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Reviews For Lily's Charm
Somehow, this whole chapter has given me a horrible sense of foreboding. Something's going to happen - I just know it.
Author's Response: Well, that's one for it, anyway. :oP
This may be my favorite chapter, yet. I know it won't be my favorite chapter of all, because there's going to be at least one, when Sev and Harry have survived Halloween and the relationship can be openly acknowledged and they're all safe from Voldie, that's just filled with sweet, loving little moments, right? Right? You better be saying "Right, of course. How clever you are to have foreseen this."!!! Well, now that we've got that settled...Severus' nightmare was heartbreaking, and I loved how he went to check on Harry, and how he made Remus promise to look after Harry if something happened to Sev. Of course, that's a moot promise because Severus is going to be just fine, we've agreed about that. Harry needs to be able to have an adult keep a promise to him for once. I was glad to see that he's trusting his dad on this. Loved them looking at pictures, and Harry joking about he'd thought his new clothes might all be black. I loved how Severus apologized for his behavior after the Pensieve, too. Author's Response: Yay! Glad you like the videos and banner. cathyrf and Siriuslyenthralled are certainly talented, aren't they? :o) LOL Nope sorry, not saying that. Not saying anything! The nightmare was really fun to write. Wasn't it just so sweet that he went to check on Harry? Awww. Harry needs someone it's true. So sad. Poor boy. I'm glad you liked the pictures and the clothes part. They really are settling into some semblance of normalcy, aren't they? :o) And yep, it was nice of Sev to apologize...I think he was feeling like they needed to make sure the air was clear between them before he went off. *sigh* Thanks for the review!
I woke up and the first thing I saw in my email was the update notice. A great way to start my (admittedly lazy) Sunday. Thanks!!! Author's Response: You are most welcome! I found lots of lovely reviews in my email this morning so we both had a great morning! LOL I'm so happy you enjoyed the chapter. :o)
Author's Response: LOL Well, I won't be the one actually doing any killing...I'll leave that in Voldemort's (or perhaps some overzealous Auror's hands). :oP Okay...I know I'm being mean I just can't help myself. LOL about the prozac too. Thanks though for waiting with Harry. He needs all the company he can get. Send a calming draught his way as well. :o)
Author's Response: LOL The angst almost did you in. I hate to see what will happen to you next chapter then, if that's the case! Actually, I do want to know exactly happens to you when you read the next chapter. I am almost giddy with excitement! :o) Next chapter will be up by tomorrow at the latest as it's almost done and really, I can't stand the wait either! LOL It'll be a shorter one but I think you'll all enjoy. :oP I'm glad you felt Harry was expressing himself so well. That makes me happy!
And if this is how I'm feeling NOW how the heck am I going to get through the Halloween chapter? Because goodness knows how much angst I'm going to have to read through (and it's going to be fun and delicious and I'm wringing my hands in anticipation). Watching Harry and Severus be a *family" was so wonderful (Sev checking on Harry in a panic after his nightmare, and the clothes, and the potion brewing and the apologies) and yet overhangs this horrible dark cloud of "this might be all we get." (Sobs some more...blows nose). I'm guessing Tonks and Moody went to Gringotts to deliver Severus' letter to be opened on the event of his death (shudders to even consider the possibility) because I agree...neither Harry or Severus would get over losing the other. I'm also guessing Harry's going to make an appearance before Voldy, but if Lupin is hanging out with him something fairly dramatic would have to take place. Don't kill off Remus either!! (Please?) And I can't imagine Severus truly being able to play his role if Harry suddenly shows up. Yikes! Of course, who knows what you've got up your sleeve. Whew, I'm emotionally wrung out now. But it doesn't mean I'm not ready for the next chapter. Please? Pretty please? Author's Response: You and pkrosche have made me so happy, you don’t even know! I was giddy after I read your reviews. Because you just both got it! I was so iffy about this chapter. Because I wasn’t sure people would get the underlying tension that was the entire point. I was afraid it would seem odd that we were just sort of rambling on and on about mundane things like clothes and photos and potions and pensieves. It seemed pointless and yet that was the point. Their lives for as long as Voldemort lives…are overshadowed by death. I was so excited after I read your reviews, I had to rush over to work on the next chapter! I was inspired by everything you said, so thank you! And I hate to say it (okay, I don't really...lol), but it's only gonna get worse. I am not so sure you are ready for the next chapter! I don't know either how you will get through Halloween....much the same as Harry I expect. I have to say again how happy I am that you got the family moments with the cloud of doom hanging over it. Seriously...I'm giddy! Truly, neither would recover if anything happens to the other. Tragic, isn't it? I won't give any more details of Tonks and Remus but I will say, no, they were not delivering a letter for Severus. That was already a done deal by this chapter! *evil grin* And yes, I do have some delicious curve balls up my sleeves so I hope you enjoy. Next chapter will be up very fast, though I hope you won't mind that it will be shorter than usual...I don't think you'll mind though! I am very excited about it! Thanks so much for your review! You are the best! You and pkrosche, seriously the reason my fingers have been flying over my keyboard the past few hours! *big hug*
