11/27/05
Hi everyone! I'm Cat, I'm nineteen and I'm completely obsessed with Harry Potter. I have some friends who also obsess over Harry Potter (thankfully) but the rest just find my obsession amusing. I would like to say thank you to all of the people who have read my fics, especially those reading Soul of a Player, which I have been writing since I was in yr 10 (I was about 15yrs old then) and have finally finished very recently. It will probably take about another year to post though because it is very long so thank you so much if you stick with me until the end (that sounds more sinister than it is).
Fanfiction likes: I enjoy Marauder Era mainly and especially humour fics. I like a bit of romance every once in a while and occasionally some dark/angsty though I find them a bit...angsty for my liking.
Ships I support: Ron/Hermione, Harry/Ginny (even though it was rushed in canon it appears better written in fan fiction), James/Lily, Remus/Lily, Snape/Lily, Remus/Tonks. Occasionally I indulge in a bit of Ginny/Draco, Hermione/Draco or Hermione/Snape (though I only like the latter in humour fics as it gets a bit weird and creepy in others).
In humour fics, I don't mind a bit of slash in Harry/Draco or Remus/Sirius.
I hope that after Deathly Hallows the fan fiction community will continue to thrive and the work of all our wonderful authors will continue to be acknowledged. Also to my Soul of a Player readers, you will have to bear with me as I'm now at uni and have a heavy workload. I am also doing Journalism and Creative Writing which obviously requires me to spend a lot of time on my own writing as opposed to fan fiction. However, as SOAP is already finished, I see no problem in posting up a chapter in a spare five minutes. Thanks to everyone who's stuck with me and has been reading my fics and especially to those who took the time to review. It means a lot to me.
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Veiled Revelations by erikthephantom
Rated: 6th-7th Years •Summary: The Hogwarts Express brings mystery and mischief in the Marauders' seventh and final year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter are facing a year of N.E.W.T.s, romance, intrigue, and, of course, a little mischief-making. There are plot twists galore! James (in the midst of saving the world) continues desperately to try to woo the incorrigible Lily Evans. Sirius deals with family problems while dealing with his incredible popularity and good looks (the horror!). Remus is provided with a backdoor to avoiding the prejudices of the inevitable real world, but at what cost? (dun-dun-dun) And Peter...well, Peter gets himself a girlfriend (but don't worry: it doesn't affect his hero-worshipping of James...or DOES IT?!)
Date: 04/26/06 Title: Chapter 1: Head Boy, Head Girl
I thought that was really good and when I have time I'll get round to reading the rest :) I liked your references to past events within your italic extracts but I also liked the little references to how they die in nightmares. Very well done. One bit did annoy me though...
“Oh, and I remember red light and a piece of material. Don’t even ask me what that was all about.”
“James! Sirius! Your Hogwarts letters have arrived!” Mrs. Jane Potter called from the kitchen on the basement floor of the Potter house. Smiling, she realized that they had probably not heard her, as they were always locked away in Sirius’s room on the fourth floor, planning some new stunt. Mrs. Potter loved those boys, even though Sirius wasn’t even her own. Her husband, Bartholomew Potter, had gone to work early that morning to the Department of International Magical Cooperation.
Laughing quietly to herself, she muttered “Sonorus” and repeated her message to the boys. About a minute later, they came pounding down the stairs.
I was wondering when the two boys had come back into the house to come downstairs. I thought they were outside in a forest? Is this a seperate day? That bit confused me. Other than that, I really enjoyed it :)
Author's Response: yes it was a different day. forgive me, the spacing probably got mixed up. sorry!! but thank you for reading (and enjoying!!!!)
The Young and the Wizardly by Moon110581
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: Join in the twisted fun and scandal with this Harry Potter Soap Opera!. ***Thank You to My Wonderful Helper, Black Ink!***
Date: 07/12/06 Title: Chapter 6: Back From the Dead
Hahaha I love it! Just read your whole story now and it's great! Defintiely going in my favourites. I love the melodrama!!
Author's Response: Oh I\'m so glad! Thanx for the wonderful review:)
"Mum, Dad, It's Me... Harry." by Mudblood428
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: Harry, Ron, and Hermione make a trip to Godric's Hollow to visit the Potters' graves. There, Harry speaks to his parents for the first time, and in so doing, discovers that the dead are never truly lost. (One-shot. Bring your kleenex.)
Date: 08/17/06 Title: Chapter 1: One-Shot
That was beautiful. I really liked the way you took all the elements of canon and put them into a truly heart wrenching fic. You made me cry...
Things Best Forgotten by Madame Marauder
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: Best friends don't kiss. Severus Snape breaks this rule on account of a bet and learns a lesson. Snape/OC. Thank you so much, Ravensgryff, my Beta. Without your revision and guidance, I doubt I would have gotten very far.
