I am sure Snape is going to be surprised as he learns just how much of the Potter he had come to hate was just a facade set in place by the abused!Harry. I totally look forward to more. *runs to next chapter*
| Title: Familiar Ways
| 30 May 2010 4:14 am
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| Reviewer: shadowienne (Anonymous)
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Wow! It's so amazing to see Dudley's "take charge" attitude, to the extent that he's actually explaining things about Harry to Snape! You've really created a whole new dynamic among these three characters! Way to go!
Not a muggle hospital...thanks for answering my question!
great chapter, glad that snape got to surrey in time and rescued harry and has taken dudley in at the same time, i hope vernon gets whats coming to him, snape must be livid and want some vengence
Author's Response: haven't decided what's going t ohappen to vernon/petunia yet, although I'm guessing that's one aspect in which I'll have to dissapoint most of my readers. I've never been one for vengence... or any of that kind of violence, really. You'll notice if you read a lot of my works that Voldie's usually dead or mysteriously not around. That type of thing's not really my ideal to write.... But something will happen to Vernon that's just, at the very least. I'm big on justice.
| Title: Familiar Ways
| 28 Aug 2008 9:24 pm
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| Reviewer: sevvysnack (Anonymous)
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So far, so good. I think what sets this story apart from the traditional Snape-saves-Harry story is Dudley's role. Very nice.
Author's Response: Yeha, I like the idea of Dudley being around, and changing. I think that his performance in Book 7 proves that he could be good, if he'd been raised differently, and then I got the idea that he might have learned a thing or two at boarding school....
this is looking really good. please update soon. i can't believe how dudley is so nice. (that's not a critisism)
Interesting chapter. Especially interesting that Dudley has more insight into Harry's motivations than Snape.
short chapter but good! it's quite different to have dudley along for the ride and so far i'm really liking the results. he certainly helped the scales fall from severus's eyes here.
Author's Response: Well, I think what is different is that people only see the Dudley that Rowling portrays, and not to diss a great author, but that's kind of flat. It made sense in the series because she needed Harrry to have that kind of sordid past, but it forgets the fact that the boys grew up together. Even if Dudley was a total berk 95% of the time, 5% of the time he would have been Harry's ally. He would also have more insight into Harry's behavior than Snape, having been around to see what happened to cause the behavior.
| Title: Familiar Ways
| 12 Aug 2008 10:13 pm
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| Reviewer: Kuro_Tori (Anonymous)
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I love it so far. Your take on Dudley is interesting. I look forward to the next chapter!
Great chapter! I could completely understand Harry's reactions, and I was wondering why Snape was having such difficulty, but he has always had a blind spot when it comes to Harry and I guess it's too soon for that to gone away. Glad Dudley was there (and I never thought I'd say that).
Author's Response: I think that a lot of people are surprised by Dudley in this one... I kind of like having him around, it's different than what I normally write. I had taken to wondering why most people didn't include him- after all, you see a lot of stuff where Draco turns around... Ugh. I hate Draco. As for Snape, yeah, he's a bit blind, and he's a bit tired, and he feels a bit guilty about getting there late.... and he's Snape, after all. He will start to turn around in his view of Harry, but as you can see he is incredibly intense.
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