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August 10, 2005 at 12:00 AM
LORETT, DARLING!!!! *Runs to you, grabs you in a BIG bear hug and squeezes tight* Congratulaltions on the breakout from Writer\'s Block Prison! Hope that file I baked into that cake for ya did the trick! Wink Wink...
Let\'s get right to the nitty gritty: the parts that I LOVE in this chapter...shall we? *Pulls up purple zebra striped bean bag, turns on the lava lamp, and plays groovy late 70\'s tunes*
First of all, the Maggie/Snape dynamic is FAN-FREAKING-TASTIC! They just know how to get under each other\'s skin, don\'t they? This is a classic example of the old adage \"familiarity breeds contempt.\" The entire scene with them was so good, I\'m afraid I\'d just be pasting the whole thing here if I started pulling out favorite lines. However, I got a nice chortle out of:
Let\'s get right to the nitty gritty: the parts that I LOVE in this chapter...shall we? *Pulls up purple zebra striped bean bag, turns on the lava lamp, and plays groovy late 70\'s tunes*
First of all, the Maggie/Snape dynamic is FAN-FREAKING-TASTIC! They just know how to get under each other\'s skin, don\'t they? This is a classic example of the old adage \"familiarity breeds contempt.\" The entire scene with them was so good, I\'m afraid I\'d just be pasting the whole thing here if I started pulling out favorite lines. However, I got a nice chortle out of:
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August 10, 2005 at 12:00 AM
oh my god, oh my god, oh my god, OH MY GOD!!!
What a fabulous chapter, time has certainly done you well and this is planned out as well as JK rowling at her best! Holy crap, I\'m still in awe of your plot..... i read that chapter about three times and now think I have a pretty good understanding of where you\'re going with this. Was a little confused about the whole patronus part but you cleared that up with the gaurdian explanation at the end. NICE!
So, my mind is in overdrive on the whole shaded past of Maggie thing.... guessing she wasn\'t so innocent back in the day.... and a possible intimate link to Lucius no? Snape and Narcissa, always one of my favorites. I don\'t read the story pairings for them but as a background story I think they\'re perfect for eachother. Amazing conversations skills you have mastered for them. As I always say, you have a great talent for bringing out a better depth of each character and making them seem all the more real. I could practically FEEL the emotions vibing off of my computer screen
Now I know I don\'t really post of the site or anything, but I still ghost around it a bit when I have some time. HBP was amazing and I have SOOOOO may questions that need answering. I heard talks of an eighth book, have you heard that at all? I won\'t bring up any of my main questions on here cause I don\'t want anyone reading them that haven\'t read the book though since they\'re spoiler-enhanced. Either way, good job with the site so far! (and just so you know, fanfiction is an IDIOT for loosing such a wicked author as you)
Now, onto my main surpise... the lack of the Malfoy men confrontation. At first I was like NOOOOOOOOOOO but then I was like, holy crap, this is soooo needed in the plot of things. I must say, good job at getting my attention and adding to the suspense. Therefore I expect a MAJOR INCREDIBLE FABULOUS next chapter, and you\'ll be hearing from me missy! lol, you know it\'ll be great and I\'ll be singing your praises.
Well, all great things come to an end, and this review happens to be one of them. HOWEVER, I expect your story to not be one of those things any time soon. I do however expect a new chapter pronto!!! BIG HUGS FOR FABULOUS YOU!!!
~Jenn
What a fabulous chapter, time has certainly done you well and this is planned out as well as JK rowling at her best! Holy crap, I\'m still in awe of your plot..... i read that chapter about three times and now think I have a pretty good understanding of where you\'re going with this. Was a little confused about the whole patronus part but you cleared that up with the gaurdian explanation at the end. NICE!
So, my mind is in overdrive on the whole shaded past of Maggie thing.... guessing she wasn\'t so innocent back in the day.... and a possible intimate link to Lucius no? Snape and Narcissa, always one of my favorites. I don\'t read the story pairings for them but as a background story I think they\'re perfect for eachother. Amazing conversations skills you have mastered for them. As I always say, you have a great talent for bringing out a better depth of each character and making them seem all the more real. I could practically FEEL the emotions vibing off of my computer screen
Now I know I don\'t really post of the site or anything, but I still ghost around it a bit when I have some time. HBP was amazing and I have SOOOOO may questions that need answering. I heard talks of an eighth book, have you heard that at all? I won\'t bring up any of my main questions on here cause I don\'t want anyone reading them that haven\'t read the book though since they\'re spoiler-enhanced. Either way, good job with the site so far! (and just so you know, fanfiction is an IDIOT for loosing such a wicked author as you)
Now, onto my main surpise... the lack of the Malfoy men confrontation. At first I was like NOOOOOOOOOOO but then I was like, holy crap, this is soooo needed in the plot of things. I must say, good job at getting my attention and adding to the suspense. Therefore I expect a MAJOR INCREDIBLE FABULOUS next chapter, and you\'ll be hearing from me missy! lol, you know it\'ll be great and I\'ll be singing your praises.
