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Reviews For Spiral of Trust
Seeing your new post, I started reading this story before. I do have a fear of spoilers... I LOVE the relationship between Harry and Snape! It avoids the typical pitfalls of him becoming all warm and fuzzy at some point in the story (beginning or end) and the other typical method of two downers in the relationship and then all perfectly good from thereon. I think the awesome factor is in the continuous see-saw in the relationship, with the sustained respect. Can't wait to finish it, and on my own time! Hope my ramble here is somewhat illuminating. Author's Response: Thank you! I’m glad that my new post led to Spiral of Trust earning another reader. And I do enjoy this kind of review which points out what things I might be doing right. The relationship between Snape and Harry is very complex on multiple levels. Departing from canon, it’s a huge challenge to explore what can become of their relationship, but one thing is certain: it will take time.
Author's Response: Thank you! Please read on. The coming chapters will unravel the Parisian adventure, with some dramatic and emotional twists...
Author's Response: No, I suppose his reaction was expected. Wasn't it a bit cute, though, that his first thought was that Harry and Ginny had eloped to Paris...? Maybe I was not very clear about it, but they did contact the French Ministry of Magic. The Aurors' Office is part of the British Ministry of Magic and Mrs Steadfast's secretary, Ophelia, contacted the Security Office in Paris, without much sucess, however.
Snape's fury and despair seem to indicate he's assuming the worst with Harry missing, which in its way is touching-- parents always assume the worst, and blame themselves for failing to keep their children safe. If he shifts so quickly into that mode of horror and self-reproachment he's clearly come to care for Harry more than ever. But Mrs Steady makes a very good point when she says Snape and Dumbledore and even the Weasleys have always dictated to Harry, whereas she's had to treat him as a reasoning adult-- and when she hasn't, Harry has pushed back on her far more than he's done with his teachers or the Weasleys. It's a difficult situation for everyone, even though it's clear Harry fought as well as they could hope for, like an adult whose first concern is the safety of those around him... Author's Response: I must acknowledge that the night-club milieu is not a one I have extensive experience of :-) Although, Ginny’s character seemed to crave that sort of action, so I did my best to imagine those scenes.
The point with introducing Mrs Steadfast as an ’original character’ in this story - beside the fact that I wanted a witch on a leading position to match and interact with Snape as the headmaster - was that she came into the story with fresh eyes. Having lived for twenty years in the States, she does not have the same notions and prejudices about Harry Potter and about the war as other people do. So her character helps with picturing Harry as the more mature teenager that he has become. |
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