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for Beyond the Veil -- COMPLETE

by LaBibliographe

person jw
schedule June 22, 2008 at 12:00 AM
ch 25 - (looks woebegone...) I think I feel as confused as Lucius! after the lovely night and talk of 'paintings,' this morning conversation was unexpected - talk of Azkaban and Dementors, the Veil forcing them to marry, etc. she doesn't really know how to be diplomatic or sensitive, although she did pay him that small compliment. but that's rather canon-Hermione. well, I wonder how far they'll succeed in getting to the Veil at the Ministry. thanks for the new chapter!!
person Utopia
schedule June 22, 2008 at 12:00 AM
I go on holiday, and when I come back I have absolutely no blinking idea where I am in so many fics! I'm 2 chaps behind in this and 10 in Snape-Goddesses's new one! I'm so lost! I came back lovely and brown from my holidays - no suntan, it was RUST - all it's done is blooming RAIN! Summer? What's that?! lol.

Bed hog! Not that I've got room to talk - my 5' frame quite happily goes digonally across our bed, and my other half ends up scrunched up in one corner!

Can I have a fresh rag for dribbling on after the description?

Tomcat with two... BRILLIANT!

Those sheets sound like our sofa at uni... I can't look at it with my specs on because the pattern moves and makes me a bit queesy - and the cover we have isn't big enough and falls off.

Surely bathroom functions are not to be shared?? My other half won't wee when I'm in the bathroom, he'd rather hold it until I'm out of the bath!

Ooooooh, he doesn't share. That's a surprise, I'd thought there wasn't much he hadn't done!

Such an odd thing, the whole naked promenade thing - but it fits perfectly! You are good at that, making the surreal fit into place.

doohinky... that's a new one on me! I call my other half's bob. Trouble is, I also call my fish bob...

Another smashing chappie! Something nice to come home to!

person Utopia
schedule June 22, 2008 at 12:00 AM
25

Prime directives... are we boldly going where no man has gone before? And if we are, I want first dibs on Raiker! Okaaaaaaaaaaay, back in THIS fandom, remember Utopia: Lucius, Lucius, Lucius....

Veil talk is honestly giving me a bit of a headache trying to get my head around it; so I'm going to go with the flow and not think about it - because otherwise I'm going to be so utterly befuddled.

I'll tumble over breakfast! Pick me! Pick Me!

I thought marriage WAS teamwork! Has Lucius missed Hermione's meaning on that one?

I like Hermione's attitude: Killing isn't worth it. Trouble is, it smacked her new hubby in the face - not good for tumbling between the toast and jam.

Sex is one of those ancient things that's considered spiritual in so many cultures on some level - perhaps it is the most ancient form of magic in existence - heck I've seen stars a few times!

Ah... the Master is a HE - might not have been. And my money is honestly on a squib who's using something to control people.
schedule June 22, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Ch24: Well, THANK GOD you got Lucius to change the bedsheets - they were turning my stomach and I couldn't even see them!

Nothing like a good view of a sleeping male torso in the morning; beats coffee any day! Mind you, even if Snape in all his rickmanesque glory intruded into my bathroom activities it would still freak me right out, so I think Hermione reacted very calmly to Lucius' stunt there.

I love the porno wall decorations - and very clever of Lucius to use them to gauge Hermione's little kinks and tastes. I wonder which ones she'll point out...

Lovely morning-after chapter; I love all the references to her very thoroughly-used feminine areas, heh.

Can't wait for the next one - oh, hang on, I don't have to, do I? Onward!
schedule June 22, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Who is the Veil? Who is in control? I feel I must know immediately, damn it!

I found their conversation fascinating (and it made me laugh that Lucius didn't even remember who Buckbeak was - that's very him!). I like that Hermione doesn't give him an inch, and he is man enough to respect her opinions now. I wonder why Hermione would be so hung up on sex before marriage though - I understand that any Regency chick would be like that, but Hermione doesn't strike me as having much of the True Love Waits about her (especially as she'd probably laugh at the idea of Lucius being her True Love). I can see that she might have some issues still ongoing from previous bad relationships though, so it would make sense on that level.

I am truly excited by what they might uncover (and not just in terms of clothing removal either ;)). More, more, more etc.
schedule June 21, 2008 at 12:00 AM
"Her unexpected and totally backhanded encomium made him feel a little better, blunting his incipient choler."

