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Reviews by Rhyselle

A Potions Accident by Arualcopia starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 141]
A slight twist to the usual deaging stories. What if the accident created a gas? What if it affected the entire class? How does Snape deal with fifteen toddlers?

Takes Place: 6th summer - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Baby fic, Child fic, Deaging
Categories: Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: K+ - Warnings: Physical Punishment Spanking
Chapters: 5 - Completed: No - Updated: 05 Sep 2007 / 15 Sep 2006
Series: None - Challenges: None
Title: Chapter 5: Nursery School, Part 2 17 Oct 2011
Reviewer: Rhyselle (Signed)
    I do hope that you will write more of this lovely little tale. I do like how hard Severus is trying to stay the mean ol' Potions Master, but the boys are softening his heart.

    Well done!

Past Featured Story 43 Months by Lanta starstarstarstarhalf-star [Reviews - 60]
Due to a potions accident, Severus Snape was accidentally transformed into a three year old. After over three and a half years of being looked after by Harry Potter, an antidote has finally been found. One-shot.

Takes Place: None - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Alternate Universe, Baby fic, Child fic, Deaging
Categories: Reverse Roles > Parental Harry
Rated: K+ - Warnings: None
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 23 Mar 2006 / 23 Mar 2006
Series: None - Challenges: None
Title: Chapter 1: 43 Months 19 May 2010
Reviewer: Rhyselle (Signed)
    Beautiful!

Rubbing Alcohol by Jan_AQ starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 21]
Hogwarts has been under siege for some time. The supplies are dwindling, food is running low and most of the potions have been spent... Harry is injured and Snape is the only one able to help at the moment. There are no potions left, and no correct ingredients to make any so they’ll have to bind it Muggle Style.

Takes Place: 6th Year - Snape flavour: Snape Comforts, Snape is Stern
Tags: Injured!Harry
Categories: Healer Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Character Death
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 25 Nov 2006 / 25 Nov 2006
Series: None - Challenges: Rubbing Alcohol
Title: Chapter 1: Rubbing Alcohol 15 Aug 2011
Reviewer: Rhyselle (Signed)
    I know it has been several years since you wrote this fic, but dare I hope that you wrote a sequel about Charlie's arrival?

    You did a great job of telling us about what led up to this story without boring us with tons of exposition. I liked how you kept Snape "Snape-like" and yet let hints of compassion creep in.

    I'll check out your profile for other stories now. A good handling of the challenge.

    Author's Response: Thank you so much for your comments! I'm afraid there won't be a sequel, but you can imagine what it was like if you want, and believe that it was what happened. :)

Just After Midnight by margot_llama starstarstarstarhalf-star [Reviews - 43]
AU. Just after midnight, in a hut on a rock in the sea, Harry Potter celebrated his eleventh birthday and, instead of Hagrid, was collected by Severus Snape to be brought into the world of magic. Mild abuse, neglect.

Takes Place: None - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Alternate Universe, Child fic, Resorting, Slytherin!Harry, Snape-meets-Dursleys
Categories: Snape Equal Status to Harry > Foes Snape and Harry
Rated: K+ - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Alcohol Use
Chapters: 10 - Completed: No - Updated: 18 May 2007 / 12 Jan 2007
Series: None - Challenges: None
Title: Chapter 10: Chapter 10: Nott Terribly Exciting 23 May 2010
Reviewer: Rhyselle (Signed)
    Yikes! What a way to end a chapter! I do hope that you will share what happened when Snape cast Legilimens!

    This story is a totally different take on "Snape Introduces Harry to the Wizarding World" than I've ever read before. You kept me glued to the screen and the only reason I haven't praised each chapter is because I just HAD to click on the "next" button to see what was happening next. If this were a paper book, it would be a page-turner and, frankly, I wish that OOPT, HPB andTDH would have held my interest as strongly. :)

    I hope that you continue this tale very soon!
    Well done!

