kendiara posted a comment on Sunday 24th September 2006 2:48pm

Whee thanks for making my weekend :)

Thank you for another great chapter, Harry has a really good imagination...as good as Molly's it would seem. Though I wish I knew why Albus was so insistent on this blood bond, there just seems to be so many bad and not a lot of good...but that's just me.

Hehe why do I think Aletha was tempting fate with that curse...

Rebel Goddess posted a comment on Sunday 24th September 2006 8:26am

Jumping the broom is also done in Scotland (or it was), so it's perfectly possible for them to know it. This is so good. I can't wait for more. Excellent chapter.

Matthew4 posted a comment on Sunday 24th September 2006 5:45am

Very good job with making Ginny more of a presence around Harry. I like the simple conversation they had after the Stinksap event, and the imagining of her by herself. Well done and I look forward to the next chapter.

Quizer posted a comment on Sunday 24th September 2006 4:13am

I think its time for another review from me. In the recent chapters, reading this story has become less depressing and more refreshing again, although I still have my issues with it.
Introducing Corona was a nice touch which I thoroughly enjoyed. New characters bring fresh air into the story, which I think it desperately needs right now as not to suffocate in angst.
I also think you're laying it on quite thick with Harry's ignorance concerning Ginny. I realize it takes people different amounts of time until it clicks with them and they notice people of the other gender, and I know its difficult since events leave Harry little time to think much about his social life, but I like to think that boys in general and Harry in particular are not as thick as to completely miss a hint as blunt as the one Ginny dropped earlier.
Ginny is an entirely different matter. She, like the rest of the pride, knows Harry has the most difficult lot of all of them. I believe she has no business dropping off subtle hints (and admittedly not-so-subtle ones) and getting angry when Harry fails to catch up on them. What is keeping her from coming out and saying she likes him? She has the guts to do it, doesn't she? If not, I understand, but if Harry doesn't catch her hints, she has to step up and increase the ante instead of moaning about it.

Whatever, I'm hoping that once we reach Hogwarts, the trend of drawn-out canon-parallel depression ruling Harry's life (at least recently) is broken. If Harry decides to be a wuss in this story, too, and take Umbridge's abuse lying down, this story is going to fall quite far in my estimation.

I appreciate the reassuring words in the Author's Notes telling us that Harry morbid fantasies won't play out as they do in his mind. I still entertain hope that this won't turn into a angst-fest mirror-image of book five that is little better than the original, albeit with neat support characters. Please don't crush it.

I'm sorry, this doesn't sound like I like your story very much, which isn't really true. I just think it could be so much better if Harry and the people around him received a proper morale boost, if something actually worked for them instead of against them, breaking out of the path this is starting to go down.

until next chapter, or something like that

Quizer

Patches posted a comment on Saturday 23rd September 2006 8:20pm

Thanks for writing so soon. This is a good chapter. Things are building up and some things are going to be hard to take but I hope that it will work out for the best for the Pack, Pride and their friends in the end. Please update as promptly as you did this time. I love quick updates and I appreciate the effort it takes on your part to write so much in so little time. pms

Evan Mayerle posted a comment on Saturday 23rd September 2006 8:17pm

Interesting - I loved the use of that custom. But, really, inflicting Kreacher on Hogwarts? That's clearly in violation of several international treaties. :D

Lostchyld posted a comment on Saturday 23rd September 2006 5:51pm

Why don't you pretend the houselves thought of jumping the broom first and it migrated to the slave population of the American South? Just for fun, can you write a ficlet with Neenie explaining that history??

Great chapter.

Cheers.

-Lostchyld

karina82 posted a comment on Saturday 23rd September 2006 3:15pm

cool dobby and winky are hitched. glad to see neville using his plant on the tapestry.

poor harry his imagination can get so morbid at times.

Ken Warner posted a comment on Saturday 23rd September 2006 3:04pm

very nice chapter - I had thought that jumping the broom was some variation of Heinlein's jumping the sword - from Glory Road - but he probably had the same root you do.
Please please don't do the bond - too terrible - especially if Dd is pushing it.

Anne B. Walsh replied:

Especially if Dumbledore is pushing it? Do you think he has bad intentions?

