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Title: Chapter 36: Absence Makes the Heart Grow Stronger. 18 Dec 2008 4:20 pm
Reviewer: mwc (Anonymous) [Report This]
    any way you could recode and re-enter this? it's one big paragraph.

    Added by ObsidianEmbrace: I fixed it for you, Les. :o)

    Author's Response:

    Thanks Tab. Looking after me as always. :)

    Les~

Title: Chapter 35: A laying Down of Arms. 18 Dec 2008 4:35 am
Reviewer: Kayla Summers (Signed) [Report This]
    Ok it took me days to read the whole story but I love it! update when you can.

    Author's Response:

    Thank you for letting me know that you enjoy the story. well done on a marathon read.

    Chapter 36 will be uploaded within hours.

    Lesley

Title: Chapter 35: A laying Down of Arms. 15 Dec 2008 5:01 pm
Reviewer: Mimiheart (Signed) [Report This]
    Took me a little, but I finally was able to read this. It's really good. Your characterizations are pretty realistic. I'm enjoying it quite a bit. :D

    Author's Response:

    Thank you for letting me know that you have enjoyed the story so far. It would take quite a bit of effort to read through from the beginning, so well done.

    Hope to hear from you again.

    Lesley

Title: Chapter 35: A laying Down of Arms. 01 Dec 2008 7:12 pm
Reviewer: Poirot (Signed) [Report This]
    Hi Lesley-
    I hope the lack of reviews isn't keeping you from updating. This is an absolutely wonderful story and I am enjoying it immensely.

    I hope all is well for you in RL and you can update soon.

    Donna

    Author's Response:

    Sorry that it has taken me so long to get back to you Donna, but I only just found this review. Somehow I managed to delete it from my in-box before I responded to it.

    Lack of reviews will not make me stop updating, I promise. And the response to my A/N has been telling to say the least. Many more reviews this chapter. It's a shame it doesn't happen without me having to beg though.

    Thank you for all of your reviews, though.

    Lesley.

Title: Chapter 35: A laying Down of Arms. 30 Nov 2008 9:18 am
Reviewer: Linda (Anonymous) [Report This]
    Sorry, I have been enjoying your story and the development of the characters that I failed to review. Looking forward to another chapter.

    Author's Response:

    Thank you for this review. Glad you are enjoying the story so much.

    Lesley

Title: Chapter 35: A laying Down of Arms. 28 Nov 2008 8:11 pm
Reviewer: little-starling (Anonymous) [Report This]
    Another awesome chapter. I absolutely love this fic and honestly check daily for any updates. Your characterisation is superb, the dialogue believable and storyline unique and well though out. I can't believe you have received so few reviews. I have to say though that on several occasions, when trying to post a review, i have encountered problems when the five digit security code isnt recongnised as correct despite the fact it is. I'm not sure if others have also experienced this problem and have given up?

    Anyway, i loved this chapter. I adore the way Severus looks to Albus for approval, and especially the bit at the end when he commented to Molly because he could feel Dumbledores dissaproval. Awww. Poor Harry though, so desperate for affection and security and completely unable to ask for it. My heart breaks for him. I feel for Severus too though, it comes across that he is making a huge effort. Hopefully they will solve their issues over time.

    I will be anxiously awaiting your next chapter! Please post soon?

    Author's Response:

    Thank you for your lovely review. I didn't know that you had to battle a security code to review. Why not just register with the site. It is not difficult. I had similar problems on another site and I ended up registering. If you don't want to register for whatever reason, I suggest that you copy your review, then if the stupid security code rejects you, you can paste it onto a new review panel. That's what I did on that other site, every time before I clicked submit, just in case it disappeared into the ether. When that became too much of a hassle, I just registered. You are under no obligation if you register.

    Anyway, glad you enjoyed the chapter.

    Lesley

Title: Chapter 35: A laying Down of Arms. 28 Nov 2008 6:00 pm
Reviewer: Harriverse (Anonymous) [Report This]
    I didn't read all of your AN, but I think it's not the long chapters that cause people to not review, but rather the length of the story. I personally find long stories to be absolutely yummy once they are completed! But due to the length and often the time between chapter updates, it's hard to keep the plot in your head between readings. I'm currently flat on my back due to a back injury so I have time to read. Since I couldn't remember your stories plot line, I've taken the past three days to reread the entire story. It's not the only thing I've done during this time, but you still have to admit that this is not an unreasonable timeframe. Parts of my reading were familiar enough that I can tell I've read them in the past. Then you have to admit that this story is so completely written that at times it seems almost too well written when scenes take multiple chapters to fill out. No plot holes in this fanfic!!! That's another reason people may not be reviewing your well written story. Then there is the old standby--I often try to review stories only to have the reviews rejected because of the security code system!!! I find that very frustrating. It doesn't happen so much on my desk top, but laying on my back I can only use my daughters laptop (thank goodness I learned to touch type 25 years ago!) and the security code is usually rejected. I can't even log onto my account at HPFandom for some reason!!! So your rewrite of the story from the perspective of Harry having a father is very good, Snape's change has been slow and reasonably progressive and his relationships are all spot on! Having Dumbledore survive is going to be interesting as well as having both Draco and Nott marked in sixth year. I was hoping that Nott had meant that poison for someone else and that he would eventually apologize to Harry, but with his marking I guess that is not possible. How are Draco and Nott handling DE revels??? I hope you enjoy writing this story. Sorry not enough people review but even I find sometimes the only thing to say is 'good job' and I won't tell you the number of times author's say they are tired hearing that.

