omg that was massive. i apologize in advance if you're totally lost or confused ;-) and i agree with pottergurl22 that you should write a book! :-)
Author's Response: I love "massive."
and that's definitely the longest review i've ever written!! well, i promise every update you'll be rewarded! :-)
Author's Response: My God; I hope the next review will be this good!
OMG OMG OMG! you totally blew me away with that chapter! first we find out the Michael IS cheating (even though i totally knew it in like chapter 2) then Ron comes, and it turns out everyone knows about michael's cheating, and then Hermione is like DYING! wtf!
you are a crazy amazing writer but you're torturing me with those massive cliffies! i'm guessing we're getting to the climax of the story... keep writing! (and fast! ;-) )
Author's Response: I\'m so happy I blew you away! Thanks for being patient and sticking with the story! (P.S. I\'m writing really fast...)
and the baby is dead. and hermione is having a crazy breakdown - combo of ron, her marriage, the contractions, the baby... aah!
Author's Response: God... I love these reviews.
ha! i was totally right about my michael is not sincere feeling... why did no one tell her earlier before she got into this mess?
Author's Response: Yes... You were totally right.\r\n\r\nWhy did no one tell her? Well, they were hoping she would figure it out BEFORE she got into the mess.
hmm, i think i've mentioned this before but whatever. thanks for portraying harry correctly!!!!! i read this : “Harry, I love her. God, I love her so much.” Ron was relieved to finally say the words out loud. Harry patted him on the back and smiled “Well Ron, it’s about time. But don’t sit here and tell me that. Go to her, tell her everything and don’t let her leave without letting her know that you love her. You two are made for each other.”
ok, WHAT?!?! HARRY DOES NOT DO THIS!!!! HARRY DOES NOT SAY THESE THINGS!! i'm sure you share my sentiments. thanks for portraying harry as a man. not a girly freakish person. :P
phew, anger gone :) i can't wait for the next update! i hope your writers black goes away soon!
hmm, i think i've mentioned this before but whatever. thanks for portraying harry correctly!!!!! i read this : “Harry, I love her. God, I love her so much.” Ron was relieved to finally say the words out loud. Harry patted him on the back and smiled “Well Ron, it’s about time. But don’t sit here and tell me that. Go to her, tell her everything and don’t let her leave without letting her know that you love her. You two are made for each other.”
ok, WHAT?!?! HARRY DOES NOT DO THIS!!!! HARRY DOES NOT SAY THESE THINGS!! i'm sure you share my sentiments. thanks for portraying harry as a man. not a girly freakish person. :P
phew, anger gone :) i can't wait for the next update! i hope your writers black goes away soon!
Author's Response: You are so welcome. ;) I know what you mean; many times I\'ve been tempted to start writing OverlyRomantic!Harry. I know my characters aren\'t perfect, but some of these fan fics just go too far. Thanks for the review and good wishes. Writer\'s block slightly lifted.
I love this story!! and i can't help getting mad at how thick hermione is!!!
please hurry with the next chapter!
omg! ok, so now you've got me confused! aaaah!! first michael confesses to ginny, and then he's amazingly nice to hermione! he's there for her all the time like an actual husband?? what?? since when is he actually nice?!?! i think i agree with Ginny on the michael sandford has feelings? thing.
so now i feel bad because i'm happy that michael is being nice but i want hermione to be with ron and when will ginny talk to hermione or will michael tell her about cheating or like aaah!! confused!! i'm not sure to be happy about the michael thing or not!!
you probably think i'm morbid or something but like in a teensy way i kinda wanted the baby to die because then hermione wouldn't have any attachment to michael but then that would crush hermione so... more confusedness!
as i have said so many times in my lengthy reviews, you are an awesome writer! throughout this fic you have made me happy, scared, mad, sad, confused, frustrated... aah! keep going!! this has to be one of the BEST fanfics i have ever read! keep on writing! as always, i can't wait till the next chapter!
Author's Response: For starters, Michael is not the awful ogre everyone think he is. Second, the Moment-Every-Reader-Has-Been-Waiting-For may not be as far away as everyone thinks. ;) Btw, you were not the only one that wanted Jane to die. But isn\'t she cuute? I\'ve come to look forward to your reviews every time I post a chapter, so keep \'em coming! Thanks!
well, i was just reading some of the other reviews and i'd also like to say that i wish hermione wasn't being so thick! she's not one to be pushed around by men! she keeps pretending michael's faithful when she deep down knows its not true. why doesn't she do something about it?? or ginny?? she even has concrete facts - michael made a confession!
i CAN'T WAIT (like seriously, i check every day for an update) TO READ THE ENDING!! you have written such a controversial fic that i'm curious to see how it turns out!! i have many possible ending ideas in my head but i hope that it doesn't end like totally sappy or a letdown!! i know that that's like totally a lot of pressure but i think you're a good enough writer!!
