| Title: Return to the Unexpected
| 20 Jun 2017 8:25 pm
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| Reviewer: Fmh (Signed)
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Just re-read this story, it is so good thank you. I do hope you can update it when you have time.
| Title: Return to the Unexpected
| 11 Apr 2017 12:06 am
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| Reviewer: ppn1958 (Signed)
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Please keep writing this story! It is wonderful and so is your talent!!!!
| Title: Return to the Unexpected
| 20 Oct 2016 9:01 pm
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| Reviewer: Fmh (Signed)
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So glad to see Erebus but I hope he's alright in the wind! Interesting what you say about names it reminds me of Tolkein an what he says about names
| Title: Return to the Unexpected
| 20 Oct 2016 6:31 pm
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| Reviewer: nnjjj (Signed)
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Nice to see another update. Great job and I look forward to seeing some more Snape and Harry interaction in the future. I think are a lot of issues that need to be worked through/discussed still and can't wait wait to see how it goes. Keep up the great work!
It was great to see an update for this story. I liked seeing Erebus again, and liked that Severus is starting to realize the extent of Harry's abuse. I look forward to reading more when you have time to update.
I wonder how that will turn out for them.
| Title: Return to the Unexpected
| 17 Oct 2016 9:11 pm
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| Reviewer: rosina (Signed)
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Great to see an update - always worth the wait. Interesting explanation of the difference between Harry/Erebus thought processes. Looking forward to Snape and Harry's discussion. Oh, and raising my hand to rival Hermione - it was good to see Erebus again.
Author's Response: I have to admit that when I was initially thinking about this story, I put a great deal of thought into how Harry should behave, and my ideas ended up centering on the constraints an animal brain would put on a human intellect. So that explains his ability to learn potions. Then there's the different relationship he has with Snape in both forms. Its clear that the mind affects the body, but how much does the body affect the mind...Real life science is a bit less clear here, but I've decided to make it fairly significant, although at least some of that is because Snape is treating Harry differently than he does Erebus. (Erebus never had to study, and was more likely to get away with fits of pique, for example.)
I'm glad to see that Harry's out of his slump when it comes to Erebus. Now that he's changed to and fro, it should be easier for him to do on demand. Still, I have a headcanon that Harry didn't even know his name wasn't 'Freak Boy Potter' until he started first grade (Freaks don't get to go to Kindergarten). The dichotomy between Erebus and Harry... that's going to be fun to explore, now that he's going to be able to switch between the two more freely. And Harry's going to be able to get more comfortable in his human body, now that he has the ability to freely retreat into the body that he finds more comfortable when things get to be too much. Having that long jag in a human body after years as a parrot? A little too much to handle, but ultimately necessary to re-learn what being human is about. It's like going cold turkey for a bit, then working on weaning yourself off when it gets to be too much. I can imagine now, being able to take off and fly for a few hours being a reward for an assignment well done.
Author's Response: It's not an uncommon headcanon. Between Mrs. Fig and not completely hiding him away from everybody I'm going with the idea that he had to be introduced to other people from time to time. That way he heard his name enough to know it, but not enough for a parrot to pick it up. Of course parrots learn the words they want to learn and there's really no understanding which sounds they may choose to like.
I think everybody's pretty happy that Harry now has his safe retreat. I have a couple mental images of its use that may or may not make it into the story.
| Title: Return to the Unexpected
| 17 Oct 2016 3:49 am
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| Reviewer: Baghi (Signed)
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Yay, more Erebus, more story!! Also, I would be the worst kind of hypocrite if I got upset at all for an author taking a long time in updating, given how infrequently I update.
Author's Response: :) It's nice to have some company. I'm thinking of having jackets made. I just need a catch name for the club.
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