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Reviews For Lily's Charm: Legacy
I think maybe its my teenage hormones that are telling me that this should piss me off but whatever. If my mom told me I couldn't see my boyfriend,because my brother almost got a girl pregnant i would be soo mad. I think that in some cases it's not a parents job to make our choices for us. They should make sure that we are safe and well informed (like Severus did)and then back off. If Molly wants to have a responsible daughter than she should trust her.Nothing makes me angrier than when my parents don't trust me when I have never done anything to not deserve it. If Ginny's parents try and be to firm with her she is going to rebel. No teenager wants their parents snooping around in their relationships. Author's Response: I agree with you, wholeheartedly. Molly is way off, but we all make mistakes, I suppose. :o)
Now we can see ordinarily level-headed parents indulging in panicked overreactions, perhaps simply to assuage their own misplaced guilt that they somehow slighted their children's moral development. The common double standards emerge here as well: what is acceptable for sons vs. daughters, and for "our children" vs. someone else's. Severus' unanswered question hits the nail on the head: "Tell me, Arthur, why did you teach your sons the Contraceptive Charm?" Severus is perfect in this scene, by the way. However angry and even disappointed he may be, he remains the voice of reason, which can in itself be very satisfying. Parents so often forget that forbidden fruit can be the most attractive. It would be better to promote healthy relationships than to forbid any at all. Now, they are encouraging subterfuge and making it even less likely that their children will confide in them when they should. At best, the young couples will obey them for now and simply outwait them until they become 18, at which point, the parents may find they have all but burned an irreplaceable bridge. I wonder, too, what might evolve between Harry and Hermione. I must say, although the Ron/Hermione relationship is canon, it never made much sense to me. I have no objection to it, but the fanfics in which they marry but eventually part company are often equally believable. Harry and Ginny seem a better pairing, but there are many ways in which these relationships might develop.
Caution is good, but teenagers often live up (or down) to expectations. If Molly expects Ginny and Harry to behave a certain way, they might do so. She should know that as a mother.
Admired Severus' considerable restraint at the Weasleys. He can be cool under fire when need be. Poor Harry though, is getting "punished" by the Weasleys for something he didn't even have a hand in. Okay, I must admit I found this quite interesting and wonders if this is going somewhere. Levi didn't like Ron much from what I could see, and he immediately warmed right up to Hermione. How very curious. Comments, OE?
And how I wish I could have a Kylaria.
I don't blame Sev for being angry with Molly for implying that his marriage to Lily was a mistake. I absolutely adore Levi! I want him! :) Ooh, I'm really loving this story already.
(jumping up and down shouting "Me, I thought of it, Me - but no one listens to my worldly 60 + wisdom). I don't know how old Molly and Arthur were when they married, but they may be speaking from experience themselves. They could have had an earlier than planned marriage due to a child on the way. Everyone needs to cool down.
Man, that meeting between Harry and the Weasley's was intense. I'm very curious about Arthur's opinion of all this, since he seemed like he wanted to say some things that he didn't get the chance to during the big talk. I want to think that he trusts Harry and wants to tell him, but I'm not really sure. Arthur seems like the kind of guy who would take Harry aside and have a man to man chat with him if he thought things were getting too heated between him and Ginny. I hope we get to hear more from him soon though because I really want to know what he was thinking. Mrs. Weasley, on the other hand, really pissed me off. Good grief, she was just so inconsiderate of Lily and Severus; I can't believe how low she stooped, though I suppose I could blame it on the fact that she's stressed out over the whole situation. I'm glad Ron trusts Harry when he says he hasn't done anything with Ginny too because things would be pretty bleak for Harry if that wasn't the case. I think the fact that the twins were so humorless showed the tension of the situation very well. Anyways, I loved the angst of this chapter, especially when Harry enters the Weasley household and actually starts to feel nervous. There were some delightful awkward moments in there that I really enjoyed as well. Very nice work Tabitha. -P.G.
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