Author's Response: Wow! I\'m controversial!? That sounds so cool. :) I really hope that the ending does not let you down. I\'ll do my best.
aaah!! it said there was an update but all i got was blanks! help!
Author's Response: Thanks for the heads up!
an update coming soon! :D thanks for sticking with this, i love it! unknown to me, mugglenet stopped sending me e-mails when one of my favs was updated, so i didn't get to read the new chapter, let alone leave a big review! so it's coming in the near future :-)
Author's Response: Hey! Look forward to that review! :)
Once step further away from Ron?!?!! no!! omg i cant stop coming back for more!! i need to know the end!! Ron needs to come and sweep Hermione off her feet and Ginny needs to blow up and tell Hermione about Michael!!
i sincerely applaud you for having the courage to write something so controversial!! keep writing!!
Author's Response: LOL... I tend to be controversial... Thank you so much for reviewing! Thank God you can\'t stop coming back for more...
aha :D what i meant by the cheating thing is that is michael was cheating ONLY before they were married and stopped when they did marry, than it would be better because he would have realized that marriage is a serious commitment. :P and i don't hate michael's character that much.... he definitely has his good points! i mostly hate how he makes hermione feel :P
Author's Response: You know, I started writing this with an abnormally large hatred for Michael and now I can't help loving him a tiny bit.
very good chapter! it was worth the wait. but when will hermione figure out the michael is cheating on her, gave the information to the reporters, and is using her!!! that scene at the hotel was really good though. when he tried to stop hermione from going out and almost broke her wrist. but why does she keep denying everything?? she should have told molly what actually happened to her wrist and she shouldn't have told ginny the her AND michael bought the gifts. i think its because she doesn't want them to worry and that she's in denial about her michael...... am i right???????
but strangely enough fi she told weasleys and harry what actually happened they wouldn't worry they'd actually be happy......
Author's Response: Thank you!! But who told you Michael gave the information to the reporters?? ;) Your opinions are mostly right....
great chapter - i can't wait for the next one!!
i can't wait 'till the moment where hermione realizes michael to be the lying cheating ba***rd he really is.... great use of dramatic irony! i also can't wait 'till hermione and ron get back together... and i know they will.
you know, with each passing chapter i get more angry and frustrated at hermione for always forgiving michael when he gives her a few sweet words.... even so i still have to keep reading!! great story!
Author's Response: Thanks so much for sticking by! I know Hermione always forgives Michael, but you gotta admit, those were some pretty sweet words. ;)
ok well i just reviewed but i will do so again! i think that your writing is getting better and better! i know the big break is coming soon - you've been doing a really good job of showing that hermione is starting to regret marrying michael. on the other hand you are also doing a great job portraying hermione - she is much too kind to just leave michael on a whim!
my favourite part of the entire story so far - "i love michael but i'm in love with ron." finally, she admits it to herself!!
wow two long reviews...... KEEP WRITING!
Author's Response: Oh God... I love your reviews! They make me feel so happy now that I\'m back! :P Thanks so much for saying so many nice things about my writing... I was beginning to doubt myself.
Welcome to the customary epic review! :-P
Did I see that coming?? Definitely not! I think that that conclusion might have come to mind as I find out what the heck could possibly happen in this story, because I totally couldn't see a way out!! OMG. Michael died. !! More thoughts after. Let's start at the beginning. (a very good place to start! hee hee sound of music! :-D)
OK so last time there was an update I got a "stern talking to" for disrupting tech class by being overly enthusiastic. :-) This time, I got "oh man, you and your Harry Potter" looks, which isn't so exciting, but just as funny.
So my first reaction was POOR HERMIONE! After the absolutely insane (!!) emotional rollercoaster she has been through, why this?! I can try to imagine myself in her place, but then quickly stop because it's too confusing, hurtful and sad.
