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Reviews For The White Laird of the Mountains
Author's Response: Thanks :)
Author's Response: Thanks. I'm glad that conflict has come across because I really did not want to write a 'bad' Dumbledore, merely a flawed one who has so many duties and responsibilities that he has to make difficult moral decisions. Snape, of course, having spent the last three years worrying over the safety of his best friend's son, would be furious to discover that the boy had been sent back to an abusive home, where all his work and worry could be undone by an unlucky punch or push. Also, when I was writing this, I rather thought that Severus came from an abusive home too; I didn't elaborate because it was not necessary for the plot but it was an idea in the back of my mind. Anyway, thanks for the review
Author's Response: Thanks ^^ I'm really glad you're enjoying it. Canon Severus has always struck me as having a somewhat dark, sarcastic sense of humour and it's a great trait to use if a writer wants to show his more human side- or really rile up Harry lol!
Author's Response: Thanks ^^ I'm really glad you enjoyed it. I've always loved history because, behind all the facts and dates, it's a story, involving real people who loved, lost, laughed and fought. Sometimes a flashback can be worth a thousand words of explaination.
great chappie Author's Response: Thanks for the review. I've always seen Dumbledore as being a bit of a chessmaster, playing, ironically enough, for the Greater Good. (Really the greater good, in this case) Where he comes unstuck in the canon is when he allows emotions to take control, e.g he holds back the truth from Harry about the Prophecy, uts on the ressurection stone ring.
Author's Response: Thanks ^^ I'm glad you're enjoying the story.
Dumbledore certainly put his foot in it when he lied to Severus about where he had placed Harry. He really did deserve that broken nose. Severus was really quite clever and I really liked that he thought to have Hagrid adopt Harry. That this enabled them to remove the boy from the competition was only icing on the cake. It's really too bad that Ron is such a jealous git of an idiot. He ought to have known that Harry didn't willing enter into the competition. Then when Harry was pulled out because of the adoption, he got mad because Harry didn't choose the Weasleys! -rolls eyes- You just can't please the fool. I hope that Ron knows that he is really lucky that Harry took him back. I also liked the interplay between Severus and Harry. The way their relationship had ups and downs was very well done. The story of Myrridin was facinating and I quite liked him as a character too. I'm really happy that the 'dream' wasn't real and merely a test. It was a bit cruel, I suppose, but the intentions were certainly good. At least, it all turned out well in the end. Author's Response: Thanks for the review. I based Ron's behaviour on that of Percy (i.e. after it was discovered that Voldemort really had returned, Percy was too proud to accept that he was wrong). However, despite his temper and bullheadedness, Ron is, ultimately, a good person and Harry forgave him because of that. I'm glad that you liked the way in which I portrayed Harry's and Severus' tempestuous relationship- they're both too fiery to not rock the boat once in a while- and I'm pleased that Myrridin- and his test- have been so well received. Thanks.
Author's Response: Well, I was aiming for unusual ;) I'm glad you enjoyed it and that you liked Myrridin, he's a smug, stubborn old thing but I wanted him to be percieved in a more or less positive light because he's also very moral and selfless.
Author's Response: Thanks ^^ I'm really glad that you enjoyed it. I've always loved Hagrid/Harry interaction, which is soft, warm and cosy, and I thought that, whilst being a 'common-sense' solution, it would also add a little fluff to what is, essentially, quite a gritty tale. Thanks for the review
Author's Response: Thanks ^^ I'm glad so many people seem to like the first chapter; it's a bit gritty (I based it on the Medieval Miracle Plays) but I thought it would be interesting to start with a brief, fierce flash of history, lus it would mean that the reader knows about the Corridor when it appears later on in the story. |
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