| Title: A wall erased
| 23 Oct 2013 10:11 pm
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| Reviewer: bianca (Anonymous)
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No, I don't think you overdid it. For Snape to thaw towards Harry, you needed him to see Harry differently, and this chapter has accomplished that most excellently!
| Title: A wall erased
| 23 Oct 2013 6:49 am
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| Reviewer: Anonymous (Anonymous)
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agree with what your reviewer rhea said. snape really needs to humble himself, be a man, and apologize for his mistakes. this chapter is a nice start. he really must grow up and get past his hurt pride. it has nothing to do with harry. still hope he learns more about harry's childhood (at least the ten years in the cupboard) and recognizes that he has treated harry little better. good luck writing. love it.
| Title: A wall erased
| 23 Oct 2013 6:22 am
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| Reviewer: Redlin (Anonymous)
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Love the update. So curious as to what will happen now... How does Snapey think he can fix this? Harry will just be confused and likely think Dumbledore put him up to it - if he starts acting different. Harry can hardly be expected to believe Snape suddenly has an interest in caring for him - "No, Means No!" after all. And what about Ian? So many questions. So excited for more... Thank you.
This is amazing, but I feel really sad for Harry. I hope that someone finds out about the dursley's soon.
| Title: A wall erased
| 22 Oct 2013 7:11 am
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| Reviewer: Rhea (Anonymous)
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Bull he's not going to apologize. That's the real adult way to go about things. Mature adults don't skirt around tough issues trying to make things better; they apologize, even if it won't make a difference, even if it won't mean they are forgiven. Harry absolutely deserves a real apology, if not some groveling and honest attempts to earn his affections, and until Snape looks his son in the eyes and says, "I was wrong and I am sorry," any positive relationship or interaction they have will ring false. It will read like Snape being magnanimous in determining that his son deserved to be treated properly and Harry somehow becoming less bad in his eyes, rather than Snape truly acknowledging his faults and failed relationship.
He apologized to Lily for a lesser offense. Does his son, the one with Lily's eyes, not deserve the same courtesy?
Harry being in danger, the weather and the realization that the two boys looked so much alike seem like good reasons for Snape to have had a revelation. If he had turned into Mother of the Year and rushed into the hospital room to cuddle Harry - that would have been overdone. I think he would be wary of these new feelings and not rushed into it (after all, he is a Slytherin!) so he would have done as you wrote him.
Thank you so much for the chapter. I like the way you've chosen to go about handling Snape's wake-up call. Rather than him receiving a new bit of startling information that will cause him to change his mind and behavior at hyper-speed, you've described a way for Snape to see things, as they are, with a new perspective, and which is mostly internally motivated. Acknowledging that Harry and Ian aren't so different is a very important starting point. Assuming this new way of thinking about things will stick, I expect the revelations about Harry to start flowing in much more easily to Snape. Perhaps Ian's flaws will become more visible to him, as well? Perhaps he can find himself with a memory full of unbalanced reactions to the two boys' behavior that he is beginning to see the wrong in?Looking forward to see more with Ian, as well. His noticing that Harry seemed upset, but Snape didn't, after their 'support' meeting seemed significant to me. Perhaps this could have suggested to Ian that Harry hadn't done anything in particular to upset Snape, and yet he had been treated less than perfectly, anyway...gee, I can't remember all I wanted to write for this review, but I'll just leave it at this. Fantastic as always. Can't wait to read more!!
Liked it a lot and def. not overdone. Now tricky part is for Snape to figure out how to even start to begin to treat Harry differently. Obviously neither Snape nor Harry is going to change overnight. Looking forward to next chapter . It'll be hard and def. an uphill battle for Snape. Maybe, offer , if his own free will, to take Harry to diagonal ally for some clothes or something and get him to admit to Harry that it was snapes idea and not dumbledor
| Title: A wall erased
| 21 Oct 2013 2:28 pm
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| Reviewer: Anonymous (Anonymous)
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Thank you for another great chapter! It was well done.
I actually do hope Harry forgives Snape (and Ian) – I think it is his nature to be forgiving and we know he has a “great capacity for love.” I have no wish for Harry to cling to past hurts and grow up to be a bitter hateful person like Snape. That being said, I do NOT want Harry desire a family type relationship with the Snapes – (any time soon.) After years of neglect, unfair criticism, and cruelty – It would make little sense for Harry to be eager to spend any time with them. I like the poetic justice of Harry developing closeness/trust with the werewolf and Snape’s past tormenter Sirius well before he ever considers Snape. Snape has made his bed and needs to lie in it. There should be consequences. It has taken him until now to have the epiphany that Harry is not and has never been James. But even now - he claims he does not like Harry and still projects James’ flaws onto him i.e. arrogance. (Arrogance - having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one’s own importance, superiority, or self-importance; overbearing pride…) Well - we have certainly seen a lot of arrogance in this story and it hasn’t been from Harry. Snape really has anger/judgment issues. He liked Quidditch just fine before Gryffindor beat his team in Harry’s first year. Harry really has no need of another family member who only sees his flaws (real or perceived.) After so many rejections and a complete failure to see any of Harry’s honest efforts. I am thinking Snape and Ian could ride off into the sunset together (at this point) and Harry would be better off for it.
It is very encouraging to see Ian growing. He was truly an awful child a "one of a kind" brat. Snape's unevenness swings both ways but at least he has an unconditional parental love for this child. Has Ian's opinion of Harry changed now that he has more points of view than just his father’s? I am assuming this more studious Harry is fairly well respected by the Ravenclaws. It will be good for Ian open his mind and think about and things from multiple perspectives. ( I can’t imagine feeling anything but love for my own brother – so Ian’s selfishness really got to me…)
Sorry to write so much. You do a wonderful job getting your readers emotionally invested in your characters. Thank you very much for all your work into this and for sharing!
Thanks for the new chapter! I thought it was a good one. Snape's reaction to Harry's danger at the game was believable and should lead to some changes in his behavior towards Harry. I hope though that he will also end up really realizing what a crummy childhood Harry has had and feel some guilt for his attitude towards Harry. He has treated him terribly and should feel remorse about that. And I hope Harry won't leap to call him dad either.
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