Wait, let's break it down a bit. So Hermione has a baby who she loves verrrrrry much with a man she is married to who it turns out was cheating on her before and after their marriage. She only found out for sure about his cheating after the woman he was cheating on her with gave her a racy picture. But by this point he had stopped cheating (yeah?) and tried to turn his act around and patch things up. So Hermione found out and proceeded to throw him out of the house, and later his sister as well. Then he had an accident and when he comes to, says sorry, I love you, let me make it up to you. Then he dies. (!!!) All this time, she is still in love with a man that she didn't mean to break up with, who is now in a serious relationship with another woman who is actually very nice.
AAAAAHH!! First of all, wow. You came up with all that?! Unbelievable. Second, I again say how much I don't want to be in Hermione's shoes. Again, I can't see a way out. Alll I can think of is like suicide (blech I'm way too morbid), but Hermione wouldn't leave Jane! And what to do about her guilt? Because she is obviously going to feel really bad because she never sorted things out with Michael, and now Jane doesn't have a dad. And how in the world is she going to grieve? She will be sooooo confused!! (yeah, I DEFINITELY would be too...)
Again, poor hermione.
Ok on another subject, what was Michael doing in the car with Patricia?? All my ridiculous, morbid mind can come up with is that he was going to like pitch her off a cliff because he felt so bad about losing Hermione.
Wow, what did I eat for breakfast?? :-)
Anyways, I now feel sad about Michael dying. Is that messed up? Because I was very recently like totally condemning Michael. Confusing or what!
So basically that just brings up the subject of "did Michael really change or not?" Because I think that he really did love Hermione in the end, but then what was he doing with Patricia?
Hmm, another comment!! :-D
The thing is, ‘to love and to hold’ wasn’t the only vow I made. Michael really needs me now, and I know that if he were in my position he would be there for me.”
Well, is Hermione smoothing things over in her head again because he totally was on a trip with Patricia while she was like DYING in the hospital!!!! If she keeps this up, she will drive herself crrrrrazy with guilt for the REST of her life!!!
But on another side, I hope that she doesn't end up totally hating Michael, because that could totally happen. She should forgive and forget. But that's really hard!!!! But her "I've embraced it" comments really give me hope. :-)
And one last comment before I sum up. I HATE ELIZABETH!! She BLAMED Hermione?!?!?!! %@#$% (many nasty words)
So basically, what will happen (with Ron in particular) at the funeral? How will Hermione get a handle on her emotions? What's really going on with Ron and Claudia? Will Elizabeth be a bleep to Hermione about all of this? Will Hermione be straddled with like insane amounts of guilt, or will she forgive and forget? Will Harry get involved? (I totally think that he needs to) What will Hermione and Beth's relationship be like? What about Jane? Will she be raised by a single mother? Will Hermione ever really be truly happy again?
and Will Ron and Hermione ever get their happily ever after? Ad what do we do about Claudia???
You have done it again!! I appreciated the amazing difficulty you had writing this chapter.
You are, again, spectacular and you should totally write a book. Actually, you could expand this and make it a book. ;-)
I can't believe that I can't come up with ANY solutions except for really improbable morbid ones. WOW! :-D
I think I will finally stop ranting, though I could go on for a while, and express how much I can't wait for the next chapter!! But I definitely understand how it would take a long time to write!
:-D Keep doing what you're doing. You're amazing.
Always,
Kat
Author's Response: WHOA THAT WAS EPIC.
(OMG I'm watching Sound of Music right now, lol.)
Lol now that you mention suicide, let me tell you that there was going to be a suicide attempt but a lot of things have changed so... yeah. That's changed too.
Patricia wasn't in the car with Michael!!! Michael was aloooone!!
Thanks so much for this review, Kat. I enjoyed it very much!!! I can't wait to see what you think about what's coming up next...
wow - another stellar chapter! keep it up! i'm happy to see that michael is finally treating hermione with more respect, even though he completely ignored her for so long! can't wait for the next chapter. i just want to keep reading! i love how there's this whole "i know something you don't know" feeling that we have - michael is not sincere! but still, its good that hermione is going to help ginny - maybe ginny can talk some sense into her. oh well, have to wait and see! keep writing!
Author's Response: Oh, I can\'t wait until you guys read the next chapter...
wow, I just realized how big my review actually is! ;-)
And though some people might say it was predictable, I think Micheal's death was actually the only way out. So if I had to critique something, that would be it. But it really was the only way, given Hermione's character! Because of Jane, she couldn't kick him out.
Great Job!! (And sorry that you have to slog through my review!) ;-)
Author's Response: It was hard to get rid of Michael, but this was the only way.
Again, thanks for the huge review! Loved it!