But, I've got a lot to say, so...This was an amazing chapter! It was really dark and depressing but that's one of the reasons that it's just so good. It was agnst lurking behind a curtain...I don't know. I really enjoyed Sev's dream...and then it became a nightmare. I was just as scared as him when he hastily made his way across the hall to Harry's room. I'm really worried that Sev's going to have A LOT of trouble Occluding all this emotion from Voldie. It makes me all the more nervous that he's going to be found out as Harry's dad and tortured and killed...and that would be too much for Harry to handle. Yeah for the photo album!...but even that was overshadowed by sadness. Although Sev's "you were slippery" was pretty funny. It was still great all the same. Sev's and Remus' conversation...I was wondering what the Polyjuice Potion was for (thinking that someone would take Sev's place during the Death Eater meeting) but was pleasently surprised to find that Tonks and Moody were galabanting all over Gringotts, but for what?! I don't know... But I have decided that Sev is going to go the DE meeting 'just in case' Harry's captured and shows up there too. This makes me feel like he is going to be there... *sigh* I just hope that Sev lives through Halloween, that's all I ask as I'm almost to tears again... It was interesting to see Draco and Harry share that moment of understanding. I just hope that Draco realizes that his father isn't really a loyal DE anymore and also turns from Vodemort, but I suppose that wouldn't be an issue if Lucius is somehow hurt beyond repair or killed. Draco isn't already a DE, right? I hope not... It was also nice for Sev to move Hermione to another table away from Nott. I enjoyed yet another sign of his changing and renewed feelings towards Harry and his friends. It was nice to have Sev and Harry revisit the past with the pensive. It shows just how trusting and loving they've become to want that earlier. Sev and Harry's conversation about Halloween was especially hard to get through. I just don't know how either of them would be able to continue without the other. It was really hard to read Sev's thoughts as he was talking to Harry too. Just him knowing that he might, well, probably will not be coming back tomorrow while telling Harry what he could..broke my heart over and over again. And the last line. Just letting you know that my heart will not be whole again until I get to read your next chapter. And so I place the broken pieces into your capable hands. But, don't get me wrong, I'm extremely excited for the next chapter, as hard and sad as it is/could be, I can't wait to read it. It was simply depressing that the normally happy moments in Sev and Harry's relationship (looking at the photoalbum, admiring Harry's new dress robes (that's what I see them as, anyway), brewing the Memory Enhancing Potion, were all overshadowed by the impending despair of Halloween night. Have a good rest of the weekend and a good week and I hope for all our sakes that your muse is good to you. Thank you for an extremely powerful read. Author's Response: Okay...I already said it to Cathy, but here it is again verbatim as you deserve to hear it too: you two have made me so happy, you don’t even know! I was giddy after I read your reviews. Because you just both got it! I was so iffy about this chapter. Because I wasn’t sure people would get the underlying tension that was the entire point. I was afraid it would seem odd that we were just sort of rambling on and on about mundane things like clothes and photos and potions and pensieves. It seemed pointless and yet that was the point. Their lives for as long as Voldemort lives…are overshadowed by death. I was so excited after I read your reviews, I had to rush over to work on the next chapter! I was inspired by everything you said, so thank you! (seriously...my fingers have been dancing over my keyboard this morning and that's all due to you guys!) Okay, deep breath: "angst lurking behind a curtain"--yes! Exactly what I was going for. I love that you are worried for both Sev and Harry and that Sev's emotions are going to overcome him. He really does need to get a handle on himself befor he leaves, doesn't he? I'm glad you enjoyed the photo album, even with the sadness. I enjoyed the bath conversation. That was fun! No hints about Tonks and Remus. LOL And yep, that's exactly why Sev is going to this meeting and won't give up his spying (one reviewer was skeptical about the intelligence of such a move and I agree) because he wants to make sure he can be there to help Harry if he needs it. I think too that Severus is so set in his own little mind that he will die because he expects still to lose everything so he's accepted it. Now, Harry's death he won't accept, but his own....that's easy for him. So sad. No, Draco is not a Death Eater, not yet. He's mostly concerned because just as Sev told Harry, he knows Voldemort's already angry with Lucius and he doesn't want any thing to uspet him even more. I'm glad you liked their little moment. Those two truly do have much in common. I love it that you pick up on those little things like Hermione being moved from Nott. Sev really is changing. I love it! I think Sev wanted to talk about the Pensieve because he felt such a strong need to clear the past from between them so there would be nothing holding them back. Just good feelings. This was a really hard chapter for me as well. It took me so long to write it as I really didn't want to write any of that sadness and it only gets worse, i have to tell you. *sigh* Impending despair is exactly right. Tears and all, I hope you enjoy it. My muses are extremely pleased with me right now. LOL Next chapter will be up sooner than usual. Thank you so much for your review. Truly, inspiring to read. My muses thank you!
Author's Response: *hands tissue over* Halloween is up next so stay tuned! :o) |
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