So beautifully done.
Author's Response: thank you!
Very interesting story. Thank you for sharing it with us!
Author's Response: thank you for reviewing!
| Title: A Place for Harry
| 28 Dec 2019 7:18 pm
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| Reviewer: Fmh (Signed)
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Loved this story although as a teacher I must say that no adult is allowed to mis-treat a child. However, as you say, bullying is still a problem. Thank you a lovely story very well told
Author's Response: hello there Fmh! I agree completely with you about corporal punishment being child abuse. I don't doubt though that the Dursleys wouldn't think anything of Harry being caned, even in the first book when McGonagall sees Harry catch the rememberall, Harry is afraid she'll cane him (of course he doesn't know the rules yet on how things are at Hogwarts, but still it shows that Harry has an awareness that physical punishment is used in some school systems). even Smeltings with it's sticks that students are allowed to carry implies it's the sort of school where physical abuse is tolerated if not encouraged. anyway, i'm very happy most schools no longer allow this sort of violence, but a fair number of schools were still getting away with paddling kids well into the 90's, I've even heard that some schools in the southern US are bringing back the whole paddling thing, which i'm vehemently against. to me, spanking a kid is child abuse, slapping them, shoving them, hitting their hand with a ruler, etc. I can't fathom why an adult would do that to a child, but it is something i wanted to address. thanks so much for your comment, and i apologize for my rambling long response. :)
That was intense! I felt so bad for Harry. I didn't think Snape's reaction was unrealistic. I kept wishing any of the kids from the playground that saw what happened would have stepped forward to tell the truth, but from the way Harry was treated I assume it wasn't only him treated like that and they would have been the same to others too, so other kids would have stayed quiet. It's messed up that there are people in the school system that would harm children, but there are and abuse happens more than we probably realize judging by how many news stories and viral videos about it there are. You did a good job writing this. Broke my heart reading what Harry went through though.
Author's Response: Hi JAWorley,
I'm honored that you like my fic. i know the subject matter can be a bit dark, but i really wanted to discuss child abuse in a school setting. I think a lot of kids look the other way when a kid is being bullied, it's not right, but it does imply in the books that Dudley had threatened to beat up anyone who did befriend Harry, so i think a lot of the kids just thought it better not to upset Dudley's gang or get noticed by the teachers for helping Harry out. thank you so much for your comment!
This was absolutely beautiful. At parts heart-rending, and at others hope-inspiring. I feel you captured both Harry and Severus remarkably well. I couldn't stop reading after I started, and I confess I shed a few tears. Thank you for telling such a moving story. I only wish there was more to come to continue the happy ending in even more detail, but I also feel that ending it where you did was perfect. Again, thank you for telling a difficult and beautiful tale.
Author's Response: hi there! thanks so much for your lovely comment! I really love the set-up in this fic but i really wanted to end it where i did. i'm sure i will have longer fics up that do go in a lot of detail and have a lot more of the dynamic between Snape and Harry shown. :)
I really enjoyed your story. The snow and cold seemed to mirror the hatred towards Harry. It made me feel cold while I read it in my cozy room. Any thoughts of continuing the story? I would like to see Snape return to show the principal the error of his ways.
Author's Response: thank you! I do tend to write a lot of fics set in wintertime, perhaps because I feel cold a lot and it can easily snow for six months where I live, so it tends to show up in my writing, lol. i'd LOVE to see Snape bring about a little justice, but then there's that tricky problem of wizards not being able to go after muggles, even if Snape wouldn't be doing it because they were muggles, but because they harmed a child. I think this fic ends where it does, but I hope to have longer fics up someday soon that really will go into a lot more detail about Snape and Harry's dynamic, as well as the hurt/comfort elements.
Love it! Snape felt very in character.
Author's Response: thank you! it's always a great moment when Snape is still Snape but is taking care of Harry instead of giving him detention :)
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