Paddy_Murphy posted a comment on Sunday 9th December 2012 12:06am

Woohoo, another Anne Walsh title to add to the Christmas list. You think you might be able to make a career out of this?

As regards the story, superb as always, and I await the next chapter with bated breath.

Anne B. Walsh replied:

That's certainly what I'm trying to do! And don't bate your breath too far, I get into funny slumps sometimes...

triciaelbl posted a comment on Saturday 8th December 2012 9:39pm

Great chapter! Nice to see the plot moving along. I love the constellation of subsidiary characters in this chapter- it's one of my favorite parts of your writing, you do a great job of developing the non-major characters so I care as much about them as about the Pack and Pride.

Living Horocrux! Ack! Can't wait to see where you go with that....

Thanks again for livening up my weekend!

Anne B. Walsh replied:

Oh, my evil cannot be contained...

callie posted a comment on Saturday 8th December 2012 7:56pm

Moony and Danger!!!! the last horcrux type!!!! hahahaha!! thats brilliant anne i love it!!!!!!!!

Anne B. Walsh replied:

Could be. *walks away looking oh-so-innocent*

kendiara posted a comment on Saturday 8th December 2012 7:50pm

Yay! Cant wait to see Christmas :) And interesting on Percy....

Anne B. Walsh replied:

Yeah, Percy's in pretty deep denial at this point. We shall see how long that lasts.

AnnaTigg posted a comment on Saturday 8th December 2012 4:39am

Having been off work this week, I have used my time on the sofa extremely productively to re-read the entire DV before enjoying this latest chapter. This has served to remind me once again of your genius and your excellent plotting and has been great fun (although obviously sad at times as well). Loved this latest installment, particularly as now the whole Pride know about Horcruxes, rather than just the Trio of canon, and I would hazard a guess that Dumbledore's restriction on telling anyone about said items might not include the Pack-Parents (or their ancestors/friends "upstairs")? Loved the Quidditch match in this chater as well, especially Lindz taking over her brother's role and enjoying riling McGonagall...Note you have been updating quite a bit recently and hope this will continue with regard to SD.

Anne B. Walsh replied:

Dumbledore did mean the ban to extend to the Pack-parents, but they're going to figure out a few things anyway, and the Founders already know. I'm sure gonna try!

BarnabusIII posted a comment on Thursday 6th December 2012 7:47pm

I would definitely read the both if you wrote them, but if I had to choose it would probably be the latter. The introduction of a non-magical into the magical world has always fascinated me and you did it really well in Living with Danger!

Anne B. Walsh replied:

I'll keep that in mind!

bgoldnyxnet posted a comment on Friday 30th November 2012 12:12am

I'd rather read a contemporary fantasy. S&S has been kind of done to death, it's really hard to find anything new to say there.

OTOH, I have to admit that, given the quality of writing in the Dangerverse stories, it's likely that an S&S story by you would be very good.

Mind you, I've never really understood why you didn't take the shapechanger/sanctuary universe, edit it into a finished novel, and try to sell that.

Anne B. Walsh replied:

Let me clarify that I'm using S&S as shorthand for "semi-medieval world with open magic". The 'verse I'm thinking of is... nontraditional, shall we say. As for "Natural Life", it was too closely tied to all the people I was telling it to/with at the time, and when our group started drifting away, I lost my inspiration for it. Sorry...

Face Toward the Dawn posted a comment on Thursday 29th November 2012 11:10pm

The Firebolt, responding like the thoroughbred it was

Nitpick: Really? It's descended from a long line of Firebolts? Didn't the first Firebolt get released in PoA?

And is 'thoroughbred' really the right term of praise here? Harry is fighting against Pureblood supremacists.

Horses are different, though, now that I think about it.

Wand ownership discussion: Hurrah for clarifying something JKR didn't. You need to mean it when you beat someone or the beating doesn't count.

Anne B. Walsh replied:

Yes, that is definitely a nitpick. :-P Where I come from, "thoroughbred" is used generally as a term of endearment/praise for anyone or anything who does well.

Anansii posted a comment on Thursday 29th November 2012 3:38am

I think I'd like to see the sword-and-sorcery, but would be quite happy with either. I also hope the characters let you finish this story while I still recall enough details to not need to reread a substantial amount before understanding the new chapter. Of course if another bunny as impressive as Be Careful choses to leap out from ambush... I don't suppose I'll be TOO upset. :)

As for this chapter, sometimes one simply needs an infodump. Not bad as such things go, thanks mostly to the various characters involved. (FWIW my all time infodump favorite is in a graphic novel - Wendy and Richard Pini's Elfquest, chapter 7 "The Dreamberry Tales". There is a LOT of info to be passed from both sets of characters to the reader, and you hardly notice, because the whole thing is also hilarious.)

Anne B. Walsh replied:

I'm working on it. Good Lord, Elfquest, doesn't that take me back...

Dangams posted a comment on Wednesday 28th November 2012 11:02am

Most excellent! It's good to see a new chapter. And the expository nature of the chapter didn't harm it. Twas good to see the Pride figuring things out. Also, I was most amused that Dumbledore knew Pack-sign. Keep 'em coming!

