|
|
Reviews For Lily's Charm
:( That was so wonderfully sad & angsty! There reactions were perfect! your amazeing! Thank you for updating so soon! Author's Response: I am actually really glad you cried. I did too. It was way too emotional. I'm glad you're feeling it! Thank you for letting me know and for your wonderful compliments. :o)
But this chapter has just taken the words out of my head and heart and left a big sad hole. We angst junkies live for these chapters, but we forget out they can knock the wind out of us and I'm still trying to catch my breath. Harry going through Severus' emotions with him to the point that it was causing him physical pain was written with so much detail that I could *feel* the pain right along with him. I'm wondering who opened the floo powder for him in his panic to get to his dad, and I imagine it would have been Ginny or Hermione. And so like Dumbledore to send Remus over to check on Severus after their verbal sparring match in his office earlier. Thank goodness for Remus! I got one juicy, emotional chapter with my favorite three guys. And one heck of an emotional rollercoaster it was, with very little lows and all time highs. Remus seeing all Severus' emotions, the pain and the loss and sorrow, all through the look in his eyes was probably the most vivid to me. Because Severus is usually hiding so much behind those eyes - that for him to let Remus see it shows truly the depth of that pain and the outward trust in Remus, which he is has been slowly been showing up until know. And Remus making guesses as to what the horrible news was just by those said looks - how hauntingly sad. The situation of explaining to Harry he was a Horcrux and what that meant has to be akin to a parent telling their child they have a terminal illness. That Severus went right to the point yet with tenderness in trying to tell Harry this horrible news took bravery like no other. Harry's angry reaction was right on cue. It's exactly how I would expect him to act...like a teenager who's been given the worse news of his life. Severus and Remus discussing it after Harry stormed off to his room afterward was heartbreaking. One of the lines that grabbed me the most was: “And Harry won’t let this go. He’ll find some way to go to Voldemort.” Remus realized... And Severus replying, "I know." The sad resignation of not being able to escape this fate for his son, and his son probably charging in to meet it head on...can a father's heart break into any more pieces? Remus falling into this grief, when Severus left the room to talk with Harry made me melt. Because Harry is practically like a son to him. I've lost count of the tissues used at this point. I'm officially switching from Ravenclaw to Hufflepuff. Severus watching James' plea to come home broke my heart (again) and was as moving as the rest of the chapter. Severus just thinking that if he'd done just that, his son would have escaped this horrible fate. *sob* Severus just tucking sleeping Harry into bed, wondering how many more times might he get this opportunity (no doubt) and losing his battle at keeping his grief at bay. I went right along with him. I was losing it too... But hands down, the last sentence did me in officially. A weeping Severus is just about the sadness scenario I could imagine. And it will stick with me no doubt the rest of the day. I'm not giving anybody hugs in this chapter. I think I need it for myself this time. *blows nose* I might never recover. OE...you truly out did yourself. I'm winding blinky Christmas lights around your angst shrine. I'm running out of ways to decorate it. Author's Response: I know just what you mean. This whole chapter and really the whole situation has me feeling empty. I really feel for all of them but especially Severus as really I just don't even want to imagine what it wold be like. And yep, Dumbles wouldn't let Severus be alone right now though of course he knows that Seveurus would not have taken kindly to him coming through the Floo. And yeah, Severus and Remus have made a real breakthrough here. Severus doesn't have time to think about keeping himself hidden and he certainly has need to alienate Harry's friends. This is just too much for him. And yeah, these two know their boy well. There is no way Harry is just gonna take this and do nothing. He just wouldn't be Harry if he did. I'm really glad you liked the acknowledgement by Sev and their reactions, especially Harry's. Harry really was in a muddle, thinking Severus was just being stubborn and reeling with this news that he's got two choices: die or live with Voldemort. Not pretty, either one. Harry is the closest thing to a son than actually having a son that Remus could have. He loves him dearly and his grief though is also for Severus. He called them both his friends. Sad. Severus lost the battle mightily but at least Harry was there for that hug. Severus needed it. Weeping Severus did me in as well. Poor, poor man.... None of them will recover....
Author's Response: Yeah, I am sad too. Hard chapter. :o( Glad you liked it though.
Very well written. I can actually feel Severus' grief. Author's Response: Oh good. That was a really hard chapter to write as well. I cried through it over and over again. The thought of losing a child is just too much to bear. :o(
Author's Response: Yeah, crying sounds just about right here. Too much grief...too much grief. *sobs*
Author's Response: Hmmmm.....
I've finished SGWB, and it's posted in its entirety up here now! Author's Response: Well, I don't really think it's forgiveness exactly. Lucius saved Severus and the other thing is that whether or not either of them will ever admit to it, Draco and Harry (at least in this story) are a bit of kindred spirits. Harry understands the kid a bit more and no matter what Draco's done, he is not a person who would let others suffer I think. I wouldn't have been so nice either, but then I'm not Harry Potter (or is it Harry Snape these days...LOL) Thanks for reviewing. And, oh! Didn't realze you'd finished your story. Oooh! Thanks.
