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Reviews For A May 2nd Carol
Title: A May 2nd Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Hogwarts 05 Dec 2015 12:20 pm
Reviewer: LBibliophile (Signed) [Report This]
    It was interesting seeing the way Snape interacted/connected with each of the Marauders, and the different methods they used to convince him to live.
    Peter is the betrayer and Death Eater, warning about his fate if he has not atoned sufficiently yet.
    James connects with him through Lily, the two men knowing and loving her the best.
    Remus, despite Snape's aversion to his wolf side, is the one he actually respects the most - at least his intelligence - and is the one whose oppinions he might actually listen to.
    Sirius takes the opposite path, using their mutual antagonism to encourage Snape to choose to spite him.

    I like the way you left the ending open, although a hint of what a future with a living Snape is like wold have been nice.

    Author's Response: Sirius, master of reverse psychology.
Title: A May 2nd Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Hogwarts 02 Mar 2015 1:10 am
Reviewer: shadowienne (Anonymous) [Report This]
    This story was far more interesting than "A Christmas Carol", probably because I was far more emotionally involved with the HP characters. Glad Snape chose life, and also that Harry seems pleased at the fact. I am left wondering how the future actually does play out, as in: will Snape go to Azkaban; if not, will he return to Hogwarts; how will the wizarding world view him in the end? But the story is well thought out and presented, and I honestly enjoyed it.

    Author's Response: Meh, I can't stand "A Christmas Carol, so I get the feeling.  I don't know what happens at the end of the story, and I strongly suspect neither do any of the characters.  It's a weird feeling for me as an author.
Title: A May 2nd Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Hogwarts 07 Jul 2014 7:19 pm
Reviewer: Victoire (Signed) [Report This]
    I'm conducting a summer action of reading all stories on PnS that have been completed, so I went through your story too!

    Oh my... I'm not sure why I've missed it earlier but I surely regret it! I dropped a few tears over this story. It's great. Just great plot, great ending. I don't think anyone of us likes how Snape died in 7th part of book, so anybody that messes with that and is doing it well deserves a 10/10 grade on story. Hope you're gonna write some more awesome stories like that. And... let May the 2nd Carol sound!

    Author's Response: Thank you, I'm so glad you liked it!  It's always nice to get a review on old stories.  It's been a long time since I wrote anything in the HP fandom but I do have a story I'm working on set in the Good People and Death Eaters series.  I hope you get to see it and like it when it's finished.
Title: A May 2nd Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Hogwarts 08 Jun 2009 3:33 am
Reviewer: Fernsfairie (Signed) [Report This]
    I loved the ending to this story! It was a funny take on an ending that I hated. Snape should have lived.

    Author's Response:

    Thanks!  I know Snape's death follows classic archetypal lines, the scape goat, the redeemed sinner, but still, I think the real reason he died was that he was a fan favorite and not JKR's, and she offed him to shut us up.

    I keep waiting and waiting for someone to point out I ended it almost the same way as "Blurring."  Hmmm.

Title: A May 2nd Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Hogwarts 04 May 2009 11:08 am
Reviewer: Mulan (Anonymous) [Report This]
    It is a wonderful story and I love it!

    Author's Response: Thank you!
Title: A May 2nd Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Hogwarts 26 Feb 2009 5:15 am
Reviewer: hypercell (Signed) [Report This]
    That was great! I thought he would choose death...hm...Did I mention how great it was?

    Author's Response: I'm glad you liked it.  Severus does have some survival instinct, and he hates obliging Sirius
Title: A May 2nd Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Hogwarts 23 Feb 2009 6:47 am
Reviewer: cckeimig (Signed) [Report This]
    Very well done!

    Author's Response: Thank you!
Title: A May 2nd Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Hogwarts 06 Jan 2009 5:05 am
Reviewer: sunsethill (Signed) [Report This]
    You have such a gift for taking the "usual" and making it something insightful. It makes so much sense that Sirius was sent to cause Severus to do the opposite of what he was told. Loved that.

    Author's Response:

    I'm glad it doesn't come out as simply cliched.  I vacillate between Sirius really really wanting his old schoolboy rival to kick the bucket, damn it, or just using really clever reverse psychology.

Title: A May 2nd Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Hogwarts 03 Jan 2009 5:15 am
Reviewer: snarky Beth (Signed) [Report This]
    Brilliant story! Though I too don't care much for 'A Christmas Carol', this twist of things and the way you depicted it made an interesting and enjoyable read. I think you portrayed everyone well and the humor, though mostly bitter, was quite amusing. Sirius is so blunt: "See, I disagree. I want you to die." lol!

    I really liked reading this story, wonderful job!

    Author's Response:

    Funny thing is, I don't like A Christmas Carol either.  It's trite, preachy, and has really dreadful characterization, but my brain doesn't do Christmas, and when I tried to insist that it should come up with something, my brain decided to torture Snape instead.  I've written bleaker ("Paying off Debts" comes to mind), but this isn't a happy fic.  All the humor comes from Snape and the Marauders acting like they never grew up, and now that I think about it, it's pretty damn bleak.

    And Sirius isn't thinking, or he'd have realized that Snape dying right then would mean he'd be stuck with him sooner.

Title: A May 2nd Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Hogwarts 31 Dec 2008 4:32 pm
Reviewer: Kawaii (Anonymous) [Report This]
    awesome

    Author's Response: Thanks!

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