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Reviewer: pottermania Signed Date: 2012.09.15 - 09:06AM Title: Chapter 9
I really feel for Meredith...and can imagine all the apologies Harry has been making. He did seem at the end to have forgotten about her and I can see their relationship dying away as we speak.
I did worry about ginny being questioned about the father of her child, but she didn't need to lie. I wonder if Harry believes what she told him in new York about the father.
Ginny now has a future in this wonderful place and a new chapter of her life is only just beginning...let's hope she makes the most of it and it leads to happiness and contentment.
Reviewer: Stephanie O Signed Date: 2012.02.14 - 11:13PM Title: Chapter 9
I loved Harry's impassioned speech in support of Ginny...makes a hopeless romantic like me think there's hope for the two of them! That sure was not a fun meeting between Ginny and Meredith, though...Yikes!
Reviewer: hpforever85 Signed Date: 2011.11.08 - 11:15AM Title: Chapter 9
Okay, I just spent a couple of hours in front of my laptop reading your story, and I am officially addicted now. I'm a little sad in a way as well because I was coming up with a plot in my mind recently that has a lot of similarities to yours. Sigh...back to the drawing board. lol
Anyway, I'm enjoying your story immensely, and I must say that with as addicted as I'm growing, I'm hoping there will be a sequel of some sort. I really don't look forward to the story ending.
I've noticed quite a few people asking about the baby's father as well, and while I am curious as to what his fate will be, I'm glad that you haven't spent an extensive amount of time focused on him yet. I'm dying for some Harry-Ginny time!
And the girlfriend...well, hmmm....like others, I wish I had a REASON not to like her. That's not saying that I do, though. I honestly don't care for her. Harry with a blonde? (Cringes at idea) lol While I see she has importance for the story, I do hope that she is not a part of it for most of the story.
Excellent writing. PLEASE finish!
Author's Response:
Thank you so much, that's so kind! Sorry I sort of beat you to the punch, so to speak, it was brewing in my head for a good two months before I finally started writing it.
As of now, there's no plans for a sequel. I have several small plot idea for after this story, so I think I'll end up doing one-shots or small chapter stories. I just don't think there'll be enough for a full blown sequel.
Lionel and Meredith were some of my favorite characters to create b/c they are such opposite ends of the spectrum. They have their purpose here, obviously, but I think readers will be pleased with how they're dealt with. As for Harry/Ginny time, given that they're spending the next six months in the same house, I imagine readers will also be pleased with that!
Reviewer: Ciscochic Signed Date: 2011.11.06 - 07:04PM Title: Chapter 9
Wow! This is an amazing story! I'll be honest, I wasn't too sure about the whole 'Ginny pregnant by another guy' and how it would play out, but I was hooked after the first two or three chapters! That Lionel guy is a massive slimeball.... do I foresee Harry exacting revenge on him and/or getting the memories back somehow? These next six months are going to be interesting!
Author's Response: Thanks! Whatever Lionel has coming to him, it won't be coming to him for quite awhile. Harry and Ginny story, remember? For all of you so eager to see Lionel again, he will show his smug, handsome face at some point. And who knows? Maybe the baby will look exactly like him.
Reviewer: Summer Potter Signed Date: 2011.11.04 - 09:44PM Title: Chapter 9
I admit I was a little hesitant about Ginny having a baby with another man, but after chapter two, I was hooked and I couldn't stop reading your story. It's very well-written and I love how you've set up Harry and Ginny and their breakup. It was nice to read a story where the blame for the breakup is nicely balanced between Harry and Ginny, and is not the fault of one character.
I'm looking forward to your next chapter very much!! Well done! :)
Author's Response: Thank you so much. The break up wasn't easy to conceive as a shipper, but I liked seeing how it affected them as people and watching them slowly grow closer together.
