I love when you flesh out the minor character's stories.

Lisa was fifteen at the time of the battle. I assume that would probably make her a fourth year, but i suppose her birthday could have been between mid-May and late August.

The factory workers with the strong Scot's accent - did they go to Hogwarts? I don't remember anyone in the books having their voice written that way, except for Hagrid. Or did the students adjust their dialect depending on the majority of those surrounding them? The same question applies to the Welsh students, I suppose.

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I’ve neglected Ernie. He appears in Tales of the Battle, and (briefly) in Grave Days and Aurors and Schoolgirls, but I haven’t used him since then. He’ll be back.
JKR gave Hagrid a noticeable accent, but no one else (not even Seamus). I assume that students do moderate their dialect a little. In this case I was simply trying to make Lisa the outsider.
-N-

Whoa! Ernie? Excellent idea.... but of course, MacMillan. Why did I not think of that. Clever you. Well done. Fascinating chapter.

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Ernie (and Lisa) will be back soon.
-N-

Two different invitation story arcs. I'm surprised that Vernon accepted the invitation, but it will make for an interesting scene later at the wedding.Is Dudley's date a new character? Daze? I assume that's short for Daisy.

I didn't pick up on the Macmillan surname until the given name "Ernie" came up, then I had an "Oh, yeah, right" moment. You've hit me several times before with those in your stories. I don't know if I'm slow on the uptake, or you're really good at hiding the clues, but either way it doesn't matter. It works for me, and I enjoy them when they happen. Occasionally I do sense things before the reveal, and I get to act smug when that happens. The fact that it's rare that I get feel smug makes it all the sweeter.

Was it hard writing the Scot dialect and keeping it legible to the reader?You did a good job at something I think few would even attempt (and some of those who do that shouldn't).Does it help living where you do?

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Thanks for the review.

Vernon says: “I did NOT accept the invitation. I simply decided to allow my wife and son to indulge in this foolish whim of theirs.� Daze is, indeed Daisy, I’m not sure what she thinks of Dudley’s pet name for her.

You aren’t the only one who missed the Macmillan surname. I was deliberately vague about “the wee boss� for a while, but I’m surprised that it caught so many people. Perhaps the Scottish setting confused people, although Macmillan is definitely a Scottish name.

The man at the next desk to me is a Scot, Edinburgh is 100 miles from me (London is 300) and I frequently cross the border to visit a friend of mine. All of those things help. My simple rule (and it’s true) is that from Yorkshire northwards, the word yes is often replaces by “aye� and that, plus a couple of dialect words are enough.

-N-

Lovely, Petunia is coming:)) I wonder what will happen at the wedding and who they got placed with?

Author's Response: Thanks for the review. You’ll find out soon(ish). -N-

I enjoyed the story and look forward to future progress. One of the things that I enjoy about your writing is that your speculation about things makes sense to me--lots of people claiming they were close friends of Harry when they actually are not. It is surprising to see Ernie more mature and modest than you had shown him previously but people change and develop. Even Petunia--although not so much Vernon. The little dig about how they don't need 2 cars because she can't drive is a little ironic since Ginny is the anti-Petunia in every possible way except that she also does not drive and relies on her husband to drive her. I don't think that makes Harry Vernon however.

I don't quite understand why knitting is a factory that employs people but I don't have any understanding at all of what makes the JKR economy work.

Thanks again and I look foward to more of your imaginative productivity.


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Thanks

Ernie in this chapter is a little less pompous than I made him in Tales of the Battle, but he’s been “working� in the family business ever since. You’re correct about Ginny (in Strangers at least), but unlike Petunai, she can travel without driving. Besides, Ginny has a motorcycle licence. Something which would horrify Petunia.

It’s weaving (manufacturing cloth) not knitting. I thought I’d made that obvious, I’ll check. The JKR economy doesn’t work, so I’m making stuff up. :-D

-N-

Long time no see. Well now I'm going to have to go back again and figure out where this all fits in but nice to see we are close to the big day...kutgw

Author's Response: Thanks. Close? It’s still ten weeks away, but time flies… -N-

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well what will you say to the person when you are bored to hell and then find out that one of your favourites is updated. you go to the site with high zeal and you will find the cruel author notes there :(. I mean seriously, story about Harry/Ginny wedding and no H/G.
Anyhow one positive thing about is that your updating pace has increased and this is a very good sign.

After my discouraging rant, I have to say that I very much enjoyed the dursley part of the chapter. It clearly reveals the dursley's life of your HP fandom. However (and there is alway one however with no H/G chapter :) ) the second part is not related or I must say influential in the story and if anyone (I mean people like me) is reading this story in the future when its complete, the second part will be skipped as I think no one will be interested in how Ernie and Lisa got together when they are reading about such quality stuff of H/G wedding.

Sorry for the ambiguous review, The above rant is confusing, So this is a one positive review with the above stars. :)

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Thanks for the ambiguous review. :-D

I did wonder about submitting a chapter featuring neither Harry or Ginny. I had my reasons. Harry was entirely absent from chapter 3 (and mostly absent from the last chapter). I hope to be able to keep up with my current rate of updating, If I do, you’ll see another chapter of Hunters and Prey within a week (or so).

-N-