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Title: Fatal Folly 22 Dec 2022 12:34 am
Reviewer: cavehack (Signed) [Report This]
    This is simply a hilarious and totally engaging plot line. I find myself sympathizing with the little beasties in this strange, unusual, and utterly riveting tale. I’m hooked, and seriously need to see how this plays out.

    Author's Response: Glad to hear you're off to a running start! This is one of my stranger Halloween tales, but then again... HALLOWEEN! I wanted to get creative and creepy. Hee! Thanks for reading and reviewing! 🎃
Title: Fatal Folly 17 Nov 2014 3:49 pm
Reviewer: laraq (Signed) [Report This]
    Poor squirrels, they didn't ask to be created and simply behave according to their natures. The upcoming 'experimentation' won't be pleasant.

    Author's Response: You make an excellent point, and I wanted to show an individual squirrel so we see her up close and personal, before we see the gathering masses of squirrels. The wizards need to know exactly what they're dealing with in order to stay ahead of the game, so to speak. In reality, the squirrels never should have been bred in the first place, much less turned loose. It's the ever-present situation of "just because we CAN do something doesn't mean that we SHOULD do it". In today's world, outrageous stuff turns up on the news every week, and you'd think that SOMEONE should have had more sense, or exercized more restraint, whatever the specific "thing" is. Thank you for taking time to review, and I hope you continued with the rest of the story.
Title: Fatal Folly 27 Oct 2012 11:10 pm
Reviewer: rosina (Anonymous) [Report This]
    I've been looking forward to reading this since I had a sneaky preview at work yesterday, and its lived up to my expectations. I love the humour mixed in with the storytelling, and the inventive idea. I'm starting to feel sorry for the poor squirrel though.

    Author's Response: So glad you've been enjoying the first chapter! And wow-- I've been sneak-peeked at work! That makes it sound like I've joined the BIG-league writers on the site! *giggles in delight* And yes, the poor squirrel has a lot in store for her... Thanks for the review! ;-)
Title: Fatal Folly 27 Oct 2012 6:45 am
Reviewer: bridgeportfox (Signed) [Report This]
    Creepy start for a Halloween story. Crossing a cute muggle squirrel with a vampire bat is both funny and weird. I had to laugh at the idea of the goblins using hoses to disperse the fatal squirrels but the captured one ripping the throat out of the little conebagger and the rabbit is disturbing. Nice mixture of humerous and disturbing and perfect for Halloween.

    Author's Response: Hee! And the next two chapters get even more exciting! Yeah, I'm an animal lover, and I hated having to write about tragic and violent animal deaths, but it's really just make-believe in the story... That's how I got through it! But glad you enjoyed the rest of the opening chapter, and many thanks for the review! :-)
Title: Fatal Folly 26 Oct 2012 10:13 am
Reviewer: Con Moto (Signed) [Report This]
    Haha I love your interpretation of the fatal squirrels! They certainly have been giving us a lot of trouble. This is really interesting and I can't wait to see what they do with the salt...

    Author's Response: I actually got the idea for this story in Sept 2011, but since I'd already planned "The Haunting Charm" for last year, I decided to put the squirrels on the back burner until 2012. I've tried to track down the person who first dubbed the computer error "the fatal squirrel", but I didn't have any success. But the inspiration ran high, and the idea stuck with me all through the past year, so when I sat down to begin writing this back in August, the first chapter was EASY to reconstruct from my 2011 brainstorming, with a few added details. But then I got stuck. Like, I knew how I wanted the climax to take place in Chap 3 in the Great Hall on Halloween night during the Feast, but how to get from the CMC class to the Feast?? Well, watercrystals made the Shout comment, "We need squirrel repellent!", and that proved to be the catalyst for the REST of my story. I just had to figure out what to use! And I thought I remembered something about human vampires being repelled somehow by salt... HA! Thanks for the review! Glad you're enjoying my flight of fantasy!
Title: Fatal Folly 26 Oct 2012 6:35 am
Reviewer: autumnamberleaves (Signed) [Report This]
    "Can you imagine," Harry said, interrupting himself long enough to pop a peanut into his mouth, chewing as he negotiated the path, "if Hagrid were in charge of a Fatal Squirrel?"

    "Harry!" squealed Hermione. "Don't even THINK such a thing!"

    "No kidding mate," agreed Ron, grabbing the packet of peanuts dangling from Harry's hand. "As if a baby dragon wasn't bad enough!" He poured out a handful of peanuts and crammed them into his mouth. "A Fmmff Sqrrmmph omphf vrrmmf…"

    Harry snatched his remaining peanuts away from Ron. "You wouldn't care to repeat that after you swallow, would you?"

    After crunching the nuts into jagged fragments not quite large enough to choke him, Ron swallowed painfully several times, coughed slightly, and repeated, "I said, a Fatal Squirrel would be the worst! Hagrid would probably let it out of its cage for some fresh air and exercise, and it would make a beeline for the Forbidden Forest."

    HAHAHAHAHAHA That is so Hagrid like! I am loving this story and the fact that the scientist did the "experiment" the year that I was born is pretty awesome (Yeah, I know, a coincidence but still awesome!)

    Author's Response:

    Um ... you aren't sprouting fangs and wings, are you, autumn??? (*snorts* Just HAD to ask!) So glad you're loving the story! And just think, there are TWO more chapters to go, and they're even MORE exciting! Thanks for the review!


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