04/05/08
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
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Kickin' It at the Top by Soap
Rated: 6th-7th Years •Summary: A Marauder-era fic - this story takes a look at all the characters we've come to love (and hate), as well as an OC or two thrown in for good measure. Follow the Marauders through seven years at Hogwart's, with appearances from the infamous Black sisters, Lucius Malfoy, Regulus Black, and of course the one and only Severus Snape.
There are a bunch of pairings in this story (although romance is not necessarily the central theme) to include James/Lily, Lucius/Narcissa, a splash of Lucius/Bella and unrequited Snape/Lily, and finally, plenty of Sirius/OC. Enjoy!
Over 120,000 reads! Wow! Thanks everyone!
Date: 06/17/08 Title: Chapter 55: Epilogue
WOW!!!!!!!!!!! This story is AWESOME! I love how Harry was able to meet someone who knew Sirius, Anne, James, and Lily! This has abundant usage of completely deserved exclamation marks!!!!!!!!!! I absolutely love the ending. It was incredible, I really hope you write more of this, like maybe a sequel????????? Like, not as long as this, but a few chapters explaining Anne Warlow II's time at Hogwarts. Aha! I just reread this chapter, and I really liked the:
It hit him suddenly. After seeing that memory, Hermione had delved into research.
^^This was really cool. Its about 20 years later, but he still remembers that! I started reading this when there were about 12 chapters posted, and now its up to 55. I'm almost in tears now because it was so good, but it ended. I never cry with stories on here! But this truly was wonderful. I really think you'll make a great professional author some day. Sirius has always been my favorite of the Marauders, and I'm incredibly glad that he has sort of an untold story that authors can play around with, and this could be perfectly canon. What I like about the Marauder era is that Jo left so much open. She only told us about the werewolf prank on Snape, that James/Lily was in 7th year, and what happened in the few days before Halloween 1981. There is so much untold story on James, Lily, Sirius, Remus, and any of their friends that is left to play around with. I think that this is the perfect Marauder era fic. It has all the great makings of a real, original work. I cannot put into words how great an author you are, or how great this story is. Wonderful job! {BeccA}
A Day at the Spa by Nevilles Girl
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary:
Dear Mister Snape,
We are very pleased to present you with this once in a lifetime offer: A free day at Deena’s Magical Day Spa! Just Apparate to the address below and present this coupon to redeem your prize! We hope to see you there!
Sincerely,
Deena’s Magical Day Spa
Date: 07/05/08 Title: Chapter 1: A Day at the Spa
Wow lol! This was the most hilarious story I've read in a long time! I loved how Hermione was Deena, although I am very sorry for her for having to wash Snape's hair... but the hair styles were hilarious! I loved it! {BeccA}
Author's Response: Thanks for the review!
Date: 10/14/08 Title: Chapter 1: A Day at the Spa
This was hilarious!!!!!! It was great! I hope you write more humor because this was sp hysterically funny! {BeccA} p.s. i asked my fencing coach and he said he's never heard of a move called tybalt... so i dont know he said he hasnt heard of any of them. Sooooo not sure. haa
Author's Response: I looked it up in my copy of "The Princess Bride". It's something like "the principles of Thibault" or something similar.
Love a Duck! by Schmerg_The_Impaler
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: Love a duck! Will he stop at nothing? Voldemort is rapidly taking over, and his Death Eaters are killing Muggle-borns every day. The good news? A mysterious man, known only as The Phoenix, is rescuing people in the nick of time all over England.
Meanwhile, newlywed writer Lily Potter has troubles of her own. For one, her marriage is not turning out to be as great as she'd thought... for another, she's been blackmailed by an old "friend" into turning spy and discovering the Phoenix's true identity.
Thrills, spills, laughs, gasps, song lyrics, and good old swashbucklin' intrigue.
Inspired by Baroness Emmuska Orczy's excellent novel, "The Scarlet Pimpernel," and Frank Wildhorn and Nan Knighton's AMAZING musical by the same name.
