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Reviewer: MollyandArthur Signed Date: 2017.02.04 - 07:47PM Title: Chapter 23: Lost

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Surprising end to this chapter! Pressing on to learn why Harry felt the need to stun Albus.



Reviewer: piltad Signed Date: 2008.08.23 - 08:52AM Title: Chapter 23: Lost

Well done don't know if I have let you know how much I am getting a kick out of the Potter house that is just priceless. Though still really don't know what to say your story is very well written and love the flashbacks your doing just don't know if I like the pace your setting sometimes to me seems your going to slow but that is me and your the author so what I say or think really doesn't have a big bearing on your story.

Author's Response: You've left a whole chain of reviews. I'm going to lump them all together for one response . . .



Reviewer: Artistand Signed Date: 2008.08.15 - 07:37PM Title: Chapter 23: Lost

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You used one of my favorite words, half of my favorite bumper sticker, Etschew obfuscaion. Good words, humor, definitely one of my favoirtes!

Author's Response: Thanks for reading and reviewing. It's been a long time, I know, but the next chapter will be going up within a few days.



Reviewer: hjp74 Signed Date: 2007.04.28 - 02:21PM Title: Chapter 23: Lost

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ok iam a bit late reviewing this chapter than normall but i had alredy read & reviewd on PS & o i wanted to leave a bit of time to think over the chapter plus find time to re read it & read all the previous rewies & responses which i find only add to the experiance (i find that a re reding of your chapter pretty much a for gone conclusion for me at any rate).

so we begin to gate a few answers given what happend to harrys adopted mother his actions in chapter 1 begin to make a bit more sense in that insted of seeing him as totally over reacting to thre boys who werent relly a thret to hime it become clear that he pretty much goes into a instinctive protect mode where he dosent relly see what hes doing just he must protect who ever is being thretend & will use all his avalable resorses & power to achive this.

one of the other point that iam beging to apreceate is how your fleshing out the proffesors (something i havent come acroos in to meny fics) in this cjapter it was Flitwick & the extra sense of humor youve given him defenatly add to the charecter. by the way loved the lwords harry used for his demonstration although iam still wondering at the exact word to magic relashion ship as he was still using sumon & banish even if they weren`t that obvoius or lattin (i freely admit i dint get that the first ime), As for the headmaster stunning i probably eway off nut the fact that he even had a aura i found puzzaling as the last time harry checked his had totally gone but that could just be a natrally regenaration oh well waht life with out a little mystry.

James

Author's Response: No problems. I saw the review at PS-net, and I've been meaning to set aside time to respond to all of them over there, but the pile just keeps getting higher. Sigh.

Lots of things have been hinted at, lots of things have been implied, and a few things have been outright stated. But yes, "who Harry is" is a question that shall continue to evolve in the answer.

The Professors of Hogwarts, much like many of the non-trio characters, suffer the same ignoble fate from JKR. She does have limits to what she can write, so it's hard for her to make them all vivid and interesting.

I'm glad you're still enjoying the story.



Reviewer: werekitten Signed Date: 2007.04.27 - 10:51PM Title: Chapter 23: Lost

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Wha...? Stupefy? This should be interesting...
Great chapter, loved it! Can't wait til the next update!

Author's Response: Yep, the Stupefy is the question of the moment. It's explained somewhat in the next chapter. Of course, nothing is ever quite what it seems. Thanks for the feedback.



Reviewer: Chreechree Signed Date: 2007.04.26 - 03:32AM Title: Chapter 23: Lost

Hey Josh,
OK, I’m back to write a proper review. Couldn’t ignore the bus bit.

I think that over the last few chapter, a lot of your readers (at least those who are leaving reviews) are beginning to understand that Harry is not just an arrogant, unfeeling ass. I’m not saying that he is not closed off (of course he is), but you have been slowly dolling out information both in the flashback scenes and in information revealed typically at home that is allowing people to draw some sad conclusions. So now, one of the saddest has been revealed. I cannot imagine the pain at witnessing Margaret’s death, but the guilt he must have felt at not being capable and prepared to protect them certainly provided the right motivation to never, ever let such a thing happen again. It gave him drive. It’s not hard to realize that he is not yet done dealing with her death. He has a long way to go, but I love this Harry with all his bravado more than I can say.

I know that some people probably still think he’s being a jerk to Ginny – and he is – sorta. He’s also teaching her some incredibly useful things and is pushing her in ways that she will be grateful for in the end.

