11/28/06
Hi, all!
My name's Taylor, and basically I'm an art loving, accident prone, outdoors lover who can't spell to save her life (how ever did I pass the second grade?). I'm a 15 year old witch with my nose constantly in a book unless of course I'm writing my own, shopping, sleeping, eating, or talking ( which I do quite alot of actually...).
That just about sums it up...so, (once the little-peolpe-in-my-head stop arguing and decide to take that time and actually send in a fic,) please review, even if only to say how much you hate me, I'll do the same for you! And remember, though reviews are much appreciated, this is mostly just for my own personal well being (the-little-people-in-my-head liked the site and told me to join). L8R and keep in mind I'll probably have some fanfics up really, really REALLY soon...really....
GENERAL DISCLAIMER: I niether own, nor am economically profiting from the fantastical world of Harry Potter. J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros. do...I just live there..., so if you have any issues, go rant at them, though I do occasionaly use tid-bits of other songwriters/authors in my work, basically anything/anyone else is mine, (especially Acris, as she's basically me...) so NO TOUCHY!!!
~Taylor A. A.
P.S.
In case your wondering, I choose my penname because a while ago I was diagnosed with ADHD (big suprise there...) and a severe genetic mutation of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (which is some rare freaky collogan thingy that makes my body about as stable as your average rubberband) type 3 and Genome 13 (visit http://www.ednf.org for more info and to support the cause/spread the word!). Hence, 'Venia' is Latin of 'Grace' meant to be symbolic of innocence, wisdom, insperation and divinty whil e taint, well, that's pretty self explanatory, so if you don't get it, I'd suggest trip to St. Mungo's...really nice place actually, the little-people-in-my-head say they like the squishy walls...
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Awful Boy by cmwinters
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: Severus Snape helps a classmate with a Defence Against the Dark Arts assignment
Date: 12/30/06 Title: Chapter 1: Awful Boy
I absolutly LOVE your Dementor theories, you did an excellent job with this...also, the Lily/Snape relationship was done welll...though Tobias, who hated magic seems slightly OoC...relativly well written, a triumph, keep it up!
~The Tainted One
A Single Act of Kindness by Sly Severus
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: Petunia Dursley has a problem with the wizarding world, and an even bigger problem with her sister. It all started when Lily went away to Hogwarts. But that wasn't enough to completely tear the sisters apart. What finally ended their relationship forever was a single act of kindness.
Date: 12/21/06 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1
You write beautifuly, this and Blinded are probably my favorite stories of yours. You really explained alot about Lily and Petunia's relationship..."I don't have a sister"...*smirks* excellent. You really got into the heart and soul of Lily and Petunia towards the end...please consider expanding more on the Petunia Dursley topic, not exactly yoiur type of character, but with her shadowed past and uptight nature, I'm sure you could find something to twist her sour personality into a wall shielding broken abitions, regrets, and an agonized past...if anything it would be a challange and some fun with a character out of your usual artistic comfort zone. Keep up the good work!
~The Tainted One
Author's Response: *smiles* Thank you for the compliments. I\'m glad that you enjoyed my story.
Honestly, I have never considered exploring Petunia\'s character very much. It\'s not that I don\'t like her, I just don\'t think about her much. But now that you mention it, she might be fun to explore. *ponders*
Thanks so much for the review.
Beneath The Shell by Sly Severus
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: Andromeda takes a young Tonks to the beach. She quickly finds herself exhausted and falls asleep. Tonks decides to explore on her own. She meets someone her mother never expected her to meet.
Date: 12/21/06 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1
That was absolutly gorgeous, you really captured young Nymphadora and drew her up to her fullest and most vivid. Andy was also well done, though slightly muffled and forgoten towards the end. As for Bellatrix, you obviously have a natrual flow and connection with this character, it takes skill beyond any form of recognition to translate your own thougts, lifes-lessons and feelings through paper and ink, let alone in the form of a character not originally yours...you did a beautiful job, and I comend you for leaving a question at the end of your piece, while still maintaining a clean cut finish. *curtsies* you've reached new hieghts with this piece...keep it up!
