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Reviews For A Life Unsettled
Hogwarts=bad with poor program/Durmstrang = super school. Snape went from hateful to loving with no problems. Is this is an alt universe? because Durmstrang was in the Carpathian Mnts I believe and had a Dark Arts curriculum and now it seems to be the advanced institute of magic. Again, the writing is really, really good, so is the story if I don't thing about the Potterverse and give the characters different names. I guess I am just having a hard time getting it all to fit in the time line. Author's Response: No worries about being harsh, constructive criticism is what the reviews are for. I'm sorry that it feels black and white to you. I had Harry and Draco make up because I don't want Ron to be the bad guy, and we will see him again in this story, even after the boys have gone to Durmstrang. Also, I in no way mean to put Hogwarts down because I considder it a good school in the Potter Universe, but there is no reason that Durmstrang cant also be a good school in a different way. They still teach Dark Arts, which is something Harry is going to have issues with in a future chapter, and where he will also conflict with Snape (as most children do with their parents). During my research about Durmstrang, JK said it was in a mountainous region in Norway or Sweden, so I picked a mountainous spot on the map in Norway. There is also reason to believe it sits on an large lake or the sea because Durmstrang came to Hogwarts by boat. Considder giving the story a chance for a while longer, and you may find that it all fits after all. Thank you for the constructive criticism.
Author's Response: The Bible says to forgive and forget, and in my life I have always felt much better forgiving and forgetting than walking around with that weight on my shoulders of hurting and not forgiving. Harry feels the same way, and at some point Severus has talked to him about this behind scenes since Severus reads the Bible. I have always thought that people hold back their forgiveness feeling as if they are getting revenge or something else, but really they are hurting themeselves. Honestly, it feels so much better to forgive and be done with it. Too many times in stories I feel like characters never do forgive each other. In my own personal opinion, I don't believe it is ever too soon to forgive. That being said, just because you forgive doesn't mean you have to be friends with somebody who will hurt you, but Harry was so hurt by not being friends with Ron, that he wanted another chance. Also, Ron is an ass in a lot of stories so people think he's been that way his whole life in all stories. For the sake of mine I'm going to say he's only had a couple of those moments, and it's not an every year sort of thing. For Harry though he's used to other people being really rude every year to him whenever things go wrong.
this might sound like a bit of a weird request but if you were intending for severus' religion to become anything could you do a bit in this story like a passage at christmas because you hardly ever find any religious charecters in harry potterfanfiction its really good please update soon :D Author's Response: Not an unusual request at all. You fill find that in most of my stories here on Potions and Snitches I usually slip faith in God in there somewhere with Snape or Harry, or both. Is there any particiular scripture you would be leaning for during Christmas? You know what's funny is that during my research of names for people at this new school, I kept coming across names that had religious signifigance or meaning, and time and again I came across names that meant Jehova's Gift, or God's gift. I think that when names like that are embedded in a culture and keep coming up, it tells a lot about that culture. I don't know if I will write that into this story since they will be experiencing this new cultue, but we'll see how it goes. Example, the Headmaster's name is Dragomir Yan, standing for (Peace, Jehova's Gift). Also, the name Spas means Salvation, and the Herbology Professor's name Nonna, means God Blessed.
i'm glad they decided to go away and that it can be phrased as a traditional year abroad rather than them running away. i liked the entrance examination. very unusual. i wasn't crazy about ron's apology and harry's forgiveness. i felt like they should have talked about it more or harry should have forgiven less easily. i just hate that ron always gets away with pulling this kind of crap, and i would like to see harry mature to the point that he is confident enough to stand up for himself and doesn't feel it necessary to keep up a friendship that only hurts him. overall, great chapter. keep it up! Author's Response: Too many times people refuse to forgive, and my faith in the Bible tells us to forgive and forget. It's not easy to forgive, but in my life I've found it so much better to forgive and not carry the weight on my shoulders and the bad feeling that accompanies it by holding grudges and refusing to forgive. Now, that being said, lessons should also be learned, and just because you forgive somebody, doesn't mean you have to be friends with them, it just means you forget it and don't bring it up again. Since I wrote in that Severus reads the Bible, I want readers to assume that at some point he speaks to Harry about some of the things contained within, one of them being forgiveness.
And I'm glad that Ron FINALLY got his head out of his ass.
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