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Reviews For Lily's Charm
Author's Response: LOL It's a cartoon one of the ladies on the LC Yahoo board did. Snape at the petting zoo with Harry... :oP We are sometimes crazy over there...
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I loved how Tonks was able to knock some sense into Remus (figuratively, of course), and convince him that they need to fight for Harry and not just give up. I loved how Severus is watching his son, and is so determined to be with him, even beyond death. And the end, when Severus thought about how much Harry would miss if he died...that was heartbreaking! Author's Response: Thanks, Kristeh! Glad you enjoyed the chapter. Harry's friends are determined. That kid really has no idea how much he's loved. Tonks is awesome, isn't she? I love that girl. And Remus really needed a kick in the bum. Severus is not letting Harry go anywhere on his own. I love that man. Heck, I just love everybody! The end was difficult but at the same time, hopeful. :o)
I'm so swept up by this story. The beginning of this chapter had me in tears (I cry every time I watch 'A Baby Story' on TLC..lol) And when Harry was sleeping and Severus untangled his blankets and smoothed back his hair--gah! I just melted. Oh, and I must say, you write a brilliant Ron, Hermione, and Ginny. I especially love how you contrast Hermione and Ginny, just as JKR did so clearly in the books. Lovely. Goodness, keep these coming! This story is like a balm for my soul after DH. I mean, yes, the ending was relatively happy, but this is the way I wish things would have gone. Harry shouldn't have lost so many people. *sigh* Okay, I suppose I'm finished. Great chapter, no, exquisite chapter. Author's Response: Oh Jade. You're the bestest. :o) I love your reviews cause hey, you're an awesome writer so if you like my stuff, it can't be half bad, right? :oP I have been getting lots of claims lately that I am killing people. LOL Sorry, but really I'm not sorry at all. I love a little death by angst. You know, you really got this chapter. It is a horrible and sad thing that Harry has to die, but at the same time there is so much comfort in the fact that Harry and Severus will get to be together in it. Sick but true. I am really just thrilled that you are enjoying it so much. I cry at A Baby Story as well. Love that show! Severus is pretty sweet in this huh? Like I always say..back to his roots with Lily after so many years... "Balm for your soul..." Wow, that's quite a thing to say. Glad I could be so soothing. :o) Oh, and thanks for the Ron, Hermione and Ron compliments. I enjoy writing them. And thanks for your great review...and yeah and I was gonna PM you but since you reviewed, I'll just tell you here that I jumped for joy when you said you'd be updating SFS sooner than you thought!!! You better not be messing with me... :oP
I was really curious about this 1980's scene. It was beautiful and heart wrenching and made me float, but I wasn't sure how it would tie into the chapter...but that's for later. It was beautiful and at the time I was extremely glad to be reading it...to see Sev so happy and amazed. *sigh* Pure bliss. I also really liked how impacted Ron, Hermione, and Ginny were after their meeting with Sev and Harry. I knew it was going to happen, but it was just nice to see it. The Room of Requirement showing an eerie blank room reflected my own feelings at this point. I was empty, being dunked back under the icy water of reality. But go Hermione...and Ginny...and even Ron, I suppose. They do really work well together, as one big cohesive brain. And I love them all. But I was suffocating under their desperation and fear when they were attempting to come up with the answers...and it hurt. And then there was Remus and I was pushed back under water, only coming up to breath as Tonks built him back up. I love that woman so much. She really has become quite the developed character and I'm glad you've found a use for her...she does it well. Sometimes I think it would be easier to simply stun Sev and then explain, he was so stubborn. It was hard though for him to accept, even contemplate, I imagine. He doesn't believe in false hope and doesn't want Harry to be hurt by it, for it does have damaging effects. But then Harry showed up, I'll tell you, I was hoping a few paragraphs before Sev turned around, "Please let Harry sleep through this" and would chide the men in the sitting room, "Do you WANT Harry to wake up and get all upset by this?! No? Then keep your voices DOWN!" But despite that, Harry did wake and he did become upset by this information, which is only understandable. But it was fascinating to read Sev and Harry's mini conversation about the afterlife...and I was strangely comforted by Sev's reassurances just as Harry was. But a part of me still wanted to fight it, following in Remus' footsteps. And what a Gryffindor he is!! LOVE that werewolf! He's so perfect for both Harry and Sev its ridiculous...all he needed was a little nudging from Tonks. Tee hee... But then Hermione, Ron, and Ginny came through the floo (seriously, why does no one ever tell these kids how to land on their feet...I'd hate constantly falling out of the floo!) all gangbusters demanding answers. It broke my heart and then grinded it into the carpet. It seriously was painful for me to continue reading, knowing what they did not...and knowing that they wouldn't react to it well. The stress and trepidation was tangible in that room...and it made it hard for me to breathe as I was forced under water yet again. But I'm finally making my way onto dry land, along with Severus. I seriously hope he takes Remus and Albus' words into careful consideration in front of the fire tonight (what time IS it?) and comes to the same conclusion I did: ‘Remus is right. We've got to keep fighting. Harry isn't dead yet and we don't know what the Charm will do. But for now, we can prepare for the worst while hoping for the best, adding to the connection we have, making it the strongest it can be and then some. We will not go out with a fight.’ It just makes me sad that Sev had to realize this as a painful reality-check of what Harry will miss out on if he dies. He is only sixteen, as Remus said, and that's enough reason to keep fighting. I adore you and your talented fingers. Thank you so much for the wonderful update, I can't wait to see what comes of all this...and what Sev ultimately decides to do. I just hope I get it right once more. And thanks again for the dedication, I wouldn't be this obsessed if not for you and your brilliance. Thank you. Author's Response: Well, at least I got you out of mourning. LOL Speculations are good, especially ones coming from you… Intrigued.