I could say more, but you get plenty from me in beta. Above all, you know how strongly I feel about this fic. Amazing job as always. Take care of yourself.
~ Christine


Author's Response: Yeah, it's a lot less likely to be a bus than a rogue airplane event, or the Security guys in the parking lot at work handing out citations, or some yahoo on a cell phone yapping while weaving in and out of traffic... :)

What you're hoping is what I'm hoping. Of course, I thought I'd been hinting at a lot of these things pretty well, but as we've firmly established now, "Josh Hint" is measured on the Richter scale as background noise, not An Event. Sigh.

You already know part of this, but you'll find out more about how Harry views it all in the near future. And when it's revealed, of course it will change everything -- yet nothing.

Thanks for sharing some thinking, MB. And I did very much enjoy WP2. Write more, will you? Pretty please?



Reviewer: swngnblues Signed Date: 2007.04.25 - 11:22AM Title: Chapter 23: Lost

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Loved the bit about Ginny's training. I've had a few of those days, too tired and sore to even want to move, and only then for the barest of essentials. : ) Amazing that Harry just seems to enjoy baiting everyone. Afraid that'll come back to bite him in the arse one day.

The history that you slowly bring out through the series is intriguing. I'm tempted to say - "just bring it all out at once", but would make for a less effective story, I think.

I'm really hopping around right now wondering what the deal with Dumbledore is there at the end. I know you'll update when you've the time, as Real Life does happen. Wish it didn't.. but that's the way it goes sometimes.



Author's Response: I'm glad you're enjoying things unfold. Harry does seem to be operating in one mode, doesn't he? And you know I can't tell you how that will come back since it's a spoiler, but rest assured, you know it will. The Dumbledore explanation (well, part of it...) is in the next chapter. I hadn't meant it to be such a cliffhanger for so many, as I thought it was fairly well implied, but ... my mind is clearly not on par with everyone else here. Cheers!



Reviewer: _kb_ Signed Date: 2007.04.25 - 10:29AM Title: Chapter 23: Lost

In an earlier review I said:
... I do sort of wish you'd let Floppy just tell Harry what the problem is, that he needs to face his past and come to grips with himself. One would think that between Floppy and Cyril's mirror exercise, Harry would figure it out.


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Keep the chapters coming, I do like the story. It different and stretches, which is a good thing. I especially like the magical theory stuff (don't ask me why).


Author's Response: Glad you're continuing to enjoy things. Your take on Harry's problem is interesting. Are you sure that's what's on Floppy's mind? Careful in your assumptions...


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Actually, I have no clue what's on Floppy's mind, :-) but I am trying to piece it together (like I'm trying to figure out Ginny's motivations). One of the reasons I like your story is the detail. I think I figured out why I like seeing the magical theory stuff, it's the engineer in me that likes to see how things work. You story here, Sovran's MoO, and a few others fit into a category that I like because you (collectively) have created your own universe, which is a superset of JKR's. Of course, by creating your own "super-verse" :-) you have to explain more. All that leads to more thinking and analyzing on the reader's part, though we can also just enjoy a good story too. Sigh...and part of me wish I could do that as an author, I think I'm jealous. ;-)


Do keep the chapters coming when you can. It's inspiring to see what you come up with. I do wish JKR had put more stuff in her books to explain the HP-verse better, but if she had, I guess every book would be the size of the OotP. :-) Still, we can make up for that in fanfiction. :-) Thanks for sharing your story!


Author's Response: Perhaps the first question should be whether Floppy actually has a mind? It's amusing that some people really like the detail, and some people don't. (The "Hurry Up Already!" crowd as I think of them.) Another engineer, eh? I can't tell you how much time I spent hammering out the theory of magic behind all of this. I just knew I couldn't stand the idea of even trying to write a story in this sandbox without a solid rule guide to consult for consistency.

You _could_ do that as an author, but would you really want to? It takes a long time. I've been informed you also are one of those rare people that writes the bulk or even entirety of your stories before you begin beta'ing and posting. I admire that, but with Echoes, it's so long, I think I wouldn't get around to posting this for .. um .. a long time if I tried to do it that way. I'm glad you're still reading and enjoying things. I owe you a review or two, as well -- Choices, I think it was, that I started reading and haven't found the time to finish. On my list to do, though.



Reviewer: brad Signed Date: 2007.04.25 - 04:36AM Title: Chapter 23: Lost

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Continuing to enjoy this involved and complex story.

