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Reviews For A Strange Turn of Events
Author's Response: LOL! Yeah, Harry and Severus probably could have thought of all kinds of interesting questions for Salazar, if only they hadn't been in a hurry to get home...or if I hadn't been pushed for time!
Author's Response: Yes, I do plan to finish SC and I am aware of the unfinished stories. Still, I have 5 completed stories to my credit, which is not a bad record. I did say that my other projects would be on a short hiatus because I wanted to participate in the Challenge Fest. I am currently working on the next chapter for SC. Pair of Phoenixes will be updated afterwards. I did warn everyone on PoP that updates would be sporadic. As for Potions Professor, I plan to get back to it one day, but I'm not making any promises. The SC chapter should be up within a few days.
I don't know why you said this wasn't your best. It was great! Any sequels in it's future? :) Author's Response: Thank you, Pandora! I'm really glad you liked it and am grateful. I love the idea of the challenge, but I don't think I did it justice. This could have easily been a much longer story, but since I was writing under a time constrainst, I felt that I rushed the solutions, that Salazar was too quickly persuaded and the whole Harry and Severus relationship was hurried, that it would have been better if I had taken more time to develop it a little more slowly. They could have had many more adventures in the forest, and I originally planned for some other things to happen. I'd planned for Severus to have to care for Harry when he was hurt, for the healing to take longer, or for it to go the other way and Severus to be the one who was hurt and for Harry to care for him. I'd planned to have them talk more about their lives and slowly open up to one another. I wanted there to be some little comment about Severus' greasy hair...for him to say that he knew he was ugly and that no one had ever cared for him so why should he bother, and have Harry to try to reassure him and say something about how he wasn't worried about looks, but that he did care about Severus, maybe even have Severus end with washing his hair. None of that made it in because of time pressure and also I thought maybe the hair conversation could be interpreted as having romantic overtones which would be inappropriate for here. Well, anyway, as I said, I loved the whole challenge idea, but just felt that there was so much material there and I rushed things too much. I probably won't write a sequel just because I've already got a lot on my plate when it comes to writing. Thanks again!
Author's Response: Thank you, Kim! I'm so happy you liked it!
Author's Response: Oh, I'm glad you liked Salazar, Kim! He was by far the most difficult character in the story to write. I think he doesn't come across well in canon, what with the basilisk and being so adamant against the Muggle-borns. I really had to think about how I wanted to portray him and what his motivations could be, so that he might be a more understandable and likeable character. I decided to simply ignore the whole basilisk issue, or pretend that there was some valid reason for it being there. As for the attitude towards Muggles and Muggle-borns, if you think about what the world was like a thousand years, it may be a little more understandable.
Author's Response: Thank you! I hoped the dreams would be a believable way for Harry and Severus to come to see one another 'through new eyes'. And I think Severus would be a little shaken, but not overly emotional. He'd need some time to process what he'd seen, but he might be willing to be less hostile towards Harry if he understood how hard Harry's life had been, too.
Go Snape! Give that toad woman hell! I love this new Snape. Still snarky but with a hint of compassion. Still strong, but with a hint of tenderness. Not too overdone, just perfect Kristeh. Like this story. Author's Response: Thank you! Oh, yes, I think Severus would absolutely relish a chance to go after Umbridge. I'm so happy you like them. You know, I would have really loved to have lots of mush here, but it was just too soon in the relationship so I made myself hold back, lol!
Author's Response: >>>It would seem the Trelawney genes have devolved. LOL, yeah, you could say that. Canon Trelawney has always seemed rather a tragic figure to me though, or at least sympathetic.
Author's Response: Oh, thank you, Kim! I'm so glad that you noticed the descriptions of Hogwarts because I struggled with it a bit. I wanted to add details about how the castle had changed over time, but wasn't sure about it at first. And yeah, the poor girl, but I thought it would be believable and it was a crucial piece to Salazar Slytherin's motivations here, since I didn't want him to just be a one-dimensional prejudiced figure.
Author's Response: Thank you so much, Kim! Your encouragement means a lot to me! I have to admit though that long before I began actually writing in the HP world, I used to read the discussion forums on the old Sugar Quill site and there was some talk about the Founders, their personalities and motives and all, and I probably drew on that when creating them here. I know I've had impressions of what they were like in my mind for some time. The one I'm most uncertain about is Salazar Slytherin. I may have made him too nice. I can't forget that in canon he had the basilisk put in the castle...but he was true and close friends with the other founders at the beginning, so there has to be something more to him. Maybe he had other reasons for the basilisk than wanting to harm innocent kids. I sure hope so. |
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