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Reviews For The Poor of God
Author's Response: Thank you, Siofra, you're welcome to give me a hug if you like. And while taking the Draught was a rather horrible experience, I think it was quite for me in the end---if only so I could help Harry. Love, Luna
In particular, these little exchanges, which were my absolute favourites: "You're really lucky to have him for a dad, Luna." "Yes," she says, over the astonished noise Snape does not seem able to stop himself making. She gives him a quick look, then turns back to Harry. "I think he's your dad too, though." "Really, Miss Love—" "Sometimes," says Harry, and Snape falls abruptly silent. and: "Harry's never had a father, and I think he thinks that fathers always make things safe." Awww. Author's Response: Well, I'm very glad that you think I'm good for Harry and Professor Snape because I like spending time with them both very much. :-) Love, Luna
Author's Response: Yes, I think Professor Snape is very careful how he treats girls. Of course, I don't know this for a fact, but I think perhaps his father wasn't very kind to his mother, and he tries to make up for that in his way, because he wants to be a different kind of man. Please don't tell him I said that, though, I don't think he wants anyone to know. Love, Luna. P.S. Branwyn wants me to tell you that she loves both of your stories and eagerly awaits your next update. :-)
Looney Luna Lovegood - we love you (and we certainly don't think you're looney XD) I love how you've laid out the relationship between Snape and Luna a little bit more - how Snape is all like WTF WHO GAVE YOU THAT?!?!?! and Luna is so serene and like, don't worry, it was just an accident. I like how you've translated from the books how Luna sort of sees into people - like how she doesn't tell Snape about who pushed her because she knows he's just naturally clumsy and was embarrassed, etc. Really nicely done. Plus: that whole scene where Snape is trying to hint that Harry might be dreaming less-than-pure dreams, and Luna is like ... uh, yeeah, I think he's got a bit more on his plate than having a few dirty dreams. Yeah. Awesome chapter. I seriously look forward every night when I get home from work/uni to checking my email to see if there's been an update. Oh, and btw, congrats on the featured story award for The Guiltless XD Luna: seriously, I love you. I want to sit you down and give you a big fat hug XD Author's Response: Well, you know, I think Professor Snape has seen a lot of unpleasant things because of the work that he does for Professor Dumbledore---you know what I mean---and so he just thinks of the worst possible possibility when he's concerned about people. He worries a lot more than I think he wants anyone to know. I try not to let him realize that I know already. :-) Love, Luna --- Have I ever mentioned that your reviews are just about my favorite things ever, in the whole wide world? Because, seriously. You don't have a LiveJournal or anything do you, because if you're this funny in your reviews I think I would like to read everything else you write too. Anyway, yeah, as far as my Snape is concerned Luna is like the walking symbol of his beleaguered innocence, and after what happened to her last year he is seriously like WTF I KEEL YOU, HANDS OFF. It's just a good thing Luna's not the least bit manipulative (not for her own ends, anyway) because whether he knows it or not she could wrap him around her pinky without trying. --Branwyn
Luna is lovely. You write her incredibly well. She is easily my favorite female character in the books (though admittedly there isn't much of a choice in there), but not a lot of authors can write her well. This chapter was just terrific. Poor Harry being comforted most by being put in a cupboard... well, at least it's a nice, magic one. I felt so sorry for Luna when I read about her family life. That's terribly sad that her father has allowed his grief for his wife to also rob him of his daughter. And of course terribly sad for Luna to feel invisible in his eyes. :-( Snape is Luna's favorite teacher? I can see it! I think my favorite scene here is Luna telling Harry that Snape is his father too. :-) I wonder if Harry really will sleep until the Draught wears off. That would be very lucky... I'm afraid his luck isn't that good. Small typo here: "You're going to leave to," (leave too) Author's Response: Poor Professor Snape---I really think he was quite taken aback by Harry saying that, but I actually thought it was rather nice. I would never want to hurt my father's feelings by telling him this, but I do rather feel that I have a vacancy in the father department. Professor Snape is free to fill it, if he likes. Love, Luna