The flashbacks imbued me with a bit more sympathy for Harry, which is very good. Now if you can only do the same - but ten times stronger - for Ginny? I still don't like her much; she seems to change moods at a drop of a hat, a mercurial, ungracious - even rabid? - personality which does NOT warm me to her. Like her trying to slap Harry - her benefactor - after he uttered a slight dig.

Just why is he helping her out, spending all this time with/for her, again? While my Hermione is still a bit player? :-(

The training session with Ginny was very entertaining AND interesting. You are building up one hell of a 'science' of magic here, both down to extreme levels of physics (Remus's theories) and also on the macro level, viz the actual physics/mechanics of individual spells. VERY enjoyable on an intellectual level.

Of course, biggest question of all - why did Harry just stun Dumbledore? Shades of evil/Voldemort/horcrux perceived in his aura? Otherwise chalk up yet another EoP I.Q. test that I've failed :-(

Thanks for the I.Q. te--- chapter!

Author's Response: Ah, back again for another round, I see. I think, when the bits unfold sufficiently far, you'll understand where Ginny's coming from -- her secrets, her mercurial and somewhat seemingly random acts -- and it's my hope you'll have no fault to find with the portrayal. All I can say is, there are very valid reasons, and much of the mercurial nature reasons have already been stated -- here and there. They won't be tied together in a neat bundle for a little while, but the clues are out there. Sounds kind of like the X-Files, I guess.

Your Hermy, eh? I won't tell JKR you've laid claim to her character, so we'll let that one slide. All of those Hermy and Ron fans out there are annoyed with me, I know, but the thing I keep repeating -- it's been a very short period of time, a lot of upheaval, and there's no logical reason for the close relationships of canon to form . . . yet. And since Part I is told almost exclusively from Harry's PoV, that does tend to limit what information is conveyed. That said, the clues have also been laid along the Hermy line of future development.

I'm not sure if I'd call it a science behind the magic. I'm an engineer, so I tend to puzzle things out. I've got a "Theory of Magic" notes file that I wrote before I ever wrote any story plots or sketches, where I hammered out the rules and requirements. It's actually longer than many fanfics in and of itself. I want to get that system worked into the story, and the typical academic writing style of journals and conferences struck me as the best forum for doing such. I'm glad it's appealing to you, though -- I'm never sure how many just skip over those parts and how many actually read them. There is lots of information in those excerpts, and some of it may even be clues.

The question of the Stunning -- here I was thinking that would be a freebie. I'm terrible at judging these things. You'll find out shortly. (And it's not an IQ test, apparently -- I'm not sure what it is, but everyone is failing here.)

At any rate, I'm happy you're still here, reading, and most of all, thinking about it. I trust you'll let me know in giant flaming letters should you get tired of waiting for Your Hermy to meld properly! Thanks for sharing your thoughts.



Reviewer: nuwnuw Signed Date: 2007.04.24 - 11:07PM Title: Chapter 23: Lost

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Although I haven't left you any reviews up to this point, I have been following this story for quite some time, and I thoroughly enjoy it. (I usually print out new chapters and read them away from my computer, and then forget to review, but I finally remembered this time.) I just wanted to congratulate you on taking such an intriguing idea and turning it into a fabulous story. It's great fun to read.

One of the things that impresses me most is that your plot is so interesting that I find myself completely unperturbed by the fact that there's no romance going on between Harry and Ginny. Most stories of this length would have me getting frustrated by now, but in yours it makes perfect sense because (a) they just barely met, (b) they both have some major issues that need to be worked through before that would even be an option (only some of which we know about now, I'm sure), and (c) your story is refreshingly lacking in "teen angst." Many stories on this and other fanfiction sites seem to be all about a teenager agonizing over whether or not someone special fancies them but being too afraid to do anything about it. You haven't taken that route, and your story is much better for it. Of course, I'm sure you already knew that. ;-)

As for this chapter specifically, I read it several days ago so I can't remember what all was in it and what came before, but I do remember that it definitely held my attention the entire time. I'm glad you clarified what had happened to Harry's adoptive Mum, as it was obvious that she was no longer around and I was pretty curious about that. I'm very interested to see the reason behind Harry Stunning Dumbledore at the end, though. I'm sure he must have had a good reason for doing it, and you've told other reviewers that you'd hinted at why he did it in the story itself, but I'm afraid I'll have to wait for you to spell it out. *sigh* Can't guess them all, I suppose.

