Well hi! My name's Becca, I'm a Gryffindor, and I reside on the forums as twilightHPgirl18. I live in New York, I love the 1940s-'70s almost as much as I love Ashton Kutcher, and I'm actually working on an OF that takes place in 1966, and another in 1976 based on my dad's teenage life :)
My favorite bands are, in no particular order: The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, Bruce Springsteen, The Doors, and Pink Floyd.
I love the TV shows The Big Bang Theory, Gilmore Girls, Happy Days, Glee, Saturday Night Live (I love Jimmy Fallon and Will Ferrell), and Survivor.
My favorite movie at the moment is Pirate Radio (which I love oh so much), but I'm also very fond of Tommy Boy, Across the Universe, 21, The Breakfast Club, The Blues Brothers, and Grease.
My dream is to live in New York City, London, or New Haven, Connecticut. I'm just that cool ;)
Becca:D
All is not well.
George uses work and Firewhisky to cope with Fred's death until a drink with a friend leads to something that dulls pain better than alcohol. Emotionally torn by grief, he struggles to allow Alicia into his life...and then comes baby....
*Winner of the 2008 Quicksilver Quill Award for Best Dark/Angsty Story*
Ooooo. Great chapter! I've been following this story ever since Chapter 12 was up (i only started it then because i was grounded for a little predicament that involved arm-wrestling in lunch) and I only just remembered to review. Great job, 10/10. {Becca}
Author's Response:
Did you win the match? :D
I'm sorry you were grounded, but yay! you're back!
I can't say there's any chance that you'll be missed
I'll admit if you hadn't died, I would be... irritated.
^^Even my mom (who doesnt like fanfic because she thinks canon and only canon belongs in the world. But hey, she dont know what she's missing) laughed at this!
Looking back, did you ever feel any remorse
Other than that drunk night with the lampshade and horse?
^^*shudders* I havent thought about Voldy the same way since I read this. Good job! a zizzelion/10 {Becca}
Author's Response: I\'m glad your mom laughed... my mom thought that line was Crass and Inappropriate. And she generally likes fanfic. As for the drunk night... well, I definitely prefer not to fill in the blanks as to what that was with my mind.
Sirius falls behind the veil
SIRIUS:
*Plop*
^^I read this line about a minute ago & im still laughing my head off.
Ok, it's about 5 minutes later and I'm still laughing about the Sirius *plop* line. Great job! 100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000/10 {Becca}
Author's Response: Hahahaha, thank you! I seem to remember that was one of those things that I added in at the last minute before submitting. I actually wrote this spoof when I was in seventh grade, but it was rejected A LOT, and didn\'t get accepted until I already had like ten stories up (I think when the mods decided to accept \"Dark Lord Voldy\'s Shattered Soul Club Band,\" they got a little more relaxed on the spoof front.)
Nice story. I'm going to borrow the DVD that my grandparents have of it (i think they own it) and watch it, because I read the lyrics but didnt really get the tune, although I could get some of it down. Anyway I really liked it and plan on reading Act II as soon as I figure out most of the tune. But my favorite parts were:
HARRY:
But Professor, we…
UMBRIDGE:
I'd advise you to be silent, little toad.
GEORGE:
(Muttering) A toad? It's you who looks like a toad!
UMBRIDGE:
You're both banned from now… WHAT WAS THAT?!
^^This was really good. As if she didn't know she looked like a toad.
and the song The Person I Will Bite was really good. It's the only Phantom of the Opera song that I've ever heard the whole thing of (my cousin plays the soundtrack occasionally) and had the David Cook, American Idol version going in my head. So, if that was relative to the point, yay me, if not, oh well it helped me understand this better. So, 100000000/10 and great job! [becca]
P.S. If any of the sounded like criticism, it wasnt. I found nothing wrong with this at all. :)
Author's Response: Hehehe, well, thank you! Wow, I think it\'s cool to get reviews from someone who\'s not even familiar with Phantom. It\'s a pretty awesome show, so I recommend you check it out.
I can't believe it! My grandparents had Phantom on DVD, and I borrowed it from them a month ago, and just watched it today to help me get the rhythm of these songs! Some were harder, but I still managed to understand it! (But my mom had to tell me that the Phantom was like Snape so that I could understand his abandonment, anger, and just plain wacko issues) But I still liked it! Some of the song beats were a bit too sinister for HP, I thought, but when they're used for OOTP, it can really work! Great job! {BeccA}
Author's Response: Wow, thanks so much! Yeah, the movie soundtrack is different from the Broadway show, so some of the spoofs are slightly different. And the Phantom is SO INSANE... I don\'t know why all of the girls adore him, he\'s an utter nutter.
