Your Ginny is definitely brightening Harry's life now lol

Author's Response: She does have that effect, doesn't she?

Loved the drunken conversation between Harry and Ginny about their pasts, likes, and dislikes in the muggle pub. I was pleasantly surprised that I picked up on all of the jokes.

Author's Response: Well done!

Having enjoyed the Butterfly Effect, I thought I would have a look at some of your other stores and boy, am I glad that I did!

These first two chapters have been brilliant. It helps that I know Knightrider Street and that particular pub although it has changed a fair bit from when I frequented it while working in Lombard Street.

The sparks between Harry and Ginny are brilliant. This is the couple that I love the honest to goodness hero that tries to deny what he is and the feisty redhead who doesn't put up with anyones bull.

And oh goodness what memories with Gordon is a Moron, its years since I heard that.

I am so glad this story is complete and I can just read on. Damn, will have to put it down for now as I have work in the morning.



Author's Response: Living in Salisbury, I tend to take the train into London which deposits me at Waterloo. As Mrs B is an art student (sorry, as of Wednesday she is no longer a student as she just handed in the last bit of work for her Fine Art degree) we tend to spend a lot of time going up and down the Southbank. As Knightrider Street was just a short hop over the Millennium Bridge we used to end up there quite a lot. As you get further into the story you’ll find H&G frequenting another London pub where I regularly got smashed out of my tiny mind in. Oh, how I miss those days! ‘Gordon is a Moron’ was one of those stupid songs that everyone at school used to sing endlessly – god, I hated it! In hindsight, I should probably have worked ‘Two pints of lager and a packet of crisps, please’ in there as well.

Love the story so far. This was a fun chapter to read. Usually I wait until the end of a story to review, but I like your writing style and the chapter enough I wanted to give credit where it's due before I read further in.

Your sense of humor shines through your writing and it's plain fun to read a bit of fluff like this. You've done a good job in my eyes so far of characterizing Harry and Ginny as actual people (it's a difficult concept for many authors) in a realistic way I could see them both developing in their twenties. Ginny is a shameless flirt so far, but I like it. It's a nice deviation from the usually shy Ginny.

Author's Response: Wow, it seems a lifetime ago I wrote this. I can’t believe I only started posting it less than a year ago! As noted I wanted to portray Harry and Ginny as normal(-ish) twenty something’s living in Britain and I think I might have projected a bit too much of my own personality onto Harry in this. I like to think my writing style has progressed a bit since I wrote this story. My latest one, ‘Harry Potter and the Butterfly Effect’, is a much darker tale than either this or it’s follow up ‘The Oath’. That’s not to say I won’t write more comedy based stuff in the future, in fact I have an incredibly silly one-shot story saved on my hard drive which I might post after ‘Butterfly’. Mind you, I also have a nearly completed 13 chapter Auror Harry! story about him chasing a serial killer and I’ve just started a DarkGinny! story, too. It gets addictive this writing lark.

Hmmm I've read this before, but don't remember most of it, so... will continue onto chapter three tomorrow.

ILG

Author's Response: If you’re like me you’ll read so much HP fan fiction that it all starts merging into one after a while. It’s a happy day when I find something completely different and original. That’s the problem with coming to this FF writing lark so late – everything’s already been done. Still, I bet I’m the only person ever to have worked a Teletubbie into a Harry Potter story, for which I will always be proud.

Great chapter. Fun andimmediately compelling the connection between Harry and Ginny seemed to come quite naturally, very nice.

Author's Response: Well, as JKR says; they are soul mates. At this point in the story Harry’s in a pretty dark place and he’s instantly attracted to the light Ginny brings to his life. Really ‘The List’ is a redemption story at its basic level, admittedly one with lots of smut and drinking in it.

Aww, I love sweet, milky tea :) Perhaps it's a girl thing? BTW, you warned about this being dry and British, but I personally love hearing these characters speak as they should and would. Thanks for that!

Author's Response: Thanks. I have seen stories where Ginny talks like a Valley Girl (like – totally) and I can only hope the authors were being ironic. Maybe I should write a story where Ginny has a thick Devon accent (alrrrigght my luver!). Or maybe not.

With regards to my last comment about Malfoy and the diary, it is obvious that he didn't know it was a horcrux, but how did he know it would open the chamber of secrets? If he knew that it contained the essence of his master's 16 year old self, he should have put two and two together and realized what the diary was. He is not THAT incompetent. anyone agree?

Author's Response: I suppose the question is did he care? Malfoy seems pretty convinced that his master is gone and not coming back so he felt no constraint in using an item so precious to Voldemort for his own gain. IMHO I would guess that he knew many of the diaries powers but not that it was a horcrux. If he had known about the horcruxes (and by extension that Voldemort was alive in some form) surely he would have made more effort to find his master? Malfoy’s reaction in the graveyard during GOF show’s he wasn’t expecting Voldemort to return.

To answer point six, yes Gordon's is sold worldwide. It's great if you want to drink G&T's on a budget, but I'd rather drink Hendrick's.
In regards to point three, didn't Lucious Malfoy slip Ginny the diary to discredit Arthur Weasley? But it's your story, so whatever.
Finally, I'm enjoying the hell out this story. Thanks for writing it and I look forward to reading the rest.
-sam

Author's Response: I don’t drink gin myself but Mrs Brennus is rather fond of it. She can’t stand Gordon’s either and prefers Bombay Sapphire. More of a whisky man myself. As you correctly state, in cannon Malfoy uses the diary to try to discredit Arthur Weasley who is trying to get some legal legislation passed that Lucius doesn't like. In my story I just felt that the fact Potter wasn’t in any way connected to the Weasley’s was enough to encourage Malfoy to go after bigger political fish, in this case the Bone’s family. Amelia Bones was a fearsome adversary and Malfoy would definitely want her out the way. What’s the fun of an AU story unless you play around a bit? Thanks for reviewing and I hope you enjoy future chapters.

Another excellent chapter ! really enjoying this story.Kutgw

I was 11 in 1977 so remember Gordon is a moron very well .Ginny and Harry night at the pub sounds
very remenicent of a lot of mine! Nothing quite like a good pub with a roaring fire,good friend and a lager
or 2.3

Author's Response: Crystaltips, we are of the same generation! I was 10 in 1977 and remember watch Jilted Jon on Top of the Pops and thinking ‘what is this??’ I’ve tried to make Harry and Ginny typical British twenty-something’s so naturally their first date is in a pub. They may occasionally frequent similar establishments in later chapters! How’s Alistair by the way?