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Reviewer: gemz1313 Signed Date: 2012.06.26 - 08:08AM Title: The Dragon

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Reviewer: ravenclaw_girl101 Signed Date: 2012.05.18 - 02:08AM Title: The Dragon

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I was nearly in tears. This was a beautiful story. Simply amazing. Keep up the great work.

Author's Response: Thank you. I'm glad you liked it. I'm not certain what you'll see next. Hopefully more Strangers. -N-



Reviewer: clandestinelyours Signed Date: 2012.05.07 - 01:54AM Title: The Dragon

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Love it! I really like the way you portray Harry and Ginny as parents, just as awesome I would imagine them being. Poor Harry having to obliviate Henry, luckily he has Ginny there to make him feel better ;) I like that we get some story from Al's perspective here too, such a good little auror :) Your stories are bewitching reads and I can't wait for the unfinished to be updated.

Author's Response: Thanks.
I've said it before, but think that JKR shows them as awesome parents in the epilogue.
I had a lot of fun writing "Auror" Al Potter in the first chapter.
-N-



Reviewer: ngayonatkailanman Signed Date: 2011.12.07 - 06:47AM Title: The Dragon

I read that this is the best completed story. Is this really the end of this story? I have read it so many times and it still holds magic. Well done, you.

Author's Response: Thanks :-D
Yes, this is the end of "Dragon". I have a couple of other "Dtakeshaugh Tales" in my head, but they're staying there until I work on some of my other stories.
-N-



Reviewer: alterdream Signed Date: 2011.10.25 - 07:39PM Title: The Dragon

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That was simply great :) I can just picture how scared a kid would be when faced with an animated stuffed dragon lol

Author's Response: Thanks for the review. I was really a little uncertain how this story would be received. It’s a bigger hit than I expected. -N-



Reviewer: louie Signed Date: 2011.10.25 - 12:43AM Title: The Dragon

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Thanks for sharing this chapter. It is such a heart-warming read.
The kitchen table ... hmm. Five children (not three as you quipped in one review response) are upstairs. Lilly and Annie asleep, Al getting there, James and Henry chatting. The kitchen table is a risky proposition.

Author's Response: Thanks for the review.
Three kids during dishwashing (Lily and Annie went into the woods), five later. Risk is part of the fun, isn't it?
-N-



Reviewer: Arnel Signed Date: 2011.10.25 - 12:03AM Title: The Dragon

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I absolutely love this special glimpse of Harry as a father. He's so gentle and understanding of Albus' fears and while he acknowledges them as legitimate, he also gives his son the power to conquor them.

Harry's always had a conscience and what better way to show it here than with his guilt over Obliviating Henry. My heart goes out to Harry because it seems to be eating him up inside that he had to do that. I'm glad Ginny knows how to distract him!

Looking forward to your next chapter. This one gets a two thumbs up for making me smile.

Author's Response:
Thanks.

Sometimes you need to distract your kids from their fears, rather than make them confront them.

Harry’s conscience is the backbone of canon (in my view). He tried to disarm the man who murdered his parents in cold blood. That important part of JKR’s message is often ignored.

Smiling is good

-N-



Reviewer: rbrt_emmer Signed Date: 2011.10.24 - 11:05PM Title: The Dragon

I suppose advance in age was the wrong way to say it. Didn't mean to imply Harry and Ginny were old, afterall I'm only 4 years away from 30. No way in hell is 30 old. I just meant that despite young kids in the mix, jobs etc, they still have the same spark, the same fun, that they had in your stories from when they were still in their teens.

Have the edits to H&P been posted already or should I wait before diving back in to search for the changes? :D

Author's Response:
I probably misunderstood. I’m slightly more than four years away from thirty, but it’s passed beyond my reach. :-)

I have not yet posted any edits to H&P, my plan is to edit everything and post them when I submit the next chapter. It’s been so long since the last update that people will probably need to reread anyway :-(
-N-



Reviewer: Emlyn Signed Date: 2011.10.24 - 07:32PM Title: The Dragon

Great chapter. Loved how Harry dealt with Al at the stone. Just excellent. The kitchen table?! Sounds uncomfortable. Nice job!

Author's Response: Thanks. I can’t possibly comment further! -N-



Reviewer: Dad Signed Date: 2011.10.24 - 12:23PM Title: The Dragon

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I read that with sausage and mash and a glass of red wine. Something made me feel happy.

Author's Response: The red wine, probably. :-D -- unless they were traditional Cumberland sausages. -N-



Reviewer: rbrt_emmer Signed Date: 2011.10.24 - 11:07AM Title: The Dragon

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Another wonderful story sir. Seeing Harry and Ginny as parents is pretty great. Especially as you show that despite the advance in age and life etc, they are still the same lovable, and more importantly, in love, couple that they are in Grave Days, A&S etc. Excellent. Out of curiosity, can we hope for an update to Hunters and Prey any time soon?

