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Reviews For Repairing the Damage
Author's Response: Thanks for the review :)
I'm looking forward to where you're going with this story. Nice job. I can't wait for the next update. Author's Response: Thank you so much... again :) I'm working on the next chapter right now. I'm hoping to have it posted within the next week, which I think is realistic because I'm almost halfway finished writing it now.
I hope that Harry can calm down enough to listen to reason. I do understand though; it must be difficult to be away from his friends, and stuck with his least favourite teacher.
I can't believe Dumbledore wants to send Harry back to his relatives, and that Snape is protecting Harry like that. Great chappie again, on to the next. I'm really enjoying this story!
Actually, Severus was wrong when he thought if he revealed his own childhood to Harry it wouldn't help. Sometimes what an abused child needs is to know that someone else has been there and how it feels, and that is the best psychological healing. I used that tactic in Moon Fire to get Harry to reveal abuse. I learned about it from my brother-in-law, who is a child psychologist. Oh and one other little thing I thought I'd mention--harry is really too mobile for someone with cracked ribs. It should hurt a heck of a lot more for him to move about, my nephew had cracked ribs and it hurt for him to walk for weeks and that was with wraps and pain killers. I know Harry can tolerate a lot of pain, but this would be really painful and I think you need to make that apparent. Unless he's magically blocking the pain? Anyway, great story so far! Keep writing! Author's Response: Yes, but Severus convinced himself that revealing his own childhood abuse wouldn't help because he is very uncomfortable with displaying too much emotion (especially when he already feels like he has done so to an extent). It's not that he truly believes that it wouldn't help, because he is an intelligent man and knows deep down that it would. He'd just rather tell himself that it won't so he doesn't feel obligated to share something so personal. And as for the issue regarding Harry's ribs, I actually have kept the extreme pain factor in mind (I've never broken my ribs before or known anyone that has, so I ended up doing hours of research on it). I've left it out intentionally and have had plans to address it within the next few chapters. Thank you so much for the review (and constructive criticism, of course)! It's been very helpful and encouraging.
I'm surprised Severus didn't tell Harry about how Dumbledore insisted he go back to his awful relatives. That might have shut him up! He needs to learn to not talk back to his healer, it'll only get him in trouble. Author's Response: Yes, he should be extremely grateful to Snape, and I'm sure he will be in time. I don't want my fic to be one of those in which Snape helps Harry and Harry is overjoyed and thinking of him as a father figure within a chapter, so I'm trying to keep it realistic by keeping it at somewhat of a slow pace. Also, you have to realize that Harry has horrible trust issues so he thinks Snape is just following Dumbledore's orders and doesn't care about him at all. And don't be so surprised about Severus not telling Harry about the conflict with Dumbledore. This issue will be brought up again eventually. Thanks so much for the review, again :)
Severus is also right to tell Harry the truth about James. No one is perfect and James certainly was not. Though it's common to idolize a dead hero and forget about the mistakes he made in life, Harry should also know that his father was a bully to Severus. If he knew that, maybe he would understand where Severus was coming from with his resentment. Author's Response: Yes... I think so too :) I must admit that I'm quite enjoying my portrayal of Dumbledore. I think the way he's acting is infuriating, but Snape's responses to his actions are certainly entertaining. And I thought that Severus was right to tell Harry the truth about James as well :)
I wonder what Severus will answer to the next question. It should be interesting. Good work! The only thing I noticed was that you didn't capitalize Potions Master, I think it's supposed to be capitalized. Author's Response: Thanks :) And I've actually been quite conflicted regarding potions master/Potions Master. It is a title so I thought that it should really be capitalized, but then when I capitalized it, I always thought it looked odd and changed it back haha.
I love the emotion, and you really connect to the characters. You write beautifully, and your grammar and spelling are really good too! Author's Response: Yes, I would like to think that Snape eventually cuts him a bit of slack. We'll see in the next few chapters :) And thank you so much. I've been having trouble with Snape's emotions particularly, because he has such a complex personality and often reacts in unexpected ways. I hope that I am somewhat doing J.K.R.'s wonderful characters justice. Especially Snape... I love Snape. Thank you so much for taking the time to leave me a bunch of reviews. It's very encouraging :)
If I were Harry, when I found that out I would have hated the old man and wanted to kill him! And I sure wouldn't have named my child after him. Plain old Severus Harry or something would have been good enough. Author's Response: I know! The fact that no one ever intervened in the series for Harry when the Durlseys were so indifferent regarding his welfare always bothered me, and it really bothered me. I'm pretty torn when it comes to Dumbledore, because I used to absolutely love his character until how flawed he really was came to light. Everyone has flaws, but it always bothered me that so many people were tossed aside and forgotten. They pretty much didn't matter, as long as Albus got what he wanted and it all went according to plan. I can't believe you left me SO many reviews... you're awesome! |
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