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Reviews For Ugly Duckling
Title: Chapter 1: Under Your Wing 30 Mar 2011 11:24 pm
Reviewer: SnapesYukuai (Signed) [Report This]
    Oh, oh, oh, this is sooo cute!!! You wrote this wonderfully!!! I could see that lovely (snapish ^____^) swan in my mind's eye and can relate all to well to Harry and his love to this particular swan. ^___^ (Maybe because in a lake near where I live there is a swan pair quite similar to shadow.)
    Yours happily, Melfis.

    Author's Response: Thanks ^^ Yes, if you know swans there is something Snapeish about them- they're very independant, feisty and haughty lol! Of course, to Harry, who has battled his relative's dislike, making friends with Snape the Swan doesn't tire his patience or wear away his determination as it would other children. 
Title: Chapter 1: Under Your Wing 10 Mar 2011 3:32 am
Reviewer: Lia (Anonymous) [Report This]
    This is just awesome, fabulous, mind blowingly great... Morgana, you have done it again.

    You have kept the angst understated and yet it comes out more vividly than most other stories.

    And the premise! It's so original - with a swan. Reminds me of another story that I love - 'Learning to Spell' - ofcourse, the similarity ends with a pond with some birds.
    You have taken the tale of ugly duckling and turned it into something so beautiful. This is better than what I have read in a long long time.
    And Ron and Hermione and Hagrid come across so natural! As does Harry, of course. Makes you fall in love with all the characters once again.
    Fantastic.

    Author's Response: Thanks ^^ I've always thought that the 'Ugly Duckling' rather related to Harry and Snape's life-paths and, when I got the flash of inspiration to make Snape's Animagus form a swan, I realised that this leitmotif could really work in a short story. I'm glad you liked how I portrayed the characters and thank you for the kind compliments on the story :)
Title: Chapter 1: Under Your Wing 06 Mar 2011 7:29 am
Reviewer: Whitetail (Signed) [Report This]
    I really liked it! Very unique story! The storybook was cool.

    Author's Response: Thanks ^^; I thought that, while a black swan suited Snape's personality and style, it was also quite unusual and fitting, seeing that Snape's life-path is similar to that of the ugly-duckling (in that he starts off as lonely and bedraggled and ends up one of the heroes of the war. I'm glad you enjoyed the book- it seemed a very Snapeish thing to give
Title: Chapter 1: Under Your Wing 18 Feb 2011 12:14 am
Reviewer: shadowienne (Signed) [Report This]
    awwww... What a tangy-sweet chapter! I just love the little poem that Harry wrote for the card he made for Shadow! I have to admit that I suspected the swan might be Snape from the first time he appears. I mean, a BLACK swan... YES! Wonderful chapter all the way through. I especially like the way you framed it within the story with Hagrid and Ron and Hermione. Nice going!

    Author's Response: Thanks ^^; Bil wanted a bit of Hermione if possible and I thought writing the first chapter as a story within a story would be a good way of achieving this (as well as enabling me to let slip a few details ^^). I thought the swan would be rather recognisable lol: there's something so dramatic about black swans and ol' Sev is nothing if not dramatic!  
Title: Chapter 1: Under Your Wing 17 Feb 2011 4:23 am
Reviewer: tambrathegreat (Signed) [Report This]
    This is a lovely story. I suspect that Mr. Nimrod is a little more than he stated though. I'm off to the next chapter, eagerly awaiting the resolution.

    Author's Response: Thanks ^^. Yes, Amroth Nimrod is certainly more than he seems ;)
Title: Chapter 1: Under Your Wing 17 Feb 2011 2:04 am
Reviewer: snapeswidow (Signed) [Report This]
    Awwwwww...... I want a black swan now!

    I bet 100 house pionts that shadow is really Snapes Animagnus form!

    Author's Response: Thank's for the review. Yes, black swans are really cute; we have a really friendly pair here and, whenever I walk past the estuary, they waddle up to see me, squeaking happily and swishing their black tails ^^. Why on earth would you think that elegant, poised Shadow, with his oily black feathers and intelligent, penetrating, dark eyes is Snape?!
Title: Chapter 1: Under Your Wing 17 Feb 2011 12:17 am
Reviewer: rosina (Signed) [Report This]
    Superb. You got all the little background details of Harry's life so right, and its easy to imagine him singing the songs he's learnt at school to entertain himself. I'm not surprised that Shadow was preferred over Sooty, assuming the swan is Snape in disguise!

    Author's Response:

    Thanks ^^ I think 'Shadow' would have been rather miffed to say the least at being associated with a funny, black and orange, magic-casting bear-puppet: amongst other things, Sooty is mute!

Title: Chapter 1: Under Your Wing 16 Feb 2011 11:57 pm
Reviewer: angeleye68 (Signed) [Report This]
    I just love this. What a great little story. Harry and his swan. This story just makes me want to give Harry a big hug and hex the Dursleys.

    Author's Response: Thanks for the review; yes, given Harry's interaction with the boa, I thought he'd be gorgeously cute with a long term pet. You're not the only one who wants to hex the Dursleys ;)
Title: Chapter 1: Under Your Wing 16 Feb 2011 9:39 pm
Reviewer: cara-tanaka (Signed) [Report This]
    I love this. You've totally captured my attention from the beginning. Awesome :D

    Author's Response: Thanks, I'm glad you're enjoying it ^^

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