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Reviewer: Aragorn Signed Date: 2016.08.08 - 06:24PM Title: Chapter 14 - Love and War

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You do serve up an utterly unique and delightful *Ginny* (the name thread [and her Luna-ness] being a particularly nice facet of this tale).

Anyway, this remains one of my favorite fanfic stories...so, thank you

Author's Response: I'm glad you enjoy it so much. I do rate it as one of my best efforts, even if a lot of people are put off by the ending. They're probably all Gryffindors... its exactly what us Slytherins would do. :-)



Reviewer: MollyandArthur Signed Date: 2015.12.06 - 07:51PM Title: Chapter 14 - Love and War

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I am glad to see Harry and Ginny together at last. This story is truly overwhelming in so many ways.

Author's Response: Yes, it even smells overwhelming.



Reviewer: alterdream Signed Date: 2014.11.11 - 10:41PM Title: Chapter 14 - Love and War

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Life outside Hogwarts is so much more fun :) I'm glad Harry and Ginny are adapting to it. Nice chapter once again.

Author's Response: Well, after all that flirting I couldn't just let it go with a quick peck on the cheek, could I?



Reviewer: TomBombadil Signed Date: 2014.11.11 - 08:56PM Title: Chapter 14 - Love and War

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Nicely done! Very enjoyable chapter. Glad to see Harry is as attentive a lover for Ginny as he is a warrior against Voldemort. I am really tired of stories in which Harry is totally lost in the bedroom. Interesting twists with the Resurrection Stone! I see the next chapter is up, so off we go!!

Author's Response: I think hinted in the flashback scene with Melinda that this Harry was a bit more experienced then in canon. Living with Sirius for a few years probably helped, too. I'm sure Mr Black was keen to pass on all his accumulated knowledge.



Reviewer: The Seeker Signed Date: 2014.11.11 - 02:49PM Title: Chapter 14 - Love and War

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Very good chapter! The plotting was excellent, the change in Ginevra to Ginny well explained and believable, and the use of the Stone was very inspired. Plus, the writing didn't get in the way, so altogether, this was one of your best chapters so far. I also have to admit that I was pleasantly stunned by how much the policy toward lovemaking/sex has changed. You wrote that section very well, by the way.

Among many other highlights, I imagine we'll be seeing Harry and Ginny visiting Albus and trying to get the Elder Wand in a way that its allegiance moves to Harry. That will be an interesting subplot. Now we know why Albus was retaining the Cloak. His reaction to losing it will be fun. Secondly, your use of the Stone is brilliant. I was amazed that McNair was that cooperative, but you explained why, so it made sense. I also love that this form of espionage is driving Tom crazy, well, crazier.

While I was reading this chapter, I received the update for Ch 15. Thanks for your hard work on this story. - The Seeker

Author's Response: I was amazed I got that chapter through, actually. I guess the secret is not to be too specific when describing body parts :-) The part about the Resurrection stone actually came from a talk I attended earlier in the year at the British Museum about magic in the Viking world. The speaker described how Odin apparently summoned the spirits of dead witches (or their various Norse equivalents, anyway) to gain knowledge and the idea spiralled from there. Educations a wonderful thing, isn't it?



Reviewer: carolyn jinn Signed Date: 2014.11.11 - 02:39AM Title: Chapter 14 - Love and War

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Great chapter.
Harry was quite clever in the way he got the diary and the cloak. Too bad, he couldn't get the wand as well.
Just one thing, though....does Ginny have so many possessions that she needs a 'truck'....surely you mean a 'trunk'. Also, Ginny asks if they re leaving 'immediate'....don't you mean 'immediately'.
Loved the hot and steamy scenes in the middle.
What was Dumbledore's reaction to them leaving Hogwarts?? Also, Ginny's parents reactions.
Looking forward to the next chapter.

Author's Response: Gaaaaaahhhh!!!!!! I've made that bloody trunk/truck error before. I'm blaming auto-correct...



Reviewer: potternut190 Signed Date: 2014.11.11 - 12:57AM Title: Chapter 14 - Love and War

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Nice use of the Stone! Hot scene before that too.

Author's Response: I've always felt that the Hallows are rather underused in fan fics, by me included. This time, I've incorporated them a bit more.



Reviewer: Dad Signed Date: 2014.11.10 - 03:45PM Title: Chapter 14 - Love and War

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Got a bit hot and steamy in the middle.

Author's Response: I'm a hot and steamy kind of guy.