Katabatic by elsa starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 59]
Voldemort's dead and life is great. Isn't it? Harry's not so sure. There's always a new problem but the trouble is that sometimes figuring out what the right thing to do about it can be tricky... Sequel to Taniwha and Chrysalid.

Takes Place: 5th summer - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Creature!fic
Categories: Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Violence
Chapters: 25 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 15 Apr 2007 / 05 Feb 2007
Series: Taniwha Series - Challenges: None
Title: Chapter 25: Epilogue 19 Feb 2012
Reviewer: Rhyselle (Signed)
    I should have been washing dishes this afternoon, but I read "Taniwha". Then I should have been cleaning my room, but I couldn't tear myself out of reading "Chrysalis". And then I ended almost burning the bottom out of the soup pot when I was making supper because I just couldn't leave the computer long enough to pay attention to the cooking. I just HAD to know how it all would work out.

    In these three amazing tales, which I read one after the other today, you've made me weep, laugh, cry, worry, cheer, and marvel over all of the things that happened. This was an incredible interpretation and extrapolation of the Potterverse--and, frankly, one I like much better than the last three books of canon!

    I am so glad that I decided to read the earlier fics that were uploaded to this archive. I never would have guessed that such jewels were hidden deep in P&S. Stories like yours are richer than all the galleons in Gringott's!

    I just wish that I had gone looking for buried treasure far sooner than I did. I wish they had a way of rating a story higher than 10. You'd have at least a 100 for each part of the Trilogy!

    Blindingly, beautifully, WELL DONE!!!

Title: Chapter 25: Epilogue 19 Feb 2012
Reviewer: Rhyselle (Signed)
    I should have been washing dishes this afternoon, but I read "Taniwha". Then I should have been cleaning my room, but I couldn't tear myself out of reading "Chrysalis". And then I ended almost burning the bottom out of the soup pot when I was making supper because I just couldn't leave the computer long enough to pay attention to the cooking. I just HAD to know how it all would work out.

    In these three amazing tales, which I read one after the other today, you've made me weep, laugh, cry, worry, cheer, and marvel over all of the things that happened. This was an incredible interpretation and extrapolation of the Potterverse--and, frankly, one I like much better than the last three books of canon!

    I am so glad that I decided to read the earlier fics that were uploaded to this archive. I never would have guessed that such jewels were hidden deep in P&S. Stories like yours are richer than all the galleons in Gringott's!

    I just wish that I had gone looking for buried treasure far sooner than I did. I wish they had a way of rating a story higher than 10. You'd have at least a 100 for each part of the Trilogy!

    Blindingly, beautifully, WELL DONE!!!

    Author's Response:

    Hi there

    Thanks for the kind review, and I'm glad you enjoyed the stories - sorry to have discombobulated your day like that! ;-)

    If you're not tired of my writing style yet (yes, it's rather waffly but I tend to get there in the end!), I've got  another longer (yikes!) story on fanfiction dot net called "the horse".  It's Harry-centric and although Snape is in there and very important to the story, I'm not sure he's obviously a part of the story enough to justify posting it to P&S.  

     I've also found that some of the older stories still manage to be gems.  It's lovely when you find one, dust it off, and realise that there didn't really need to be a bloodbath at the end of DH.  Whitehound, who is on fanfiction dot net (sorry about writing it out so long, but I'm not sure if I can post links in messages on this site) keeps an updated list of fic that is well-written and generally fleshed out with excellent characterizations.  

     Cheers

    Elsa (Elsa2 on fanfiction.net)  


The Absence of Unhappy by Gillian starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 13]
Snape gets a glimpse into another time & place. Sequel to Mine & Snape's Vocation.