But if you're not familiar with either, the story's just all the more suspenseful! All song lyrics used in this story are based on those by Wildhorn and Knighton
Date: 05/07/08 Title: Chapter 2: Chapter 2: In Which No One's Actually French Or Happy
Oooooo! Very good chapter! I can picture this s actually canon. And I just have a suggestion: Are you familiar with the musical Jesus Christ: Superstar? In my religion class (the most fun class in my Catholic school, because the teacher rocks), my friend's sister goes to Nardin and they did a production of it. Julia got the DVD that Nardin made and we watched it in class. The songs are actually quite catchy and easy to turn into spoofs. Just a thought. By the way, 1000000000000/10 on this chapter.
{Becca}
P.S. It's cool that the only R-rated movie you got to see is Sweeney Todd. The only one I got to see was The Blues Brothers on HBO with my dad. It rocked.
Author's Response: Wow, thank you! I kind of enjoy this story, myself.. it\'s so zany, but so much fun to write. I love Jesus Christ: Superstar, much like nearly everything else by Andrew Lloyd Webber, but unfortunately, I\'ve succombed to Michael Ball Syndrome. Michael Ball Syndrome is the term I\'ve invented for when you love a musical, but then you hear the brilliant singer Michael Ball (who my OC B.C. Quinn looks exactly like) do a version of one of those songs, and then you can\'t stand to listen to the original version anymore. I can only hear him doing Gethsemane, \"Vaults of Heaven\" from Whistle Down the Wind, Raoul in Phantom of the Opera, Che in Evita, Marius in Les Mis, Edna in Hairspray, Fosco in Woman in White... the list goes on and on... so now I have trouble listening to songs from JC Superstar that aren\'t by Michael Ball.
Date: 05/07/08 Title: Chapter 3: Chapter 3: In Which Snape Drives a Very, Very Hard Bargain
Nice chapter... I'm also fond of the three dots and italics. And is the Phoenix Dumbledore??? It sounds like him. And I loved Snape's comment about Lily being 'proud' of being Mrs. Potter'. I forgot how to copy and paste, so I'll just type without it. Was Sirius drunk? Because even he wouldnt ask is 'baguette' was a bad name unless he was drunk. It seems like a running theme with Sirius as well (something I hate, as he's my favourite character). 1000000000/10 again, and hopefully I remember how to copy and paste in the near future. {Becca}
Author's Response: Thanks so much! I love getting reviews for this... as for the Phoenix being Dumbledore, well, you\'ll see! *Is mysterious* Sirius is not drunk (and if he is, he\'s not PARTICULARLY drunk), but he\'s just goofing off with the \'what did you call me?\' That\'s a quote from youtube\'s Smosh comedy team... I wanted to use it somehow. But Sirius and James are both acting silly in this story, and what they do is done intentionally.
Date: 05/07/08 Title: Chapter 4: Chapter 4: In Which Lily Gets, If Possible, Even More Irritated
Remus looked slightly pained. “Ah. Were they, by any chance, singing ‘Voldy Got Run Over By a Hippogriff’?”
“Er, actually, ‘Frogs Go Pop’, ‘Roadkill Stew’, and that delightful Shaving Cream Song.”
Remus raised his eyebrows. “Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and I miss it.”
^^haha! I figured out how to copy/paste!!!!! And I'm glad I did, because this was brilliant!!!!! And I thought that the Marauders and Lily found out about his 'illness' in 5th year to become animagi? Ah well. Fanfiction is a wonderful and sometimes noncanon-compliant (is that a word? I'm searching for one that means not canon thats fancy.).
James nodded thoughtfully. “We,” he said in a slow and contemplative voice, “should really get an air hockey table.”
“Do you know what air hockey is?” Lily inquired politely, being of Muggle stock and aware that a pureblood like James probably had no more idea of what air hockey was than of who John Lennon was.
^^How can anyone, wizard or not, have never heard of John Lennon and Air Hockey!! *gets not-so-delightful mental image involving both of the aforementioned Muggle things/people* Still, I like how James wants one and doesnt even know what it is.
“Maybe we should get a cat instead of an air hockey table,” said James. “Cats are cool. This one bloke in Slovakia got his jugular vein ripped out by his cat. Sirius told me.”
“I think we should name our cat something cool. Like Guadalupe. Or James. Or Balthazar. Or Jafar. Or James. Or Mister Mistoffellees. Or Tyrone. Or Mustapha. Or James. Yeah, I think I pretty much covered all of the cool names.”
^^Why would you name a cat after yourself? It's kinda cool, but in an egotistical kinda way (so sorry if anyone you know *or you* has a cat named after yourselves) and I also liked
“I read the news today,” said James.
