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Title: To Be Jolly 16 Aug 2010 4:40 am
Reviewer: Kristeh (Signed) [Report This]
    Ah, Pandora, these last two chapters are some of my favorites of any fanfic that I've read. It's just so wonderful to see Severus and Harry sharing a happy Christmas together. They both deserve it, and it's really heart-warming to see how close they've grown.

    It's hard to name my favorite parts, because reallly I'd be quoting the whole chapter, lol, but I had to grin when Severus tried the flavored beans. I got tears in my eyes when Severus was looking at Lily's picture (Harry gave him the perfect gift!), and also at the end, when Severus can finally say that he's happy and grateful for the second chance that Harry gave him.

    I also liked how he had given Harry so many gifts and acknowledged to himself how Harry has also been affected by his past with the Dursleys, and you handled the situation with the Malfoys coming for dinner just perfectly!

    I'm excited for the next chapter, and for more of your other stories too!

    Author's Response:

    Thanks Kristeh. It was actually fun to write these Christmas scenes; it's my favourite time of the year, and I wanted it to be special for Harry and Severus.  

     

    I thought that it would be nice for Severus to be spoilt at Christmas too. Even though he's made many mistakes, he's trying hard now to be a good father to Harry.

     

    I'll try to be better at updating next time.

Title: Tis the Season 30 Jul 2010 2:13 pm
Reviewer: UltramarineQuest (Signed) [Report This]
    oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Continue plz! it's absoLUTELY awesome!!!

    Author's Response: Aw, thanks so much Ultra! I will.
Title: Tis the Season 01 Jun 2010 6:40 pm
Reviewer: Arwen Evenstar (Signed) [Report This]
    great story, sometimes the relationship between Father and Son seems a bit rushed but its really sweet. Also in cannon I hate hate hate the Harry-Ginny pairing, but in your story you make it almost bereable. Good Job :)

    Author's Response: Thanks. i'm tyring to play out the relationship a bit more. Oops, sorry about the Ginny-Harry pairing, but I'm a big fan of the two together. I hope that you can overlook that.
Title: Tis the Season 25 Mar 2010 7:02 am
Reviewer: Silvain (Signed) [Report This]
    This story is, quite frankly, precisely what I desperately wanted to see after reading DH- a beautifully crafted tale of Snape as Harry's father based on the story of his friendship with Lily that DH gave us. I'm really loving every bit of this, you have the characters' interactions and personalities growing from canon in believable ways, and the plot is amazing. I'm very curious about Harry's nightmares and what they mean.

    Author's Response:

    Oh, thanks so much. It means a lot to me for you to say that to me. Yeah the nightmares are a little complicated, as you will see.

     

    Thanks again for the kind words.

Title: Lost Souls 18 Mar 2010 4:43 am
Reviewer: ForgottenEllipses (Signed) [Report This]
    Pretty good so far (reserving judgment until I get a little farther along in the story) but I'm wondering why so many words are italicized? Only about half of them are appropriately marked that way, and it's rather distracting after a while. After all, their purpose is to emphasize, and while you may think the word should be emphasized, in real life no one speaks with that much emphasis. Just my two cents - not trying to be mean or anything. Course, there are 20-some odd chapters that I still have to read through, so maybe somewhere in there someone pointed it out to you and you changed it?

    For a first timer though, this is pretty darn good! I'm interested to see where some of these plot bunnies are hopping...

    Author's Response:

    As you pointed out, this is my first story, so I didn't realise that I was doing that. Live and learn they say, right?

     

    Thanks for the observations though. I'm trying to do better. Someday, maybe I'll go back and fix things, especially in earlier chapters.

Title: Tis the Season 17 Mar 2010 4:22 am
Reviewer: Ponytail Goddess (Signed) [Report This]
    Aw, that was so sweet! I love that they didn't really exchange physical items, but meaningful things instead. There's one thing I'm a little confused about though--did Harry not go to the Auror presentation then? Do you mean he said he was and then went and got his name changed instead, or did he do both during his trip?

    I'm just curious because of how freaked out Severus seems to be about the idea of him out there catching bad wizards. I wonder how he'll react when Harry leaves him. He seems to be getting really attached--it's going to be hard to let him go, as an adult when he missed all of Harry's important childhood milestones.

    Great chapter! I look forward to more!

    -P.G.

    Author's Response:

    Aw thanks, but yes, there really was a Auror presentation, but it was just a short information session, and Harry went to change his name. He did both.  More will be explained in a later chapter. 

     

    Harry will have to go through a couple of years apprentice type of training to be an Auror, so he won't be going anywhere too soon. Besides, Ginny still has a year left at Hogwarts as well, so Severus will have plenty of time to get to know his son.

     

    Thanks P.G.

     

     

Title: Tis the Season 16 Mar 2010 1:18 pm
Reviewer: Lia (Anonymous) [Report This]
    Loved the snowball fight, christmas presents and most of all, the pacing.

    The scene in the ministry with Arthur made me wonder if they had forgiven Snape for his role in cursing off George's ears. I also wonder if Ginny and Harry's other friends who had been in Hogwarts under Headmaster Snape would ever be able to truly forgive him. Or atleast, in such a short time.Logic that he had been on their side and had been helping them, aside, they are bound to have some scars, are they not?

    Author's Response:

    Actually, I plan on writing a detailed timeline for my story, becasue with the way that I wrote the story, some things did not happen as in Canon--it would have been impossible, there was not enough time for it to have happned. 

     

    This was my first story, so I may not have thought things out well enough, as far as the timleline goes, because I wanted the story to take place in Harry's seventh year, but in Canon, "Snape" was Headmaster during Harry's seventh year. So for the purposes of my story, Snape was not Headmaster, because Harry, Hermione and Ron spent the summer looking for Horcruxes and they returned to Hogwarts in about the end of September, or beginning of October, so let's just say that Snape was never the Headmaster in my story. It would have been impossible, according to my timeline.

     

    It was fun writing the Christmas scene, and the snowball fight was fun too. Thanks for reading.

Title: Tis the Season 15 Mar 2010 6:49 am
Reviewer: EllaEleniel (Signed) [Report This]
    *Squeals* I love happy Christmas chapters. I only wish it were longer and more detailed. I have to wonder what other presents were under the tree and if Severus did give into stuffing Harry's stocking as well. Very thoughtful gifts.

    I was hoping you'd include more about the Auror training program information session. I wanted to see how Harry reacted with the details as I'm still not quite convinced he'll be an Auror. Hmm, maybe that's just wishful thinking. I don't think Severus is up for it, either.

    Great chapter, Pandora. I hope you feel better.

    Author's Response:

    Oh don't worry, there is a lot more Christmas cheer coming up! The next chapter will have a lot of interaction between Harry and Severus, as well as the Weasleys, and some other surprises as well.

     

    I am going to have some on the Auror Training program, coming up. Perhaps as a memory or a flashback, but there will be more of that as Harry comes closer to graduating.

     

    OOh, and I'm having withdrawls for your lovely story!!! Any updates soon?

Title: Tis the Season 15 Mar 2010 1:43 am
Reviewer: jessirose85 (Signed) [Report This]
    That was a great chapter xx

    Author's Response: Thanks so much.
Title: Tis the Season 14 Mar 2010 11:48 pm
Reviewer: kayt (Anonymous) [Report This]
    What a perfect, beautiful chapter. Loved all the details - too many to pick out - which make your writing so entertaining to read and bring the characters to life.

    Author's Response: Thank you so much Kayt.

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