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Reviews For Lily's Charm
Awesome chapter.
Great chapter! Author's Response: LOL Angst coming right up....Lucky you didn't have to wait through all the chapters! :oP
And even more sadly - we could read this black and white POW on Slytherins in the Deathly Hallows... Author's Response: I really think in my head that lots of those followers the second time around just did it out of fear for their lives and not because they still believed in Voldy's cause. That's what my Lucius plot is all about. He and his wife clearly cared more about Draco in book 7 than Voldy and so I'm just making them do something about it sooner! Because I think they should have. rnrnAnd yeah the whole black and white Slytherin issue is really annoying. One good Slytherin in Snape and one bad Gryffindor in Pettigrew. Come on! :oP
Author's Response: LOL Draco looking ill....Well, he doesn't really want Harry to go to Voldemort. If Harry had been sent there by the Slytherins right then and somehow Harry managed to destroy Voldemort, it wouldn't do his case or his father's much good if he had been one of the ones helping to send Harry away to Voldemort. LOL Hmmmm.....is Draco up next? You'll have to wait and see though I do promise some Lucius in chapter 29. LOL
Loved the Quidditch scene. Tonks is hilarious and it was great to hear Sev wishing Harry luck eventhough it's going against his house through Remus. It's nice to know that Sev and Remus have finally stopped fighting over Harry for real, that they've finally realized that Harry needs them both. Ok, the Occlumency Lesson in Dumbledore's office gave me a warm fuzzy feeling...and it's good that someone finally really knows what Harry and Sev's relationship is like...especially since it's Ginny as she is the main one that Harry confides in. I loved the little blurb about their next Occlumency lesson as well. Just the fact that they're starting to catch up on those 10 years that they've missed out on was heart warming...but what about the pictures?? More, please! The Order Meeting was nicely juxtaposed with the beginning of the chapter...deliciously horrid, too. I'm excited but really apprehensive too to learn what's going to happen on Halloween. Hopefully there's not too much agnst when Sev and Harry get around to talking about it...although agnst is nice. Do the Weasley's not know that Sev is Harry's dad? That's kinda surprising...but then again it's not. Ok, I like contradicting myself tonight, I guess. It was comforting to see some Parental!Snape too, motioning to Remus to comfort Harry. Yet another sign of how far they've come (Remus and Sev as well as Sev and Harry). I liked how tuned into Harry Sev is. It was just nice to have him notice Harry's discomfort, note that one more certain comment and Harry would crack, that Harry was Occluding too much emotion. I also enjoyed Sev's response. It's too bad that he's created a persona that he then has to keep up...I'd personally like to see more Smiling!Snape and such. *sigh* I also think that Sev is wrong when he said that he wasn't the right person to have that particular conversation with Harry...I think he's the only person who should have it. The main reason is because Harry knows that Sev won't lie to him and no matter how hard it is to hear the truth sometimes, or a lot of the time with Harry, he needs to hear it. Harry does better with more information then less and with something closer to reality than fiction. It's also because Harry knows that Sev loves him...information just means more and sticks better from someone you respect and care for. Yeah, that scene in Dumble's office was amazing...warm fuzzy feeling still here. Thanks for yet another amazing chapter, now I'm off to read your winter fic...and hope that it's not too sad! Happy week! Good luck writing! Author's Response: cathyrf is pretty amazing, it's true! Glad you liked the Quidditch scene and especially the older boys getting along well enough to look past themselves a bit to take care of Harry. Yay, for warm fuzzies, especially since there were non to be found in my winter story. LOL And yes, it was great to have Ginny there to witness everything. Don't worry...more pictures are on their way...but not next chapter. But, really they're coming. LOL 'deliciously horrid'. thanks! Glad you liked that dichotomy too. A bit of angst of course, but really what else can you expect from me? LOL Nope, the Weasleys don't know. Poppy, Sev and Albus are the only ones right now. Can you imagine what Molly will have to say about that?! Yikes. Wouldn't want to be Sev. LOL It was nice to have Sev and Lupin working together a bit for Harry's greater good. Those too are really making some good progress. Sev really is getting to know his son well, but not too surprising as I think Severus has a knack for notcing things...especially the little things. Good trait in a spy. All true about why Sev is a good person for Harry to be listening too. Hopefully, Sev will get that too soon enough. LOL for your warm fuzzy. You'll need it to carry over to that other fic. :oP Thanks and have a great week yourself.
