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Title: Coping 03 Dec 2009 8:14 am
Reviewer: sproutchild (Signed) [Report This]
    Depressing's good actually - depressing means they're getting somewhere ^^
    And I love the way you ended this chapter, that message is just so very Severus ^^
    I think the was you're portraying Harry - especially his fear of Severus getting close - really really well and I'm looking forward to reading more so I hope you can update soon ^^

    Author's Response: :0) Heee thanks. Your review made me smile. :0) I'm already ten pages into the next chapter, so with any luck, it'll be out soon. (The only reason it wouldn't be is 'cause it looks like it's going to be LONG and I'm entering exam week.) Thanks for the review, and glad you like it!! Rhiannan
Title: Coping 02 Dec 2009 12:31 pm
Reviewer: silverstargirl (Signed) [Report This]
    At least Severus warned Dumbledore about the very real danger that the Dursleys are in, though in a way I wish he hadn't! xD What scares me most is that Harry actually seems to WANT to go back to them. I guess he just doesn't think that anyone else would care enough to take him in..he just can't fathom it. I think Severus needs to consider taking him in.

    Great chapter!

    Author's Response: LOL, yeah. I know exactly how you feel. And Harry's an idiot, but then we people generally get attached to our families regardless of how they treat us. Honestly I find 'canon' Harry unrealistic in this respect. I could see him not wanting to see them OFTEN, but at all? I still visit my Dad and he's not an easy person to get along with, either. *shrug* Anyway, thanks for the review! Glad you like the chapter!
Title: Coping 01 Dec 2009 10:50 pm
Reviewer: Thing2 (Anonymous) [Report This]
    Much love with this chapter!! Harry calls himself Freak and Snape didn't call him on that or react at all, which surprised me a little, so I'd suggest you add either Snape or Harry remembering that Harry's not supposed to call himself that. N grammar mistake with the line "Maybe he should just keeping talking" but other than that you're clear.Much love with the chapter, skype me, all my love, Thing2

    Author's Response: Hey chicky!! Why didn't you sign in? Don't you have an account on P+S? And I did notice that Snape didn't react, but it didn't seem appropriate at the time for him to do so. I'll have Snape think about it, though - that'll make it more clear that he DECIDED not to react. And lol with the keeping talking. I think I'll just keeping editing. It seems muching with the needing.
Title: Coping 01 Dec 2009 10:44 pm
Reviewer: Mervoparkite (Signed) [Report This]
    depressing? Maybe a bit, but well written and quite nessisary! Well done. An excellent move forward of your story and the "understanding" of Sev.

    Looking forward to your next update.

    V.

    Author's Response: Yey! Thanks! I'm glad you thought it was good - there were a couple of people who didn't like this chapter and kinda killed my confidence in it. :0( But then people like you came along and said it was good, so much yeys! Thanks! Rhiannan
Title: Coping 01 Dec 2009 6:39 pm
Reviewer: Quynce (Signed) [Report This]
    I don't find the chapter depressing-- progress is often messy and rarely simple. The fact that Snape and Harry made it through a lesson that made Harry so nervous is great. I'm a little surprised that Harry has much loyalty to the Dursely's, but he clearly hasn't imagined being offered a safe home. Looking forward to the next chapter....

    Author's Response: I'm not surprised, because that is generally how it goes - we remove children from abusive households, and they cry for their mommies. (Think about it - Stockholm syndrome can take hold in as little as 2 months when an ADULT is forcefully kidnapped. Now imagine a child BORN into an abusive household and living there for their entire life.) We are designed to make connections to the people we live with, no matter how much we dislike them. That's sorta what I'm going for with Harry. Thanks for the review! Rhiannan
Title: Coping 01 Dec 2009 3:56 pm
Reviewer: crazychick84 (Signed) [Report This]
    Ooh wow angry Harry again! it was soo good to see a new chapter, if I were Dumbledore and got a note like that I think I would move the Dursleys! I share Sev's thoughts on killing the big meanies! :D

    Author's Response: Yey! Glad you like!! I'm working on getting Harry a little less angry, but I just couldn't picture him responding well to Snape's interference, still. And yeah, the Dursleys deserve to die. I dunno if Snape should kill them, but I can appreciate the sentiment. :0) Thanks for the review!!
Title: Coping 01 Dec 2009 3:20 pm
Reviewer: Asterix Tutnix (Signed) [Report This]
    Brilliant chapter, as usually.
    "And here I thought chemical warfare was a horror the wizarding world would never know." - I loved that!
    And I liked how Harry actually came up with an experiment to see whether Snape would catch him, interesting idea!

    Author's Response: :0) Yey!! Glad you liked!!
Title: Coping 01 Dec 2009 12:40 pm
Reviewer: Monica (Anonymous) [Report This]
    I love it

    Author's Response: Yey! I'm glad!
Title: Coping 01 Dec 2009 8:28 am
Reviewer: Anonymous (Anonymous) [Report This]
    I've been liking this story so far and understand that Harry is meant to be abused and angry, but after 22 chapters and a fair amount of the school year he hasn't really developed or progressed much. Changes don't happen overnight but keeping him as an obnoxious troublemaker for the sake of maintaining the drama is getting tiresome. He's not stupid, so he should be starting to notice by now that that kids are treated differently at Hogwarts than at the Dursley's.

    Author's Response: I understand your frustration, but please realize that two months is not a lot of time. Things should get happier, soon, but I'm not keeping Harry angry for the sake of 'drama' but rather for realism. People do not change that much in two months. That said, I appreciate the criticism, and your relatively balanced way of putting it.
Title: Coping 01 Dec 2009 6:14 am
Reviewer: JolisGSD (Signed) [Report This]
    good chapter!

    Author's Response: Yey! Glad you liked!

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