chapter made me tear up :’) Snape and Harry draw such a perfect balance from fake-serious bantering/teasing and genuine concern/love for each other. It’s so heartwarming to know that they have found a sense of home, comfort, and care in the other & how they’ve both come to recognize this. I also love how you resolved the potions issue! I guess we all have to brace ourselves for Harry-the-potions-prodigy if Snape is as good at tutoring potions as he is at Occlumency — maybe we’ll get the Half Blood Prince reveal as well? I also can’t wait to see their interactions in actual NEWT class in the Spring surrounded by other students! I am so curious to see what POV the epilogue will be in! Kneader’s? Dumbledore’s? Hunter’s? Mrs. Norris’? I guess I’ll have to wait and see! Last thing: this line is *perfect* — “If you ever do anything that stupidly self-sacrificing again and survive, I will kill you,” Snape growled. “Personally.” Other notes: My review for this chapter is a little late because I wanted to make sure that I could have a chance to review the fic on AO3 thoroughly! Everything looks great, here’s just a couple of minor suggestions: 1) You could include the “Original Characters” and “Original Male Characters” tag in your character list for Kneader (and Hunter, I suppose :)) 2) You could include the “Hogwarts Sixth Year” tag 3) You could include the “Alternate Canon” and “Alternate Universe” tags 4) I think if you’d like, you could also add a couple of other Snape tags like “Protective Severus Snape” 5) Just some random other tags that come to mind are “Mentor/Protégé,” “Potions and Snitches,” and even the Severitus tag (although Snape’s not Harry’s father, I think he’s parental enough for the tag) I hope that helps! The formatting and tags look perfect - however, whenever I reread OME next, I will make sure to do it on AO3 and keep an eye out for any potential bugs! I really hope you take the time to take care of yourself and recharge — and feel super proud and accomplished for having finished this absolute masterpiece of a fic! That being said, family stories are my absolute favorite and OME is my absolute favorite family story, so I can’t wait to see what you have in mind for a potential OME2 whenever you feel ready for it, of course. On my potential fanfic of your fanfic: After thinking about it a little more, I feel like I might go in one of two directions: I might go ahead and really rewrite the entirety of OME in Snape’s POV, or I might attempt to write some filler scenes/missing scenes that we don’t explicitly get to see during the timeline of the fic (omitted Occlumency lessons, Snape’s reaction to Harry being captured, Order scenes, etc.)! I will definitely completely credit you and OME & indicate that it is my personal interpretation in either case. I’d love to get your opinion on things when I start writing (I’ll try my best not to badger you too often :))! Is there a certain email that you’d prefer me to send questions to? As always, I hope you are having an excellent year thus far & I can’t wait for your next update! Author's Response: Well, it took me long enough to respond. Sorry about that! I really appreciate your help on AO3!! I updated some of my tags but will give it another look because when I did it, I relied on memory instead of looking at your review while I was doing it. Silly me, lol. I'm so so glad you liked the ending!! I love that Harry and Snape have finally found a sort of home in each other. It's been a long, long journey, and it's certainly not perfect, but I still must say that I'm quite satisfied. :) I wouldn't go all in on expecting canon sixth year stuff, including the Half-Blood Prince stuff. I started this story before that book was even published, so it wasn't part of my planning, and I think if I include too much from books 6 & 7, it will make it easier for people to forget that my story diverges after book 5. Not ruling it out, but not planning on it either. Chances are that I'll strike a middle ground, giving insight into Snape's past without specifically going the HBP route. But we'll see. :) But ha - the other students will have no idea what to make of Harry and Snape's changed relationship when spring classes start. It will be fun to write, ha! As to your potential fanfic of my fanfic: You do you, but if you want my vote, my hand is raised for the writing of filler scenes or Snape's POV of specific scenes (like a series of companion one-shots, if you will). OME is loooong, and I got so bogged down in writing the whole thing that I stopped writing it for over a decade. I wouldn't want you to feel that you took on more than you could chew. ;) Besides, shorter companion stories are all the rage. ;) But like I said, you do you! I'll enjoy whatever you decide to write! Assuming it shows up in here, my email is liveforbooks@yahoo.com. If it doesn't show up, try the contact button in my Bio page. I assume it will send to my email and then I can respond. Again, thank you for the long review AND the help, and I hope you are having an excellent year as well!!!
Author's Response: Thank you!! :)
Author's Response: Thank you so much!
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