“Oh boy,” Lily replied absentmindedly.
It really was sad that James didn’t know who John Lennon was.
^^The "I read the news today. Oh boy" isnt that from A Day In The Life from the magical *no pun intended* Sgt. Pepper's Album?
Lily picked up her notepad and her quill and yawned widely, starting her way up the steps alone. Her mind was full of so many thoughts that it hurt. She wished she could share them with James. After all, he had plenty of empty space available in his head.
^^Ack! Lily hates being married to James! I for one don't think it would be that bad... awkward... ah well, A Zizzelion and eleventy thousand/10.
Author's Response: I know the Marauders found out about Remus\' furry problem in fifth year, but I don\'t think Lily was involved... because she wasn\'t really friends with those people at that point? But that might just be my opinion. Anyway, the idea is that there\'s a lot of stuff that James is keeping from Lily... yeppers... also, it\'s important. And with James not knowing air hockey or John Lennon ,if he did, I\'d have to start having him knowing about Power Rangers and Jamba Juice, and then this would turn into the Dark Lord\'s BLog all over again! Yes, that quote is from Sgt. Pepper! HOOORAY FOR KNOWING!!!
Date: 05/07/08 Title: Chapter 5: Chapter 5: In Which Dumbledore Doesn't Pull a Fast One
James paused in pulling on his dress robes. “Why are you yelling ‘Dumbledore’ so much?” he asked. “I mean, I know, it’s a really cool name… sometimes I just like to yell ‘pudding…’”
^^And I randomly start yelling Ringo in the middle of the day. It's random and thats what I am. And I love the title of this chapter. It fits. OOOOOOOOH!!! I just realized something: James says 'love a duck' alot, and thats the title of the story! Does that mean... no, wait, I lost it. *sigh*
Oh no! How could Lily yell at James like that? Poor Shaving-Cream-singing-19-yr-old-not-gonna-live-for-more-than-2-more-years-James! I just realized that they only live til their 21! *sob* Anywayz, A Zizzelion and eleventy-ONE/10. That was a mouthful... {Becca}
Author's Response: WHY MUST YOU REMIND ME THAT THEY DIE?!?!?! *Runs off sobbing* At least their relationship recovers and they have Harry before they die...
Date: 05/08/08 Title: Chapter 5: Chapter 5: In Which Dumbledore Doesn't Pull a Fast One
Ack! I'm so sorry! I didn't think that would happen if I mentioned Lily & James' death! *facepalm* here I go again. Umm... good story... yea... I'll end this review before I do anything else to upset people... 10000000000000/10. {Becca}
Author's Response: Hahaha, I was just kididng around when I freaked out about James and Lily; don\'t fear, I wasn\'t actually upset!
Date: 05/05/08 Title: Chapter 1: Prologue: On The Streets Of London
Oooooooo! This was really interesting! Please post chapter 6... i think thats it... soon! I love it so far. How did you come up with the names? Their really exotic and amusing. Is that how you spell amusing? or is it a z... sorry, im unusually stupid today. 100000000/10
[becca]
Author's Response: Thank you so much! Chapter Six should come AS SOON AS the very last chapter of \"Potter\'s Pentagon: The Truth.\" It\'s already written. I think amusing is spelled like that... no z... As for the names, I was sitting in history class when writing this, and we learned about a man named Desiderius Erasmus who was a Dutch church reformer. I didn\'t have names for my two characters, so I named them (what else?) Desiderius and Erasmus!
Lord Voldemort: The Musical! (Les Miserables Potterized!) by Schmerg_The_Impaler
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: Yet another musical twisted by yours truly, it's the tale of Voldemort's life set to the tune of my Les Miserables soundtrack!
The real musical of Les Miserables was created by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer, and Alain Boublil.
There is some violence and it really is not a silly musical-- there are a few funny parts, but there are some pretty sad or intense bits. AND LOTS OF PEOPLE DIE. And there are some cannibalism-happy bits with Fenrir, including a whole song called "Man Eat Man." Beware.
