Potions and Snitches
Snape and Harry Gen Fanfiction Archive

Reviews For Witches Promise
Title: Witches Promise 06 Jul 2010 11:06 pm
Reviewer: Chandramas (Signed) [Report This]
    Good Job!!!

    I'd loved it more if it was a LOT longer (50-60 chapters longer) but you wrote a really nice story here!

    and I love little Lilly and Severus

    Author's Response:

    I don't think this story could be sustained for that many chapters, but I do understand what you mean.

    Thanks for the review.

    T

Title: Witches Promise 06 Jul 2010 10:56 pm
Reviewer: frodolove12 (Signed) [Report This]
    Lovely story :) You are wonderful at characterization. I like how Snape moved on from Lily and found someone who made him happy. Great job :D

    Author's Response:

    Thanks for the kind words.  Snape is oddly easy for me to write, it's Harry that gives me fits.  I don't know why.  (Possibly because the entire idea of Harry growing up and having (sex) is just too odd for me to contemplate.

    Thanks again.

    T

Title: Witches Promise 06 Jul 2010 9:13 pm
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed) [Report This]
    Oh, this was fabulous! I loved it! What a beautiful picture of what could have been, or could be. Beautiful. i loved Snape's development of character, and how he healed, in part. All the characters were great, even the children and your original character. Well done!

    Author's Response:

    Thanks.  It was your challenge that started it, so thank you.

    T

Title: Witches Promise 06 Jul 2010 7:58 pm
Reviewer: shadowienne (Signed) [Report This]
    I loved the way this story avoided the obvious cliches and gave an original slant to Snape's character after his retirement. He really comes across as a new person, although remnants of his old persona still hang upon him like a familiar, tattered cloak. His interactions with Harry are authentically abrasive, but I'm glad to see them finally come to terms with each other. Bless little Lily for opening the door to Snape's heart! Now he has a real future ahead! Oh-- I loved Bette's dialogue about the genie and the potter!!! ;-D

    Author's Response:

    That bit of dialogue by Bette came out of nowhere. I don't even know what I was thinking, but it makes me laugh too.

     Thanks for the kind words.  I tried to avoid the run of the mill Snape/Harry traps and imagine their meeting in a new context.  I don't think Snape's public image would change that much, but his interior after the war, would undergo a revolution.  Bette  and Lily were the two responsible for his awakening, and Harry was responsible for his healing.  It takes an odd-little wizarding village to raise a Snape.

    T

Title: Witches Promise 06 Jul 2010 7:52 pm
Reviewer: Ramelia (Signed) [Report This]
    When reading this fic, I was terribly annoyed, and only now I realise it's because you've so flawlessly got down Snape's character and I was actually annoyed with him. He's adequately nasty and his dreary, self-deprecating "I owe him/her" thoughts did get a bit monotonous, but I'm grateful you didn't linger (too much) on those parts. I really enjoyed seeing how Snape's character gradually evolved, overcoming the ghosts of the past and embracing a better future. About time.

    Author's Response:

    Aw, I love that about Snape, his bad attitude and self-flagellation.  It makes him so fun to write and then get him out of it.

    Thanks for the review.

    T

Title: Witches Promise 06 Jul 2010 7:30 pm
Reviewer: KimSpiritTalks (Signed) [Report This]
    That was so sweet! I love the way you made your way to such a happy ending. Fantastic!

    Author's Response:

    Thanks. I really appreciate the review and the kind thoughts.

    T

Title: Witches Promise 06 Jul 2010 5:47 pm
Reviewer: Ponytail Goddess (Signed) [Report This]
    Wow. Your work always astounds me Tambra. I don't know what to say other than 'fabulous job.'

    -P.G.

    Author's Response:

    Thanks!  I can't tell you how happy that makes me.  I am still bowing to the master for your Seuss story. That is the funniest thing on several sites.(Snape. Cape.  Snape in cape.  Cape on Snape...  The best!)

     

     

    T

Title: Witches Promise 06 Jul 2010 4:31 pm
Reviewer: Morgana (Signed) [Report This]
    Where to start. Beautifully written, with wonderful use of imagery, your original, heartwarming plotline, true-to-canon but realistically evolved characters interactions were believable and entrancing. This story is truly a delight to read.

    Bette is a great character, well rounded and, in personality, very suited to Severus. I loved Severus' emotional journey with Bette; the dramatic irony, where the reader realises that he has fallen in love with her but Severus, in denial, thinks he's still in love with Lily is delicious.

    Severus' relationship with the children was very sweetly and believably portrayed and I loved their roles, with James, ironically, being Severus' protector and little Lily giving him the unconditional affection denied to him by Lily Evans.

    Finally, I loved your portrayal of Eileen as a fairy-like figure, it really enhanced the tragedy of Severus' early life and formed a sharp contrast to Severus and Harry's happy relationships.

    Gorgeous story, well done ^^.

    Author's Response:

    Wow. This is about the best review I've ever received. Thank you so much. 

    Bette had to be a warm person to counteract Severus' cool isolation.  I'm glad you picked up that he was in love with her, even while thinking he was still devoted to Lily.  Poor guy.  He just didn't know what hit him.

    I do get tired of James Sirius being portrayed as a clone of the grandfather.  He's half Weasley, and Harry would never let him bully anyone.  Lily's infantile acceptance of him helped assuage years of abuse heaped on him by himself and others.  Infants can bring out the best in people simply because of their innocence.

    I've portrayed Eilleen different ways in several stories, but this portrayal comes closest to the woman I have in my mind.

    Thanks for the lovely review.  I'm anxiously awaiting your story.

    T


Disclaimer Charm: Harry Potter and all related works including movie stills belong to J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, Warner Bros, and Bloomsbury. Used without permission. No copyright infringement is intended. No money is being made off of this site. All fanfiction and fanart are the property of the individual writers and artists represented on this site and do not represent the views and opinions of the Webmistress.

Powered by eFiction 3.5