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for A Potion Named Desire

by Lomonaaeren

person QueenB
schedule January 7, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Ch. 6 Why won't Hermione give up? Is she really that stubborn? Persistence is admirable; stubbornness is stupid. At this point, she should just demand that Harry make Malfoy swear an Unbreakable Vow that Malfoy will in no way, shape or form, attach Harry's name, face, description or reputation to the general draught he means to concoct. If Malfoy manages to make money from it, that's fine. Harry certainly doesn't need his money. Also, if it does turn out to be an addictive substance like heroin or cocaine, Harry doesn't bear any of the blame for it. He's covered either way.

Hermione also seems to be doing better in terms of relating with others. If she can muster the spirit and determination to argue with Malfoy, then she can get on with some aspect of her life. Then again, confrontation and anger are probably not the motivating factors with her that they are with Harry.
schedule January 7, 2008 at 12:00 AM
What was up with Draco holding Harry like that?! And the whole hand holding thing? something's already going on huh? *nudges and winks*Love it darling! wonderful keep it up!
person Dezra
schedule January 7, 2008 at 12:00 AM
I know that I'm bad at regularly reviewing your work. But I always look forward to seeing the newest chapters in my mailbox. Another great chapter. I love how Draco and Harry are interacting. I really want to know what the potion does for Harry. Will you be giving ANY hints? I already have theories, just want something to match them against. I'm so hooked.
person js
schedule January 6, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Great chapter!
person QueenB
schedule January 3, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Ch. 5 Parts of this are too technical for me and I found my attention drifting. But this IS supposed to be intellectual so I suppose a certain amount of technical bickering and theory is to be expected.

I don't know why Hermione thought she could change Draco's mind. Regardless of whether she knew about the bargain Harry had struck with him, she should have figured it would be impossible to budge him on this. Malfoy strikes me as the sort to get his arguments lined up well in advance; he also probably thinks himself as smarter than anyone else so he would be quite likely to dismiss anything anyone else says as nonsense or unimportant.

I wonder why Hermione didn't put forward with the very obvious problem of addiction. It's easy to get addicted to a substance that's supposed to be a temporary solution. That's the danger with using morphine as a pain suppresant.

Perhaps that's the problem that Harry has. At this point, I'm just as curious as Draco as to what his potion is supposed to do for him. The statement that he made about it preventing him from being a criminal is something I can't forget and I'm wondering what it means...

Thanks for this chapter. I'm going to stick with this story even if it's confusing at times.

person graballz
schedule December 31, 2007 at 12:00 AM
Another great chapter!!!!!!! What more can I say???? You are fucking incredible!!!! Oh wait...

WHAT DOES THE POTION REMOVE FROM HARRY AND WHAT IS 'THE INCIDENT'?!?!?!?!??!?!?!??!!?!?!?!? I know, I know...we have to wait till the end to find out, but I'm going to scream about it some more...just because I want to know SO badly!!!

Is it his attraction to Draco? Or he might have twigged to the fact that he's gay and that scares him, so he created the potion to get rid of it...so that he doesn't attack any guys or something.........

If so...HARRY, YOUR EFFORTS ARE FUTILE!!!! YOU WILL BE ATTRACTED TO DRACO NO MATTER WHAT!!! IT IS YOUR DESTINY!!! (More so than destroying Voldemort, your ultimate purpose in life is to fuck Draco senseless for our amusement...over and over and over again!)

*sigh* I know, dumb guess. But I really, really want to know....so update SOON!
person QueenB
schedule December 31, 2007 at 12:00 AM
Ch. 4 I can't believe the sorting Hat would have put Harry into the Slytherin house. Even after all these years, Draco is still putting things over on him! Well, it looks like Harry is capable of surprising Draco as well. And I know Harry wasn't always the perfect Gryffindor, what with his sneaking out around Hogwarts all the time. So maybe Draco won't have as easy a time running circles around Harry as he thinks.
person Anon
schedule December 31, 2007 at 12:00 AM
I was thinking maybe he likes boys but a criminal???? what kind of clue was that???? can't wait for chapter 5 good story premise.
person QueenB
schedule December 27, 2007 at 12:00 AM
Ch. 3 I remember seeing a movie with Paul Sorvino called "Mambo Italiano." When the parents of a gay son receiving an invitation to a wedding of their gay son's former lover, they think it's a trap. Should they go and let the wedding party flaunt their joy in their faces? Should they stay away and let the other people gloat at their misery? Should they go and refuse to have a good time and let everybody talk about how they're eating their hearts out?

At the end of her spiel, her baffled husband says, "I'm tired!" I remember crying out "Me too!"

That's the way I feel after reading these three chapters and wondering about their moves, motives and counterplots. There's Draco being clever, gloating, spiteful, wary, watchful, cunning and surprised (and angry about it) while trying to get an advantage over an enemy who's trying not to be an enemy. It's very...wearying.

I hope the situation becomes less tense in future chapters. But you said this is a CEREBRAL romance so I don't have any hopes for it.
schedule December 26, 2007 at 12:00 AM
Aaahhh...thanks for updating! I'm trying to figure out what it is Harry hates about himself...but its hard. Cause I have no clue! Well update soon!