tangentsferret posted a comment on Sunday 5th April 2009 10:30pm

(massive groan, with accompanying headshake)
Oi, that's *AWFUL*!!!!!!!!
Yes, I haven't even gotten beyond the first section yet, and here I am reviewing already... having been stopped in my metaphorical tracks by that, that, reference? homage? terrible, terrible joke?
I suppose you just finally ran out of the will to resist, or something.
Gods, but I am fond of you, Ms Walsh. (In a distant, happy-reader, non-stalkery kind of way.)Please don't ever lose that over-the-top sense of humor.

Anne B. Walsh replied:

Oh, I'm not too scared. I've been thinking for quite a while how to work that one in. Will do my best to keep the humor coming!

AnnaTigg posted a comment on Sunday 5th April 2009 9:15pm

OK, so if there weren't other people around I would be dancing round the room - I may save this up and do it later as I'm just so happy that you've updated! Liked the History of Magic conversations and the storytelling that followed. Alice's lecture to the DA was really good. And I'm very glad that Draco has allowed Harry in slightly on the issue of Luna's vision, even if he didn't tell him everything. The DA is really getting off the ground in this chapter, with Harry and Ginny bringing in the ideas about the Flying Squad, working with house elves etc. And that's a nice teaser at the end about Danger's prophecy...Hope you don't plan to keep us in suspense for as long this time!

Anne B. Walsh replied:

But dancing in front of other people is fun. Harry and the rest of the Pride will hear the entirety of the vision eventually--Draco just doesn't want to be pitied. I shall try to make the wait-time shorter!

Anansii posted a comment on Sunday 5th April 2009 6:56pm

Re joke - AAAARrrrrgggghhhh.... (snicker)

Lotsa nice bits in here; Draco on Lavender's nickname for Ron (I'm glad to see she's more perceptive than she's usually portrayed as, even if she gets hurt faster in consequence), and it is rather about time someone notices something's bothering Draco. Harry organizing the troops, the legend, Neenie recovering at a believable pace.

It's been awhile of course since I've read the previous chapters, so perhaps I should already know why Dumbledore of all people seems to be reading the next prophecy.. but then again maybe not.

All in all interesting, keep up the updates!

Anne B. Walsh replied:

Yes, it really is terrible, isn't it? Draco's sneaky about being upset so it's not too surprising no one's confronted him yet. Dumbledore saw the prophecy the day after Harry used it as justification to be an idiot, and is having another look to see if it might be time to do something he's been thinking about for years. I shall try my best to keep 'em up!

HGRHfan35 posted a comment on Sunday 5th April 2009 6:19pm

LOL, great to see you back again Anne but you did promise us and I know you keep your word.

Wow, a WonWon LavLav break-up that went quite well :D,liked it espacialy

"Same reason I hate it when Mum buys stuff at the secondhand shops," he said airily. "Never know where it’s been."

. Your Neenie sure loves to use her nails/claws on Ron but the guy must clearly be a masochist.

When will Draco share his secret with the pride and to whom do the lines, discovered by Dumbledore, refer to. Draco or perhaps Neenie?

Now please don't wait for months to update this. Give those other pesky plot bunnies a bunch of carrots and greens and start petting and cuddling the 'Facing' bunny solitaire. LOL

Until next time, take care. C

Anne B. Walsh replied:

What Ron is, is willing to take a little pain to get Hermione acting like herself again. Draco will get around to telling the Pride eventually, and yes, those lines in the prophecy are about him. I shall try to get it updated soon!

The Midnight Poster posted a comment on Sunday 5th April 2009 5:46pm

"Danger. Danger, Will Robinson" Man Oh Man you had me laughing so hard I couldn't even read the rest of the chapter until 10 min later!

Anne B. Walsh replied:

You had to know it was coming at some point...

Claire1 posted a comment on Sunday 5th April 2009 4:29pm

Yay! New chapter! I'm very glad you resumed this story. Great chapter, and I like that you gave Lavender a lot more insight than I think any of us would have given her (especially with Neenie obviously right there).

Anne B. Walsh replied:

Lavender's got enough shame in her not to make a fuss when one of her yearmates had such a bad experience that she can't even be human around boys. She may rethink things once she's away from the immediate experience, though...

kendiara posted a comment on Sunday 5th April 2009 4:01pm

OMGOMGOMGOMOMGOMGOMG

okay all done now :) YAY FD!!!!!

I love the joke its the awesome, and I think someone is not telling the whole truth about that Singularity Suppression...

Anne B. Walsh replied:

I'd have to say you're happy about this chapter. And you may be right.

Kail posted a comment on Sunday 5th April 2009 3:26pm

You evil evil woman. That joke is just ... *headdesk* WRONG!

Funny, but still wrong and evil!