Date: 01/26/06 Title: Chapter 1: One-Shot
Aw, poor Severus. Kinda makes you feel sorry for the guy. Good story :)
Perfect for Each Other? by Lilypudding
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: Lily Evans has a crush on a certain Gryffindor in her year, and his name isn't James Potter. Find out what happens when Lily, with the help of her best friends Andromeda and Alice, try to get Sirius to go on a date with her. But are they perfect for each other? Only time will tell. See how Lily got over a girlish crush and met the true man of her dreams. This fic was moved from the Marauder Era. COMPLETE!
Date: 12/20/05 Title: Chapter 3: To Save Snape
I thought this was really good! There's a lot of detail and I really felt for Lily. Well done!
Author's Response: Thank you so much! That really made my day! I LOVE getting reviews like this! I'm glad you symphsized (pardon my spelling) with Lily because that was one of my goals, to try to get readers to understand what Lily went through. I really needed some feedback, no one besides my friends has reviewed me in ages! Thank you!
A Moment Like This by Wise Owl
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary:
Date: 12/20/05 Title: Chapter 1: A Moment Like This
Absolutely brilliant. The description was simply poetic. Fantastic.
*~Werewolf_sympathiser~*
Author's Response: Thank you!!! I'm the least poetic person in the world! That you think that my writing flowed that nicely amazes me! I appreciate your review (more than you could possibly know!)
Date: 12/20/05 Title: None
Hey, I'm really enjoying this fic. Your OC's seem very well developed and it's quite funny too. Keep up the good work!
*~Werewolf_sympathiser~*
Author's Response: Thank you, I really appreciate your saying so.
Symphony for Quartet by Tinn Tam
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary:
Winner of the QuickSilver Quills Award, categ. Best Marauder Era.
What did being a Marauder truly mean?... Let's just say that some tunes cannot be played by a lone musician; and those four's lives were certainly not soloists' scores. In class or in detention, in Quidditch matches or full-moon wanderings, fleeing before monsters or confronting dark wizards, they wrote, measure after measure, their own eight-handed piece.Messrs Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs, are proud to present a Symphony for Quartet.
Date: 01/05/06 Title: Chapter 1: {YEAR ONE} Gryffindor-Slytherin clash
Excellent! I really liked the bit with Regulas and the bit when Sirius turns round and goes, "Hi, mum." Funny and well written with lots of description. Look forward to reading more, it's in my favourites :)
Author's Response: "More" is on its way! Chapter 3 is in queue and chapters 4 and 5 are already complete. God, I hope I won't disappoint anybody now!
Date: 04/17/06 Title: Chapter 8: Of monsters, vicious trees, socks and metaphors
Very good! I liked the metaphor at the end. Very like Dumbledore to say something like that :) Look forward to the rest of this fic. Very realistic with real emotion :)
Author's Response: Thank you, I really appreciate. I would have felt like a right fool if I had been the only one feeling emotion with the chapter...
Date: 06/16/06 Title: Chapter 9: {YEAR TWO} Of fantastic stories, scales and reunion
I thought that was very good. I liked all of the descriptions of each person's family and stuff. You have quite a way with words :)
Author's Response: Thanks! Happy to see you\'re keeping up with the story :D I especially liked writing Mrs. Potter. And what about those piano lessons? (*sniggers evilly*) I have read fics where James is an amazing pianist and loves playing music... I\'m kind of... clashing with all that lovely romantic ideal...
Date: 01/07/06 Title: Chapter 3: Where another kind is discovered: not-so-pure-blood greasy monkeys
Great chapter. I like your descriptions of the boys, especially your idea that Snape was perhaps just shy and was then put down by Siirus and James. Would explain a lot. Can't wait for the next chapter :)
Author's Response: You can't really tell who, of James or Snape, started the hostilities. Snape has had a sad childhood and he isn't accustomed to seeing kids his age, that's why he didn't think James could be annoyed at his staring. He must also be jealous of James' wealth and purity of blood, as he has been raised in poverty and is ashamed of his half-blood origins. As for James, he wasn't very patient, but let's face it -- if you were eleven-year-old and if another kid kept staring at you as if you were an animal in a circus, how would you react? Especially when James had been dragged there by Malfoy and is himself embarrassed by the obvious gap between his and Snape's social classes. Same goes for Sirius: he's not used to dealing with poorer boys, and he has been forced to meet Snape by his cousin Bellatrix. And both James and Sirius are allergic to pure-blood mania. And, to cap it all, there are some persons you can't stand "merely because they exist".
Something Out of Nature by stardust
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: Remus Lupin and Lily Evans run into each other in Diagon Alley and have a pleasant talk over a pleasant meal. Two friends discuss cabbages and kings to wear out a long lunch hour, and end up discovering things about each other’s lives that neither had had a chance to glean before. (Oneshot. This is my first fic, so reviews are very much appreciated!)
Date: 01/03/06 Title: Chapter 1: Summer, 1977.