The little confrontation with the Slytherins was a little scary for me, because I was expecting more to happen, and I was even worried for Harry if one of them had managed to portkey him away. I hope he's remembering that some of them have orders to bring him before Voldemort. But then I loved the little session with Severus and Harry, with Ginny there, that came next. And Severus told Harry he loved him! I hope Harry can say it back before long. The Order meeting was very intense, and a stark reminder of how serious things are. I've very concerned about Halloween coming up...for Harry, for his friends, and perhaps most of all for Severus. I don't think you'll kill him off (you better not! I don't mean to sound fierce, but you better not!), but I think he may be in for a very rough time. I so wish he could quit spying, and then he could just be Harry's dad. But he does have a crucial role as a spy and could learn important information. He really is extremely brave. But I still hope he can quit spying soon. And I loved how he signaled to Remus to go comfort Harry during the meeting. It's obvious how much he loves Harry, how attuned to him he is, and how increasingly hard it is for both of them to maintain the charade. Oh, and I loved how Ginny saw how much Severus cares for Harry, and how Harry and Severus spent that lesson mostly just talking and getting to know one another. Just such sweet little touches. Looking forward to more! Author's Response: YAY! I'm so happy that you like it. I really am. I just love that you like my story even though you have your own awesome story! :oP I'm glad too that you liked the little bits and touches here and there. I love those too and it's fun to add here and there to round everything out, I guess. Hermion and Ron are just so good together, you know? I think both of them act as a calming influence to each other since they both are kinda of spazzey personalities, but in different ways. And, yeah love Ginny and Ron and how they play off each other. Well, trust me, those Slytherins did hope for more as well, though not sure a portkey would work on the Hogwarts grounds, but yeah....Harry does need to remember (and after his little talk with Sev, I think he does) that the Slytherins are really gunning for him. Well, some of them at least. So happy you enjoyed the little 'love' part and yeah, it was really fun to have Ginny there. It's about time one of Harry's friends really gets to see how Sev really is with Harry. Well, I won't make any promises about Sev and yes, you should indeed be very concerned for Halloween. Things truly are very serious and all this lovey dovey has rather distracted us from it, hasn't it? LOL But, not for much longer. LOL about your demand for Sev's safety...but hmmm...still no promises there! LOL I wish he'd quit spying too but alas, it seems not to be in the cards for these two right now. *sigh* It truly is though getting harder and harder for them to keep up apperances. I'm glad you liked that little Remus signaling in there. He is very attuned to Harry. Really, for the first timein 15 years, he has something to care about and yep, he's gonna focus everything he has on Harry, just like he did with Lily and baby Harry all those years ago. Ahh...how sweet. :oP Hopefully, he and Harry will have a bit more time to get to know each other before Halloween.....dum, dum, dum. :o) Thanks for reviewing!
Right off the bat, I laughed out loud because I could hear Tonk's voice in my head when she said "Anybody starkers in there?" I mean, how can you NOT love Tonks. Severus sending good luck wishes to Harry through Remus was cute. I kept thinking as Harry was resisting reacting to the Slytherin taunts "keep going Harry...you can ignore them" all the while knowing full well that at some point they would of course yank his chain and get the wand pulled on them. Thankfully, Severus was there when it happened. And he didn't land on Harry overly hard, but did make his point. AND in front of Ginny! I liked that Ginny got to see first hand Severus' feelings towards Harry, since she's the one who centers him when he needs it when Severus isn't around. But what I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED was the scene of Severus in Harry's mind showing him the emotional exercise. Am I wrong, or isn't this the first time Severus has told Harry he loves him? And you did it in the most masterful way in this scene. Because it would have been so completely out of character (to me) for Severus to say it out loud to Harry at this point in a conversation. But to SHOW him in his mind, let Harry FEEL it, drove the sentiment home in a much deeper, poignant way. Perfect. Especially from where they were coming from at the end of the previous chapter when Severus realized Harry didn't really believe in him yet. Yup, perfect. Oh boy it got grim after that. So old Voldy is planning a Halloween attack, heh? I've got all sorts of thoughts on how you might go with this, and it will make for some delicious reading knowing you. It just has to drive Severus crazy not to be able to console Harry at all and to motion to Remus to do it for him. How hard to watch anybody but him comfort Harry at this point while he has to stand in the background pretending not to care. (And thanks Remus, for being Harry's rock in the conversation with the Weasleys). So while I do feel for Harry after the news he got here (although more dire news is to come) the hug goes to Severus for this chapter. I know no matter how many precautions are always taken, Voldy always manages to get his hands on Harry in some fashion. Harry in mortal danger just makes really fun reading! Of course, you may go in another direction altogether because you're wonderfully good at proving me wrong. :=P The banter between Severus and Harry was really cute at the end. Harry noting that Severus hadn't taken point in awhile and Severus immediately threatening to correct his oversight...HAHAHA. Oh, talking with Harry about Halloween is going to be juicy and angsty. I love angst. Can't wait. Author's Response: I do love Tonks, it's true. She is just really fun to write! And yeah, I thought old Sev was pretty adorable with sending his good luck wishes. Yes, it was a very good thing that Severus was there. Those Slytherins truly were just itching to get Harry. I think Sev fully did intend to land much harder on Harry but truly I think at this point, it just reminds him too much of old times and Severus really does NOT want to have anything happening resembling the old days, especially as they continue with the charade. Harry got the point though without too much anger from Severus so that was a very nice step for them. And, yep, right with our favorite redhead right there. I loved that as well. And yep, now Ginny really gets it. I love that. And yes, you are very correct. That is the first time Severus tells Harry he loves him. I loved that part so much. It was incredibly heart-warming to write. Thank you so much for the compliment about the way it came out. I agree too that it would be way too unnatural for Severus to actually say that out loud at this point, but it doesn't even matter. Harry understands it...he knows Severus loves him. And wow, what a great feeling that is. Feeling it was just what he needed and to recognize now too that warmth in his father's eyes is really love is just what Harry needs. *sigh* LOL. My chapters always go from happy to grim, or vice versa, don't they? :oP Halloween will be grim indeed. And, yes it did drive Sev a bit mad that he has to send Remus over to comfort Harry but he did it, which lets us see how far he really has come. Harry comes first, over and over again, no matter what it costs Sev. Stalwart, that one. LOL about proving you wrong. I might, but then again, I might not. LOL I'm glad you enjoyed that banter at the end. I do so enjoy their banter. And yes, be on the lookout for lots of angst to come. Oh the next few chapters will be full of all kinds of fun and angst! Thanks for reviewing, as always! |
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