Wow. This rocked! And the ending of the movie made me cry, just like the ending of this did! It was touching!!! But I cried when I found out the Phantom would end up with no-one, but I wanted to know what happened after Christine's blond friend (what was her name?) found the mask. This was really good, almost like the real musical! {BeccA}
Author's Response: The ending of the movie made me cry, too. I THINK THE PHANTOM AND MEG WILL GET MARRIED AND HAVE DEFORMED BABIES.
Ok, what a great beginning! So far, I love it! They all seem to be characterized perfectly, I'm glad I read this! Excellent job! {BeccA}
I never thought that Sirius cared that his family hated him, but the beginning makes me think he does... great characterizing, by the way, again!
I'm really happy you have Sirius meet James in it! Sirius is my favorite character (along with MArauder-era James and Remus) and Reg is my second favorite. Excellent job! {BeccA}
Great job, again! I love how you take stuff from the DH to give it, to me, a more believeable air. Excellent! {BeccA}
Great chapter, everyone's in character yet again! {BeccA}
James was hilarious in the end of the chapter! And I loved having Sirius's father go to Hogwarts to make him be re-Sorted. I'ts just like Sirius's parents. Or is it just that his father could care less and it only there to please his mother... And Remus is pretty cool. Excellent again! {BeccA}
Hi, Aimee!!! The thing in your bio, about the 'your obsessed with harry potter'? well, I noticed the teachers are like hogwarts professors, and a lot of them are!!
Science: Snape *sobs*
ELA: Binns *sobs yet again*
Math: McGonagall (she even looks like McGonagall!)
Religion: Lupin *in the awesom way, not the werewolf way*
Science Lab: Trelawney *sobs somewhat the hardest*
Now, onto your story...
I like this. It's not too romantic (which I can't stand) but it's not too unemotional (which I also cant stand). This is great!!!!! {BeccA}
Author's Response: Oh, so you read my \"You know when you\'re obsessed with Harry Potter when..\" list? Yeah, you\'re not the only one. My American Literature Honors teacher was like McGonagall! She gives out too much work! My Biology one was like potions clas, except I don\'t have a Snape kind of teacher. Thank god! And I\'m glad that school\'s over for me for the summer!
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\r\nSo, you think my story\'s great? Wow, I like your compliment! Yeah, I like mixing a little romance and humor together with music. It\'s a great combination like creating a pizza Oh, my Chapter 4 is just finished! And it\'s fresh out of the oven! It will be posted as soon as I return from picking up my younger sister. =)
This was terrifically awesomeatastical (Schmerg_The_Impaler's word) and it rocked!!! I loved it! Great job, and they were all perfectly IC (I think that means in character? if not, they were in character) and I loved it! 100000/10 {BeccA}
Author's Response: Why thank you. I love Schmergo, don\'t you? I\'m not sure if IC means that or not (it COULD mean in character ... or something ...) but either way, message recieved, and thanks very much! =D
I'm surprised I didn't die from laughing! I just have a suggestion: Don't you think this should be under humor? Just a thought. Last time I checked it was under poetry. Well, it is poetry.... ah well. 1000000/10
~Beckee~
Author's Response: I thought the spoofs should be under humour, but the Mods That Be told me they should be in poetry. *Shrug* They are far smarter than I, so I didn\'t contest the point.
That night, Harry awoke with a start. “I get it!” he exclaimed aloud. “Ron wasn’t writing about a…” But before he could continue the thought process, he fell back asleep, his revelations totally forgotten by morning.
^^How can Hermione not realize that Ron was writing about her? She's supposedly the smart one! Great job! You're really good at writing humour (Don't ask why I use British spelling when no one in my family was at any point in time British, i don't really know why I do myself) and I hope you keep it up!
10000000/10
~Beckee~
Author's Response: I think Hermione realized that Ron was writing about her but was too tactful to say anything! ^_^ As for British spelling, I use that, myself!
Ohhh. Good chapter! I love how the girls were trying to get Lily to wear makeup and everything, it's pretty funny. Great job! {BeccA}
Great job, guys! This has got to be the most original J/L story I have ever read! Although, I do feel a bit bad for James. He deserves it, but still... oh well. Keep up the good work (this is my 200th review... kool!) {BeccA}
This was awesome! I loved how it cut from the Heads room to Lily in bed to James in the boys dorm without saying what happened until later. Really good idea, though! I can't wait for chapter 5! This is sooo going on my favorites! {BeccA}
You have the most original ideas! This was a really good chapter, I can't wait to see what James has in store for poor, unsuspecting Lily! This should be good! Update quickly, please! {BeccA}
Author's Response: You are so sweet to say that! I'll try my hardest to update quickly. (I won't promise anything though :-P)
Oh no! I liked Anne, she was awesome! I can't believe she died! *sigh* But I guess she had to for the sake of the story. Great story by the way. Is it finished now? Because it kind of leaves us where we want more. {BeccA}
Author's Response: Not to worry, we have one chapter and an epilogue to go!