At any rate, I just wanted to compliment you on a very original and very well-written story. I look forward to reading more when you update again, although with the quality and length of your chapters I understand that it will probably take a while. Take care!
~NuwNuw

Author's Response: Reviews are a dicey business. Some authors love them, some apparently ignore them, and there's a whole spectrum in between. I'm glad to have your thoughts, for the record, but it means more that you waited to articulate them so well, rather than just a random one-liner here or there. So, thanks for sharing your thoughts, and I'm glad you're enjoying the story.

The issue of romance and relationships and such will play a role, eventually -- but as you note, not until the characters are ready, and not until they've known each other sufficiently well for sufficiently long. "Sufficiently" here is not "exhaustively", which I think some people confuse in the arc of Echoes. As for teen "angst" in relationships, all I can say is that I tend to despise any writing that has it for no valid plot-and-logic reason, and hopefully you'll never find me writing such.

What's happened to various people -- Margaret, Remus, etc. -- in the back story will continue to unfold in the main arc of Part I. That said, I'm trying to let it out in increments to keep the interest going, but not bore people with a bunch of OCs that aren't directly part of the main action. At the same time, hopefully readers are starting to realize that the cocky Harry of Chapter 1 is not really that way at all, but is actually a complex person of many motivations.

The situation at the end, Stunning Dumbledore, has some significance. There were hints in earlier chapters, of course, but as the story is long and slowly updating these days, I can't blame people for not connecting the dots.

Thanks for the kind words and encouragement. I'm hoping to get the next chapter launched into beta this weekend, but I'm sure Fate will have a thing or two to say about that.



Reviewer: Katastrophe Signed Date: 2007.04.24 - 12:59AM Title: Chapter 23: Lost

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Fantastic story. I am particularly enjoying Harry's banters with various members of the staff. I'm most amused by his interaction with MacGonagall, and her stating that she might actually like him if he can get things accomplished.

I do, however, have one question. Has Ginny been promosted into the same year as Harry and the others? She seems to be in most of his classes, even though she is a year younger than Ron.

Looking forward to the next chapter! ~Michelle~

Author's Response: I'm glad you're enjoying the story. McGonagall is a fun character to try and bring out, to think like she might or motivate her to see things in a certain way. I do like trying to write her.

Ginny is in the same year as Harry. If you re-read Ch1 (wow, a long time ago), you'll find that out, and the short version is in the A/N at the end of Chapter 1 -- basically, I tampered with Birthdays. Ginny and Ron are in the same year as Harry and Hermione. Ron and Hermione have birthdays very close to each other, and Harry and Ginny do as well.



Reviewer: GinnyMarie Signed Date: 2007.04.23 - 11:18AM Title: Chapter 23: Lost

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Well, I can certainly see why Harry is the way he is. Seeing both of you mothers die. Horrible, absolutely horrible.

Now I am feeling so sorry for him, and am wanting to give him a enormous hug. Not that he'd accept it. Would probably hex me before I was even a foot within his person. Don't know if I phrased that correctly, but hopefully you get the idea.

I can see why David and the others wish for Harry to start theropy again. He may not have to if he just opened up a bit, but given that this is Harry Potter, I highly doubt that will ever happen.

I am truly puzzled by the Stupefy Harry gave Dumbledore in the last paragraph, but I assume you will clue us in sooner or later. I hope for the former, but do understand that RL exists (sadly) and there are things that must be done.

That said, I do wish for you to update as soon as you possibly can. I hope for some of the mysteries to be revealed in due time.

The part with Umbridge was quite funny. And subsequently, so was that entire section, starting at breakfast and ending in Charms, I believe it was. I wonder if I used subsequently in the correct context. Hopefully you understand what I meant.

Anyways. I loved the chapter. Can't think of anything else to add at this moment. Look forward to the next installment in this program. In fact, I am eagerly awaiting it. :D

~Ginny M~

Author's Response: Ah yes, you begin to make connections between Harry of today, and Harry of yesterday. But is anything ever what it seems? The reasons for the Stupefy have been hinted at, but yes, you'll find out more in the next chapter. Glad you're still enjoying things in the story...