And as for the story question... TRYCANTA TRYCANTA TRYCANTA

Anne B. Walsh replied:

Yes, Dumbledore can be sneaky, and also likes to remind the Pride not to take what their enemies do or don't know for granted. Trycanta is on the way -- Homecoming, more specifically, though a story in Cat Tales first of all!

yulerule posted a comment on Wednesday 28th November 2012 10:55am

I'd read both, I think, as I'd read anything of yours. I had to reread/skim previous chapters to remind myself of what was happening, and I was wondering if there was anyplace where all the prophecies were together (the spreadsheet, perhaps?) Also, as I was rereading Danger's conversation with Alex, I saw that they talked about the major Slytherin power (at least I think they did), which is prophesying (or something close to that) though that seems to overlap with Ravenclaw's minor power of Seeing. It's been almost a year since I first discovered the Dangerverse, and I can't wait to go back and reread the main story from the beginning, to refresh my memory. (Though I'll definitely have to actually find time to do that.) I recently watched Monty Python (not least because its referenced so often here) and went back to reread the chapter of Facing Danger where they establish the Red Shepherds (though I didn't quite get what the scarlet pimpernel has to do with anything). And in that chapter, Dumbledore puts an unnamed item (that he procured from Ollivander's in secrecy, and bears a resemblence to something) in a box with a letter and Gubraithian fire, that they are to look at only in the event of Dumbledore's death. That, I think, is what Dumbledore is not telling the Pride here.

Anne B. Walsh replied:

Sadly, I've never put the prophecies all together that way. Probably should, just haven't. Technically, prophecy is seeing the future while Seeing/clairvoyance is the present, though yes, they do overlap some. "Red shepherd's clock" is another name for the flower called scarlet pimpernel. Well caught on what Dumbledore's keeping back!

Paddy_Murphy posted a comment on Wednesday 28th November 2012 4:11am

I'd read either or both.

Anne B. Walsh replied:

Glad to hear it!

callie posted a comment on Wednesday 28th November 2012 12:31am

YAY!!!! loving these chapters!!!! i'd like both stories please the more anne writing the better in my opinion!!!

Anne B. Walsh replied:

More Anne writing there shall be, then!

triciaelbl posted a comment on Wednesday 28th November 2012 12:27am

I love the quiddich, very well done. The info dump was a great way to move through canon without being overwhelming or repetitive. I liked how you put in all the new stuff from the Dangerverse melded together. Can't wait to hear more!

As I said on HNKtC, I would prefer the contemporary fantasy, but would certainly read both. I love your work! :)

Thanks for a wonderful chapter!

Anne B. Walsh replied:

I did have fun coming up with it, though I have to be careful not to be too mean to JKR. She did start this whole thing off, after all.

amaya_tankeshi posted a comment on Wednesday 5th September 2012 11:02pm

This series is just amazing as are the little one shots and stories that branch off the what ifs. I do have to wonder did the pack-parents ever learn that it was Harry and the others who prevented Hagrid from being found out as raising (and hatching) an illegal dragon? I can't wait until you update again, keep up the excellent work!

Anne B. Walsh replied:

The Pack-parents knew from the beginning, and decided that since the cubs did help Hagrid get rid of the dragon, there would be no consequences.

Scott M posted a comment on Saturday 21st July 2012 6:54am

Though not entirely glad of being insomniac tonight, I am glad to have had such a congenial read while doing it, and glad to be caught up. As always, skillful evoking of emotions, some tantilising mystery, and several moments of great amusement, though I should have noted them down for recounting. At any rate, I look forward to more, and likewise good luck on your other ventures. :-)

Anne B. Walsh replied:

Here's hoping you've caught up on your sleep a bit!

Dangams posted a comment on Tuesday 17th July 2012 3:09pm

Hrmm. Things are afoot, and events proceed apace. It's good to see the return of the prophecies, and also the people who aren't Ginny noticing the romance parts of them. And Amanda's motivations are clearer, but more ominous. Can't wait to see where we go next. Write swiftly and boldly!

Anne B. Walsh replied:

*wiggles feet in your general direction* Boldly I can do. Swiftly... working on it!

Anansii posted a comment on Monday 16th July 2012 6:49pm

Good for Alex; that was just what I was thinking at the end there. That and maybe we're almost past all the elaboration of questions needed to set up for the ending, and into the part of the story where may finally get some answers.. Even if we're not THAT close to the end. I'm going to miss this crew when the story is done, but nobody can argue it hasn't been truly epic. Looking forward to To Steal and Save !

Anne B. Walsh replied:

Answers coming up, though you may not like some of them. And hey, epic is (apparently) what I do!

jua-chan posted a comment on Monday 16th July 2012 9:07am

Yay a new chapter.

I love the scene with the magic trick. Shows that even wizards can still wonder about things :)

Alex is a great character. I still don't get the thing with slytherins gift...oh well. I like Draco's plan. Although I don't want to see him die I am looking forward to the time when that scene finally comes to pass. Ah sweet sweet mystery.

Well writen chapter.

Anne B. Walsh replied:

All of Slytherin's line are, or ought to be, Seers. The elder line, which led to the Gaunts and Voldemort, just shut it out after it kept showing them stuff they didn't like.

callie posted a comment on Sunday 15th July 2012 10:59pm

This was a good chapter, something normal to do (read) after one of the craziest weeks of my life. Thankyou so very much for your writing Anne it give me a place to escape to from a crazy world. But there is one thing im still unsure of is Alex a seer or can he do telepathy or both or what?

Anne B. Walsh replied:

Alex is a Seer, yes. All of Slytherin's line are, or ought to be. The main line (Voldemort, etc) shut the power out after it kept showing them things they didn't want.