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Reviews For Harry Potter and the Potions Professor
Good that Severus made a room for Harry and allowed him to stay there. I'm looking forward to the next chapter - and to your Christmas story, too, of course :-) Greetings teddy Author's Response: Thanks, Teddy! Glad you liked it, and I hope you'll like the Christmas story too!
Author's Response: Thank you! I'm happy you're enjoying it!
Author's Response: Thank you! Well, Harry did break down once before, and he may again at some point. I do tend to like angst and mush, but I'm trying not to make it too awfully sappy, while showing that it really does mean a lot to Harry to feel wanted and loved.
I really liked Harry's uneasiness at returning to the Tower, and Seveurs' responce of letting him stay in the Dungeons with him. It was great, and I love that line too! Like, it takes months for us muggles to add on a room to a house, much less a dungeon! But great characterization on our two favorite guys! It was also great to have Neville and Luna stop by, and Ginny too!! But, Luna had said how difficult O.W.L. year is, I thought she was in the same year as the trio. Hmm, it's been a while since I've read Order of the Pheonix. But I can't wait until Harry returns to classes, next chapter right?, right? Ahh! I can't wait!! Good luck writing! Author's Response: It would be wonderful to have magic, wouldn't it? I can't tell you how many times I've started cleaning my house and wished that I could just snap my fingers (or wave a wand) and have it all be done. I'm glad you liked Harry's and Severus' relationship in this chapter. I meant to show that they took a significant step here---they've been growing closer, but it was circumstances beyond their control (Harry's injuries) that threw them together. Now they're consciously planning for the friendship to continue once Harry is well. Glad you liked Neville and Luna, and Harry will go back to class soon, but I'm not sure if it will happen in the next chapter or the one after---I let the characters start talking and then they just won't quit, you know. Thanks again!
Author's Response: Thanks! I really enjoyed writing this chapter, so I'm really glad you liked it. I've always been fond of Neville and Luna, though Luna is really hard to write---which is why I didn't have her say very much!
Author's Response: Thank you so much! I'm happy you're enjoying it!
Loved the awkwardness that Severus expresses when he talks to Harry about letting him use his first name. It was so realistic and semi-uncharacteristic of Severus, but it works here! I think that's only because Severus and Harry have really become close so it was perfect to have Severus show some of his insequrities. Also loved the mirror escapade, it was done really well and I loved how Harry reacted and pretended to act like everything was fine-so typical, not letting anyone help him. Severus also handled the situation admirably. Good job! I was really worried when Harry and Severus were talking about the new Defence Professor...thinking that it was Severus and Slughorn was the new Potions Professor, meaning that the events of your fic would have to follow more closely to cannon. BUT, needless to say, I didn't have to worry! Because you're original and brilliant, and I love the way you've incorporated Slughorn into the story. Awesome job! I really can't wait until Harry gets back into classes, to see how the Slytherins react to him and his Potions Professor...how are things going for Severus with his betrayl in the open and lots of death-eaters-in-training with him in class and the dungeons? Well, I hope they're not being too Slytherin and am excited to see how Severus treats Harry in class as well. Well, good luck writing, you're doing a great job!! Author's Response: Hi pkrosche! Thank you for the extra long review! I'm glad you didn't give up on the story. I'm glad you approve of Severus' uneasiness when he asked Harry to call him by his first name. I decided that while Severus is normally very cool and collected, he might be nervous about letting someone become close to him, it's been so long since he's really tried to become friends with anyone, and personal relationships aren't really his strong point. So I could see him wanting very much to reach this milestone with Harry, but not knowing exactly how to bring the subject up and feeling awkward about it. I'm glad you like Slughorn being DADA instructor, well, substitute and assistant, rather than the Potions teacher. I thought it would be kind of funny to have the story be "HP and the Potions Professor" if I then went ahead and had Severus be the Defense teacher instead. As for similarities with HBP, some things will be the same, but many others will be different, too, of course. Harry will probably be going back to class in another chapter or two. And that's another reason I needed Severus to still be in Potions---there are a couple of scenes I want to write between him and Harry in Potions class. Don't worry too much about Sev and the Slytherins---he's quite good at looking ahead and anticipating difficulties. Thanks again, I'm happy you liked it!
Author's Response: Thank you! And yeah, ever since I read about Sluggie dueling Voldemort in DH, I've thought that he must be good so he'd make a decent DADA professor. It got tricky for a while cause I knew I wanted Dumbledore to be the real instructor, but I needed Slughorn at Hogwarts, too. I finally realized that with being headmaster, and leading the war against Voldie, Dumbledore was going to have an awful lot on his plate, and voila---the idea of Slughorn being his assistant and substitute instructor came to me. And Dumbledore's hand is injured here too.
Author's Response: Thank you! I'm so glad you do!
Author's Response: Thank you! Well, 'my' Severus has a heart, anyway, but I admit I'm making him more likable than I found him in canon. As for Dumbledore and Snape, that's one of the things that will be different from HBP. And Harry's arms will be healed soon, when those special Healing salves are ready, so he won't have to worry about bleeding all through the story--I'm getting tired of writing about poor Harry's bleeding arms, to be honest, lol. |
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