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Reviews For Breaking Bread
Title: Breaking Bread 07 Aug 2008 8:16 pm
Reviewer: Salem-Black-Snape (Anonymous) [Report This]
    Thank you very much for your reponse to my challenge. I really enjoyed reading this story. Your style is very animating and professional. I also liked that Sirius and Remus were in there, although they didn't really help, you kept the interaction with those two facile, but then you only wanted to do a one-shot which still overjoyed me. Thanks again that you accepted my challenge.

    Author's Response:

    You're very welcome, and thank you for issuing the challenge in the first place. 

    Remus and Sirius weren't supposed to be involved, but then neither was Hermione.  However, as I began writing, they became insistant, truely, Hermione almost took over but then, she was integral to pushing Harry Snape's way.  I think if I'd had time to develop this further, Sirius and Remus may have had larger roles, but then, you never can tell with those two.

    Thank you for commenting, and while this was for me and everyone, it was for you especially, after all, it was your challenge.  So it makes me very glad that you've enjoyed it.

Title: Breaking Bread 07 Aug 2008 6:52 pm
Reviewer: ReginaCaeli (Anonymous) [Report This]
    Great fic,I really enjoyed it.

    Author's Response: Thank you.  I'm very glad.
Title: Breaking Bread 07 Aug 2008 11:21 am
Reviewer: A-zla (Anonymous) [Report This]
    Very nice! I hope you'll write more stories here...

    Author's Response: Thank you.  I just might have to.  I love the gen-based relationship between Harry and Snape, and everyone here's been so nice!
Title: Breaking Bread 07 Aug 2008 6:45 am
Reviewer: Ivanova (Anonymous) [Report This]
    I truly enjoyed this piece. You did a lovely job with both the situation and the characters. I don't think you needed to know anything more about eating disorders than you did as the story seems to mainly focus on how the characters react to the problem and not the cause of or the problem itself.

    I would love to see a sequel, perhaps dealing with Harry's forced starvation at the Dursley's. Now that Snape is enjoying his meals more, would he recognize what Harry had done? Does he miss Harry's company enough that he would notice Harry's own eating habits either before going to the Durley's or after he gets back? Does Harry try to pack on weight before leaving Hogwarts or maybe Snape notices him squirreling away food and confronts him about it...Oh, what if Snape thought wrong about why Harry was taking food and took it all away from him before he left Hogwarts, what would Snape do when he next saw Harry (very thin) or when someone else mentioned what they think goes on at the Dursley's (maybe Ron or Hermione). Maybe Snape gets a clue from Molly when she sends Harry a care package...

    What would Snape do?


    Smiles,
    Ivanova

    Author's Response:

    First of all, let me say thank you.  For reading, enjoying and reviewing. 

    Secondly...WOW.  You've truely put a lot of thought into this, and I happen to think that says more than any of your other words of compliment.  Not that I'm belittling anything else you wrote, believe me, I had a huge smile on my face after reading your comments.

    I actually had absolutely no intention of even considering a sequel, to be honest, I had no intention of writing this in the first place, seeing as I'm currently in the middle of two Uni projects with uncomfortably close deadlines.  But the challenge bug bit me, and I couldn't concentrate on my work until this was written, and now I'm actually thinking of ways to write a sequel.  They don't come easy to me, that is to say that when I write something intending to be a one-shot, the style is usually something so different to any other way I write, that to then try and pick it up again is rather hard.  I have written long chaptered stories, and many long one-shots, and I have written sequels so I know I *can* do it...but it will most likely be in yet another style.  And there will be a wait. ;)

    But, you've bitten me with your request, and now I really am contemplating ways to make a sequel work.  Especially with all the different ideas you've given.  It seems a bit of a shame to pick only one.  What would you think of a sequel in the form of a "Five times..." fic?  Where I could look at several responses of Snape to Harry's own eating habits and allow the reader to pick which one they truely believe happened.  On the other hand, when these projects are completed, I may be able to concentrate more clearly on a longer fic, in a way I couldn't with this one.  It wouldn't be *too* long, I've a novel length Snupin (emphasis on Snape), with lots and lots of Snape/Harry bonding in, and several other WIPs in the works, but you've hooked me, and everyone here's been so nice, that I find myself not quite ready to give up this little peice just yet.

    Please, let me know what you think, you seem to have an idea of what you'd like to see, and i'd appreciate your opinion.  If you want to see more of my work, perhaps to get a better idea of my different styles, I believe there are links to my work on ff.net and my own writing journal (which has more newer peices) in my bio here.  This wasn't my first delve into HP, but it was my first with an emphasis on Harry.

    Of course, you're under no obligation to do anything, so it is entirely up to you.  Even without a reply, you'll probably see some form of a sequel in the coming months.

    Thank you again,

    Linds.x

Title: Breaking Bread 07 Aug 2008 6:39 am
Reviewer: le skrewt (Anonymous) [Report This]
    bravo to harry! this totally worked for me.

    Author's Response: Thank you!  Harry = The Hogwarts Hero.
Title: Breaking Bread 07 Aug 2008 1:49 am
Reviewer: iluvchocs (Signed) [Report This]
    I really enjoyed this story. I think that Harry's appearance of the desire to help Severus worked because Hermione was nudging him about it, and he does have that 'saving people thing', as well as an empathy because he's had similar issues. Great job :D

    Author's Response:

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Title: Breaking Bread 06 Aug 2008 9:53 pm
Reviewer: Keats (Signed) [Report This]
    This was a great one shot and I could see Harry doing something like that and especially not tell anyone not even Ron or Hermione what he was doing and not ever take credit for it.

    Author's Response: Thank you.  I know what you mean, Harry wanted to help because that's the type of person he is, but since he never asks for any praise for the things he does, and he's pretty certain Snape wouldn't want anyone to know anything, it seems right that he'd keep it all to himself.  Besides, Ron probably wouldn't believe him anyway. ;)

    Thanks again, and I'm glad you enjoyed this. :)

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