Date: 05/09/08 Title: Chapter 1: Songs From Act One
Ooooo. Good one. I've never seen Les Mis, but I'll at least get the soundtrack or somethin now. Great job. 10000000000000000000000000000000000000/10 {Becca}
Author's Response: Fwahaha, Les Mis is great, but you don\'t need to buy a soundtrack (even though I own three-- Original Broadway, Tenth Anniversary Concert, and Complete Symphonic Recording, and part of a fourth one, the original London), because there is a DVD of the Tenth Anniversary Concert that mistyaho posted on youtube. I\'m actually going to see Les Mis today! I\'m vewwy excited.
Date: 05/09/08 Title: Chapter 2: Act 2
Great job! I liked the entire thing. I really liked how you did Voldy's like in musicals, and I thought that all of them were brilliantly written, especially this one. I loved Empty Chairs At The House Tables. It was so sad and emotional, and even though I didn't know the tune, I sang along w/ it (I was pretty good, might I add. Better than before, at least.) So, I leave Lord Voldemort: The Musical with a ASPLODING (love that word) Ten Kajilliondy six/10. (Uh, that's the weirdest number I've evr said.) {Becca}
Author's Response: Wow, thanks! I\'ve never been giving an ASPLODING Ten Kajilliondy six/10 on anything before! And all of the Les Mis songs (including \"Empty Chairs at Empty Tables,\" which is GORGEOUS and beautifully performed) are available on youtube-- the user Mistyaho has posted the entire DVD of the tenth anniversary concert. And yes, the guy who sings \"Empty Chairs at Empty Tables,\" among many other songs, is Michael Ball, one of my very favourite performers... B.C. Quinn from Pride and Pre-Juiced Plums looks exactly like him as he is in the Les Mis concert.
Date: 07/14/08 Title: Chapter 2: Act 2
I just bought Empty Chairs at Empty Tables off iTunes, and am singing to it with the spoof words. Wow, what a sad song. It was a perfect DH moment to do it it, too!!!!! Now I have to get my mother to take me to Les Mis, Wicked (which my friend said was really great), and the musical (not movie) of Phantom of the Opera. {BeccA}
Author's Response: I absolutely LOVE "Empty Chairs At Empty Tables." What version did you get? If it's from the Tenth Anniversary Concert, that's the BEST version available. If it's not that version, get on youtube and type in "Empty Chairs At Empty Tables." You can't see Les Mis on Broadway anymore, but you can see the entire tenth anniversary concert of it on youtube-- mistyaho uploaded the whole thing. MICHAEL BALL IS MY FAVOURITE. (And he looks exactly like B.C. Quinn!)
Date: 07/14/08 Title: Chapter 1: Songs From Act One
I'm not sure what version I got, only that it's the original London cast, along with all my Phantom songs. All I can say, though, is that you didm a brilliant job spoofing it! {BeccA} P.S. And my mom never heard it, so I made her listen to it. And she, even though she's not fon dof fanfics, said that your spoof of it is really good!
Author's Response: Ahhh, the origianl London cast has Michael Ball when he was like twenty-two years old. He was still good, but he sounded really young and his voice didn't have the power, gravity, and technique that it developed later-- Michael Ball's one of the few singers who improves with age. But he's still my favourite male voice (closely followed by Terrence Mann). And tell your mom I said thank you so much! My "Empty Chairs" spoof is not one of my best because it's so close to the original, but I'm glad she likes it.
Standing Here by Nevilles Girl
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: Some insight into the thoughts of Ron and Hermione.
Date: 07/05/08 Title: Chapter 1: Standing Here
They are so made for eachother! I didn't catch any DH Spoilers... but I agree with Schmergo, this is perfect! {BeccA}
Author's Response: I had put \"before they get together\" in the summary and I wanted to be safe. I didn\'t want to give anyone spoilers if they didn\'t want them. Thanks so much for your review!
Long-Distance Extendable Ears by Schmerg_The_Impaler
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •
Summary: Fred is dead.
But that's just the beginning! Because one of George's ears is up in heaven, and the other is down on earth...
Oh, the possibilities!
Written for the Next Great Adventure challenge on the MNFF beta boards. I am Schmerg_The_Impaler of Hufflepuff House.
Twice nominated for Best Post-Hogwarts Story in the 2008 Quicksilver Quills Awards!
Date: 04/12/08 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter One and Only
haha hilarious! I loved John Lennon. I accidentally called him a 'mad hippie' in music to my teacher (who loves the beatles) and felt like an idiot because he's her favorite. Well, great story and I loved it! {Becca}
Author's Response: Thank you! I\'m especially proud of this story... I think it\'s my best one that I have up here, and I\'m really glad that you liked this one!