Reviewer: ginny92 Signed Date: 2011.11.02 - 11:05PM Title: Chapter 9
I this might be a weird comparison, but your story reminds me of Psych. I don't know it you know that show, it airs on USA network anyway, in one of their story lines, the main character starts dating a perfectly nice girl, yet we all know who he really wants to be with, his co-worker, but she shot him down, and by the time she realized her mistake, he had already started dating this other girl. you can see where I'm drawing the comparisons, I feel the same way now, as i did then, that the girl the main character was perfectly nice and I really liked her, but she and the main character didn't fit, at least not in the same way that him and the co-worker. That's the whole triangle thing with Harry, Ginny, and Meredith. I really wish, probably like Ginny that there was something about Meredith I could dislike, but though I've only seen her once, I find that she is a perfectly nice girl. You can tell she really wants to scream & yell at Ginny for what she did to Harry but what would that accomplish? She seems like a woman with her head screwed on right. I don't wish to see anyone in pain and I know for Harry and Ginny to be together Meredith has to leave the picture. Maybe she'll do that in the next chapter, or maybe she'll stick around, I don't know, but I can't help wishing she was awful, just so I wouldn't feel bad about them breaking up. Sorry for the really long rambling to get to my point.
Author's Response:
Thank you so much! I love rambling, I spend most of my day rambling, both to myself and out loud. It's a wonderful thing.
Love Psych, btw. Love it! Shawn and Gus are awesome, but I love me some Lassie.
I think readers might have had expectations of Meredith due to Lionel, but they're different charcters for different situations: Ginny was with Lionel b/c of bad decisions she made. She was in a bad place in her life and she (unknowingly) ended up with a bad guy. Harry began a relationship with Meredith to try and force himself to move on from Ginny and ended up being with a perfectly nice young woman who fell for him deeply. It would have been out of character for Harry to end up with a rotten person whereas Ginny, in a poor state of mind and emotions, ended up with a lousy guy. It's also better storytelling wise if Harry has to chose between Ginny and a supportive girlfriend as opposed to a raging hosebeast. Because, you know, Harry's had a very easy life so far and should be forced into a tough decision for once. :-)Reviewer: LEJ418 Signed Date: 2011.11.02 - 09:56PM Title: Chapter 9
Hmmmm. Interesting.It was nice to finally see Meredith. I thought I would really like her but she wasn't in a very endearing mood, not that I blame her. Still I think she handled it well, not making a scene over it or anything like that. While I can't see Harry being with anyone less than exceptional I don't think even the most tolerant girlfriend in the world would be able to handle that. Excellent chapter I'm loving the plot developement!
Author's Response: Thanks! Meredith's not in the best of moods. She's had to deal with knowing that Ginny has been in Hastom, around Harry, for a few weeks and will now be living with him. In other words, she's peeved. You know, this is Harry and Ginny's story so we're not going to be seeing the good times Harry and Meredith had in their relationship. Koglan's Law: Everything ends badly, otherwise it wouldn't end.
Reviewer: Dad Signed Date: 2011.11.02 - 01:48PM Title: Chapter 9
This story and my perspective of the characters involved seem to change as the plot develops. I normally want a happy ending, but not in this case. I want to read this for ever.
Author's Response: Thank you! That just gave me a huge smile. If you want to read this forever, I have got to come up with some more plotlines for it to stretch it out b/c I'm about tapped out with what I've got planned for them. I'm open to suggestions though....
Reviewer: Emlyn Signed Date: 2011.11.02 - 12:02PM Title: Chapter 9
Harry's reaction is fascinating. As was his defense of her, but that's not as surprising - that's part of who Harry is. Interesting about Sapien. I like that you have Ginny have the strength not to go with Harry right away, but rather give him time with Meredith before she has to move in. Wow! What a stipulation. This will prove to be very, uhm, interesting.... And Harry has been apologizing to Meredith.... Hmm. Very good, tough, emotional chapter.
Author's Response:
Thanks! The stipulation means that there is no way any longer for H/G to avoid dealing with their problems, They'll be together, under one roof, for six whole months. Conservations are going to have happen.