... have I told you I love you lately? That sentence made me so happy I read it three times in a row just to smile at it properly before I moved on. :)
schedule June 21, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Okay, I will just start to review before I read, because I always forget what I want to say otherwise. But first; of coruse, that makes sence, I completly forgot about the war before they got into the Veil. Ah, well, thanks for reminding me! Now I will begin the reading...

"I asked you first" - yes, that always works ^^ Good Hermione. Naaw, Good answer, Lucius.

Hm... think if they are dead and they are just... dreaming or... Or... I'm not sure what "death" really means in this story. If they can't come back to their own time, they are, thecnically dead from that time, I mean... some people say that someone has died, but they still think they are living in some kind of heaven, and then they still live, but they are dead. Or something... death is a complicated thing. And I guess I won't find out about it until the end of this story when we find out if they are able to come back or not...

Oh, yes, why was Lucius in the Department of Mysterys that night? Hm... why do I get the feeling this is an important question?

Hm... I like their thinking about the Veil, a guardian of Magic... and the fact that everyone thinks they are married. Hermione will hear some jucie gossip once they get started to socialise with others... I'm just assuming they will get to know other people and that those people will have something interesting to say...

Haha, "The Veil's to-do list" That's just funny! And that's what I mean about "wordwitch" you come up with the most interesting sentences.

Hm... If you compear the Veil with Voldemort, it means that you (or Lucius) thinks about the Veil like a thinking object, because only thinking beings can be evil and good because it's only in the mind... so then the Veil has to have a mind... and if it's good or evil, that means it isn't a passive power... but if it's on the side of magic... ah, well, I will just contiune to read and see what I find out.

Oh, time travel is just so interesting so I just have to think about it, and when I think, I write, so since it is your story that made me think, you will just have to listen to me! Moahahah. Ah, well, another small question; All stories takes certian things for granted, like men have a penis and the sky is blue... things the author doesn't have to spell out... But does this story (I say story because I now that many writers doesn't believe in what they are writing, they just write because it's fun) thinks that time is a staight line who goes from one time to the next, of that time is a lake you can travel on... or... perhaps it doesn't matter because all Lucius and Hermione is about to do is to change time... and it wil affect whatever time-line-lake you believe in.... I don't make any sence, do I?

Hehe, Hermione, perhaps it's time for her to learn that men doesn't listen.. and even if they do, it's not sure they will understand what you say :P Hehe... but then again, some women are like that too :P
They will never have the same veiw when it comes to politic, will they? I think not.
Oh, Lucius... he really does everything to sound misjudged... well, I guess most men who have just lost a was are like that... how many more times will Hermione have to say that she doesn't think he is evil! And speaking about that Buckbeak, there are a really good animation about Narcissas and Lucius reaction on deviantart . com by a woman named makani, check it out if you haven't already. they are very funny!

Hm... if Lucius where Mary Poppins, I wouldn't read this story, so thank heavens.

Haha! "every... every night?" Hermione is so cute and innocent. She must quite a treat for a tiger like Lucius :)

Yes, Hermione really starts to sound like a conspiracy theorist... It's not like they could have the imagination to think they were just the puppets of the Veil... When you start to think about it, I guess it's hard to see what's the Veils doing and what's your own imagination... But then we could just start to think about where "imagination" comes from... Who knowes, perhaps it's like in those cartoons like "Moon Dreamers" where the dreams are sent to us from the moon... But I won't go into that conversation now...

So, great chapter anyway, I like the once where they talk a lot! They are always the most interesting! And I think you are good at finding the diffrent words the people use. Like, Lucius would never say something like "wicked" or "OMG"... since... I don't think Lucius believes in God... ah, well, I hope you can undestand this review. I am quite bored, so I just felt like analyze this story a little.. perhaps it was a mission doomed to fail before you have read the complet story... ahd, well...
take care!
schedule June 20, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Intriguing, original plot! Yes, time-travel plots are tricky, as I well know. Can't wait to see where you are going with this because I have absolutely no idea!

Could I borrow your Lucius for the weekend? >.<
schedule June 20, 2008 at 12:00 AM
yes, yes i am as confused as lucius...lol. love the whole conspiracy theory feel of this story! I can't wait to find out more about this master and what the veil really has to do about any of it. keep up the good work!!

Lady Blue Eyes
person mlui
schedule June 20, 2008 at 12:00 AM
This is an awesome story. I wonder if more about the Veil is going to be reveiled soon? And I wonder what did happen to everyone else...