I thought this was brilliant! I loved the emotion you put into it, it really made it seem believeable. Poor Remus, I almost cried! Wonderful writing, hope you write more fics :)
Date: 01/03/06 Title: Chapter 1: Summer, 1977.
I thought this was brilliant! I loved the emotion you put into it, it really made it seem believeable. Poor Remus, I almost cried! Wonderful writing, hope you write more fics :)
Author's Response: Wow, thank you! I gather you're a Moony fan, too, so it means a lot to me that you liked it. :)
As the Ink Dries by SimplyMe
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: Hermione died in the Horcruxes crusade. One year later, Voldemort was finally destroyed and Ron returned home, exhausted. His room was exactly the same as he left it. But awaiting him on his desk was a small pile of letters with a short note on top.
Mr. Weasley, we found those letters addressed to you in Hermione’s belongings. It was only fair they were returned to you. Signed, Mr. and Mrs. Granger.
Date: 08/17/06 Title: Chapter 5: It's Time
That was really good. You portrayed the emotions extremely well and I especially loved this final chapter. It brought tears to my eyes. It's an unconventional way of exploring Ron and Hermione's feelings for each other and it worked very well. Well done :)
Author's Response: Thank you! I was aiming for different; what\'s the point of doing the same thing over and over again?
On The Turning Away by Noldo
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •
Summary: 'The next time he grieves, it will be with the remembered taste of lukewarm tea swirling with a sodden teabag, cheap tea and tears tasting like bitter dust; he will grieve with the scent and rustle of newspaper, paper and tea and violins for sadness.'
Remus after Hallowe'en 1981. For Avendya, for her birthday.
Date: 03/05/06 Title: Chapter 1: On The Turning Away
I thought it was beautiful. I really felt the emotion, I had a lump in my throat. Poor Remus. I think, you've captured his thoughts very well and I loved all of the description you put into it. 10/10
Life As A Girl by blueshock
Rated: 6th-7th Years •Summary: What happens when a spell backfires; turning James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter into girls? Plz R&R.
Date: 08/10/06 Title: Chapter 8: Chapter 8
This is quite entertaining. I have a query though. Why were Lily and Emily ever friends with Marie in the first place? She's really weird and nasty....especially weird...
Author's Response: I really don\'t know why they are friends with her. I guess she needed a friend. Well glad u like the story. Thanks for the review.
Conjure that Horse, Please by Khrys
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: Off Shoot of Harry Potter, The Boy Who Lived.
Did you ever wonder how Remus would handle Tonks' explicit show? How does Tonks really feel? Is there love, or is it something else?
Date: 08/22/06 Title: Chapter 1: Conjure that Horse, Please
Hahahaha! I loved it. It was like one of those dictionaries you get where it says what the person is saying and then what they really mean. Excellent :)
Author's Response: Thanks! I\'m glad you stopped by to check it out!
Cliché Nation by just_the_contrary
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: A compilation of the most commonly used Harry Potter clichés in the fandom. Features Angsty!Harry, Sweet!Draco, Head Dorms, sudden romances in the forms of Ron/Hermione, Harry/Ginny and of course, Draco/Hermione, because what's a cliché without them?
The Marauders also make an appearance in this fic, including Lily/Lily's best friend/Lily's other best friend.
Warning: mention of hippopotamuses inside.
Chapter Five is up! The story is done. Also, thank you to everyone who nominated this neatly tied bundle of ridiculousness in the QQ awards, I really appreciate it!
Date: 06/11/06 Title: Chapter 1: A Collection of All-Sorts
Hello, it's me again :) Just wanted to let you know I was desperately trying not to laugh in my Drama exam because I wrote the word 'angsty' and the first thing that came into my head was "I WANT SAUSAGES!" lol
Author's Response: Oh wow! That\'s amazing! Seriously. I\'m glad that my story is that lasting as to pop up in a Drama exam. :) Good luck.
Date: 06/23/06 Title: Chapter 2: The New York Student Exchange
Hey! I love the bit where you went back in time to cover the Marauders cliches...unfortunately a lot of them appear in my own fic lol I love the last line about Peter and also the fact that girls faint everytime Sirius walks past XD And wow leather pants Draco! Used in so many fictions lol Keep up the good work!
Author's Response: lol thanks. I\'ve read you\'re fic, I really like it, it\'s just that sometimes they\'re done quite badly. Marauder romance cliches and leather pants Draco makes another appearance in Chapter Three, so I hope you like it! :)
Date: 06/26/06 Title: Chapter 3: I'll Just Go Throw Myself a Large Pity Party
Hahaha! I loved Draco starting to sob about his awful childhood XD That was a great stereotype lol Keep it coming!
Author's Response: Aahh, werewolf_sympathiser! The lovely fan who laughed in her Drama exam because of me. :) Thank you so much. I love the Draco part too, I laughed at my own writing. Is that not very sad? Oh well. Thank you! :):):):):):):):):):):):)