Absolutely wonderful. Just brilliant. I love Clancy, and I love your Snape. I'm so sorry to see this go, and yet so incredibly proud of you and so thrilled to see everything end just as I have long hoped. Thank you so much for all these months of reading pleasure. Looking forward to my CDs!
Author's Response: Thank you, demiguise! Your review brightened my day! :-)
You present a great theory of Percy's ... Percy-ness ... and the characterization of Bill (cool, but very un-Gary-Stue-ish) is fantastic. You also do a great job of capturing the feeling of being a Weasley (both from Percy's and the rest of the family's perspectives).
Well done, you!
Author's Response: Thank you very much for your review. I come from a large close-knit family myself, and can\'t imagine one of my siblings leaving the family, which is perhaps why I find the Weasleys fun to write about.
Discover the myth and legend of Asclepius – the Greek god of healing. Discover the roots of dark creatures like the Inferi and their evolved form. Discover the beginnings of that deep hatred and set traditions of the Wizarding world’s most ancient family.
Wonderful descriptions, and a beautiful setting for your first chapter! Nicolas, Perenelle and Nathaniel all have such distinctive voices -- you've clearly put a lot of thought into their characterization and interaction.
The way you've incorporated other myths into this story adds another layer that makes it all the more intriguing.
Bravo!
Author's Response: Thank you for noticing their characterizations. I think you're the only one who noticed. ^_^ It's really nice to know that someone noticed and appreciated that.
Author's Response: Thank you for noticing their characterizations. I think you're the only one who noticed. ^_^ It's really nice to know that someone noticed and appreciated that.
Love the way you are weaving together so many legends. Is mythology a specialty of yours?
You have a gift for helping the reader quickly get to know and grow fond of the characters! You're also an incredibly skillful storyteller. Looking forward to the next chapter.
Author's Response: Not really ^_^ I used the internet to gather facts>I do enjoy doing research though ^_^
Thank you for the wonderful and encouraging review. The second chapter will be up soon.
Beautiful writing! Wonderfully detailed descriptions (I can see and feel everything), amazing characterization (I feel I intimately know these people). This story is absolutely wonderful. A read so divine its made my day -- thank you!
Author's Response: *blushes* Wow, thank you, demiguise! Your review made my day in return :-)... -S.
I just adore this story – it’s so perfectly in-character and yet such a refreshing interpretation of two characters who are generally totally unlikeable. I love that you’ve given their relationship a history, that it has evolved over time and that their love is not a passing phase. True, they are teenagers, but they know and have thought about what they are feeling as they come of age as a witch and wizard.
Your descriptions of their conversation are simply brilliant. I particularly love this:
Taking advantage of her stillness, he picked her up off her feet and carried her upright to the sofa, forcing her onto his lap. She sat defiantly with her arms crossed, looking in the other direction. Tenderly, he smoothed down her skirt and tucked her hair behind her ear. He wanted to see her pretty face.
I can see it happening; I've been in situations like that -- so tense and yet so tender. And I’d be remiss if I didn’t commend you for writing a love scene that doesn’t make me roll my eyes or gag. It was sexy -- not smutty -- and fun to read.
Oh, one more thing: Snape/Pomfrey was a great touch!
Author's Response: A review from demiguise? It must be my lucky day! LOL! Yes, you can count on me to give my characters a back story. Their feelings have evolved over the course of their years at Hogwarts. They've matured, especially Draco. They are adults in their world.
I won't tell you where I got the ‘sitting with arms crossed, looking the other way’ scene from…let’s just say…I can relate. Ah, the drama!
The love scene...how to write something that's not cliché? Or pathetic? Or disgusting? I'm glad you think I wrote it ‘sexy’...that's just what I was going for!
Snape. What would a fan fic be without a little Snape? He will play a larger role in Part II of the trilogy.
Thank you, demiguise, for your very kind words and encouragement. You rock! *wink*