|
|
Reviews For An Uncertain Future
On with the review! OH NO!! I always feel sorry for Harry when Snape looks smug...but thinking of Snape smug makes me want to cuddle the PM and I don't think he'd like that very much. He's definately AK me in the face. *sigh* But still... Harry just can't catch a break, can he? If it's not one thing, it's another. He's always finding out something terrible. But hazzah Minerva! I loved her speech and how stern she was. The students aren't going to get away with ANYTHING now that they've not only got McGonagall as Headmistress, but Snape as Deputy Headmaster. I have to giggle at that. Poor students.... I also loved her talk with Harry and her explination of Snape. Bravo! Give it time Harry, give it a little time...but I'm sure two minutes isn't enough time, because now he's got potions. Poor kid (even though he's like only a year younger than me or the same age as me in this). Bravo Pandora! I'll have to read on...after I get more tea. XD Author's Response: Yes, definitely if you try to cuddle Sev, he will hex you!!! :)
Now, "I" want tea too! No, poor Harry, life is never easy for the poor boy.
Those poor kids, McGonagall and Snape are the strictest teachers at Hogwarts and with eyes in back of their heads...watch it Harry!! :)
McG just wants Harry to have a family, and she really wants the same thing for Snape, even though he doesn't know that he wants it yet!
Thanks Ivy...I'm drinking coffee, but I'm definitely getting tea after.
Sounds like I'm nitpicking...sorry. If you just make the BAttle of Hogwarts earlier in the year, it's all fine. Lesley Author's Response: Didn't they spend all summer searching for Horcruxes, and then the battle took place after seventh year had begun, because Snape was then Headmaster. In my story, I had envisioned that the battle had taken place in September, and school had already started, and then they had to renovate the castle which took a few weeks, so that would make them going back to school some time in October or November, so they have to catch up a bit in the seventh year. I had Ron drop Potions in the seventh year because Fred's death really hit him hard and he decided that being an Auror was too dangerous. I actually changed it because Kristeh pointed out to me that Ron did take potions in sixth year! Rather than change the whole story, I just had Ron decide to drop out of Potions! I wonder if Ron would have still wanted to be an Auror in Canon after Fred dying.
Thanks for making me think though. I never realised how hard it was to make things make sense in a story! It's my first, after all! It's readers like you that keep me on my toes, and help me improve! Thanks!
This was, as usual, a great chapter and very nicely written. I do have a query about the time-line though. The Battle of Hogwarts was in May if you are following canon in this, and term finishes at the ned of June. July and August are the summer holidays. The school must have taken more than a couple of days to rebuild, so I am just wondering why McGonagall would have brought the students back for what can only be a couple of weeks. There is no way that even Hermione would be able to catch up with her seventh year studies in just a couple of weeks at most. I thought you would be bringing the trio back to school at the beginning of September to do their seventh year. Anyway, I'll just go with the flow. Lesley Author's Response: I guess that I've kind of played around with the timeline for the purposes of my story. Sorry if it's confusing. I didn't actually realise that the seventh year was almost over when the battle had taken place. In my story, the seventh year had begun, and then there was the interupptions of the war, and then the school reopened around October or November* No the renovations took a few weeks. I'll have to go back and see if I've not made that very clear.
Thanks for taking the time to actually read my story when you are so busy with two of your own. I am rereading Shocking Discovery from the beginning, btw. I had read the beginning a long time ago, and got back into it recently, so I wanted to refresh my memory. It is just as great as I remembered!
Author's Response: Harry is feeling out of sorts right now. He feels unwanted and rejected by his own father. Yes...it will be an uphill battle tp soften grumpy old Snape up.
