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Title: For Your Immediate Attention 05 Sep 2007 6:27 pm
Reviewer: Trekker2002 (Signed) [Report This]
    This story is wonderful. Snape's musing on the likelihood of his imminent 'fall' brought tears to my eyes. The dialogue between Dumbledore and Snape was just so true to their characters and Snape really is showing is new aspeects of his character isn't he.
    I feel like he needs a big hug from us all and can just hear the snort that that will inspire!
    If lack of sleep keeps you writing I will happily come round with a very large pot of coffee!
Title: For Your Immediate Attention 05 Sep 2007 5:22 pm
Reviewer: Keina (Signed) [Report This]
    Wow! Awesome as ever ! I loved so much the last paragraph ! Pleaaaase go on, I can't wait to see how Harry and Snape are going to get along after that !
    Your writting is definitely wonderful ! I might be French but I recognise (very) good English when i read it ;-)
Title: For Your Immediate Attention 05 Sep 2007 4:44 pm
Reviewer: Chironstar (Signed) [Report This]
    *squees*

    Ah, they cuddled, they cuddled! ^___________^

    Um, yeah. Once again you grace us with another brilliant chapter. I loved Snape's POV about Luna, and I especially liked DD and Snape's talk about Harry! And I really, really want to bash Vernon now. Poor Harry - he never gets a break, doesn't he? *huggles him* But I'm glad that Snape was there and saved him again! That had me grinning from ear to ear (Vernon, you're SO going down)!

    As for the cuddle at the end and Harry likening it to the safety of his cupboard - that was just absolutely beautiful. I LOVE the way you write Snape and Harry's budding bond - it's so wonderfully done, and the way you're building everything up is just brilliant! Please update again soon! I can't wait to read the next part!

    Author's Response:

    *laughs* yes! they cuddled! and next chapter, you get to see the cuddle from Snape's POV!

    No, Harry is more or less fated to reside in the hands of people who will put him through the wringer for their own delectation. But he usually gets compensation, of a kind. Lots of people suffer who don't have a Snape to cuddle them afterwards, after all.

     

Title: For Your Immediate Attention 05 Sep 2007 4:31 pm
Reviewer: Sweartoad (Signed) [Report This]
    Oh YEAH! I just remembered something! (like, 12 hours later XD)

    Snape: Here is a jar of polish. Go use it on your soul C:
Title: For Your Immediate Attention 05 Sep 2007 4:14 pm
Reviewer: AllyB (Anonymous) [Report This]
    Every chapter is a masterpiece to be re-read many times, not only to enjoy the content, but also the for the almost sensual pleasure of the style and use of words. I am also glad that someone has given Luna the rich characterisation that she deserves.
    And a big thank you for updating so regularly, too. I don't know how you manage it, but I for one am very grateful.
Title: For Your Immediate Attention 05 Sep 2007 2:52 pm
Reviewer: Ellie K (Signed) [Report This]
    Another very absorbing, emotionally intense chapter. Vernon is repulsive; I hope the next portkey Dumbledore gives him sends him to a rock in the middle of the sea, or maybe he should just throw him to the aurors (seriously, Dumbledore pretty much admitted in this chapter that Harry would've been safe growing up outside of the Dursley home - I think they can find another place for him this coming summer; Harry is already 16, for the most part he already is who he is). I see Vernon less as a person and more as a symbol for everything cruel and small-minded.

    Your characterization of Dumbledore is exquisite. It was such a sad and revealing moment when he confesses to Snape why he decided not to raise Harry on his own. And then Snape's "you might have given him to me" (oh, I just wanted to cry).

    Also, I really hope Snape understands the significance of Dumbledore confessing these things to him. Not everyone would be privy to the headmaster's thoughts, but he trusts Snape and regards him highly enough to have him as a confidant. Snape and Dumbledore are both similar in some ways; they are both forceful personalities and have their own fears and uncertainties about emotional attachment.

    And so Snape left Harry alone after he woke up. I wanted to shake him a bit for that, but I can understand too - Snape can't deal with this all at once. You convinced me of how he can feel safer being privately fond of Luna, whereas a fondness for Harry is loaded with so much more baggage.

    Harry, on his own after he woke up was also heart-breaking, but again, not melodramatic. Good illustration of his thought processes. Of course he'd feel that he needs to leave. The fact that Snape caught up with him pretty quickly shows how long Snape lasted in his office, attempting to convince himself he doesn't care (Snape can be such an exasperating idiot sometimes).

    Author's Response:

    I am glad that Dumbledore, and Dumbledore's relationship with Snape, is so resonant for you because they are both extremely important to me.  Snape definitely deserves to be shaken for bailing on Harry, but don't worry---he is shaking himself as we speak (I literally left off in the middle of writing that paragraph in the next chapter to answer your review.)

     Snape *is* rather exasperating, but I think he is trying to mend his ways. :)

Title: For Your Immediate Attention 05 Sep 2007 2:36 pm
Reviewer: Grace (Anonymous) [Report This]
    I am enjoying the story a lot and look forward to your updates. I wanted to point out that the girl in The Secret Garden reads not vociferously (loudly) but voraciously (hungrily).
Title: For Your Immediate Attention 05 Sep 2007 1:39 pm
Reviewer: wynnleaf (Signed) [Report This]
    Just noticed this on a re-read:

    "Harry doesn't both folding the letter"

    I imagine you meant "bother."
Title: For Your Immediate Attention 05 Sep 2007 10:10 am
Reviewer: Rhonda (Anonymous) [Report This]
    e-mail addy is Pookums1971@aol.com.

    I LOVE this story. I think it is as I have said you don't rush it. You don't skip over those special minutes and hours of each day that we really do want to read.

    Also, the interaction between Snape and Harry is extraordinary. I think the most profound chapter is still Harry calling to Severus as if he were several people. From that point on I was amazed.

    Thank you once again for the update, as it has brought a smile to my face to be able to read it.


    Rhonda
Title: For Your Immediate Attention 05 Sep 2007 8:51 am
Reviewer: rosworms (Signed) [Report This]
    i think i'm in love with you.... or maybe just your writing.

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