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Reviews For Night of the Fatal Squirrels
Author's Response: Hee hee! Yeah, I went all out for the fatal battle! The toad totally deserved it, but the squirrels don't discriminate, so the students had to fight off the never-ending swarm, too. I had to revise the battle scene umpteen times to get it to work out, but I finally got all the details in. Whew! Halloween to the max! I'm glad that you read all the way to the end. My chapter read count has always indicated that I lose a substantial number of readers after the first chapter. Not sure if they don't want to read about animal experimentation (which I also object to in real life), or if they were hoping for the "night" to occur in Chap. 1, or if they just got bored after the first 8000 words! But for those who persevere, it all comes together in the end! Many thanks for all of your reviews -- much appreciated! 😊
Author's Response: Thanks for saying so! I know it's more than a little weird, but I just let my imagination run amok, and voila! Thanks for reading and reviewing! 😉
Author's Response: Hi there! I didn't actually mention a third cross. Professor Grubbly-Plank was speculating that there might be one, but none was ever mentioned. Also, your idea of using a Patronus is insteresting -- I'd honestly never thought of it. I don't know if the Ministry thought of it either (behind my back!) while attempting to get the squirrels out of Gringotts! Hmmm... Definitely food for thought. I'm not planning to write a sequel, but thanks for planting the seed of an idea. You never know when I might be able to employ it in a future story! Many thanks also for reading and reviewing! :-)
Filch, however, I do feel a bit sorry for him. Poor guy, cleaning up all that mess. :P A brilliant job, Shadow. Lots of fun without being overtly silly. I like! Author's Response: When I saw your Shout asking about how to get past the fatal squirrels to post a chapter, I giggled and passed you the salt shaker, thinking you'd laugh in understanding! But when it kinda fell flat, I guessed you'd probably missed SQ (my abbrev for my story) during Halloween. So NOW you get the reference to salt, hmm?! Glad you liked the story (despite the grisly aspects), and yep-- I just HAD to go after the toad once again! And I can't help wondering about Filch... with all the house elves at Hogwarts, why-oh-why is he on the staff? There's gotta be some sort of story there! Anyway, thanks so much for reading and reviewing! :-)
Author's Response: :-D Wow! Thank you so much for your compliment! I guess the title does sound a little funny, but it came directly from the computer glitch's nickname, so what can I say?! I guess it just goes to show that writers can get ideas from the most unlikely sources! But after a year of hearing Shoutbox comments about squirrels hijacking chapter updates, I suddenly thought, "If a Fatal Squirrel was a Magical Creature in the HP universe, what KIND of creature would it be?" So the vampire-squirrel, then the story, grew from there. It still amazes me that it worked out as well as it did! Thank you so much for reading and reviewing! :-)
Author's Response: "The battle had me on the edge of my seat"-- love it! I worked so hard on that scene, trying to iron out every detail to keep driving the action forward! Thank you so much for letting me know it WORKED! As for Mrs. Norris-- no way was I going to let the squirrels get her! Which, of course, was why I subjected the Slytherins to a detention with Filch! Ha! Also, thought it wouldn't hurt to insert a bit of irony-- after the "pink" scene, Draco & company had to miss out on the excitement after all! And yeah-- I really detest Umbridge! Thanks for reading and reviewing and telling me all the details you especially liked about the story!
Author's Response: Gory-- yep! But it's Halloween, after all! Oddly, although it creeped me out to write some of this to begin with, after I'd taken the scene through about a dozen revise/edit sessions to get the wording JUST right (!), I got somewhat distanced from the gore! But I can still imagine what it would be like if I were to read it through for the first time! And yes, I really wanted as many characters as possible to have their moment in the spotlight! Thanks so much for reviewing, and I'm so glad you got such a kick out of it!
Anyway, thanks for writing this, it was a blast to read and just perfect for Halloween! Author's Response: Thanks so much for reading and reviewing! Yeah, the first two chapters are full of detailed exposition, but it all plays into the action in the third chapter. I kept forcing myself to be patient writing the earlier chaps, because I desperately wanted to get to the Feast! But along the way, I just had to have Draco demonstrate that he can be nearly as brainless as his two sidekicks! Pink knickers, indeed! And when I finally did get to the final battle, I had to be relentless. Believe it or not, I originally didn't plan for a character death, but I realized in the end that I HAD to do it! And I didn't soft-pedal the students' terror, since I wanted to make the squirrels' attack seem as realistic as possible. Thanks again for reading, and I'm so glad you enjoyed it! (I'm honestly trying to imagine you having Halloween in the spring in Australia... hee!)
""Had your experiment succeeded better than ours did," Snape hissed fiercely, "you could be dying now. Or you could already be stripped to the bone." He glared at the three Slytherins. "Detention. Tonight."" Snape giving Slytherins detention?!?!?! wow! " "Good," said McGonagall. "One less thing to worry about, with Albus away. Now – the Feast. What are you going as?" A loud, derisive snort echoed along the length of the corridor." HAHA I wonder!?!?! ""Hun-gee?" asked the foal. When Harry nodded, smiling...' That part made me laugh til I REALLY DID CRY! I LOVED THIS STORY! Great job! Author's Response: YES! Snape really did give detention to his Slytherins! That's how SERIOUS the situation was! And I don't think Lucius would have been impressed with Draco's ragged bones sprawling on the Hogwarts grounds, so Snape had to take appropriate action! But what pink idiots! As for Snape's "costume" -- NAAAHHHHH! And McGonagall knew it. She was just ribbing him! As for Braeden, I wanted to show that he really was okay, fun and full of energy! And kids do say the darndest things! I hope that scene makes everyone laugh, 'cause that was my intention! I especially wanted to see Fayleene laugh after the horrible circumstances had devastated her life. And nothing less than Braeden's innocent offer was likely to do that! Thanks for reading and reviewing! |
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