Hello, I am Nikki. :-)
I am absolutely in love with all things Harry Potter and am a big Neville Longbottom fangirl.
Other things I enjoy are soccer, track and field, writing, reading, the New York Yankees, travel, watching movies, and listening to music.
On the beta forums I am a member of the BA, SBBC, and am a summer school professor. I am a proud Hufflepuff and love all my badgery friends to death.
I joined MNFF over a year ago and have lived here ever since. Feel free to IM me or email me any time!
I really like how this story takes place during a canon event that we did not see in the story. The thing I find most interesting about it is that this could've happened, because it doesn't seem like the kind of thing Ron would share with Harry and Hermione. I really liked the different points of view, but I thought it was a bit confusing when you switched from Luna's point of view to Ron's. Overall, I really enjoyed this story.
Author's Response: Thanks for the review. =) I really liked this review because you really gave me your opinion, and not 'OMG LUV IT'. I think I will change Ron's pov to bold font, so it's less confusing. Thanks for the tip. ~ Katherine
This fic has a lot of unique qualities. I was really intrigued by that, and I also enjoyed the great balance between everything. The characterization of Harry and Sirius was okay, but could use some work. Sirius seemed a bit too calm and quiet. They both appeared to be a bit emotionless upon meeting each other. Harry was written very well in the beginning, but towards the end there was one major thing I was a little hesitant about: I don't think Harry would have left Sirius that quickly.
There were some things I thought were excellent in this fic. There was a wonderful variation in sentence structure. You made a lot of great choices with that. The sentence length really helps capture the mood of the fic. Dialogue was nicely spaced and written well. You knew just when it was needed and when it wasn't. Overall, this fic was enjoyable. Nice job!
That was the first Hermione/Viktor story I have read, and I'm really glad this story was the first one I chose to read. It was really great; it was so similar to canon. I really enjoyed how you incorporated canon conversations into the story. I was glad to see that you kept Viktor's accent, because a lot of authors will completely ignore accents because they do not like writing them. I really enjoyed this story. Great job!
Preethi, you just made me cry. That was so sweet. I loved it. It really seems like something James would've written. Great job!
Author's Response: Thanks, Nikki! :D I never intended to make anyone cry, though. It was meant to be a fluffy poem.
I think I read this on LJ, but you never told me you dedicated it to me. *huggles Liz* I loved it. You write Neville 12743 times better than I do.
Wow, Anna. That was amazing. All your terrific descriptions pulled me in. That first paragraph had me hooked and I don't think I ever was so into a Dark/Angst fic.
You captured Roldolphus's emotions and Bellatrix's evil so well. They were both so in character. You created such a clear picture in my mind. I could actually see Roldophus's, especially his eyes.
This was a unique story, but very possible. The only bit of criticism I have is that it would have been nice to see a little more of Bellatrix's emotions.
It was an amazing story. Great job, Anna!
Author's Response: *huggles*
Aww, thank you, love! I\'m glad you liked it so much! The story was rather Rodolphus-centric, therefore third person limited. I do agree that it would have been nice to see what Bella was thinking. Thank you again! *loves*
I remember I was very impressed with this fic the first time I read it (this was the one you wrote for Flourish and Blotts, right?), and I'm even more impressed the second time around. You should be very proud of this fic. Your characterization was really excellent. I loved the descriptions. You created such a clear picture in my mind. I think the last paragraph tied everything together really well and captured the mood of the fic.
The one thing that wasn't perfect about this fic was that I was a bit confused to where the letter began and ended. Maybe you should change the formatting of either the whole letter or just 'Bellatrix' and 'Andromeda'. I think italicizing would make things a bit clearer.
Other than that, everything was really nicely done. This was an excellent fic and such a great read. The emotions of a fic can be ruined if everything else is awful, but you preserved the emotions of your fic so well. Great job!
Author's Response: Why thank you! Yep, this is the very same! Looks different, eh? Courtasy of Sneaky_Rhea. Anyway, the reason that the letter isn\'t italicised was because before it monopolized the whole fic and got rejected because it was too confusing. Anyway, now that I\'ve added quite a lot to this fic, I think I\'ll re-italicise it. Thank you for all of your lovely comments! They mean a lot to me!
Well, I figured if this was good enough to be translated into Russian, I better go and read it. I was planning on reading a Mar fic soon anyway. I really liked it. Because of the title I expected it to be about the Black brothers, but I have to admit that I am glad it was about the Dumbledores. I think young Dumbledore is one of the most interesting characters to read about. You write him so well.
I always thought Albus was the older one. I don't know why, probably because I never bothered to look it up and you did. I like how you have them being best friends but being competitive with each other. It's very realistic that way. A lot of people write siblings either hating each other all the time or loving each other all the time, and in real life things aren't that way. The relationship between Albus and Aberforth actually reminded me of the relationship between two of my friends, who are sisters.
I really liked how you incorporated the Point Me spell, which we have seen used in canon. You had a nice balance of creativity and facts which was really nice because a lot of authors tend to have too much of either one of those.
I expected this to be great, Mar, and it definitely met my expectations.
There is strong language, some violence, a little bit of torture, a character death and an offhand reference to a non-existent prostitute.
I love this story. I have all along. The ending especially just won me over so much. I don't know what to say about it. You just got into Snape's head so wonderfully.
Author's Response: :D Thanks! You have no idea how delighted I was with the last prompt. But I do love me some Snape! Thanks so much for being my guide!