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Title: After the Spell 25 Feb 2022 12:56 am
Reviewer: cavehack (Signed) [Report This]
    I enjoyed reading your story from Snape’s perspective, and am looking forward to Harry’s.
Title: After the Spell 03 Dec 2008 12:37 am
Reviewer: wrappedinharry (Signed) [Report This]
    Nicely written, although it makes my blood boil to think that Malfoy's near use of an unforgivable is always totally overlooked, even in canon, and even by Hermione. If Snape had arrivied in the bathroom to see HArry screaming under the effects of the Crutiatus curse, I suppose he would have patted MAlfoy on the shoulder and said job well done! And as HE invented the Sectumsempra spell, and tried to use it at least once...on JAmes in Snapes Worst Memory, it's reall a bit like the pot calling the kettle black.

    I know that HArry using a spell he had no idea about was totally irresponsible, but I suppose he was thinking that so far, all the unknown spells he had experimented with had been harmless. Though I don't know how he could think a spell with 'for enemies' written after it would be harmless. Foolish, unthinking boy...saying that though, he was in a panicked situation.

    Anyway, I wonder who suggested the corporal punishment. My bet is Snape...he would have been rubbing his hands together in glee (inside his head, anyway.) I do tend to agree with another reviewer who said that DD would never have agreed with the administering of CP, though.

    I wonder whether you address this issue in Snape's perspective. I haven't read any of that yet.

    Thank you for an interesting read.

    Lesley

    Author's Response:

    Thanks for your detailed review!

    Yes, I do address this issue in Snape's perspective. And I agree it seems unfair that Malfoy isn't punished as well. As you pointed out, he isn't in canon, either, and not even for almost killing two students (Katie and Ron), as DD feared Voldemort would kill him if he knew DD suspected Draco. I guess it would have been the same if Draco had been expelled or otherwise punished for using Crucio, I guess Voldemort wouldn't have been too pleased about Malfoy endangering his mission so stupidly! So I guess, had Snape arrived in the bathroom to see Harry screaming under the effects of the Crutiatus curse,  he wouldn't have patted Malfoy on the shoulder, but said 'Foolish boy!' . 

    About the pot calling the kettle black, yes, you're right. But well, it's Snape....

Title: After the Spell 15 Oct 2008 9:27 pm
Reviewer: Graciella Bellanotte-Diadoro (Signed) [Report This]
    I'm glad you decided to post on this site, although seeing that the story just went up put me in a bit of a tiff. If you're not sick or dead, then where are the updates we've been waiting for on the Pit? (You know, the other site). Did you figure I'm dumb enough to read this and think it's new?! Then again, I lost my bookmark and read chapters 38-41 of "Barnaby Rudge" twice recently. I wouldn't have known the difference if there hadn't been a weird pencil mark right near the end.

    Anyhoo. I, for one, think Harry's acquiescence makes perfect sense. After all, he respects Dumbledore a lot and wouldn't be likely to argue with him. I can also see him wanting to face Snape, even if it results in a harsher punishment, rather than having Dumbledore do it. Of course, something making sense to me isn't exactly a high recommendation.

    Yes, I gave ten frogs.

    Author's Response: Thanks for your review, I really liked your humorous comments! And thanks for the frogs as well, I like their croaking sounds....
Title: After the Spell 12 Oct 2008 4:37 am
Reviewer: ELla (Anonymous) [Report This]
    poor harry, really thats not fair, snape's going to be horrible to harry, i just know it...

    Author's Response: I wouldn't like to be Harry right now, either...
Title: After the Spell 11 Oct 2008 6:59 pm
Reviewer: NotEvenHere (Anonymous) [Report This]
    Your story is very well written and I enjoy your writing style. Although I know you've already written it and are unlikely to change anything, I would like to address Dumbledore. Out of all the people in the wizarding world, he seems the least likely to agree with a caning for Harry. And this is said by a person who has no problem with CP. I am not offended by your story in the least. I think perhaps it might have worked better though to have Dumbledore (at the very least) have more of a struggle with his decision to allow Snape to do this. And it would be more in character, I think to have Harry not submit so willingly. I am not certain his reaction is realistic. I hope you continue on and maybe take some of the concerns of your readers into mind for your next chapters. You are an excellent writer and I hope you won't be deterred by this criticism. I'll continue to read regardless. Thanks for your effort. :o)

    Author's Response: Thanks for your feedback. I can see what you mean about Dumbledore. However, this is the Harry perspective story and I think Dumbledore is not going to show the internal struggle that he has with his decision to Harry of all people! So I addressed that in the story from Snape's perspective.
Title: After the Spell 11 Oct 2008 4:47 pm
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed) [Report This]
    I was glad to see that you decided to post this here! I added a warning to the story information, which most authors do for these types of stories otherwise some people who don't like them, read them and leave bad reviews. I don't know why they bother reading them when they know. Sigh. Oh well, it tends to be a deterrent for them to have a bold warning up.

    Author's Response: Thanks ! I thought selecting the warning would be sufficient, but you're probably right. Thanks for all your help.
Title: After the Spell 07 Oct 2008 11:23 pm
Reviewer: Pellegrina (Anonymous) [Report This]
    Well, I liked Snape's point of view better, it held much more insight! Though I thought reading about the caning itself was very hard to bear - not just because I myself don't believe in CP, but because you wrote it so intense and it was really touching somehow - cruel but touching! So I kind of liked it in a twisted king of way. But all that time I had my own thoughts on why and how Harry could/would accept the punishment from Snape - they were quite different from yours! And so I'm now a bit disappointed because the reasons you give are not convincing to me. I thought it was because Harry felt that both Snape and Malfoy would need this kind of closure and that they would never be able to get over this if Dumbles was the one to dish out the CP. I believed that Harry would be able to understand that this was the only way to ever prove to Snape that he is willing to take responsibility for his own actions. Maybe even make amends for the misdeads of his father. Unfortunately that doesn't seem to happen, but maybe you still plan to do that? Or maybe I expect too much from Harry?
    My other theory was that he wasn't really afraid of the punishment because he is used to it from the Dursleys, but you didn't indicate anything in that direction either so I don't know.
    For Snape, well I hope he understood something by handing out such a severe punishment - namely that it's not as easy as he thought to be in possession of so much power and that he has a great deal more mercy and caring in him than he himself might have thought. That at least I think you have planned to show. So now I'm looking forward to the rest of this story and hope the comfort part will come as well...

    Author's Response: Thanks for leaving such a detailed feedback! Sorry to read you're disappointed about Harry's motivation, you definitely had some very intersting theories! Thanks for sharing them with me! In fact I really think it would be expecting a bit much from Harry  - in this situation, I mean he is deeply shocked! - to even think so far as that he might make amends to Snape for the misdeeds of his father by choosing him. As for being used to that sort of punishment from the Dursleys, well not in this fic. I know it is generally agreed in fanfic that they abused him physically, but as in the books there is no mention of them hitting him, I don't assume they did.
Title: After the Spell 07 Oct 2008 10:50 pm
Reviewer: Pandora (Signed) [Report This]
    Wow, I guess I can now understand why Harry decided not to have Dumbledore issue the punishment instead of Snape. Poor Harry. Such a harsh punishment.

    Well written though. I hope that Snape lightens up a bit eventually though.

    Well done.

    Author's Response: Thanks for your review, I really appreciate it, even if I didn't answer sooner. Whether Snape willl lighten up, well, I won't say anything here....

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