Wow, wow, and wow. I love Blaise stories in general, but having him as a werewolf was a distinct touch, and also the parallels to him and Lupin were cool. Very absorbing and well-written- I'm going to read some more of your stories now.

Author's Response: Oh, yay! I actually used Blaise because I need a peripheral character...and then it appeared that he would have to be a werewolf, and so on and so forth. Thank you very much--I think the biggest compliment is that you\'re going to look at my other works :D

wow! that's an exciting developement! I hope you put the next chapter up soon!

Author's Response: Thank you! I need to edit the next chapter some more, but I\'ll get it submitted as soon as I possibly can.

Interesting and amusing. I don't often read the humor section, but this was very well done. Luna is very funny and in character, and I like the Snape confusion. The ending is cute.

Author's Response: Oh, thank you! This was my first actual attempt at a humor/ crack fic. Your praise means a lot to me -- more than you probably knew when you posted this :)

I don't even know where to start, because everything was so good. This is one of those rare R/T fanfics that is just really, really well written. I hate being so unspecific, but if I started detailing what I liked it might take a while, so you'll have to forgive me. Excellent character developement, and its cute how Ginny and Hermione figure out the things on the umbrella before Tonks does.

What a really, really cool idea. HErmione really needed to learn that lesson! I have friends who do that- the staying-up-too late just for school, not the Death Eater underestimating thing obviously. Anyway, I really really like this, and I assume you are a Snape-is-good supporter, and you do a really great job of writing him. In character, too, while exploring further as well. This also applies to Hermione. Excellent job overall.

Author's Response: I\'m glad you liked this so much! I have to confess I had so much fun writing it that it\'s turned into a chaptered fic. Chapter 2 is with the betas, in fact. Thanks so much for leaving a review!

Hey, wow! I never connected the Worst Memory with Snape's behavior in year 3 before, and I think you are absolutely spot-on. I love when fanfiction is a means of sharing new theories and connections of clues from the books. Anyhow, I was impressed at how well-written this was, and Lupin's characterization is done fantastically. I feel like you could have continued this farther- why did Snape tell on Lupin at year's end? Tying it in with Sirius's return, I suppose it makes sense, but it's sad that the newly-confident snape you write would soon fall apart when his old tormentor returns as a "good guy", sort of. Great job, though, really.

Author's Response: I write a lot about Snape, and I think that he didn\'t just turn out the way he did for nothing. I think that in a lot of ways he got pushed into the Dark Lord\'s arms, and if good people like Remus had only stood up to bullies, maybe Snape wouldn\'t have fallen. Thanks for the great review!

This is a very interesting take on how Snape's actions are really good, or at least well-intentioned. I'm not sure what the right thing to do would have been, but fortunately it's hypothetical so I won't worry too much. Huntingdon's Disease really is horrible, and I wish muggles would come up with a cure for it soon, though i wonder that wizards have not according to your tale. By the way, the line where Severus says he hasn't counted his books in years- that sort of implies that he used to sit there, counting all the way up to three thousand- funny image, not really in character for him though unless he was feeling too ill to read at the time, or something. The last line in your story is a sort of sad irony, but Dumbledore still has no inkling that he might have to do what he does later? I thought he would at least be aware of it as a possiblity at this point, the summer before HBP. Of course, all this is assuming Snape is on Dumbledore's side and is good. But this possiblitiy takes away one of the main anti-snape arguments, though I doubt JKR would have given Emmeline Huntingdon's. Actually, she might have given her MS...but would JKR believe that killing is ever justified? I know, its a fanfiction, but that's what i meant by wondering if aceding to Emmeline's request to betray her was really the right thing to do. Anyway, this was very interesting and well-written, so good work.

Author's Response: Wow, thank you for leaving such a long reply. I do so love these. Weeeeelll, let\'s see about the things you mentioned. Funny how you understood that line about Snape\'s book-counting or not-counting in that way. I did not intend for that part to be comical, but I like the interpretation. The whole thing was rather based on how my uncle collected books. He was a working-class person (rather like Snape\'s background), and so proud that he could start his own library later in life. In the beginning, he knew exactly how many books he had... and then things got out of hand and he lost count, but it became a REAL library then. Then that last line. Yes, I meant it in a way that Dumbledore had no idea that he would one day ask/order Snape to do exactly the same thing. In the summer before HBP I can see that he expected he would die soon, but there is no logical way he could (before Spinner\'s End!) have predicted HOW he would die. And about wheather acting according to Emmeline\'s request was the right thing to do... well, that\'s the point, isn\'t it? was it mercy killing, was it right to do so? I think, like Dumbledore\'s death, this is something that will always be both right and wrong. Killing others is simply wrong, even if it is for a greater good. But there may be situations.... This is not a question of black or white, but a grey dilemma - perfect for Snape IMHO.

aww. nice Snape story. One quibble- patronuses, even fluffy bunny ones, are silver, not pink. but maybe you could say it looked as if it would be pink if it had color. but it's interesting to have blaise be a biographer- maybe you could give a little more insight into his character, how he became interested in writing? just a thought.

A good start. No huge events seem to happen and yet your style is compelling, and the dialogue is good, that's always something hard to pull off. Keep it up!

Nice! I usually don't care for poetry in ffiction, but this was actually quite fun to read. I love Fred's stanza, how you express that he died without ever saying so, "Lives on in George's son" and "the days of two are done". Percy's is also really cute. And I love the rhyme scheme, and the way you tie all of them together with the song's theme of king/queen. Very excellent.

Author's Response: Very glad you liked it! I don\'t much like poetry in fanfiction either, because although I\'ve come across some that just knocks me over, most of it is: \"Harry stood at the end of the battlefield/A lone tear rolling down his cheek/A sob escaped him/And Ginny\'s corpse was by the way at his feet.\" Or something. Er, anyway, thanks for reviewing!