~The Tainted One
Author's Response: :D This was one of my first stories for the site. It was also the story that caused me to fall in love Bella. This is when I first really connected with the character, and as you can see from my author\'s page and Bella rants on the fourms it was a very strong connection.
Thanks so much for the review. :D
Lost Innocence by Sly Severus
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: No one is born a killer. This is the story of the night Lucius Malfoy became one.
Date: 12/21/06 Title: Chapter 1: Lucius' Assignment
This realy explains alot about Lucius, and Lily for that matter, you did an excellent portrayal of the monstrosity of taking a life, and the grueling aftermath to follow...you opened up alot of new ground in this fic, it was really amazing, and helped alot in the explanation of that onesided love you play between Lucius and Narcissa. *smiles* SEVEN OF FIVE STARS!
~The Tainted One
Author's Response: I wrote this fic because I don\'t feel that Lucius could be what people think he is. There has to be more to him than that. So I decided to explore what he was like when he was still young and mostly innocent.
Thanks so much for the review and the compliments. :D
Black Bloods by Sly Severus
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: Sirius has left his family, and now he's staying with James for the summer. He should be having the time of his life, but he's not. He's worrying about his brother, and reconsidering his choice to leave. A chance encounter with someone he hasn't seen in years helps him make up his mind, once and for all.
Date: 12/21/06 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1
The Black family has always intrigued me, you did a beautiful representation...Sirius is my favorite character, and you did well with handling him, I'm impressed. Though, it did seem as though you became slightly...erm...rushed towards the end, the descriptions were lovely and heartfelt, then Sirius was with Andy and Tonks and then they talked, and then FIN. Maybe it's just me, probably...excuse me while I go yell for Hemo to stop shoting morphine into my IV...
~The Tainted One
Author's Response: The Black family has always intrigued me too. I love them all. As for being rushed, hmmm...maybe. I honestly haven\'t looked at this story for awhile. But the whole point of it was to show a bit of the relationship between Andromeda and Sirius.
Thanks so much for the review.
Broken and Scarred by Sly Severus
Rated: Professors •Summary: Bellatrix is longing to remember the past. When she opens a box full of memories; she unleashes something that will destroy her forever.
Date: 12/21/06 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1
this is probably meant as a companion to some of your other Bellatrix/Lucius fics, but some expansion and explanation would have been nice in this one, especcially on Rodulfous, a blank character with only cruelty, he does not, in any way, reflect your main, who is so beautiffully developed, well at all. Other than that, your graphic and raelistic rape scene was astounding, it sent shivers down my spine...not the pleasent kind, mind, but perfectly apprpriate for the dark nature of this fic...you did, hoever leave several ends untied in this fic, rather unlike you, what ever are you going to do about that...? (HINT HINT write a sequel! HINT HINT)
~The Tainted One
Author's Response: :D This was originally meant to tie into a chaptered fic that I started over the summer. However, the fic bunny died because Lucius wouldn\'t behave himself. So that\'s why there are loose ends in this. I agree that someday it should be explored a little more. Thanks for the review. :D
A Death Eater's Bedtime Story by Sly Severus
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: A father tells his young son a familar story. A story that has become the boy's favorite. It is the story of the Dark Lord and the evil Harry Potter.
Date: 01/16/07 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1
YAY! This story demonstrates fairly well what 'the other side' seels about 'Potter'...it was fairly well written, though not as in depth or as elegant as your other fics. Still quite good though! Ohh, before I forget, I've got another fic up (it's a song fic) and I think you'd really appreciate it for what litle it's worth...if you could take a lokk and review, I'd really appreciate!
~the Tainted One
P.S.
I think you could really expand on this, maybe by doing this same storyline from the point of iew of all our Slytherin favorites: the first time each snake came to hear the name Harry Potter, and thier opinions on the matter before they were prejiduce...I think it might be interesting for you to try.
Author's Response: Thanks for for the review.
Hmmm...it might be interesting to explore the Slytherins as they first learn about Harry Potter and the Dark Lord. We know how most of the Gryfindors reacted. *contemplates*
Blinded by Sly Severus
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: The war is over. Voldemort is gone. His Death Eaters are gone--except for two. Bellatrix and Rodolphus Lestrange remain at large.