I checked HBP to be certain, but Ron is in sixth-year potions along with Harry and Hermione. I'm guessing he either got an E same as Harry, or else Sluggy doesn't have nearly the same standards as Snape for NEWT potions. It's not really a biggie, I guess. *smile* And as for Harry not wanting to live at GP because of painful memories of Sirius...well, I would have thought exactly the same, except that in DH, when the Trio ended up staying there for a time (about a month, wasn't it?) before they embarked on the great camping adventure, Harry seemed to be all right with staying there. By the end of the month, they all seemed to be very comfortable and to regard the place fondly. I think there was a tiny bit right after they moved in at the beginning of August, where Harry went up to Sirius' room and was saddened, but overall, he seemed to be all right with staying there. I would have thought that Harry would have either sold Grimmauld Place or just kept it but never used it, until after reading about that month where he, Ron, and Hermione lived there. Then for the first time, I could envision Harry eventually living there. But of course, this is your story and you can have it go any way you wish. It's very well-written and you've put a lot of thought into it, and planned it out so I'm sure whatever is coming will be seamless and make perfect sense. Oh, and I never really thought that Harry would actually leave Hogwarts...just that it might be a consideration at some point. I might be tempted, in his shoes, but that doesn't mean that he (or I) actually would. Well, anyway, I do love your story and I'm looking forward to the next chapter! Author's Response: Oh, I guess again my memory is horrible! Oh well, I'm surprised that Ron would take Potions if he didn't have to. Well, I guess I messed up! Well, for the purpose of my story, I guess that Ron decided not to take Potions anymore! I guess I really need to reread the last couple of books. I also had Scrimgeour still alive before Lesley pointed out to me that he was dead and that Kingsley was now the temporary Minister of Magic. Well...I'll have to rethink that part. Not sure if I'll leave it or try to make it like Canon.
Anyway, I haven't thought of Harry going to Grimauld Place or not at this point because Harry really still wants to be an Auror. Well...at least for now anyway. If Snape tortures him enough, perhaps he WILL change his mind. I think Harry's main motivation for wanting to return to Hogwarts, is because of Ginny and because he still considers Hogwarts his home. I really appreciate you taking the time to respond to my comments, and thank you for your kind words as well. Actually, before you had made the comment of Harry possibly wanting to leave Hogwarts because of Snape, I had considered having Harry at leat thinking about it when Snape becomes unbearable, but realistically speaking, I don't think that he would because of Ginny. I'll have to see where the story leads. I'm taking it one chapter at a time. Sometimes I think I'm going to go somewhere with the plot, and another idea comes to me. I'm really enjoying this whole experience. I haven't written ANYTHING since college, and that was many many years ago, and I didn't even finish, so it is normal that I'm learning as I go along. There may be times that reviewers will point something out to me that I've missed, and I'll go back and change it so the story makes sense, or if it is a suggestion to improve my writing, then in the next chapter, I'll take it into consideration to improve those areas that I'm lacking. I'm not sure actually, if I will have Ron still want to be an Auror or not. On the one hand, he might want to become an Auror BECAUSE of Fred's death, thinking that he could protect others from evil. On the other hand, Fred's death might have made him re-evaluate his whole life, and future plans of becoming an Auror, thinking that he's had enough of fighting and placing himself in danger. I'll have to see how it goes, but I'm concentrating on Harry right now, so I guess I hadn't really thought about RON'S plans. I had actually forgotten that Ron had wanted to be an Auror too! What would I do without you guys to keep me on my toes! Phew! This is a long response to your response! Thanks again for even thinking that my story is worth reading.
