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Reviews For The Trouble with Harry
Author's Response: Lily really did have at least a little to apologize for with Severus. I'm glad you liked the letter. Thanks again for the review.
Author's Response: I enjoyed writing that scene. Thanks so much!
Author's Response: Thanks so much for your kind words and your review.
Author's Response: I chose to write Severus younger for that very reason. He's not had ten years to resent Harry for what he pictures him being. Thanks for the review. I really appreciate your kind words.
Great job Tambra. Can't wait for more. Author's Response: Thanks for your review. I'm glad you're enjoying the story.
I like this story Author's Response: While Lily is not my favorite character, I think she is also fairly desperate to keep her child from two fairly bad knowns. Petunia she knows is vindictive and just a big ol' witch, and not the magical kind, and Sirius is extremely reckless, as we all see from his actions after the Potters were killed. Is it fair that Lily wants Snape to be her child's guardian, the very child she created after dumping him for his enemey? No, not at all, but for the reasons I've given, I think she has a valid concern. Also, it wouldn't be much of a Sevitis if Snape didn't end up with Harry, would it. ;) Thanks for the kind words. I'm glad you're enjoying it so far.
It took me out of the story for a moment, and you could convey the concept without doing that if you edited the line to read "All because the little prince dressed as a pauper hadn't been informed..." Great job with the letter. At first, I thought it was a bit of story-required revisionist history, having Lily write "I ruined his life," but on reflection, I think it's true to character. A lot of women, not just young ones, tend to blame themselves for the actions of the men in their lives. Author's Response: Thanks for the review. I don't know that I meant that as an author insertion. It's Severus' stream of conciousness that I'm portraying. It's just hard to do that without actually breaking out the italics and such. I'll go back and re-read it to see if I need to revise it. I could actually see Lily taking on the same amount of guilt for Snape's later actions as Severus did for Voldemort's actions with the Potter family. I think it's human nature to assume some guilt in the face of tragedy. These two do seem to be alike in that sense, at least in my take on them.
I really enjoy the character development of Eileen Snape. Like Lily, I'm sure she felt guilt over the way she was forced to raise Severus so she tried to make up for it with Harry. Love shopping at Tesco's! Author's Response: Aw, thanks LZ. I really appreciate your kindness. I have never actually been to Tesco's. There is never a need for that store when you're a tourist. I did, however, surf the web and imaginary shopped there.
Author's Response: Thank you so much. I have always wanted to write Eileen with an adult Severus. I'm glad you like their relationship. It's how I always imagined them to interact. I've had a problem with Lily since we found out how she dumped him when he needed her most. She wasn't a good friend at all to him, and I really wanted to show that she had learned from her mistake. Their relationship didn't end just because of him. And really, she knew about his home life. How could she treat him so callously and not expect him to become what he did? I have to admit, it irks me in stories where Dumbledore just dumps Harry on Snape. It's so totally outside cannon and is unbelievable. I wanted a plausible situation for Dumbledore to be able to turn Harry to Severus, and I wanted Severus to receive some redemption in the process. Your review is fantastic, by the way. Do you write? |
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