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Title: Fatal Fiends 22 Dec 2022 11:19 pm
Reviewer: cavehack (Signed) [Report This]
    Oh, I love how this is developing. These monstrosities of nature are drawn to the dark. And, of course, a certain puffed up pink toad simply personifies darkness. The experiments were intriguing and revealing. I love how Severus went from engaging professor to git in a snap - so funny and characteristically spot on. Thanks for this great chapter — and for responding to reviews. So amazing you do that!

    Author's Response:

    I hadn't posted stories in a while, and reviews had tapered off to zero on my older stories, so I stupidly quit checking for new ones. Then, over a year ago, I checked one day and discovered a backlog of reviews dating back over more than the previous year!!! I spent so much time responding to every single review that day!!! I didn't want my reviewers to think I was ungrateful, since most readers don't review at all -- they just enjoy reading and moving on to the next chapter or story. (And I'll admit I'm guilty of that myself, since my log-in often times out as I'm reading longer chapters.) Anyway, lesson learned: I now check my "reviews received" page every morning while lying in bed after my alarm goes off. (I have a cell phone routine I click through, checking weather, CNN headlines, P&S, sunset time for that date, and my fave beach cam [haven't been to the beach in almost 20 years, but I love to watch "my" beach!],  and when I spot reviews, I try to respond immediately!

    So glad you're enjoying the story! And it gets even darker... 😁 Thanks for reviewing! 

Title: Fatal Fiends 28 Oct 2012 4:02 am
Reviewer: bridgeportfox (Signed) [Report This]
    Good second chapter. The attack on the centaurs was brutal and should make even Hermione think twice about the testing being done on the captured fatal squirrel. I especially like the description before the centaurs arrived. The autumn leaves, the mist and Hagrid's pumpkin patch really set the scene. They got the salt ring set up just in time. Looking forward to the last chapter.

    Author's Response: Writing the squirrel was tricky, I'll admit. I couldn't give it a name, for obvious reasons, but I decided to make her female to help generate a bit of sympathy. I love animals, and I shudder to think of all the animals who have suffered in experiments that made advances in human medicine possible. But sometimes, it's the only means to learn by. Sigh. And I had to create a balanced contrast between the test squirrel and the other squirrels' victims. This was actually the most challenging story I've written so far for many reasons! Thanks for the review!
Title: Fatal Fiends 27 Oct 2012 11:58 pm
Reviewer: rosina (Signed) [Report This]
    Still feel sorry for the lone Squirrel, but when you bring in the centaur attack I have to concede that the experiments on her are justified. Pity they couldn't use Umbridge as bait rather than the rabbit...

    Author's Response: Hee hee hee! Umbridge would certainly deserve it, wouldn't she?! And the poor centaur family-- I needed some preliminary victims to illustrate how dangerous the Fatal Squirrels were, but I really hated making them suffer. :-( Still, it also allowed me to introduce a couple of original characters, and I'd not seen any HP stories with anything but male centaurs, so I decided to get creative! Thanks for reading and reviewing!
Title: Fatal Fiends 26 Oct 2012 10:36 am
Reviewer: Con Moto (Signed) [Report This]
    Ohh, the centaur part was so sad! I can just imagine Braeden, he'd look so cute! I can't believe the squirrels are that violent. I admit I'm quite scared of them too!

    Author's Response: I originally thought of having the squirrels attack a unicorn, but then decided that wouldn't work, due to the way I perceive the purity of the unicorn's magic. So I had to use the centaurs instead. And that actually worked out far better, since I could create REAL characters who could interact with the wizarding population while they shared the fear of a common threat. And yes, these are the FATAL squirrels! Thanks for the review!
Title: Fatal Fiends 26 Oct 2012 7:11 am
Reviewer: autumnamberleaves (Signed) [Report This]
    Snape refrained from rolling his eyes. How presumptively overly-generous of Dumbledore to include himself in saying "we", when the old man had had nothing to do with formulating the hypothesis that salt would repel the Fatal Squirrels. As for finding out – the hard way – that the hypothesis might fail…Snape could only hope that the "we" would not suddenly segue into "you", meaning himself, or possibly the plural including Grubbly-Plank." So so very true! Dumbledore WOULD do that!

    Snape's black eyes seemed to lock momentarily with each and every student's, even though there were hundreds seated in the Great Hall. "Be warned…" he repeated, this time in a voice so low that the students almost had to strain to hear him. "The results of Eruptum Sal can be … disturbing … to witness. The squirrel will experience extreme pain. It will vocalize. You well may find it overwhelming to witness. But never forget – your very life may be at stake. DO NOT RELENT." LOL Snape is channeling Moody here!

    " at whatever could have attacked the centaur family so viciously.

    Grubbly-Plank's hands moved gently as she worked on the whimpering foal. Horrible gouges had been ripped into the baby's tender flesh, both on his skin-covered torso and arms, as well as his roan-hided haunches. The gray-haired witch had cast spells to stop the bleeding, and now she was trying to urge him to swallow a centaur-formula variant of Blood-Replenishing Potion. The tiny foal kept turning his head away, screaming his reaction to the potion's foul taste. Grubbly-Plank looked up at the mother. "Please – he needs to

    ""Fawkes heals as he pleases," Dumbledore stated firmly. "If he did not feel someone deserved help, his eyes would remain dry."" Hehe, foreshadowing a certain "Toad" ? I hope so!

    Aww, poor Daddy Centaur!

    As the silence continued, Snape frowned in annoyance. "Miss Granger?"

    Hermione jumped. "I didn't raise my hand, Professor."

    "Wonders never cease," the Potions Master sneered nastily as Hermione's cheeks reddened." HAHA, I would be very confused that Hermione didn't know something too! HAHA

    "Snape cast a Tempus and smirked with pleasure. "Five points per person per minute for every minute that he or she is late for Potions."

    Gasping in dismay, the students fell over their own feet and each others', scrambling up the steep path to the castle, through the tall main doors, down the stairways, through the dungeons, their shoes pounding the stone floors in a frantic stampede. As they burst through the doorway into the dimly-lit Potions dungeon, Snape was already seated calmly at his desk, pointedly looking at the ticking wall clock.

    "Greasy git!" groused Ron, flinging his school bag onto the lab table and himself onto his stool. "He must have Flooed from Hagrid's fireplace!"" HAHA How very Snape!

    Author's Response:

    I love that you picked up on the Hermione moment! That came directly from a class I was teaching (Intro to Fiction), and there was a guy who NEVER spoke up voluntarily, and when we'd go around the circle to get every student's opinion about something, he'd always say he agreed with what other people had said. One day, I decided to see if he could offer his OWN opinion, so I called on him out of the blue. He just shrugged, and I had to go on to someone else. But after class ended, he came up to me and lambasted me: "Miss Shadow, I did NOT raise my hand! You shouldn't have called on me when I didn't raise my hand!" I tried to explain that I was attempting to help him out with his class participation grade, but he was so MAD! I thought it would be funny to have Snape actually call on Hermione when she wasn't trying to offer an answer, and my student's response popped out of Hermione's mouth! HAHAHAAA!

    Yep! I tried to keep the characters in character, although Snape is a bit more neutral toward the students during his lectures in the CMC class than he is during Potions. Because of that, I threw in a few random "Snape moments"! Thanks for the review!


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