Reviews For A Proper Epilogue
Reviewer: melindaleo Signed Date: 2018.01.26 - 12:47PM Title: Chapter 5 - With All That I Am and All that I Have I love, love, love, love your Molly and Arthur. They're the parents Harry needs, and I find myself wanting to reach into the story and hug them. Your description of George breaks my heart. Of all the characters, he's the one I worry most about post-canon. I have to admit - I'm one of those who believes Harry did do the right thing in leaving Ginny' behind, so I balk a bit at the suggestion he needs to apologize for it. Ginny was underage. The Trace would've had them caught before they'd even begun because I don't believe she'd be able to not act when one of them was in danger. Who could? I think the results would've been a disaster. While I think she's his greatest comfort, he didn't need comfort - he needed to do his job. I also don't think Hogwarts was easy, but again, not his fault she was there. There was no place easy until Voldemort was destroyed. That's my .02 on it, anyway. Reviewer: GHL Signed Date: 2017.02.03 - 06:47AM Title: Chapter 5 - With All That I Am and All that I Have
Fascinating chapter! Your single line of redirection from Molly is a wonderful encapsulation of the character you've moulded for her, and captured my imagination even more than the other very touching moments you covered in the chapter. I'm not certain why so many fanfics vilify Molly. If one seeks to ground things in canon, a FF writer can find legitimate threads to spin off to make Dumbledore, Ron or Hermione into insufferable wretches, but I can't really think of any true grievance against Molly. And nor is she unidimensional -- not when the supposedly naive, cloyingly maternal woman takes down Bellatrix Lestrange with a battle scream worthy of a Banshee. Anyway, I'm glad you found your way to surprising us a bit more. Author's Response: Thank you! I obviously agree with you! Molly always seemed like a loving, caring mother to me, who tried to keep her kids from flying off the rails and instilling some discipline without becoming a controlling, evil hag. She welcomed Harry into her home freely and gave him everything he needed, most importantly, love. However, I'm sure the food helped him, as well. She was hacked off at the twins and Ron, told them why she was angry, then fed them a sumptuous breakfast. What a bitch! I guess as a parent of five daughters, I recognize how one tries to walk a fine line between disciplinarian and ensuring that your kids get everything they need, You don't always get it right, but everything you do, you do out of love. As for Hermione, yes, she has her negative points and I can see why she had such difficulty making friends, but she was always loyal to Harry. Again, fueled by the love of a sibling, she often overstepped the boundaries -- turning over the broomstick for testing, ignoring Harry's concerns about Malfoy, becoming insecure when Harry surpassed her marks in potions -- but she stuck with Harry, was a good friend to Ginny, and fought for the light to the final battle. Yes she was obnoxious about S.P.E.W. but her heart was in the right place. Now, Ron is a different story. His insecurities and jealousy fueld so much rage and spiteful behavior. Reminding Harry that he had no family! AARRGGHH! Treating Ginny like a three-year-old. Being jealous of the Boy-Who-Lived-But-His-Parents-Were-Murde red. Yuck! Just yuck! But still at his core a decent person. His hatred for all Slytherins was an issue for me as well. God help us all if we haven't anymore mental subtlety than that! Reviewer: Dad Signed Date: 2017.01.27 - 11:44AM Title: Chapter 5 - With All That I Am and All that I Have I do not think I have seen the burial of Snape at Godric's Hollow before. Nice touch. Reviewer: Kanour Signed Date: 2017.01.27 - 01:24AM Title: Chapter 5 - With All That I Am and All that I Have Another nice chapter. Reviewer: MollyandArthur Signed Date: 2017.01.26 - 03:58PM Title: Chapter 5 - With All That I Am and All that I Have Fabulous chapter! I love when a story makes me laugh one moment and feel a bit weepy the next. Many revelations in this chapter. Obviously Petunia has some explaining to do. I am also curious about Harry's wealth and how that will impact the story. Reviewer: indywriter Signed Date: 2017.01.26 - 08:45AM Title: Chapter 5 - With All That I Am and All that I Have Sorry for not reviewing the last chapter. I read it on my phone and typing a review on that is so tedious. I loved seeing Arthur welcome Harry to the family. And this chapter was lovely too. I had been skeptical when I first read who they were expecting for the funeral, so it was nice to see more classmates show up to honor Fred. Reviewer: Arnel Signed Date: 2017.01.26 - 06:37AM Title: Chapter 5 - With All That I Am and All that I Have You have no idea how much I was smirking when you opened this chapter with Hermione being locked out of Ginny's room! I did feel a bit sorry for her, though, after she tried to make Harry feel sorry for her by telling him she didn't get much sleep since she spent the night "talking" with Ron. Reviewer: Gin110881 Signed Date: 2017.01.26 - 06:05AM Title: Chapter 5 - With All That I Am and All that I Have I'm glad you addressed Ginny's year at Hogwarts. The horribly year in the "save heaven" of Hogwarts under the control of the Death Eater is often played down to justify the silly break-up, just like so many other things that Ginny had to endure in her life. I’m looking forward to reading about Harry’s reaction when Ginny tells him about her life at Hogwarts. Reviewer: skiutahnum1 Signed Date: 2017.01.25 - 11:22PM Title: Chapter 5 - With All That I Am and All that I Have Well harry is in for a bumpy ride and so are everyone else at the borrow.....kutgw | |||||||
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