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Reviews For Lily's Charm: The Gift
The imagery of the storm, the fire and the ice remains so hauntingly real. As Severus looks at Harry's memories, it's as if I can "feel" the ice as it continues to show its chilling presence. As in here: "This is burying you," the fire disagreed. "I could have helped you." The flames felt doused with ice again at the pain radiating in furious waves through the storm." I suddenly felt doused with ice too - the words paint such a picture. And Severus telling Harry: "And we will deal with it together. You do not have to do anything alone. Not ever again." Oh, big lump in the throat on that one. And an even bigger one when Sev sat and thought on the previous night's events and showed how vunerable and hurting he was...as much as Harry. These lines brought it all home as to how he felt: "For the pain and guilt the void had soaked him in. For the things he didn't wish to remember. For things he would never allow himself to forget..." Wow. This was telling of that same headspace too, I think, when he addressed Narcissa: "...but he wasn’t willing to leave Harry alone at the moment. (Not just for the moment...) And man, can Severus spew venom! When he told Narcissa she could bring Draco back to school in no uncertain terms he was fierce. "He betrayed my son." Oh, Draco...I'd hate to be you in potions class from here on out. Ginny and Harry are adorable. I can't say more. Oh, never mind, I will at the end. Harry's wanting to keep his promise to Draco has me curious. Is it just in his nature to be so forgiving? Or is feeling that way because of own current traumatized headspace? He even seemed to surprise himself. Hmmm.... "I really do worry about you, you know" was my FAVORITE line. And Severus accepting it was perfect. Go to bed, boys, and hopefully you'll feel a bit better before you have to go talk to Scrimgeour. I hope Sev hexes him if he gets out of line with Harry. Sigh...loved the dialogue. I know I said it earlier; it bears repeating. And the hug for this chapter goes to GINNY! A first time, I think. Because she called it Severus' attention that Harry was experiencing something more than fatigue, and was just "there" because Harry needed her to be with her presence alone, never asking for more. I have a feeling this is a lull before the next storm. I'm battening down the hatches. Author's Response: I'm glad you still enjoy the fire/storm interactions. I love writing that so much. it's one of my favorite parts. Severus really is suffering here, in a way even more than Harry. as you noticed with all those horrors that were brought back to his attention with Voldemort's taunts. Cause, see...Harry can let that go more easily now than he could before he has evidence that Severus loves him, even though they had a hard history together. Severus though has to continually deal with the feelings of guilt and remorse. And even though he knows that Harry forgives him, he really doesn't forgive himself and then almost losing Harry. Again. Well that was just too much for him. He's suffering, no doubt about that. LOL I love venon-spewing Sev. He's just fun. LOL No, you wouldn't want to be Draco. hee hee Yes, I do believe those two are quite adorable. Another part I just love to write. I think Harry has been surprising himself all along as it regards Draco. I'm lazy so I'll paste a reply to another review on ff.net about this same issue: maybe it's easier to understand if you remember that only a day ago, Harry was certain he was about to die. So he knows what Draco has had to endure for months now, with the threat of death hanging over him and then to have the DEs come and tell Draco Voldemort is ready to torture and kill him, well Harry can understand that. He's seen his father being tortured and was quite ready to die himself by Voldemort's hand. And Harry knows Draco is weak. It's not that he really say, oh well, Draco is wonderful and I will let everything slide, it's just that he has empathy for the kid and he doesn't want him to be without a father, even if Lucius is a jerk. He knows what it feels like to a lose a father as well. I don't know. I see Harry as being amazingly emphathetic. And you have to remember too that Lucius SAVED Severus on Halloween. And he tried to save them again with Voldemort. So Harry has a mixed up gratitude for him. Harry also can forgive. He forgave everyone else. And don't worry. Lucius and this issue will crop up again. Awww. you picked out all my favorite lines of the chapter. I love when you do that. A Ginny hug! YAY. And she did call it to Sev's attention and she did it in such a gentle and loving way without being know it all-ish like other friends. LOL I love Hermione, but the girl's too pushy. And yes, you should batten down those hatches. :oP
Author's Response: Thanks! It's really fun to write this budding romance between Harry and Ginny. I'm glad you enjoyed that as well as the rest of the chapter and thanks so much for the review, Silver! :o)
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