Reviewer: ginnypotterforever Signed Date: 2007.04.22 - 11:13PM Title: Chapter 23: Lost

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Okay, so I found your story on PhoenixSong, and I began reading it and I am FINALLY caught up with it! (yay!)
I have to say that this fic is remarkable! The way Harry argues and acts is just simply hilarious and serious at the same time. I particularly enjoy the scenes of him training Ginny. It's amazing how much she wants him to train her... I wonder why... I guess only future chapters will tell, eh?
Anyways, I have completely fallen in love with your story, and hope you will be able to update when you can. =]

Author's Response: I'm glad you're enjoying the story so much. Hopefully, you read the "polished" edition, as I think it's much smoother to read, but either way you've got exactly the same story. Ginny has some pressing issues of her own, which you will start to find out more about soon, that are the over-arching motivator for her training desires. The problem is, not everything is what it appears, and what she understands to be her battle may actually be something else entirely, when you look at it from a different point of view. Just like everything in life, eh? Thanks for sharing your thoughts.



Reviewer: knightsbridge Signed Date: 2007.04.22 - 08:45PM Title: Chapter 23: Lost

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As does Real Life exist in the semi-adult world of the Medical Student. You are made of stronger stuff than I. I admore the fact you have ANY time to write, and enjoy it so when you DO add a chapter. I signed into this site to read, and got hung up on commenting. I really feel honest "reviews" belong to those who also write.
This is a brilliant story, written by a polished author...and on occasion I think other authors really take the mickey out of writers by being too critical, or thinking theirs is the only style of writing, or being snide about ability. As a reader, I've watched many a good story, although not quite perfect, collapse under the "you should do this" review. They simply gave up, and never posted again.
You will never see me use the words awwww, cute, sweet, or update soon. The first three, for some reason I find demeaning, and the last is pushing the author to write at other than their own pace...which makes for a hasty, and ill thought out chapter; unahhpy author and unhappy readers.
Having said that, I do look forward to readin more of this great story...lol, I'm hooked!

Darian.

Author's Response: Thanks for leaving some interesting thoughts. The story collapse you describe is what I like to think of from back in the 80's -- the "make your own story" type of book. If you want the character to do , turn to page ; if you want them to do , turn to page , and so on. I'm sure there's a name for it, but I can't recall at this point. The authors that either explicitly request input for how the plot should go from reviewers, or who change their own work based on reviewers, remind me strongly of those books. I vividly recall reading exactly one of them, and found the whole experience terribly disappointing. None of the things I thought the characters should do were options, so they always acted in ways I thought were stupid. Hmmm.

Anyway, I appreciate the kind words, but a large heap of credit in turn is due the beta team. Some chapters don't get beat up too much, and some chapters run red in virtual correction ink, but either way, it wouldn't be nearly as pleasing to read without them.


Author's Response: And, of course, the message edit function thought I was writing HTML when I wrote that review. Sigh.
I'll have to ask someone to come and edit this response to fix the bold issue.



Reviewer:
Banner Signed Date: 2007.04.22 - 06:31PM Title: Chapter 23: Lost

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* happy smile *
Have I mentioned how much I appreciate the nice looong chapters?
There's always so much happening, so many plot twists and so much character development, that
I always feel satisfied. This is a case in point - I spent most of the day reading the update straight
through twice, then once more skimming it. You are one of the VERY few H/G 'shippers I can read. M
JKR has pretty obviously designed Ginny to be Harry's perfect fit, but I only hardly ever actually like
her. You give us characters with depth and colour. I love this story.

Author's Response: I'm glad you find so much to enjoy in the story, although I admit to being surprised you read each chapter several times. that should make it hard to sneak anything past you plot-wise. How am I doing so far? :)

Unfortunately, there are a lot of cliche approaches to handling some characters, such as Ginny, in fanfic. The problem isn't necessarily the limited ability of any given author, it's that JKR herself has treated the character rather sparsely, and painted Ginny into a box where much of her character has to be inferred. That leaves for all kinds of problems to write her well while fitting what little canon data is known and implied, so... shrug. There are some authors that do a great job. It really just depends on the type of story you like to read. I wish I could add a couple of comments along with a favorite-author/story link, but the system here doesn't support it. Maybe one of these days I'll get around to flagging which stories I think stand out from the rest.

At any rate, thanks for reading and sharing your thoughts. Glad you're enjoying the story, whatever the pace.



Reviewer: JPotterNY Signed Date: 2007.04.22 - 06:24PM Title: Chapter 23: Lost

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I enjoy this story and the 'fun' you are having with the non-standard character interactions. Please keep up the good work!

I also appreciate the A/N clarification on the 'hurry up and post' bit - I have seen many reviews saying this and I often wondered if that was the 'standard' way of expressing approval - I have always preferred not to do so because I understand both that real life must be attended to before writing, and creative flow cannot be forced to a schedule.

Please continue to update as you are able.