Well, all great things come to an end, and this review happens to be one of them. HOWEVER, I expect your story to not be one of those things any time soon. I do however expect a new chapter pronto!!! BIG HUGS FOR FABULOUS YOU!!!
~Jenn
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August 10, 2005 at 12:00 AM
I am so happy. If I didn\'t know that Laurel was a half blood, I would have thought that she was Snapes, by the way Severus and Maggie were fighting. So when the four of them were in school, was it Severus/Narcissa, and Maggie/Lucius ? Thats just what I got from it, maybe I\'m wrong. I can\'t wait to read about Lucius and Draco, and if the two girls are going to help Draco.
Jeannette
Jeannette
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August 10, 2005 at 12:00 AM
great chapter, as always, and its good to have you back... wish we had gotten a little more draco, cuz im really curious as to whats going to happen with that whole situation. until next time!
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August 10, 2005 at 12:00 AM
Hey Lorett!!
YAY! A new chapter!! *claps and whoops* I\'ve been looking forwards to reading a new chapter of yours for aaaages and now it\'s here! As soon as I got my e-mail alert I stopped everything I was doing and came straight over here to see what was going on! I\'m so happy that you\'re back with it and I\'m excited that it\'s all new material from now on!! I bet you feel... I dunno... refreshed to be writing new chapters? And let me tell you now you did not dissapoint honey!
I love it!!! Absolutely brilliant! You have such a descriptive writing style that I get hooked on your words. It\'s like I can\'t stop reading because if I did then I\'d explode with anticipation, wanting to know what happens next!! I don\'t know whether that\'s the right way to explain it but, hopefully, you understand what I mean! (I know what you\'re thinking... \'That Annie and her random ramblings\'. Hee hee!) From the content of this chapter I feel we have some very delightful and exciting surprises in store for us and I just cannot WAIT!!! *squeals and jumps up and down clapping hands*
There was so much going on in this chapter that I just do not know where to start... erm... *ponders* Let\'s begin with Sevvie and Magnolia! I\'m loving their banter! Even though they know that they\'re friends they seem to hate eachother and I love that contrast because they just don\'t know where they stand with eachother! I think they might have spent a lot of time in their school days trying to figure eachother out and when they didn\'t get anywhere they just gave up and started arguing all the time. Some of their relationship reminds me of the one our Draco (SAVE DRACO!) and Hermione have. I mean the way they talk to eachother with such intelligent but childish words just to get one up on the other. In that respect they\'re the same, although I\'m getting the feeling from this chapter that Maggie was NOT a Gryffindor... although I may be wrong! And what is going on with Maggie and Lucius?!?! I cannot WAIT to find out about that little piece of information!
Now about the whole Lucius trying to kill our Draco (see how I keep calling him our Draco? Because he is ours after all!!) thing. I think it was deliberate. I\'ve been watching the 4th season of the TV programme \'24\' (Got the boxset yesterday and I LOVE it!) and there is a similar situation going on on there. A father who is so dedicated to their cause see\'s his own son as a liability to that cause and needs to get rid of him to make sure nothing goes wrong. Some people are brainwashed into thinking that nothing, or no one else matters but that one thing and that\'s all that they see. So when Lucius saw his only son trying to jeopardise everything he stands for he saw red and wanted him to pay for betraying him and his cause. Anyway, enough of me going on with myself...
Awww poor Snapey! I can totally see him pining after Narcissa and she wants him too it\'s just that she\'s trapped in a loveless, evil marriage that she can\'t do anything about it! I feel so sorry for her. I bet she was forced into marrying Lucius to keep the \'pure\' bloodline going. Although, I can imagine her loving him in a certain way. Maybe when they were first starting out it wasn\'t so bad. But she\'s stuck now and she doesn\'t know what to do!! I bet she could blast Lucius into oblivion with her powers but she can\'t because they\'ve been locked away for so long... *sighs* Poor her!!
