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Hi, I'm Jan. :D I love Snape and Harry fics, and just mentor fics in general. I first started Potions and Snitches (P&S) as a safe place to find Snape & Harry gen fics without stumbling into Snape and Harry slash (aka Snarry, or HP/SS).

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Harry Potter has many discoveries to make in his sixth year - some good, some bad. As his view of the world changes, he finds himself making unlikely allies in unexpected places.

Takes Place: 6th summer - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Snape-meets-Dursleys
Categories: Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: K - Warnings: Character Death
Chapters: 49 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 13 Jun 2004 / 09 Jul 2003
Series: None - Challenges: None
Title: Chapter 4: The House of Fun 31 Jan 2005
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)
    Ah, the house of fun! How oculd I forget that. This is such a sweet chapter; too bad I know about the battle with it. :( I can just hear Harry's feelings later, that he wished that they had never had come to the battle. Well anyways, fun chpater. :) I love the twins.

Title: Chapter 5: The Members of Magic (Part One) 31 Jan 2005
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)
    Sweet chapter. :) I've been giving frogs as I read each chapter so sorry about the lower score. By the time I get to the later chapters it will probably be up to full frogs. :) The bit about Peevs was really neat to tie in. So tragic. The dead body in the coffin in the attic was such a realistic touch. You manage to write in things like that that just make the story so much better. :) Great job!

Title: Chapter 6: The Members of Magic (Part Two) 01 Feb 2005
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)
    Haha, wow! I LOVED having Harry part of the Weasley family, no matter how distant. When Ron asked for a hug and the rest of the family joined in.. well that was so sweet! I loved the dinner mess, that was a riot! :) And now Snape's magic is faulty? Dun dun dun dun. I think that your Tonks is okay as a outside character, she's kind of fun. You could work a little bit on your execution though.. theres just something, I can't really explain but it's like... I'm reading and something jars me from the story. I think it might be the pace? Skipping through only the most entertaining and amusing scenes perhaps. Well anyways, great chapter! :D

Title: Chapter 7: Snape's Secrets 01 Feb 2005
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)
    I loved the comparison to Dumble's speech with a talk show. ("Of course, the only way we can know for sure is to have a Death Eater or Voldemort - " There was a general flinch throughout the room " - attack Harry." "Before anybody suggests," said Snape, darkly, "no.") hehehehe... ("I'm putting all the Weasley children on Harry Potter Protection Duty," he said.) Wheee!!! great fun! The part with the glasses and the Snape mystery is really a nice touch to the story. Harry seems a little too caring though. I think that they need a few more degrees of antagonism to make the story better, even though it's wonderful this is just a tiny thing that could make it better. :).

    You missed a traveling description after the glasses fell on Snape to whereever they went to have cocoa. I had no idea where they were, in fact I was a little caught off guard with Hermione and Lupin's conversation and Tonk's face changing, thinking that they were doing these things as they walked.

    Your Dumbledore is really bossy in this chapter. It's an interesting side of him that we don't really see in the books so much. The first time I read this story I followed and felt Harry and Ron's questions better but now that I know why Snape's having bad luck and such it's so much easier to follow and understand the Snape and Dumbledore conversation. Haha the Harry and Ron questions seem a little childish now. I loved the end of this chapter when Snape looked at Harry and Harry turned his face before Snape could get into his thoughts.

Title: Chapter 8: The Dark Lord's Army 01 Feb 2005
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)
    lol@the attacking bird as Snape entered the house. Tonks seems really juvenile, perhaps a little too much. It's cute though but seems more like a 19 year old would act- is she that young? I don't know.

    You should probably make another mention that Hermione wasn't at 12 Grimwald place this chapter because I was sure she was until one of the adults said all the children's names. I loved Harry's chaotic dream at the end and about Snape falling off of the astronomy tower; for some reason I found that really funny. :)

Title: Chapter 9: Malfoy 01 Feb 2005
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)
    ("...They took me to Diagon Alley to get my new school things a few weeks ago, we were stuck behind a tractor for an hour. Fred had a nap. And he was driving.") LOL! I really liked the character change you made with Malfoy. I think that Hermione needed to show more of Devil's advocate when she tried to get Ron to see what was up with Malfoy- she seemed too... nice and defensive of him; the only way I can advise you is to make it seem that she's defending him but not because she wants to. Just a suggestion. :) Hermione's million of books were great. Ron seems very in character but his phrases seem a little 'popping out' in the story, the transition needs to be more smooth. Really enjoyable story so far. :)

Title: Chapter 10: A Warm Welcome 01 Feb 2005
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)
    Good chapter. :) Just some comments though: Ron seems a little over done. I think that this is just an aspect of his new teenager personality coming out, being important from going to Order Meetings, being Harry's best friend and knowing Dumbledore outside of school, it's an excuse as to why he is so "friendly" or rude during the feast. But it was a little over done.

    Also, this is just something I've been noticing but was really apearent this chapter: you have a weird mix between British stuff and American stuff, especially when you write about the foods. You should probably look into fixing that as it is detracting from your story. :) Other than that, wonderful real chapter.

The Hogwarts Headmaster enlists some help to give Harry and Severus something they missed out on.

Takes Place: None - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Child fic, Deaging
Categories: Big Brother Snape
Rated: K - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Alcohol Use
Chapters: 26 - Completed: No - Updated: 10 Aug 2007 / 31 Jan 2005
Series: None - Challenges: None
Title: Chapter 22: Healing 21 Dec 2005
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)
    Awww, I love this story so much! It's precious. :) I love seeing them both as little babies. great story.

Title: Chapter 24: The Little Healer 03 Oct 2006
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)

    Awwww, such a sweet chapter. Harry was so precious when he tried to give Severus the potions and calm him and it was so sweet how Severus trusted him. Too bad ti all ended up so wrong. :*( Poor babies. I'm so glad it was okay though in the end, does Severus understand what happened? i'm glad that Dumbledore is trying to keep patience and understanding. Yay for the healer! You did a good job on his character.

    Thanks so much for the update! :) Precious moments. 


Title: Chapter 23: A Sight For Sore Eyes 03 Oct 2006
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)

    Aww, I LOVE the way Harry said "I catch the snitch again"! so cute! Poor little Severus.  Great scenes in this chapter. I loved this line: “Truth be told, I wouldn’t want to miss a de-aged Severus. He really is adorable and so much easier to help as a young child. It will be a good foundation for further healing when he returns to his adult self.” Oh goody! I love hurt/comfort fics, so does this mean that you are likely to write that later?

    Harry's so adorable in this chapter, especially playing Quidditch! Thanks so much for sharing! I really enjoyed it. 



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