Date: 05/11/08 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter One and Only
My summer holidays are in exactly a month as well, so if you could (not to be pushy, because I really have no problem with your grammar. Probably the only time I've seen a perfect grammar-story-type-thing) beta my Next Generation story, called Halfway There, that would be great. And I wish we had no homework over summer like you, but my teacher believes in hard work and determination, quite like the teacher that spoke in military terms that I had last year. And, again, 1000000000000000000000000000000000000/10 (or a kijilliondyiest) for the story. {Becca}
Author's Response: I would love to beta your next-gen story! I tend to have a little homework over the summer, but not nearly as much as school-- just some packets and required reading. But I am starting AP courses next year, so I may have more than usual.
Date: 05/10/08 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter One and Only
I read this story again for about the 500th time cos it never gets old. So, if I didn't rate it before, a kajilliondy six/10 and I think you should totally become a real author, Schmergo! You'd be a legend! Kinda like John Lennon! And Jo! And Monty Python! {Becca}
P.S. If you're a beta reader, what categories would you beta? I have some of probably every category and I wanted to post one. Alas, my mom won't let me and, if she ever caves, i need a beta. :D :D :D :D :D
Author's Response: Awww, thank you! I\'m personally kinda proud of this one. I really want to be a real author when I grow up, even if I have to live as a hobo in the sewers for thirty years. I don\'t really do betaing anymore, because it\'s really time consuming, so I only do it during summer holidays (in about a month for me) when I don\'t have homework.
Date: 05/10/08 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter One and Only
I read this story again for about the 500th time cos it never gets old. So, if I didn't rate it before, a kajilliondy six/10 and I think you should totally become a real author, Schmergo! You'd be a legend! Kinda like John Lennon! And Jo! And Monty Python! {Becca}
P.S. If you're a beta reader, what categories would you beta? I have some of probably every category and I wanted to post one. Alas, my mom won't let me and, if she ever caves, i need a beta. :D :D :D :D :D
Author's Response: Whoopsie daisies!
Date: 05/10/08 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter One and Only
Ugh double post! So sorry. {Becca}
Author's Response: That\'s okay! It happens all the time.
Potter's Pentagon: The Truth (Book Two) by Schmerg_The_Impaler
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: This is book two in the "Potter's Pentagon" trilogy. Read "Potter's Pentagon: The Five" first, myesss? Cool.
WARNING: This story contains French people, an internal monologue about a blue orange, adolescent facial hair, good old-fashioned snogging, superstitious truck drivers, a portrait who calls everyone "Mavis," a zoo break-in, some very strange clothes, romantic conflict galore, and Ron Weasley's caffeine addiction. And worst of all, Professor Zabini!
Hogwarts is hosting the Triwizard Tournament, and when one of the members of Potter's Pentagon is selected to represent the school, much excitement ensues. Simultaneously, elections are being held for Minister of Magic, and things are getting busy at the Ministry.
Not to mention the fact that Jordan's made a new Muggle friend without informing her of the itty-bitty fact that he's magical, Haley has found an enchanted diary of dubious origin, Ted's met a werewolf from Beauxbatons, and Emma... well, Emma's not having a good year.
And what exactly is Ivy up to, anyway?
Everyone has secrets. But in the end, the truth will have to come out.
Starring Best Male Original Character runner-up Jordan Potter, Best Female Original Character Nominees Ivy Potter, Emma Weasley, Haley Potter, and Giorgi Anderson, and Best Male Original Character nominee Ted Lupin! Nominated for Best Post-Hogwarts story in the 2008 Quicksilver Quill Awards!
Date: 04/07/08 Title: Chapter 9: Chapter 9: In Which We Finally Learn Exactly What's Up
OK, i know I've review this chapter already, but I had to tell you that: Potter's Pentagon is one of the best series I've read in a long time, and, finally, I can say that: A story on Mugglenet has finally inspired me to write my own. Yup, that story is: The Potter's Pentagon Trilogy! I hope you'll read it when I post it. That'd be great. And, once more, 100000000/10
~Beckee~
Author's Response: Oh, wow, this is really a huge compliment! I\'m really glad that you told me... I will definitely check out your story when you post it, and thank you so much for all of your wonderful reviews.