I highly doubt that you would actually have Harry do that, but it is kind of interesting to me to imagine how this year at Hogwarts might be. I can see, just besides the expected tension with Severus, that in some ways it might be hard for the kids...the Trio in particular, but maybe some others like Dean Thomas who were out of school for the past year, surviving on their own, handling responsibilities that really shouldn't have been forced upon them...and now it might not be quite so easy to just 'be kids' again. I could definitely imagine Harry, when things are bad with Severus, truly having doubts about whether he wants to stay and put up with it all, cause he really doesn't have to. He has a house and all the money from the Potters and the Blacks, not to mention the gratitude of the Wizarding World. His main reasons for coming back to Hogwarts are to be with his friends, because he thinks of the school as a home, and because he wants to be an Auror. But if he became unhappy enough at Hogwarts, leaving might be tempting. I know you've said you want to stay as close to canon as possible, so is Ron planning to become an Auror, too? I know JKR said that both Harry and Ron became Aurors, but if Ron is going to be one in your story, he would need to be in Potions, too, wouldn't he? Otherwise, Harry would probably drop out as well. I'm asking because although I think Harry and Ron would do very well as Aurors and that is canon, I've always thought that Harry would have been a great instructor. He's talented at Defense, and at teaching (his work with the DA comes to mind). He seemed to enjoy teaching, too. I always thought that he settled on being an Auror almost by default. The other career options he and his friends were reading about didn't sound interesting. He was being targeted by Voldemort and DEs so he wanted to try to be as prepared as possible. And he was 15 and being an Auror probably sounded fun and exciting. But I've always imagined that as Harry grew older and matured, and once Voldemort was gone and he wasn't being targeted anymore, that he might re-consider his career choice. Oh, well, whatever you want to do is fine, of course. I think I was mostly just rambling and musing aloud (well, not aloud, lol) in that last paragraph. It's just that I can see Harry (and maybe some of the others) doing a lot of re-thinking and changing their opinions on many different things this year. It's a whole new world now! I'm looking forward to the next chapter! Author's Response: Well basically, in Canon Ron didn't take Potions in year six, if I recall correctly. I don't think that his marks were good enough were they? Please correct me if I'm wrong. The only reason Harry got in at all, was because Snape was not the instructor. Yes, Harry has some hard decisions to make, but I don't think that he would leave Hogwarts, because Ginny is only still in sixth year, and as bad as things are with Snape, there will come a time when he will need Snape, even if Harry would be hard-pressed to admit it. As much money as Harry has from the Potters and the Blacks, I don't think that he would leave Hogwarts at this point. He is just feeing too disconnected and alone right now. It is even worth it to put up with Snape's crap, to feel that his is part of a family and still has a home. Seventeen may techinically be the legal age in the Wizarding world, but Harry is still just bascially a kid, that like you pointed out, had to grow up way too fast. Grimauld Place I don't think would be an option either, as it holds too many painful memories of Sirius, and whatnot.
You are right about one thing though, He wanted to be an Auror because he felt there wasn't another career that he would be interested, but just because Harry defeated Voldie doesn't mean that all will be peaceful. That would just be too easy, wouldn't it! I have plans....
Author's Response: Potions class? Yes...well...that will be interesting to say the least! Maybe not in a good way! Thanks for reviewing!
Author's Response: Well, he's not really in tears, is he? His eyes were just moist, and there is such a thing as tears of frustration. I think that he WOULD be disappointed and frustrated in Canon as well. Everytime he finds a father-figure, he loses him. First Sirius, then Lupin, and even Dumbledore in a sense, although maybe he was more of a mentor/grandfatherly type of figure, but nevertheless Harry is all alone AGAIN. As bad as the Dursely's were, he still had somewhat of a family, and a home. Even if he didn't consider it that in his heart. Harry was doing something that he thought Snape would have wanted, and he thought that his mother would have wanted this, only to have the whole thing fall apart! Also, Harry is not just sad because of Snape. He has lost so many people he has cared about. Remus, Tonks, Fred, Madeye, Sirius, and even Colin. He just thought that maybe bringing Snape back could somehow give him something that he missed. So when I say that Harry was choking back tears, I mean that it has all just caught up with him. After all, think about everything the poor kid has been through just since he was born!
this totally needs to be updated soon! Poor, Harry, I wonder what Snape has in store for him! Author's Response: Thank you so much for your kind words! Yes, well Snape has alot in store for Harry, unfortunately, it's not all good! Aw, but Minerva is working on him, and you can never underestimate the power of a Gryffindor!
Couple small things to clear up, though: While the phrase is pronouced the way you spelled it, it is Latin, and therefore spelled "PER SE", not 'per say'. In the next paragraph, after the mention of Narcissa, "...in their last DUEL to the death", rather than 'dual'. Terrific job of writing! Author's Response: Thank you, I am trying very hard to keep Snape in character, even if it is not the way most people want to see him. Oh yes, now that I see it written, I realise that you are right! Ooopps...I'll go change it! Thanks! Latin obviously is not my strong suit! |
|
Powered by eFiction 3.5 |