Rob

Author's Response: Thanks for the review.
Harry is only just thirty in this story, that’s not old. So far as I’m concerned, there’s no reason age should significantly change their relationship (other than they become even more comfrtable around each other. JKR said: “the reader, like Harry, would gradually discover Ginny as pretty much the ideal girl for Harry.” Who am I to argue?
Hunters and Prey is in the process of being re-edited, Chapters 1-8 have been subject to some minor tinkering (chapter 5 has seen the biggest changes) and I’m woking on the final three chapters. Will I manage to finish it by the end of the year? I don’t know. Possibly.
-N-



Reviewer: mdauben Signed Date: 2011.10.24 - 10:48AM Title: The Dragon

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An interesting portrayal of some of the problems of being a wizard living in a muggle town. Another great chapter.

Author's Response: Thanks for the review. There are bound to be problems if you’re a wizard with Muggle friends. -N-



Reviewer: JadeYan Signed Date: 2011.10.24 - 10:31AM Title: The Dragon

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I love Al and James and Lily...they are soooo adorable. So excited to read more from you.

Author's Response: Thanks for the review. There will certainly be another short story before Christmas. And More Strangers, very soon. -N-



Reviewer: Rosina Ferguson Signed Date: 2011.10.24 - 06:41AM Title: The Dragon

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Loved the final part of this delightful story. Poor Harry, I could almost feel his anguish at having to obliviate (even tho only slightly) a six year old. Still, I am sure Jennifer, sorry Ginny, would put a smile back on his face soon.

Your Harry and Ginny truly are just the way I imagine JKR's characters raising a family; with fun, laughter, good lessons learnt well, and lots and lots of love.

Thank you and I look forward to another episode in the "Family Matters" series.

Author's Response:
Thanks for the review and the compliments.

I’m certain that the Potter kids will have had a much more fun and laughter-filled childhood than Harry did, that Ginny knows how to make Harry smile, and vice versa.

My next "Family Matters" story (provisionally titled “Beard Hunters”) will be set between Sleepless Night and Ginny’s Rival. Hopefully (unlike the latter) it won’t elicit any ½ star reviews.

-N-



Reviewer: NoTagBacks Signed Date: 2011.10.24 - 04:08AM Title: The Dragon

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I'm sad this one is finished already. I really enjoy the Potter's relationship with their Muggle friends. I look forward to the Drakeshaugh stories because I picture myself and my family in their situation.

This story is a nice little tale about dealing with family, children, and friends, with a little bit of magic and secrets included. My kids are older now, but I remember dealing with similar issues, not including obliviations. But I'm left wondering what happened the next day. Will Harry need to obliviate friends and children of friends in the future? And hoe did the wedding go - I'm interested in the the story of the Charlton's, too.

Author's Response: Thanks for the review.
There will be more Drakeshaugh Tales, although (probably) not until I’ve finished “Strangers”.
Because Jacqui has almost completely taken over “Strangers” I wanted to keep the adults out of this, hence Jacqui and Mike’s brief appearance. Will Harry need to obliviate friends and children of friends in the future? There is certainly a story in that question! The wedding was a bit of a disaster, because Mike’s sister really doesn’t like Jacqui. There’s another story there, too. *sigh*
-N-



Reviewer: Bethina Signed Date: 2011.10.24 - 01:42AM Title: The Dragon

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This is such a beautiful story! I love how Harry has become a wonderful father. I imagine he had some reservations, since he didn't have many good role models, Arthur Weasley being the only one. Your story was sensitive to parenting and sibling issues. Well done!

Author's Response: Thanks for the kind words.
I think that Harry will have begun as a rather uncertain father, but by “Nineteen Years Later” we know that he and Ginny are working as a team. This story owes a lot to their handling of Al’s insecurities on Platform 9¾.
-N-



Reviewer: potternut190 Signed Date: 2011.10.23 - 11:48PM Title: The Dragon

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Excellent essay on fatherhood. And not a bad chapter in general :-)

I do enjoy reading your works. Whenever a new chapter is posted it is almost like Christmas day or an Apple release day!

Author's Response: Thanks – high praise :-D -N-



Reviewer: ngayonatkailanman Signed Date: 2011.10.23 - 09:13PM Title: The Dragon

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Al's magic may have been late but it is powerful. Still, according to the very last chapter in Book 7, James still did not learn his lesson about teasing Al.

What a very heartwarming chapter. Stories with children in them are always interesting. They add that wonderful innocence to the plot.

Author's Response: Thanks for the review.
I still tease my brothers and we’re all many years older than James and Al. I hope that James learned not to underestimate Al.
I seem to be in a “writing about the kids” phase at the moment. There will be more.
-N-



Reviewer: lunagranger Signed Date: 2011.10.23 - 07:24PM Title: The Dragon

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Great story and great chapter. Harry's parenting is so sweet and sensitive!

Author's Response: Thank you. -N-



Reviewer: decdraft Signed Date: 2011.10.23 - 03:21PM Title: The Dragon

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I know I have said it before, but I absolutely love these looks into the Potter family life. Parents always have to make tough decisions even if they don't always feel comfortable with them. I like the way you have Harry and Ginny parent together - they make such a good team. Very sweet story.

Author's Response: Thanks
As I've said before, all I'm doing is expanding on the glimpse of parenting style JKR gave us with Nineteen Years Later. Personally, I thought that it was a brilliant peice of writing (many fanfic authors seem to disagree) it backed a huge amount of information and chharacterisation into a very short chapter.
-N-




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