Anne B. Walsh replied:

Funny but evil. I believe you've encapsulated my personality.

MonkeyAxman1302 posted a comment on Tuesday 31st March 2009 10:21pm

Great chapter, liked the idea of the silly duel.

My girlfriend bought me that book for Christmas, as she reads your fanfic too. It was a great deal of fun and made me want to buy and read more of your work.

thanks for writing.
Monkey

MonkeyAxman1302 posted a comment on Tuesday 31st March 2009 7:22am

Great chapter. I thought the scene between Ron and Hermione was wonderfully done. I also liked the scene between Harry and Ginny.

My only question is; was Hermione the only one of the girls to get assaulted sexually? I don't think you specified as most of the sequence was from Hermione's POV and quite vague, deliberately I feel due to the spell she was under. If she was then this point is moot but you have very heavily concentrated on Hermione's negative reaction to the horrible events when the other three had prett awful things happen to them too. You seemed to ignore that.

Thanks for writing.
Monkey

Anne B. Walsh replied:

Yes, the vagueness was deliberate, and yes, Hermione was the only one of the girls to have that "favor" done her. The others are recovering from being kidnapped, from seeing what happened to Greyback, and from helping Ginny (or, in Ginny's case, from being the world's only temporary werewolf). Still no fun, but not as bad as what Hermione's got to remember.

MonkeyAxman1302 posted a comment on Tuesday 31st March 2009 6:04am

Great chapter. I really like how you have finally got Ron and Hermione together. I thinks thats a really clever way to "fix" her.

Thanks for writing.
Monkey

MonkeyAxman1302 posted a comment on Monday 30th March 2009 8:31am

really liked how u caught out the pritchards; really very clever indeed.

i really like the line "marriage through choice is anything other than the loins pretending to be the heart". this so wonderfully illustrates how sad a purebloods life and belief must be.

thanks for writing.
monkey

MonkeyAxman1302 posted a comment on Monday 30th March 2009 5:58am

oh my god. thats the 2nd review in a row i've started with those words. u are evil, evil i say!

interesting way to get hermione cursed. she also killed greyback so u don't need to waste time having remus waging vengeance on greyback!

great chapter.
monkey

MonkeyAxman1302 posted a comment on Monday 30th March 2009 5:20am

oh my god! i didn't see that coming at all. ur evil, evil i say! great chapter.

thanks for writing.
monkey

MonkeyAxman1302 posted a comment on Monday 30th March 2009 4:41am

Great chapter. only criticism would be Luna's ability to see things and dismiss them. it means you have something planned but won't tell us poor readers. its getting so frustrating you meanie!

what will the necklace do?

thanks for writing.
monkey

MonkeyAxman1302 posted a comment on Friday 27th March 2009 5:01am

Great chapter. Loved the pranks, the idea of the house elf's being used to help them pop over the battles.

Thanks for writing.
Monkey

MonkeyAxman1302 posted a comment on Friday 27th March 2009 4:21am

Great chapter. I particularly liked the prophecy riddle. What was your plan for how this story was to pan out before Deathly Hallows came out?

That riddle so obviously alludes to the Deathly Hallows with "A third there is, with cloak and stone".

In the previous stories you have tried to roughly follow the plots of the book but with your own twists. Were you happy with the way Rowling finished it? Did this fit in with how you wanted your version to go?

Sorry for the nubmer of questions, but with the Deathly Hallows link this got me thinking.

Thanks for writing.
Monkey

MonkeyAxman1302 posted a comment on Friday 27th March 2009 12:19am

Great chapter. I'd lost my way with this story somewhat and am having to re-find the thread. Its all very enjoyable though.

thanks for writing,
Monkey

Meg posted a comment on Sunday 22nd March 2009 4:15pm

Finally finished re-reading the first 3 books and what there is of this one, as I couldn't remember where I'd left off, and I got all confused trying to find it. :D

I have to say, reading through the ousted-Remus part and the Umbridge parts were easier this time around. I'm not sure why they were so difficult to get through the first time around.

Anyway, not that I'm not enjoying everything else you've written since November, but I'm hoping this story is on your "soon to be updated" list.

Thanks much for sharing your imagination with us!

NaughtyPastryChef posted a comment on Monday 9th March 2009 2:23am

Alright, apparently I have to beg some. PLEASE finish this story!! I just spent every free moment in the last week reading this story. I ignored my homework, was late to work, ignored my husband and my dog to read this story!
You have written the best AU/HP that I've ever read, it's so real that I forget that this isn't how it was and I love it.
Oh, and all of the movie quotes, and Monty Python and "Joseph", so, so funny.
I love the way that you've written the "Pack and Pride" and I'm really mad at you for having to kill off Draco even if it hasn't happened yet.
I know that RL gets in the way and it has to come first, but please, please finish this story!!!!!
The NPC (Kristen)