Well, yeah the 1980 scene was pretty important so yay glad you liked it. It was pretty much just bliss to see Sev so happy. *sigh*
LOL Yeah, you should have jumped in and told those men to shut up. LOL They were just really going at it and obviously Harry wasn’t going to sleep through that. Too bad they were too tangled up to be thinking straight.
I love that you found their afterlife talk fascinating. I love the whole idea and though it was meant to be disturbing, it was comforting as well. Who wouldn’t want to go to the great mystery beyond with a guide. They would have each other and there’s a huge relief in that.
And yeah, there are so many who want Harry to fight it. How could you not? With everyone there who wants Harry in their lives. There is just too much to simply give up. If only Sev would fully grasp that concept. I think Harry will follow Sev’s lead, wherever that is. Sev’s hope is Harry’s hope and Sev’s acceptance is Harry’s as well. Nope, Harry’s not dead yet. What will Sev accept? You’ll have to wait to see. Thanks, PK. I adore you as well and your blunt picking apart of Severus. You nailed him the last couple of chapters. He was giving up before he even had a chance to realizing just what he was giving up. I’m glad you’re obsessed. It makes me feel less chagrin about my own obsession. :oP
Author's Response: Thank you!!! :o)
GREAT job! I am amazed at how well you write these and how quickly you do so. Author's Response: I love to hear that I am interrupting homework. :oP Snape finally saw what Harry would really be giving up. Not such an easy thing to accept anymore. Poor Snape. Glad you enjoyed the story. Thanks so much for your awesome reviews. :o)
BECAUSE THAT'S THE CALVARY RIDING IN TO TRY AND SAVE THE DAY! You can see them, can't you? Remus, Albus, Ron, Hermione and our beloved Ginny, all on their white horses. Trying to make a certain potions master diverge off the route he's determined to follow with his son. But let's start back at the beginning. The vision of Severus holding newborn Harry and thinking "my son" just got me in the gut. I'm a sucker for a father with a baby - what can I say. I just adore Hermione and Ginny trying to piece together the feelings and body language of Severus and Harry, all because of their devotion and love FOR Harry. The world was off kilter and they were going to figure out why. Ron was just, so, "Ron" in his befuddlement and it was a hoot when he told Hermione that "Harry's not going to go all mental" and Hermione rebuking him and reminding him that Harry recently did just that. Hee hee. Ginny just decides "I can't wait for more info and I'm just going to floo back and ask. Who's with me?" She has way, WAY more bravado than I will ever possess. Hermione says "me!" and produces Harry's Floo Powder. There's no way I could just floo back into Severus' apartment with no prior announcement. Not me, baby... And then there's our precious Tonks, who listens patiently to her man and Harry's sad tale and ever so lovingly tells him he's out of his tree for ever agreeing to help Severus on his current course of action. She dusts Remus off, gives him that pat on the backside and says, "Get back in the game and go see Dumbledore." What in the world would these men do without these amazing women? Do misguided things clearly. I say send the men on holiday and let the women take care of a certain Dark Lord - they'd handle it better. Oh, I did already send some of them on vacation. I hope Remus and Albus entered that Snape sitting room with acid proof robes on, because Severus was certainly spitting enough of it at them (literally speaking). Albus was showing some of that "why he's the wizard most feared by Voldemort" when he stands toe to toe with Severus without flinching, but it's Remus finally starting to show some wolf teeth at Severus that was really fun. ("Hippogriff's arse....ROTFL). I'm worried now that Severus is feeling betrayed by Remus because he went to Albus that their tenuous friendship just got irrevocably broken. I hope not. Severus NEEDS Remus. And this chapter showed exactly why...because Remus ultimately went to Albus because of his affection for BOTH Snapes, not just Harry. Oh, and my heart stopped when Harry came into the conversation. Poor Harry! When he realized what his father was planning on doing. Gulp! I loved how Severus was soothing Harry's fears on the afterlife because of the firsthand knowledge he now has. But I think I loved even more Remus jumping into that conversation and bringing it back to the subject at hand: “And if you can’t separate him from Voldemort?” Lupin interrupted them, his teeth set on edge as, unwilling to give up, even with Harry’s acceptance. That really stood out for me - that Remus had done the 180 degree turn from his agreement to help Severus earlier in the evening and was not going to accept that fate anymore, "unwilling to give up even with Harry's acceptance." Go werewolf! Then the trio show up. And they hear the truth. Harry wants to tell them and tried and gets swallowed in his grief to the point that he's swallowing Severus in it (sob!) and we have Ginny. Super-duper wonderful Ginny. Because although the truth had to rock her world, it is she who pulls Harry to HER to comfort him and not the other way around. Wow. Can I adore this girl anymore than I do now? I doubt it. And the finally the truth of what Harry won't have if he dies hits Severus. Seriously angsty stuff here. PK...I get it now. I truly get it. You rock, girl. (You too, OE....because this was another amazing chapter. Words escape me further, for reasons I'm sure you are well aware of). Who earned hugs? The whole darn calvary gets them this time! And carrots for their white horses. Author's Response: ROFL I love you cavalry! Carrots for the horses... That’s really what they are. No way are they all just gonna roll over and accept this. It’s just so much easier for Sev since he’s been there and really gave no thought to what death would really mean for his son.
Tonks really shoved Remus in the right direction and he is not backing down from this. As evidenced by that statement and as everyone else sat down and he remained standing, his arms over his chest in defiance. He’s fighting this. No doubt about it. I love Ginny! Yep, she give comfort to Harry. Poor girl. I feel like crying. And yep, the truth finally hit our dear Sev. The cold hard, terrible truth. And yes PK, you rocked this one. And yep, Cathy….you are a genius with your artistic muses. Sigh, what a world of brilliance. :o)
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