It can be viewed as strength, her telling Harry to go to Meredith, but I saw it more as hurt on Ginny's part. She was starting to see a glimmer of a possibility (in her hormone ridden mind) that Harry might still care about her and then she's face to face with Harry's girlfriend. His defense immediately becomes the act of someone helping a friend, to her at least. It's appreciated, but not what she really wants from him. As for Harry and Meredith, Ginny has always been a hot-button issue between them, more so now than ever. That won't change as long as she's living with him. Something will eventually have to give.
Reviewer: dseay Signed Date: 2011.11.02 - 11:13AM Title: Chapter 9
Oh my, what an excellent chapter and hope there will be more of either Harry and Meredith talking because I say a talk is in much needed order. Loved it!
Author's Response: Thank you! I think it's safe to say that Harry and Meredith will both be doing some talking, but I don't think that means we'll see it right away. For me, they're not going to discuss the problems in their relationship in front of Ginny, and seeing as this is told from her POV...
Reviewer: Green Eyes Signed Date: 2011.11.02 - 10:48AM Title: Chapter 9
Really intense chapter. If you have ever seen somebody be cross-examined at trial about the facts of their personal life, it can be an excruciating thing to watch (not to mention, participate in). This was kinda like that – maybe not quite so formal or confrontational – but still really tough to watch. Both Harry and Bart assured Ginny that it would be worth it for her to go through that. I hope that they are right.
Harry’s defense of Ginny was a really effective scene. In this story in which you have portrayed a Ginny with so many human imperfections – its was jarring (in a good way :-) ) to be reminded that she is still the same young woman who heroically lived through so many unfathomably trying experiences at such a young age.
Finally, I am really anxious to see what you do with Meredith. I don’t find myself hating her yet. In fact, I was kinda feeling for her at the end there.
Author's Response:
Thank you so much! Hastom is worth it, I assure you. It's a very secretive place, as has been established, and they are very selective about who comes in. The town hall wasn't in there to be gratuitously mean to Ginny, but rather for the village to see that she's committed to staying in Hastom and being a part of their community.No more "hazing" (for lack of a better word) on Hastom's part, I promise.
Depression and self-loathing makes a person overlook all the good they've done with their life. Ginny needed a reminder that her life has mattered to other people and to hear Harry be the one to tell her resonates more than hearing it from anyone else in the world.
I don't hate Meredith either. On the surface, as lovers of H/G coupledom, we have to want her out of the picture, but it doesn't mean she has to be chased away with burning torches and pitchforls either. Unlike most love triangles, I don't see that there's a clear villian here: Ginny broke up with Harry (misguidedly) out of love; Merdith fell in love with someone coming out of a painfrul break up; and Harry tried to move on from Ginny with a lovely young woman who didn't remind him of her. Very, very messy.
Reviewer: ginnyweasley777 Signed Date: 2011.11.02 - 10:11AM Title: Chapter 9
beautiful and powerful chapter - well done! :)
Author's Response: Thank you very much! I can't say it was the funnest chapter to write, but I think the payoffs were worth it.
Reviewer: HP18 Signed Date: 2011.11.02 - 09:18AM Title: Chapter 9
wow that was great and intense
Author's Response: Thank you! Intense, definitely. As I've been told by many friends, pregnancy is intense on the body in every way, physically, emotionally, and mentally. It plays a part in how Ginny is seeing and feeling things right now.
Reviewer: carolyn jinn Signed Date: 2011.11.02 - 07:32AM Title: Chapter 9
What a brilliant chapter.
The strength you have given your characters is amazing. Meredith seems like she loves Harry BUT she has her limits. Harry ( to me) seems like he is growing away (for lack of a better reason) from Meredith as she states he keeps apologizing to her.
I loved Harry's speech for Ginny. I, also, loved Barts part in the conversation about Ginny having a job and his 'advertising' of his business.