What will happen when someone from Bellatrix's past finds her beaten and broken? Could she ever have a second chance?
Date: 12/21/06 Title: Chapter 1: Death Eaters At Large
WOWOWOW!! tatnilizing cliff at the end, and a stunning job of Andy's emotions towards her siblings, you did beautifully with this character and really developed her from the blank title she held in the HP books. that was absolutlytotallyandcomletlyamazingandfantabulousineveryway!!! The scene that you described for the Tonk's family home really set up the fic nicely, none short of excelent, keep up the good work.
~The Tainted One
Author's Response: Thanks so much. This was actually the hardest chapter in the fic to write. I\'m not sure why, but I did struggle with it a bit.
Date: 12/21/06 Title: Chapter 3: Bella's Story
You did a beautiful rendition of family and betrayal in the previous chapter with the argument, well done, and GORGEUS awakening period, where Bella discovered her blindness, the allusions and symbolism in Bella's blindness are endless and you did a phenomenal job of highlighting and representing the key points, it really gives your title meaning and depth that raders can relate to and carry with them.
~The Tainted One
Author's Response: :D Oh yes, the title has many meanings. It hardly just refers to Bella\'s vision. Thanks for the compliments and I\'m glad that your enjoying this story. :D
Date: 12/21/06 Title: Chapter 4: Vulnerable and Helpless
You did an amazing job of Bella's true feelings and mixed emotions...remnatns of a mind gone mad and ancient etchings of a life tainted in prjudice...you write beautiffuly.
~The Tainted One
Author's Response: I had fun with this chapter. I wanted to show that Bella was indeed still Bella. She has suffered a great deal, and well she is questioning some of her decisons, some things are woven too deeply. Letting go of her feelings towards Mudbloods is not an easy thing for her to do.
Date: 12/21/06 Title: Chapter 5: A New Arrival
This relationship you have with Bella and Tonks is really intriuging, you should consider expanding on this in the future...Also, Bellatrix's eternal love for her sisters is well written and completly universal, as for her need of independance from being tyrantied her whole life, not only understandable, but tragically beautiful. EXCELLENT!
~The Tainted One
Author's Response: This is not how I normally write Bella and Tonks. But I do plan to follow up on it. I am planning to write a sequal to this story. *fingers crossed that it works out*
Thanks for the compliments and the reviews. :D
Date: 12/21/06 Title: Chapter 6: Bonding
THAT IS SOO BEAUTIFUL! (excuse me while I go cry into my pillow for a couple of hours..)
~The Tainted One
Author's Response: Thanks. *hands over box of Kleenex*
Date: 12/21/06 Title: Chapter 9: Rodolphus Returns
:sdkfjsa ow'e"R#@Pu48e57u !!! WOWOWOW! Not only unexpected, but completly believable! You portrayed your characters well, good move...though you are still treading on VERY dangerous ground my friend, you can't end this now, so you've still a long wa to go...GREAT JOB! Rodulfous finally being the end of her, driven mad by his taunts, MERLIN! And Andy? that was beautifully done, *curtsies and bows head in respect* you gave her a tragic end, protecting the ones she loved and fighting for what she believed in...theses parts are always so tricky, but you managed without over dramatizing, excess fluffifyzing, and released Andromeada into a death worthy of a hero...
~The Tainted One
Author's Response: Wow! Thanks. This was a little tricky. It\'s hard to tell when enough is enough in these parts. It\'s nice to hear that I suceeded in a good balance. :D
Date: 12/21/06 Title: Chapter 10: Waiting
*between tumultous applause:* You did the most amazing job of summing up this fic! You've painted a magnificent portrait of Bella and her connection with her sisters. Her reflections are well balanced and the ending yoiu gave her is the perfect mold for a creature of the night (born into the light, to run into the dark, and be trapped there when she seeks the light agian, only able to find that light agian in the eternal darkness...) poetic, and gracfull, ribbed with tragedy and suffereing fit for the monster that so many thought she was...pardon while I go cry some more...job well done...well done...*breaks down into hopeless/hysterical sobs* YOU ARE MY HERO!