Anyway, Please save me ring side seats (as close to the stage as you can get!) for the Malfoy \'bad boy\' rumble! I\'m so excited to see what happens! Oh and towards the end of this chapter you said that Snape thought that... \'Something bad was happening; he could feel it. He just hoped he would be able to shield Draco from whatever retribution Lucius was surely working on before it was too late.\'... Well it is too late Sevvie!!! Go and help our Draco!!! He\'s in trouble!!! *is scared*
Update soon hun!
Lots of hugs and smooches,
AnnieXxX
P.S - SAVE DRACO!!!
P.P.S - That is the longest review that I\'ve ever done I think?!?!?
YAY! A new chapter!! *claps and whoops* I\'ve been looking forwards to reading a new chapter of yours for aaaages and now it\'s here! As soon as I got my e-mail alert I stopped everything I was doing and came straight over here to see what was going on! I\'m so happy that you\'re back with it and I\'m excited that it\'s all new material from now on!! I bet you feel... I dunno... refreshed to be writing new chapters? And let me tell you now you did not dissapoint honey!
I love it!!! Absolutely brilliant! You have such a descriptive writing style that I get hooked on your words. It\'s like I can\'t stop reading because if I did then I\'d explode with anticipation, wanting to know what happens next!! I don\'t know whether that\'s the right way to explain it but, hopefully, you understand what I mean! (I know what you\'re thinking... \'That Annie and her random ramblings\'. Hee hee!) From the content of this chapter I feel we have some very delightful and exciting surprises in store for us and I just cannot WAIT!!! *squeals and jumps up and down clapping hands*
There was so much going on in this chapter that I just do not know where to start... erm... *ponders* Let\'s begin with Sevvie and Magnolia! I\'m loving their banter! Even though they know that they\'re friends they seem to hate eachother and I love that contrast because they just don\'t know where they stand with eachother! I think they might have spent a lot of time in their school days trying to figure eachother out and when they didn\'t get anywhere they just gave up and started arguing all the time. Some of their relationship reminds me of the one our Draco (SAVE DRACO!) and Hermione have. I mean the way they talk to eachother with such intelligent but childish words just to get one up on the other. In that respect they\'re the same, although I\'m getting the feeling from this chapter that Maggie was NOT a Gryffindor... although I may be wrong! And what is going on with Maggie and Lucius?!?! I cannot WAIT to find out about that little piece of information!
Now about the whole Lucius trying to kill our Draco (see how I keep calling him our Draco? Because he is ours after all!!) thing. I think it was deliberate. I\'ve been watching the 4th season of the TV programme \'24\' (Got the boxset yesterday and I LOVE it!) and there is a similar situation going on on there. A father who is so dedicated to their cause see\'s his own son as a liability to that cause and needs to get rid of him to make sure nothing goes wrong. Some people are brainwashed into thinking that nothing, or no one else matters but that one thing and that\'s all that they see. So when Lucius saw his only son trying to jeopardise everything he stands for he saw red and wanted him to pay for betraying him and his cause. Anyway, enough of me going on with myself...
Awww poor Snapey! I can totally see him pining after Narcissa and she wants him too it\'s just that she\'s trapped in a loveless, evil marriage that she can\'t do anything about it! I feel so sorry for her. I bet she was forced into marrying Lucius to keep the \'pure\' bloodline going. Although, I can imagine her loving him in a certain way. Maybe when they were first starting out it wasn\'t so bad. But she\'s stuck now and she doesn\'t know what to do!! I bet she could blast Lucius into oblivion with her powers but she can\'t because they\'ve been locked away for so long... *sighs* Poor her!!
Anyway, Please save me ring side seats (as close to the stage as you can get!) for the Malfoy \'bad boy\' rumble! I\'m so excited to see what happens! Oh and towards the end of this chapter you said that Snape thought that... \'Something bad was happening; he could feel it. He just hoped he would be able to shield Draco from whatever retribution Lucius was surely working on before it was too late.\'... Well it is too late Sevvie!!! Go and help our Draco!!! He\'s in trouble!!! *is scared*
Update soon hun!
Lots of hugs and smooches,
AnnieXxX
P.S - SAVE DRACO!!!
P.P.S - That is the longest review that I\'ve ever done I think?!?!?
