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Reviews For For the Greater Good
Author's Response: Well, the main reason I had Snape believe Draco rather than Harry is because he's known Draco for longer. Harry, he's only really known for a couple of weeks while he watched Draco grow up. Unlike the elder Malfoys, Draco has never committed such an act of violence before so Snape decides to believe him. Yes, Snape is behaving unreasonably but he still hasn't gotten over James Potter yet. Harry accusing Draco reminded him a bit too much of his own situation with his nemesis so it led him to behave uncharacteristically. When the truth comes out, he'll regret it.
I’m impressed by your ability to describe the surroundings in your setting in such a graphic way with a few, well-chosen words. I think that is what caught my attention in the very first chapter of this story - Harry’s arrival at Snape’s house and the description thereof as well as of the garden. It sucked me in. In this chapter I see the luxurious rooms of Malfoy manor before my eyes very vividly. Of course, many fanfics are enacted at Hogwarts, or at the other well-known locations from the books, but yours is not, mostly, and therefore the milieus need to be described in more detail and I think you’re doing a really good job at it. I wonder what the Malfoys want with Hermione? It’s clever to have Draco Malfoy as the one who poisoned Harry. I wonder if Snape, having discovered the poison in the manor, realises that Draco might indeed be the perpetrator, or if he is as blind to Draco’s faults as Dumbledore was to James Potter’s all those years ago? Interesting parallell… I also wonder when you will pick up the thread and tell us who is Eva and what role she played in Snape’s past? Author's Response: Thanks for your review, Hannah. You always do wonders to boost my rather low self confidence. I actually love creating original settings and that's one of the reasons why this story is not set at Hogwarts. Snape is not entirely blind to Draco's faults but he doesn't think him capable of so much violent. Draco was always one to talk but he does steer clear of actual violence. Besides, he thinks the room was protected with an age line. He'll know the truth soon enough. Yes, the story-line has stretched out a bit. Harry's blindness, although illustrating the Snape-Dumbledore and Snape-Harry relationships, is not the main plot line. In the next couple of chapters, I'm hoping to show what happened to Eva and why the Slytherins are so afraid of James Potter.
Author's Response: Oh he definitely will! Draco won't be too happy about it.
Author's Response: Thanks a lot! I definitely will.
and teh story gets more, nad more interesting... Author's Response: Thanks! Yes, the next chapters will definitely clear some things up.
Author's Response: Thanks. I enjoy hacking into the characters' minds.
Author's Response: Fear of what happened to his sons blinds Albus so his decisions are wrong and often painful but, in his own way, he does love Severus. Thank you for reading and commenting. |
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