~The Tainted One
Author's Response: I\'m really pleased this hit a cord with you. I was actually rather emotional when I was writing it as well. People think I\'m nuts cause I get caught up in stories that I\'m working on and then I\'m angry or sad for days because of what my character (or in this case Jo\'s character) is going through. But I always love to hear that my work has touched someone else as well. Thank you so much for all the wonderful reviews. :D
Harry's First Christmas by Sly Severus
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: Lily is waiting at home for James and Sirius. She spends some quality time with her son while thinking about the future she hopes to have with him.
Date: 12/21/06 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1
AWWWW! that was so sweet, and you did an amazing job at representing a mother's 6th sense, beautiful and cheery, completly characteristc of Sirius and James! Loved it, though you still managed to lightly dabble on some of your innate sorrow and darkness without weaighing out the true feel and themes of the story...*cocks eyebrow* impressive.
~The Tainted One
Author's Response: *giggles* I could never write a story void of sorrow and darkness. I\'m just not programed that way. This is as fluffy as I get. :D Thanks so much for the review. :D
The Final Goodbye by Sly Severus
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: James and Lily have just gotten married, but James must say goodbye to someone from his past before he can truly begin his life with his new wife.
Date: 12/21/06 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1
*Raises eyebrow* well...THAT certainly explains alot...This was excellently written but still leaves several beginings flying freely in the air...you'd do good to pick one and run with it...well done; creative, neatly written, sinister yet comprehensible themes of love and loss, explanation of thier relationships, and room for the imagination to fill in...WONDERFUL WORK!
~The Tainted One
Author's Response: *smiles* It does explain a lot, huh? Thanks for the reivew. I\'m glad that you enjoyed it. :D
Breaking Point by Sly Severus
Rated: 6th-7th Years •Summary: The Dark Lord has learned of the Unbreakable Vow. He is displeased, and prepared to punish his unfaithful servants.
Bellatrix and Severus end up going into hiding together, and they are forced to relive the one thing they ever had in common.
Date: 12/21/06 Title: Chapter 15: A Promise
I SMELL A SEQUEL! You did beautifully on this fic; there were twists, there was past, there was an excellent potrayal of multiple points of view to develop your characters, well placed flash backs, romance, mystery...and yoiu still held onto your main plot. Elasia was relativly well developed, though you seemed slightly rushed at her end, I was slightly disappointed in her drunken mishap...from you I was expecting more of a tragic/griefstriken suicid, while her lover held onto her as she took her last breath...but thatis probably way to fluffy for such a sinister fic as this...any how, you did the most amazing character development I've ever seen in the Malfoy family, translating feelings/memories/relationships through flashbacks alone? that is a skill many would kill for (I'd start keeping your wand and a sharp knife under your pillow at night...) As for Harry, saving humanity only to lose his own, and then being scentenced to lose his sanity for it?! Unexpected, yet completly...right...You did a beautiful job, few can handle the written world as you do, you've opened up characters and histories that lead to whole new worlds...like seeing all the doos shut, only to crawl through a window and discover a manor! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK! *curtsies* there are many places to go before the End, the world is yours for the taking...so make it worth while
~The Tainted One
Author's Response: I\'m not sure about a sequal. I left it hanging so that I could have one but I haven\'t decided for sure if there will be one.
However, you were absolutly right about Elysia\'s death. There is more to her death then I have shared. What Bella and Severus believe happened to her isn\'t the truth. I wasn\'t able to work the story in here but I do plan to write a one-shot explaining what really happened to her. And of course, it was far more dramatic than the story her loved ones received.
Thank you so much for all the compliments. And I\'m glad you can see what I was doing with Harry. I found that part of the story wasn\'t very well recieved but I happen to think it was believable.