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August 10, 2005 at 12:00 AM
holy crap!
this was an awesome chapter, i loved everything in it. i can\'t believe i forgot all about narcissa, but i did and now i had to go back and read about her whole letter thing to refresh my memory.
and the tie in with what laurel said to her mom with draco on the couch, i went back and re-read that too. oh my god you\'re so good!
loved it and just can\'t wait for the next chapter with lucius and draco. i hope draco kicks his mean old daddy\'s butt.
love,
ml
this was an awesome chapter, i loved everything in it. i can\'t believe i forgot all about narcissa, but i did and now i had to go back and read about her whole letter thing to refresh my memory.
and the tie in with what laurel said to her mom with draco on the couch, i went back and re-read that too. oh my god you\'re so good!
loved it and just can\'t wait for the next chapter with lucius and draco. i hope draco kicks his mean old daddy\'s butt.
love,
ml
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August 10, 2005 at 12:00 AM
Hey L,
Finally finding a moment to catch up on my reading! It\'s a miracle in itself I know. Well, chapter 14 was short but powerful. Poor Narcissa, just after you made me fall in love with her now she is going to be alone in the world. She is an example to all of us foolish girls who love those bad boys...
Rain
Finally finding a moment to catch up on my reading! It\'s a miracle in itself I know. Well, chapter 14 was short but powerful. Poor Narcissa, just after you made me fall in love with her now she is going to be alone in the world. She is an example to all of us foolish girls who love those bad boys...
Rain
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August 10, 2005 at 12:00 AM
On Chapter 16 now and I have to tell you how much I loved these lines:
But, Draco was older now, a man, and he knew what he had to do
But, Draco was older now, a man, and he knew what he had to do
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August 10, 2005 at 12:00 AM
OY VE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :o)
YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY UR BACKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!! *shakes poms poms in a cheer!*
Seriously though, I feel as if this chapter is a turning point on a subliminal level.
Old ties reunite.. but face the consequences of their previous dissolution.
Some ties..never dissolved...but true intentions were never declared
New ties...we assume are gearing up. As if the past is attempting to repeat itself.
\"Do not judge Draco by the sins of his father....\" hmm... only a woman would know why another woman would do that. Be so quick to judge.
Ah, the heartbreak. WONDERFUL installement. Theories abound!
Off to study!
Love u,
NB
YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY UR BACKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!! *shakes poms poms in a cheer!*
Seriously though, I feel as if this chapter is a turning point on a subliminal level.
Old ties reunite.. but face the consequences of their previous dissolution.
Some ties..never dissolved...but true intentions were never declared
New ties...we assume are gearing up. As if the past is attempting to repeat itself.
\"Do not judge Draco by the sins of his father....\" hmm... only a woman would know why another woman would do that. Be so quick to judge.
Ah, the heartbreak. WONDERFUL installement. Theories abound!
Off to study!
Love u,
NB
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August 10, 2005 at 12:00 AM
Oh my dear sweet Lorett . . . What a fabulous writer you are.
This chapter is definitely one of my favorites. I think Maggie and Snape and Snape and Narcissa have much more than just chemistry . . . they\'ve got electricity! I am so interested in learning how on earth Maggie and Lucius hooked up and why on earth DIDN\'T Snapey-poo and Cissy get together? Seriously? If I knew of a man like that so wholly devoted to me, I\'m just not sure I could resist. It must\'ve been a big reason named Lucius . . . Oh well, c\'est la vie.
Too many good lines to quote . . . you just write so well! You have a wonderful working vocabulary and you know how to string together a sentence . . . Words flow like water. Love it. Seriously, this is a great story and I am very impressed with your perseverance and love for the story . . . I know I get boggled down after not updating for a while and it takes a lot of hard work to get back into the swing of writing.
But you came back with a bang! I expect nothing less with the next chapter which I better have before I leave for England. You\'ve got one month, sister.
Do to it.
Love n hugs,
SJ
This chapter is definitely one of my favorites. I think Maggie and Snape and Snape and Narcissa have much more than just chemistry . . . they\'ve got electricity! I am so interested in learning how on earth Maggie and Lucius hooked up and why on earth DIDN\'T Snapey-poo and Cissy get together? Seriously? If I knew of a man like that so wholly devoted to me, I\'m just not sure I could resist. It must\'ve been a big reason named Lucius . . . Oh well, c\'est la vie.
Too many good lines to quote . . . you just write so well! You have a wonderful working vocabulary and you know how to string together a sentence . . . Words flow like water. Love it. Seriously, this is a great story and I am very impressed with your perseverance and love for the story . . . I know I get boggled down after not updating for a while and it takes a lot of hard work to get back into the swing of writing.
But you came back with a bang! I expect nothing less with the next chapter which I better have before I leave for England. You\'ve got one month, sister.
Do to it.
Love n hugs,
SJ