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Reviews For Ugly Duckling
Once again, touching. Love the way it ends in particular - the last paragraph of the Ugly Duckling :) As always, extremely well written.
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 :)
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
Author's Response: Thanks ^^ Yes, Ugly Duckling was always intended to be a sad story, it had to be because I wanted to write a fic where Harry and Animagus!Snape would grow to care for each other but Harry would never find out (at least in Snape's lifetime) who his friend actually was.
Author's Response: Thank you, that's a beautiful description of what I was trying to create ^^
x Author's Response: Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it ^^. Yes, Snape was very human in this fic: as aloof as he tried to be, he couldn't resist a pair of huge, sad, green eyes in a thin, grubby little face. I think quite a lot of people would have preferred a happier ending but, like in the 'Making Amends' series, I really wanted to add another dimention to the canon rather than write something totally AU. (Besides, most fairytails originally ended in tears, mainly because tragedy is a great foil for fluff!)
Author's Response: Thanks for the review; yes, I thought a swan suited Severus particularly because they're one of the birds who mate for life (which led to the 'pure of heart' concept) and the unusual, slightly otherworldly beauty of the black swan seemed particularly appropriate. I'm glad you liked the idea of a swan court; I thought it apt to include one as swan courts feature in so many legends and, moreover, it's nice to think that Severus had a family of a kind amonst the other swan-animaguses.
Author's Response: Thanks ^^; I think part of the beauty of Snape's canon story is that he is so understood until it is too late, which is why I wanted to preserve this here. I'm really glad you enjoyed it :)
Author's Response: Thanks ^^ I'm really glad you enjoyed it :)
Author's Response: Thanks ^^. In this story, Snape still died at Voldemorts hand in the Shrieking Shack and he still gave Harry his memories (although one of them, where Snape discovered Harry was a horcrux, was slightly different); therefore, Harry saw that Snape loved Lily. However, Snape held back his memories of being Shadow because he didn't wish to discompose Harry before the final hurdle; he was already spinning the boy's world on it's access and realising that the man he'd just watched die was a. his childhood friend and b. always cared about him would have seriously messed Harry up! |
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