Reviewer: SYLVELLE Signed Date: 2014.11.10 - 03:33PM Title: Chapter 14 - Love and War

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Oh boy, stuff is beginning to happen. If James told Harry about the cloak, didn't he know it was a family heirloom from the Peverell? (sp)
Too bad he didn't if Harry had known he could have made plans to take the Elder Wand at the same time. Bummer. Now you get to put him in conflict with Dumbles again. Poor you :>)
Still enjoying this immensely
Thanks
Tricia

Author's Response: It's an interesting question: in canon, did James know exactly what the cloak was? Personally, I don't think he did, and Dumbledore only realised after he'd borrowed it. I guess unless JKR chooses to mention it some time we'll never know for sure. In this story, I've decided that James didn't know. He told Harry that Dumbledore had the cloak, but that's all. Harry does have a plan for getting the wand, however, and Albus isn't going to like it.



Reviewer: hot48cricket Signed Date: 2014.11.10 - 12:43PM Title: Chapter 14 - Love and War

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DAMN!!!!! Harry should have had Ginny take the Elder Wand - he never promised Fawkes that Ginny wouldn't take anything!!!!

Eagerly awaiting the next chapter!!!! Write faster!!!!

Author's Response: Ah, but if Ginny had taken it, would the wand have recognised Harry as it's master? Don't worry, he'll be correcting his mistake with the wand shortly.



Reviewer: zeta_one Signed Date: 2014.11.10 - 11:22AM Title: Chapter 14 - Love and War

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Only in writing is the "first time" that great. :)

More interested the intelligence gathering. How long did it take they to figure that part out?

I would have thought that James would have told Harry about the cloak, as it is passed down in the family, that it was THE cloak.

Nice chapter, hope for more soon.

Thanks for sharing.

Author's Response: Hey, my first time was great! All ten seconds of it...



Reviewer: Aurorofthelight Signed Date: 2014.11.10 - 11:05AM Title: Chapter 14 - Love and War

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Well dip me in sorghum molasses and call me a pancake! The Roald Dahl of delightfully daring dramas has delivered yet another dose of literary brilliance! Note: I have been referred to by a number of terms in my life (including several colorful ones by Mrs. A when steamed at me) but never have I been described as surreal! So, can I be both shocked and delighted? Really liked how you had Harry pull a Zabini on the old fart - especially since it was a Weasley Wheeze! Wow! There were more pyrotechnics in that bedroom scene than in a 4th of July fireworks stand! You finally cracked that X rating there, didn't you! Nifty number they did on McNair- he's finally the one who got the axe - from life! Really glad you haven't been using the acromantulas for body disposal in this one - Skeeter was enough! "Nec moram proxima"! (Tranlation: Can't wait for the next chapter)! :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D


Author's Response: Oh, come on! Someone must have called you surreal before. ;-) Once again, I had to revert to Google to find out what 'sorghum molasses' was. I could feel my cholesterol levels rising just reading the article. Actually, talking about pushing the X rating, I'm half surprised that I got the chapter through without any amendments. Arnel assured me that I'd left enough to the imagination that I'd be okay, but I wasn't totally confident. I'll obviously have to try harder. Hmm, Latin, eh? I'm re-reading Bernard Cornwall's 'Warrior Chronicles' at the moment, so do you want to try some Old English?



Reviewer: Kanour Signed Date: 2014.11.10 - 03:40AM Title: Chapter 14 - Love and War

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Another wonderful chapter, maybe even better than the previous one.
Ginny screamed his name multiple times. Great job, Harry :D
Finally they declared their love to each other. And she is Ginny again, sweet :)

I have not thought about Deathly hallows, another goal for Harry and only 3 chapters left? That would be lot of action there.

I can't wait for the next chapter.

Author's Response: You're right in being suspicious that there appears to be a lot for Harry and Ginny to achieve in not a lot of story, and in the past I have been accused of rushing my endings. In this case, however, I think the story ends on a very logical note. Or at least it will when you see what is to come. I hope, anyway.



Reviewer: zorica Signed Date: 2014.11.10 - 03:37AM Title: Chapter 14 - Love and War

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Well this delightful Aussie is thoroughly delighted.

Author's Response: Then my job here is done!



Reviewer: ginnyweasley777 Signed Date: 2014.11.10 - 03:00AM Title: Chapter 14 - Love and War

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Great chapter, I especially loved the way they got Dumbledore out of the way, serves the old git right! :)
And I'm glad she's Ginny again, not Ginevra

Author's Response: I was enjoying writing her as Ginevra, actually. Ginny's a bit less bitchy then Ginevra was, and I like writing bitchy! Hey, I do work in an office.



Reviewer: skiutahnum1 Signed Date: 2014.11.10 - 12:27AM Title: Chapter 14 - Love and War

Ah Harry is more pure then albus ever wished he could be...and now that Ginny and Harry are the couple they always should have been they can now work on finishing the war that is long in the tooth already....kutgw

Author's Response: Ah, I wonder if your opinion of Harry will change by the end of this story. We shall see.




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