I also like the fact that we both agree that not all Slytherins are pureblooded, evil puppets of Voldemort. The House has an undeserved reputation, and I like how you point out that thereare both good and bad members of it, like in any other House. I made it a point to state those same sentiments in my fic, Hide Yourself Away. Ambition in and of itself is not evil, in fact you need it if you are to succeed at anything, otherwise you go nowhere. Author's Response: Yeah, actually I think that is a very interesting point. I was researching a bit for this chapter and was reading the sorting hat song thing and the main point of Slytherin was the ambition thing. I think that is a pretty obnoxious way of trying to say ambition breeds evil. Heck, my hubby is finishing up his MD and before that he got his PhD...very ambitious but I wouldn't call hiim evil! LOL Okay, so that's simplistic but the point it....I hate the way the Slytherins are characterized in the story. Only 2 turned out good in the whole batch? (5 if you count the Malfoys at the end but they're a bit iffy). And only 1 bad Gryffindor? LOL Pretty stupid. Okay, end rant. Glad you enjoyed the 1981 scenes. I love those so much. They are fun. Thanks for the review!
Author's Response: Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it :o)
Eventually, I figured it would be revealed that Harry was a Horcrux. And I should have thought more about it that Severus would put two and two together and fit the pieces to each other. But as usual OE has punched me in the gut and I never saw the angst truck speeding down the road until it ran me over. And I'm still laying here. Oh, I said that before. It's hard to type a review, though, from the floor. Poor, poor Severus. I just felt the grief and anger and about a gazillion other emotions roll over him like the tidal wave it was. To just get his son back and to get slapped in the face that he might just lose him again that quick has to be about the worst feeling a parent can experience short of losing a child in and of itself. I'm still stuck in grief with him. OOOO....and he tore Albus apart, word by word. I could just see the spittle coming out of his mouth when he did it. I'm not sure yet if Albus deserved it or not. It could just be he wasn't sure and didn't want to cause Severus the heartache if it weren't true. OE will be sure to enlighten us soon, no doubt. I'm not quite ready to go the manipulative Albus road just yet. Need more proof. And I can't help but think that it has to be Harry or Albus coming through the floo. Albus wouldn't have wanted to leave things that way with Severus so it wouldn't surprise me to have him follow him. But my bets are on Harry. He would have HAD to felt that surge of emotion of Severus' and been overwhelmed and panicked by it and I could see him making a mad dash for the apartment because he is so protective of his dad. (As seen in other parts of the chapter). I'm always wrong in my guesses, so it's just as likely to be Neville as anybody else. So back to the top of the chapter....it was fun to be a fly on the wall (sort of like Harry) and watch the scenario unfold with Draco. I don't like Draco, but OE might convince me to. *Shrugs* Stranger things have been known to happen. But it was fun to watch some favorite characters interact and see where the scene went. I haven't decided if I like this Narcissa yet or not either. OE could probably convince me to like Filch if she tried hard enough though. Harry giving Draco advice and trying to let him know he did understand Draco's situation was pure Gryffindor through and through. I'm proud of him; no wonder his dad is too. And the conversation between Harry and Remus was so yummy. I loved how Harry felt it necessary to check and see if Remus was going to continue to try and be Sev's friend. Love that kid! And we get a proposal and a wedding! Whee! Funniest line: “Yes, do,” Ginny agreed, “or I’ll tell Mum you need another little chat with Dad.” Ron makes an amusing big brother, but Ginny makes a more amusing little sister because she can slap him back into place. I think it's a hoot that Molly mostly likely presumed it would be Ginny seducing Harry. Boy, she knows her daughter! Those saucy redheads. (Tries to get up and fails...nope, still stuck in angst goo). Like I even NEED to tell you who gets the hug for this chapter. Reread paragraph three. Duh! Author's Response: ROFL How'd you guess? Neville. *shakes head and laughs hysterically* I do love Ginny so and Ron. Ginny doesn't even need to try very hard to put Ron back in his place. He's such an idiot. I love him though. He's fun. I think Molly too thinks Harry is very innocent and has had such a hard life. And yeah, she knows Ginny is a fiery one. Hee hee. Harry is so cute, isn't he? Please be friends with my dad. ROFL. I love that kid! And yes, proposals and weddings. Don't ask for details because we've got way too much to hash out right now. *sigh* I love Draco myself...in a love to hate sorta way. I think though here, he really is getting the short end of the stick. He's been asked to do a terrible thing and he knows what will happen if he doesn't comply. he really can't help but be completely messed up. Poor kid. I also love Narcissa because i really got from book 7 from both she and Lucius that they truly do love their son (the scene where they pay no attention to the battle and go flailing through the castle in search of him). So, yeah, you get the tender Narcissa here but also the calculating woman who is hedging her bets and playing right along so that Harry will do what he can for them. Just like Lucius, though really I don't think Narcissa is at all like her husband. She's definitely a manipulator though. She can't be all that fragile but it sure does make people sympathize with her, doesn't it? Albus. Did he deserve that? Severus was pretty devastating to him, wasn't he? We'll just have to wait and see. But yeah, Severus was sorta out of it with rage, but more fear so he really let fly. LOL Angst truck. you're funny. I'm glad that part affected you so. It was a really hard part to write. Poor Sev indeed. He definitely needs a big old hug. I agree. There is nothing worse than this. I can't even imagine what it would be like having this sort of information about my child. *shudder* Thanks for reviewing and no more answers to your many questions! LOL :oP |
|
Powered by eFiction 3.5 |