Gardengirl posted a comment on Saturday 23rd September 2006 2:37pm

Cheers! This was the perfect end to a very nice day. Sleep well, and write much, Michelle

graup posted a comment on Friday 22nd September 2006 9:52am

Enjoyed the short chapter, especially the Norbert part. Thanks for bringing him back.

Serendipity posted a comment on Wednesday 20th September 2006 8:30am

Eeee!!!! Another wedding! Yay!!!!!!!!

Darkness posted a comment on Wednesday 20th September 2006 2:27am

Really ingenious, how Ron figured out a way to locate Hagrid. Its really nice to hear from the big guy, in many stories its like he doesn't even exist.

Yay, Harry's finally home and Ginny seems at her rope's end concerning him. Frankly, Harry's mildly tempered considered all the shit going on in his life; if it had been me I'd have been screaming for answers. The guy just has too much on his plate. Even then, I feel for Ginny's plight. The advice Neville gave her sounds good.

On a final note, I'm real glad nothing happened between Sirius and Corona. It wouldn't be fair to Letha.

jason papile1 posted a comment on Tuesday 19th September 2006 12:04pm

First time caller, long time listener. I just got through re-reading the entire main Dangerverse stories (LwD, Lw/oD, DwD, and FD). Your's are the only stories I've re-read 3 times. Tim's, John's and a few others I've re-read twice, but your stories are just well plotted and connected even over the many years and stories. Great job and great ideas throughout. As per earlier events in your universe: I like how when Ginny first got her full transformation complete, she and Hermione fought in their forms, and she completely owned Hermione. If you are indeed pairing up H/G (which the earliest prophecy points to) then nice foreshadowing. And second, the nights before the 3rd Task when the entire Pride encounters Voldemort in the Riddle House in Harry's dream, why does Luna clutch her left arm? Is this a hint? Especially with her revelation in chapter 3 of FD. If this is information discussed elsewhere, point me to it so I can join in. And keep up the good work with whatever you write next, I will read it for sure.
Jay

Ken Warner posted a comment on Tuesday 19th September 2006 1:46am

Please keep on writing whatever you jolly well please - most everything seems to tie together in the end anyway.

Nice chapter - loved Norbert to the rescue - that is a new one for me And the compliment was very good.
warm regards

MonkeyAxman1302 posted a comment on Monday 18th September 2006 10:02am

Superb chapter!! Glad that Harry has finally been re-united with the pack and pride. I really liked the character development of Ginny, with Neville giving her advice on how to woo Harry no less! Interesting choice of character for her to have to talk with, breaks the mould and makes things more interesting.

I liked the little bit of Hagrid in this chapter. So many fanfics forget about him which is a shame. The use of Norbert was funny yet very clever. I liked the way Charlie thought of his job rather than following Order orders without question. Very realistic concerns. Not sure where your going with Corona but a new character could be interesting.

I'm glad you got rid of Mrs Black, thats very cool, or hot when you think of how she went!! (pardon the pun).

Your supposed to say things you liked and disliked in chapters you review but I find myself only able to praise. Excellent chapter, keep writing at this pace its great!!!

Monkey

Rebel Goddess posted a comment on Monday 18th September 2006 7:03am

Olympe is superbly written. I loved Ron's idea but Sirius's is even better. The romance novel subplot continues to keep me endlessly amused. Can't wait for more. Excellent chapter.

amulder posted a comment on Sunday 17th September 2006 11:40pm

Snape's idea?

Heres' one: use legilimency on Harry when this happens, so that he can have a poke in Voldemort's head

Otherwise, nice job with Norbert.

The opening scene was a bit unexpected. Is more coming from Elladora? Why else would she be there? Corona had best get to Gringotts first thing in the morning.

thanks for sharing

Evan Mayerle posted a comment on Sunday 17th September 2006 5:29pm

Ah, a delightful read and I *love* that solution to rescuing Hagrid. Anyone for roasted, instead of the usual "half-baked" DEs?

Ivy_Snowe posted a comment on Sunday 17th September 2006 3:19pm

Hmm, maybe Snape's idea has to do with Harry getting into Voldemort's head. I don't know, maybe. Anyway, great chapter. I'm glad they're back together. And Ron is a genius by the way. Using Norbert to find Hagrid. Loved it. Cheers.

~Ivy