Author's Response: Thanks for sharing your thoughts. The hurry-up-and-post bit is kind of a dual issue. In general, I tend to ignore them as review entries to a story, and while I don't find them offensive, I don't find them particularly meaningful. The ones that irritate me are the private mails to that effect, or the "Hurry up and update already!" type of PM. Some are less polite than that example.

Reviews are a funny thing. Some people really, really want the review count -- regardless of whether it's just "dude! update! sweet!" or some such. I find those reviews to be more detrimental, really. I'm not writing a plot (I hope!) that's pulp based, and if after reading a chapter, that's the only thought on your mind, it tells me you're not really reading the material for what it is, but rather what you think it is. The subtle aspects I try to work in are all lost. According to an informal and not-statistically-sound survey of other authors (names omitted to protect the innocent), I'm atypical in that regard. The others want the reviews, even if that's all it is. I'm not sure why -- most of them write rather subtle material in their own work, and I can't quite understand how they can value that kind of feedback.

That's not to be confused with an occasional "Wow, that's great! I'm speechless!" -- which may not have much feedback value, but thrown out every so often does sort of hint that people are out there reading and enjoying. Of course, just looking at "favorite" author/story counts kind of hints at that too. The limitation there is that people may tag a story/author as favorite to read their work and keep up, but not actually because it's a favorite but more curiosity and/or boredom.

I guess the point is that whether such reviews are desired is a function of the author. Some authors really like them. A few don't. It appears that I'm in the minority on this one. As long as I'm not sent PM's with that kind of duff, I don't mind them, I just ignore them.



Reviewer: Bedrup Anonymous Date: 2007.04.22 - 05:00PM Title: Chapter 23: Lost

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Excellent cliffhanger. Excellent chapter. I´m starting to wonder how many chapters this story is going to be. The story line isn´t moving all that rapidly. I have absolutely no problem with that.

Author's Response: I guess that was a cliff hanger, but not really much of one perhaps. How many chapters? Quite a few. I used to have an estimate, but I gave up when my chapter sketches turned out to be ... too complex for one chapter from a writing perspective. (Well, one chapter that's not 40k words or more.) I'm glad you're happy to go along for the ride, though, and aren't in a hurry to see some arbitrary event occur _tomorrow_, for example.



Reviewer: witowsmp Signed Date: 2007.04.22 - 02:26PM Title: Chapter 23: Lost

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Terrific chapter. I really liked Harry's use of the cushioning charm.

Keep up the good work!

I look forward to your next chapter.

Author's Response: It's always fun to take a simple, every-day thing like that charm and demonstrate just how ... interesting ... the application of it could be. Glad you're still finding it worthwhile to read.



Reviewer: _kb_ Signed Date: 2007.04.22 - 02:15PM Title: Chapter 23: Lost

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Yet another good chapter. I wondered what had happened to Margret, so thanks for filling in that backstory part.


"Dumbledoring"? Hahahaha! I almost died laughing. That was really good. I do sort of wish you'd let Floppy just tell Harry what the problem is, that he needs to face his past and come to grips with himself. One would think that between Floppy and Cyril's mirror exercise, Harry would figure it out.


Dang, you gonna make me re-read the whole story again to see what the polished parts are, aren't you? :-) Not that that's a bad thing, just time consuming. And thanks for the link to the group discussion thing on you Bio page. I'm off to see what else is going on...


Keep the chapters coming, I do like the story. It different and stretches, which is a good thing. I especially like the magical theory stuff (don't ask me why).

Author's Response: Glad you're continuing to enjoy things. Your take on Harry's problem is interesting. Are you sure that's what's on Floppy's mind? Careful in your assumptions...

You don't need to re-read anything, really. The big changes were the random PoV shifts in the first 4 or 5 chapters. It's been so long since I wrote a non-technical article for peer review that the writing from different perspectives tripped me up a few times. I'm also glad that so many people find the theory interesting. It's somehow more rewarding for me, considering I worked that out before coming up with plot lines using it. Cheers.



Reviewer: Sssith Signed Date: 2007.04.22 - 12:31PM Title: Chapter 23: Lost

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Did you explain anywhere why Ginny is in the same year as the rest? Sorry I just don't remember at this point.

Interesting chapter in that if felt like it was a transition point. Of course I could easily be wrong about that.

Author's Response: See the A/N at the end of Chapter 1 for your answer. And, of course, Chapter 1 itself in the text has the answer too. There are transitions, and then there are transitions. Glad you're still enjoying things, regardless of which it is.




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