09/16/15
I live in west central Minnesota. I'm 50 years old and when I'm not writing Harry Potter fan fiction I'm probably either playing my cello, guitar, or banjo, or else I'm observing the Moon and planets with one of my telescopes. I love J.K. Rowling's interesting, well-drawn characters, especially Severus Snape, Neville Longbottom, Luna Lovegood, and Dobby. I recently took the new sorting quiz at Pottermore and was sorted into Ravenclaw, which pleased me very much.
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The Christmas Haunting of Bellatrix Black by Fynnsmom
Rated: 6th-7th Years •Summary: Bella spends a sleepless night because of disturbing dreams. Has she really seen her future?
Date: 10/29/15 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1
Hmmm, that's chilling ... because we know she didn't change ... great short story with a thought-provoking twist at the end! (On the other hand, I didn't think she looked bad at all, at least in the movies ...)
Author's Response: Bellatrix turned out to be one of my favorite characters. Her baby voice was annoying but she is so beautiful. I couldn't resist writing about her. I wanted her to live but she was such a good bad person. And, we know that she doesn't change. She kept getting worse. And she did remain beautiful until the end. I'm going to try to finish my chaptered story about her this spring some time and have the canon ending; then I might consider writing an alternate ending letting her live. But we'll see. How did you like my Archangel Gabriel?:P
The Valentine's Day Auction by Fynnsmom
Rated: 6th-7th Years •Summary: Bella participates in a Valentine's Day auction. Will she get what she wants and take home the prize?
Date: 10/29/15 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1
Nice little story, and the fart cracked me up!
Author's Response: OMG! I didn't know I didn't respond to a review for this long. Now I'm really embarrassed. As mature as I think I am I always giggle at farts. I have that a little more under control than I did before (the giggling) but I will still laugh in a very undignified way. I think Gabe is a little suspicious as to why Bella keeps popping up and has an easy explanation for everything. Thanks for reading.
Albus Potter and the Dark Lord's Heir by Alexandryne
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: I couldn't imagine it was gone. But then, the magic never really is gone, is it? No, it never really ends. So what if? What if the journey continues? What if... Voldemort had a Grand-daughter? Now she must make a decission; she can choose to be good, or she follow in her grandparents' wake - and take it out on Harry Potter's youngest son.
Date: 09/22/15 Title: Chapter 1: Prologue
I enjoyed the suspense and the prmise of this prologue, as well as the theme of a good son of an evil father seeking the best for his daughter. I do hope you'll continue this story.
A Seer Named Rosemary Snape by PlutoLovegood
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: In 2018 Neville and Harry deliver a Hogwarts acceptance letter to Rosemary Snape, beloved granddaughter of Severus’ previously unknown Muggle half-brother Sylvester Snape, who is dying of cancer. Rosemary’s connections to Professor Snape and a well-known wizarding family win her instant friends in the magical community, but also make her a target of an emerging new foe.
Date: 12/01/15 Title: Chapter 3: Chapter 3: The Muggle-born Princess
If I may add another comment, especially for those who love Severus Snape and want to see more of him: My writing of this story is, in part, a deliberate effort to build upon the love many have for Severus as a character, and Severus and Lily as a couple, while at the same time adhering to canon (yes, Severus was killed by Nagini, no, Severus and Lily didn't get together, etc.). May I simply say that the fullness of Severus' role in Lily's story has yet to be revealed ...
Date: 12/01/15 Title: Chapter 3: Chapter 3: The Muggle-born Princess
My previous self-review has a typo in it. I meant to say that the fullness of the role of Severus in Rosie's story has yet to be revealed.
Good King Ragnuk by Oregonian
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •
Summary: Ragnuk, King of the Goblins and master silversmith, forged a sword for Godric Gryffindor in the eleventh century. Here is the story of that complex business deal.
Written to the prompt of Good King Wenceslas for the 2015 Carol Challenge in the Great Hall. This poem was awarded First Place.
Date: 12/29/15 Title: Chapter 1: Good King Ragnuk
Very nice!
Author's Response: Thanks, Michael, for reading and reviewing!
Death of an Actor by Kerichi
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: A tribute to Alan Rickman through a poem about Severus Snape.
Date: 01/14/16 Title: Chapter 1: The Actor, the Character
That's beautiful. Thank you very much.
Author's Response: Thank you for being a kindred spirit and for reading the poem. It's a sad day.