Takes Place: 0 - Pre Hogwarts (before Harry is 11) - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Alternate Universe, Child fic
Categories: Parental Snape > Biological Father Snape
Rated: K+ - Warnings: None
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 18 Mar 2007 / 18 Mar 2007
Series: Mine - Challenges: None
Title: Chapter 1: The Absence of Unhappy 23 May 2010
Reviewer: Rhyselle (Signed)
    Now this was an absolutely wonderful story! I felt so very bad for Present-Severus, and so very angry at Present-Dumbledore.... he had a chance to fix it and knowing that STILL decided to keep the relationship between Present-Severus and Angry-Harry antagonistic.

    I much prefer the Past-Severus and the love he has for his son, and I just know that, whatever the future brings, it was definitely NOT a mistake for Dumbledore to have sent Severus to rescue Harry from the Dursleys. :)

    Well done!

Past Featured Story A Place for Warriors by owlsaway starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 554]
Snape and Harry are locked in the Room of Requirement by Dumbledore. Harry's magic works, and Snape's doesn't. Will they kill each other? In response to the 72-Hour Challenge.

Takes Place: 6th summer - Snape flavour: None
Tags: None
Categories: Snape Equal Status to Harry > Comrades Snape and Harry, Snape Equal Status to Harry > Foes Snape and Harry
Rated: T - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Alcohol Use, Violence
Chapters: 28 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 13 May 2011 / 30 Jun 2007
Series: None - Challenges: 72 Hour Challenge
Title: Chapter 25: Chapter 25 23 Dec 2009
Reviewer: Rhyselle (Signed)
    *Looking for "Next" button to click for the next chapter and there isn't one!* Auuuuughh!

    What a cliff-hanger! This is a wonderfully written, fascinating interpretation of the relationship between Harry and Severus, and it all feels so very real... the psych.ological drama is very well done, and you just sucked me into the story... which is a mean feat as I normally can't stand present tense third person POV.

    I can hardly wait to find out what happens next!

True Confessions by Bratling starstarstarstarhalf-star [Reviews - 43]
An answer to both the Abused Harry challenge and Severitus's challenge.

Takes Place: None - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Alternate Universe
Categories: Master Snape > Apprentice Harry, Parental Snape > Biological Father Snape > Severitus Challenge
Rated: T - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 30 Jun 2007 / 30 Jun 2007
Series: None - Challenges: Telling an abused tale
Title: Chapter 1: True Confessions 21 Jul 2010
Reviewer: Rhyselle (Signed)
    A wonderful tale! :) While I'd love to see a sequel showing how they got on together and the apprenticeship, this satisfies like a piece of raspberry-lemon cheesecake! :)

    Wonderful memories and elegant wording combine to make this story a joy to read.

    Well done!

Past Featured Story Word Up by validego starstarstarstarhalf-star [Reviews - 196]
Voldemort's forces are growing stronger and more organized. Despite warnings of this by the Order's spy, Harry Potter is captured. When he's rescued, will Snape be able to prove that he is useful as more than just a spy to the Order?

Takes Place: 6th summer - Snape flavour: None
Tags: None
Categories: Parental Snape > Guardian Snape, Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Violence
Chapters: 23 - Completed: No - Updated: 24 Oct 2007 / 19 Jul 2007
Series: None - Challenges: None
Title: Chapter 23: Chapter 23: Order of the Pigeon 01 Aug 2011
Reviewer: Rhyselle (Signed)
    My gracious me! This is a fabulous story! Is there any chance at all of an update?

    I love your version of Severus! He's very true to the canon Snape in attitude, but far better, IMO, in his skill and motivations.

    Harry's growing respect for Snape is perfect, and I like that Harry Is learning from him... and also that Harry is still Harry and still making the kind of mistakes that he did in canon.

    Frankly, I like this AU far better than what happened in books 6 and 7. You've got an excellent plotline going, and I like how your Deatheaters really are people to b afraid of. Sometimes in the novels, they just seemed like cardboard cutouts... you've made them feel like the terrorists they are.

    I do hope that you will eventually complete this story. In the meantime, this is going on my favorites list! Well done!


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