Just one thing I was wondering about; during Ginny's answering about the father of her baby. She stated that she did not want to talk about him and ended her speech saying he left her to rot on the streets...My question is..Is Harry smart enough to put things together and work out Lionel is the father and try to work out Ginny's secret and how it effects him??
I look forward to the next update. :)
Author's Response:
Thanks so much! Harry's heart is pulling him in two different directions right now: Meredith has been a rock for him for years, seeing him through hard times; Ginny left an impression on him that he can't erase. He's gonna struggle with this, as he should. Just b/c someone you love comes back into your life doesn't mean that the circumstances will make it easy for you to be together.
Bart is my dream guy, but I'm sorry to say I'm going to have to be a little hard on him in future chapters, and Nell as well. There is no perfect relationship, everyone has challanges.
The Lionel paternity question will be addressed, either in the next chapter or the one after that.
Reviewer: sidnandragin Signed Date: 2011.11.02 - 02:33AM Title: Chapter 9
What can i say.. I was glad that Harry came to Ginny's defense and in the same breath shocked. Ginny is going thru such an emotional rollercoaster and is handling it better than I dare say she gave herself credit. I am glad that you are not showcasing this as a Ginny bashing because she is dealing with a lot of emotions here and I think your point in showing that she has had to be there for so many people that her being selfish was in her eyes the only way. I look forward to the next phase. I cannot wait to see Teddy and Harry and Ginny come together. I do also look forward to how we handle the Lionel situation... YAY
Author's Response:
Thank you! The town hall was both Ginny trying to understand how her life got her to that moment of laying herself bare before a group of strangers and Harry letting himself remember all the good in Ginny that made him fall in love with her in the first place. It's Harry saying that even tif it's painful, he's willing to forgive her and let her back into his life.
I can't wait for Teddy scenes either! He's going to have a chance to give Ginny her first taste of parenthood and she won't be entirely pleased with the flavor of it.
Reviewer: mysticat211 Signed Date: 2011.11.01 - 11:19PM Title: Chapter 9
I wish I had more to say right now, however it's late, but I just had to get this in before bed :)
I really like and enjoy this story. Please, please, please finish it! (at your own pace, of course). I promise to give a proper review on the next chapter ;)
Author's Response:
Thanks for reviewing. Please don't postpone sleep just for a review, though. I can hold out until you wake up! ;-)
I'm actually getting through it a lot faster than I thought I would. In my mind, we're approaching about thirty-five to forty percent completion. The chapters are getting longer, though. I sometimes think the pacing is dragging a little, but I want to give every character their time to shine, hence Sapien gets a backstory in this chapter. I'm glad you enjoy it!
Reviewer: lorry Signed Date: 2011.11.01 - 10:21PM Title: Chapter 9
Can we please get rid of Meredith, like NOW! You like h/g, the readers like h/g and this site is h/g, why do we then have to bear reading about the 'odd woman out' as you call her? I liked the chapter, just wish Meredith wasn't in it and I hope I won't have her shoved down my throat, just because I'd like to see how everything is resolved. Honestly, it's a good story, but I don't understand having OCs paired with h/g for the heck of it or just to add more drama, when there is already enough.
Author's Response: Thanks for the response! I think Meredith's appearances will be tolerable and needed. She has been a big part of Harry's life for a couple of years and sheds a lot of light on what he was going through apart from Ginny. She's not there just for the heck of it, she has a purpose.
Reviewer: loralu Signed Date: 2011.11.01 - 10:05PM Title: Chapter 9
Excellent. The story had lovely flow. The charactes are interesting and rich. You create an environment that puts the read in the moment and in the scene. Well done. Loved the encounter with G and M. Well done.
Author's Response: Thank you for reviewing. I think maybe readers were expecting fireworks when Meredith and Ginny met, but to me if Harry was really trying to move on from Ginny, he wouldn't go for someone who has a very fiery nature, which would remind him of Ginny. Meredith is more quiet, subtle, and the moment she and Ginny met needed to reflect that part of her personality. She doesn't like what's happening (clearly) but she won't be starting catfights over it either.