    Author's Response:

    I did not know that there was even a security code that anon reviewers had to battle. I had the same problem on another site and so I just registered with the site. It is not difficult to do and if you like to review, then it definitely saves a lot of time and effort.

    On the other site, I don't know how many reviews I lost because of that stupid security code. So, before I joined, I started copying the review before I tried to submit it, and if the stupid site told me I had the code wrong, well, I could just paste my original review into the new review box. Then even that became a pain and so I joined.

     Anyway, thanks for making the effort to leave this lovely long review. Sorry to hear about your back injury. Hope you are on the road to recovery.

    I have never heard of people NOT reviewing because a story is too well written. Some people like to point out mistakes, but most do it very politely and don't dwell on the negatives...thank goodness. I have one reviewer on ff.net who leaves a review for every chapter, but the only words he/she has ever written is 'update soon'. i must admit that that is very annoying. I would prefer well done, but as the person wants to read the next update, then he/she enjoyed the last.

    I take it that you like the character of Nott in canon. He is the pallid, stringy boy we first meet in Care of Magical Creatures and he is just as unpleasant as Malfoy and his cohorts, though not as vocal as Malfoy. I do mention him and his isolationist attitude in the first chapter, and the fact that he is also very angry that Harry landed his father in Azkaban. He is just not as vocal about it as Malfoy. And who else did you think he might want to kill, I wonder?

    Anyway, thanks once again. Sorry the upadtes are not as quick as you would like them to be. But I do have two stories in the works and have to address them both. I am making an effort to cut my chapter length down so I can get updates out there more quickly.

    Lesley~

Title: Chapter 35: A laying Down of Arms. 28 Nov 2008 2:12 am
Reviewer: guignou (Anonymous) [Report This]
    don't worry about long chapters ! some of us prefer it, the longer, the better ! as i said in my last review, i didn't really like the last chapter, and after re-reading, it was part because of Molly and her stupid behaviour, and part because of Dumbledore, who was acting like a child, explaning all but the main subject. But in this chapter, Dumbledore actually made me laugh... Molly was... Molly ! Severus is, always, the best ! OMG, he really fits the way i imagine him ! i love the fact that he's considering Arthur and Bill like faithful guys, it shows that he's not so blind regarding "the damned Gryffindors". Then Harry... He's gonna be the death of his father... "Stop acting like a fool and block your mind, you boy!"
    huhu, it's a bit late, i'm going to bed and hope to see next chapter sooooooon =)
    thanks a lot !!

    Author's Response:

    Thank you for another review. Glad you liked this chapter better. I looked over the last chapter to try and see where you thought DD wasn't addressing the subject. He was very annoyed and he was pointing out salient facts about Sev's behaviour to Molly. It was actually HArry and Sev who told the main part of the story, and DD then added his little spiel about how Lily had studied the properties of Muggle blood and applied the principles to Magical blood.

    Molly was foolish, yes, but she was being a protective mother hen, I suppose. Molly is very volatile and leaps before she looks. She had seen Sev being nasty to Harry on the last few occassions she had seen them together.

    Sev is trying to be a father, but at the same time, he wasn't going to wear his heart on his sleeve in front of Molly. So he was a bit standoffish to Harry. HArry is still insecure in the relationship. As much as he thinks he has put the past behind him, Sev's past treatment would be something that would be dificult to lay to rest. And Sev already knows that Harry is never going to be a great proponent of Occlumency.

     

    All Harry wanted Sev to say was that he would se HArry for supper, not to seem indifferent as to whether he came home or not.

    Lesley

Title: Chapter 35: A laying Down of Arms. 27 Nov 2008 9:57 pm
Reviewer: kayt (Anonymous) [Report This]
    Another good chapter.I like that you let Harry hsve a bit of a teenage strop, and that Severus isn't 100% perfect at parenting skills without any practice.
    The longer the chapters are the better from my point of view - I'm an annoyingly fast reader!

    Author's Response:

    Thank you kayt. Glad you enjoyed the chapter...what would a teenager be without a strop. LOL And he is Severus' son, so can't expect much better. He got Sev's temper, don't forget, not Lily or James' more placid natures.

    Glad you like the longer chapters.

    Lesley

Title: Chapter 35: A laying Down of Arms. 27 Nov 2008 5:19 am
Reviewer: dancingkatz (Signed) [Report This]
    I love ASD! Each chapter is better and better and I'm really enjoying seeing how Sev and Harry's relationship is developing.Your dialog is excellent and I like the way you get into the character's heads. I particularly like that you are having all your characters be human, not plaster saints or demons. I can tell that Sev and Harry are in for some rough spots just because Harry is a teenager and because of their past histories, but I have the feeling that it will all work out in the end. I am looking forward to seeing Ron's actions when Harry arrives at the burrow. I hope he'll be more like Arthur and less like Molly. Great work!

    Author's Response:

    Thank you for your wonderful review. I am so glad that you like my writing enough to ompliment me like this. I really inspired me to continue to strive even though I am not finding writing easy at the moment.

    Sev and HArry will continue to butt heads for the exact reasons you ahve mentioned and also becasue they have not yet spoken to each other about emotions. HArry is too quick to take exception, memories of Sev's past attitiude is difficult to let go of.

    Ron up next.

    Lesley


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