Thanks so much for another lovely review. *huggles*
When Darkness Did Surround Us by MagEd
Rated: 6th-7th Years •Summary: 2007 QSQ Awards Runner-up for Best Post-Hogwarts
Petunia Dursley is enjoying dinner with her family when someone starts pounding on the door. Ready to tell them off for being so rude and refusing to leave when they didn't answer at first, Petunia opens the door to have a baby shoved into her arms and told she is his only family. Years after the great Harry Potter defeated Voldemort, Death Eaters have risen to power and taken over Hogsmeade, Hogwarts, and even the Ministry of Magic. Their marriages announced invalid, their children in danger and their lives hanging by a thread, the heroes of the war with Voldemort must once again take a stand against evil.
H/G and R/Hr
(pre-Deathly Hallows)
*Completed*
*Quote from The Epilogue*
Suddenly Harry was kissing her as if he couldn’t resist the temptation. There was a kind of frenzy to the kiss at first, a kind of desperate need, but it melted into something soft and sweet and gentle, a promise of a future when kisses would never be limited. When they broke apart he rested his forehead on hers, sprinkling a few affectionate butterfly kisses across her face. “I love you,” he murmured.
Date: 12/31/06 Title: Chapter 1: The Man and The Baby
This is a really amazing fic so far, you've developed your characters beautifully, and the point of view changes are well placed and relativly seamless...you have a real talent and the story idea in general is fantastic...with Wormtail, and the reflections youdid between the Purebloods and Nazi's is excellent! I love the Ron/Mione scene, very well done, as for the Snape and Harry encounter: "I look into her eyes and see his face"...OMG you've put into words the exact emotions and thoughts of Sevy...congrats on a job well done, Mrs. Figg did not seem to thurougly developed though, yoiu just sort of had her as an excentric old squib, no background, no thoughts, but other than that, no complaints...As for Dudly, three thumbs up (as I only have two, I must resort to borrowing my little sister's)! You really mirrored his spoiled personality and complete devotion towards his mother...as for James, you do a beautiful job with him...*coos* he's sooo cute!! I am also particullarly fond of your Petunia character, you've really displayed her emotions towards her sister and nephew well...this really explains alot about her neccesity to care for and protect young James...as for Ginny, that plot twist was AMAZINGFANTASTICALABSOLUTLYWONDERFUL in every way, congrats! Though I have always personally thought Draco to be rather virtuous a heart...deep down...very VERY deep down...it would be a real treat to see a chapie from his point of view just to see whats going through his head and what's going on with the Deatheaters...so keep up the good work and UPDATE...SOON!
~The Tainted One
Author's Response: Wow, I think this may be one of my favorite reviews ever! I\'m glad you enjoyed it so much and appreciated the different POV. In books I\'m always wondering what the other characters (besides the main character) have to say so in my own fic. . . . I must say though, I\'ve never been a big fan of Draco Malfoy, however, having a chapter from his POV might not be a bad idea. . . . Once again thanks for the wonderful review, hopefully I\'ll have the next chapter ready when queue opens up again!
Date: 01/10/07 Title: Chapter 7: The Weasley Brothers
Brilliant! But now that yoiu've demonstrated everyone's reaction to Harry's death, can he just have escaped and disguised another corpse as his own instead? 8sniffles* please, pretty please, don't let Harry be gone!
~The Tainted One
Author's Response: Well, I said he was in the next chapter, didn\'t I?
Uncle Fred Calls Him Dick by MagEd
Rated: 6th-7th Years •
Summary: 2008 QSQ Awards Runner-up for Best Post-Hogwarts
Harry defeated Voldemort. Harry married Ginny. Harry and Ginny had five children. Harry disappeared. My name is Lily Potter, and this is the story of what happened when my father returned after six years missing to find my mother about to re-marry. This is the story of myself, my crazy family, and most of all, this is the story of my parents and the man who tried to come between them. (pre-Deathly Hallows)
*Completed*
"Oh, I can so die happy now!" -Sirius Potter
Date: 05/02/07 Title: Chapter 12: Chapter 12: Dad Would Have Loved Her Forever
YAY! :) update agian!!! TODAY!!! excellent story! this chapter is probably the best so far...lovely use of suspense, and don't forget to mention the ring on Ginny's finger...is it still Dick's and just a dream of Lily's, or is it Harry's, and just a ploy to take down Dick?
Author's Response: All will be revealed, all will be revealed. Thanks for the review, I\'m glad you liked this chapter!