i have to tell you what strikes me in each chapter, so here goes! "Harry knows about that," she adds casually, filling the bowl with sugar. "How you helped me, I mean. I expect that's why he dreamed I was your daughter. Harry's never had a father, and I think he thinks that fathers always make things safe. They don't, of course, but Harry's dreams aren't really very subtle." it's very...insightful, i suppose? 'twas brilliant, luna. really. and i can picture you casually remarking that...you'd make a wonderful heroine in some romantic novel, you know, set out in the country with a basket of eggs and the dreams in your eyes...though i have no clue what your perfect match would be like! out of pure curiosity, because that quote set me out to thinking (surprise surprise...i can -think-!), i have a question for the author. do you think of luna's actress in the movies when you write? like to get a visual image? or do you have your own? because when i read that, i could picture the actress's voice and actions and it really did fit the scene... it does annoy me how unappreciated luna is, both in fans and in the books. i swear, i was sitting in the theater for the fifth movie with my brother, and some little boy imitated luna's voice and words in the middle of the movie and -snickered-. that boy was lucky he was out of my line of vision, or else he would have experienced the oh-so frightening grumpy glare.... Author's Response: Why thank you! I think I would very much enjoy walking through the country with a basket of eggs. I'm not sure how to put the dreams in my eyes, though, is there a Charm for that? Love, Luna --- Dear elocution: In response to your question, I've been writing Luna for a long time---I have a novel length Snape/Luna story that I started writing right after OOTP came out, well before the movie. The result is that for years I've had a certain picture of Luna in my head that can't be dispelled by the actor----but then, that's true for essentially every character in the books. However, I adore Evanna Lynch to teeny tiny bits, and when I want to be sure a line is right for Luna, I try to hear Evanna saying it, and that usually works. :-) --Branwyn
She's a very good choice to be Harry right now, too. I think of all the characters, she can handle Harry's dreams in the best way. After all, she knew how to reassure him with the 'magic cupboard' so he could feel safe and relax. Nice interaction with Snape and Luna, too. I like how she can see past his gruff exterior to the man he is inside. Author's Response: Professor Snape isn't an easy person to get to know, but if you watch him closely you see that he reacts to things, and often the way he reacts isn't quite the same as what he says. He likes to keep his secrets, though, and I don't mind. :-) Love, Luna
"And now she can see him too, both the strong person who tries to save everyone but himself, and the person he is in his dreams, as scared and lost as she feels herself to be sometimes, when she wakes up in the middle of the night with her mother's name on her lips, or comes home for the summers to see her father's distracted gaze pass right over her." After I read that, I was in tears, and there are only a few novels/stories that I've read in my entire life that have made me cry like that. I also noticed how Madame Pomfrey called Harry "the patient" and struggled to maintain her slightly impersonal, nurse-like demeanor. I'm glad you included that aspect in this chapter. I often feel a bit sorry for her, because she tends to the students more than anyone else, but never gets the chance to actually care for them. Also, did you feel a bit uncomfortable writing the part about the possibility of Harry having dreams "like all young boys"? I loved that whole part, and I think it's brilliant that you included that, but for some reason, reading that made me blush, and I don't really blush easily. I just wondered if it was hard to write. There are so many amazing parts in this story, I'm not sure if I can list them all without giving a monstrously long review, but the way you describe human emotion is incredible. I try to read each new chapter as slowly as possible and never want it to end. You're doing such an amazing job with this. I love this story so much, and it stays with me a long time after I read each new addition. :) Author's Response: Crying can feel quite good sometimes, can't it? Although not until it's over, I think, usually. As long as they were good tears, I won't be sorry for them. Madam Pomfrey is a very sweet person, really, and I think it must be hard for that she only sees people when they're hurt. She especially likes Professor Snape, who she has to see a lot for one reason or another, so she's quite prickly with him. People are funny about how they treat people they love, sometimes. Love, Luna |
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