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for Changing of the Guard

by Lomonaaeren

person s2kitty
schedule May 6, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Oh. My. God. I literally can not stop squealing. I'm getting strange looks from other people. I am however wondering who the voice in Harry's head is. It was just such a perfect "I'm loved!" moment. I want to cuddle them so much right now. Of course they are still going to have to work many things out - how to deal with Draco's insane father for starters, and how to explain to Harry's friends about how he is now dating Draco - unless they as a couple continue to use the "Brian" mask in public so nobody knows, but I can't see Draco being satisfied with that as he does sort of want the world to know he is intimate with THE Harry Potter. He's too egotistical at his core to not too.
schedule May 6, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Its all well and good that Harry has given up the metamorphagus ghost, but Im not gonna feel relief till Draco has been made aware of that there reverse penseive. I won't do it.
Forgive my petulance, I've been sick...childhood reversion.
Thank You,
Lunatic With a Hero Complex
person SP777
schedule May 6, 2008 at 12:00 AM
about # 25...

Man, I just want to stop and give Draco a standing ovation! :-) He handled Harry beautifully!

He was perceptive enough to say the right things, while being firm enough to
have Harry confess his complicated situation without backing Harry into that wall.

Hopefully, this is what gets Harry onto the road of healing..and not being such
a compulsive liar.

Come on, you have to admit..Harry has been so MANY personas for so long that he can't
help but spin so many webs of deceit, so lying is second nature to him.

I just pray that Draco helps Harry build his own foundation and not be the
foundation himself. You don't want Harry to become dependent on Draco, that would
do more harm than good.

*sigh* I just love talking about characters like they're real. Heh! :-)

Last thing, how many more chapters are you seeing so far?
person sanda
schedule May 5, 2008 at 12:00 AM
good chapter
person Yume111
schedule May 5, 2008 at 12:00 AM
This has been a very powerful and emotional chapter again, this time with tempers flaring.
Their connection is such that even their fights, at their most vicious, have some beauty to them.

I quite admired Harry in this chapter. He has a lot of inner strength and immense courage, even if it takes Draco and this extreme situation to bring it to the surface.
It would have been quite easy for him to never face Draco again after his attack, without abandoning him, getting him treatment somewhere else. Doing this apparently never even crossed his mind. He reacts to Draco
person kalaway
schedule May 5, 2008 at 12:00 AM
I just wanted to say again--or maybe the first time, I don't remember if I actually typed it out in one of my other reviews--that the whole idea is very creative. This sort of forced magical multiple personalities disorder, and now a sort of forced personality reconciliation, it's really brilliant. I wrote a paper on DID in college, and I still find it very interesting--so adding the whole magical level is intriguing and I think you've handled it really well. I've enjoyed it immensely! :)
person SP777
schedule May 5, 2008 at 12:00 AM
about #24...

Yeah, Harry got issues alright, now he's TRYING to rationalize the
guilt his conscious is beating him over the head with..the poor man is so
used to being other people , he's no longer comfortable in his own skin.

Just basically using those disguises as a wall...to reuse a past term.

I don't know, right know I'm having difficulty putting in words how I KNOW
what Harry is feeling, because I've done it before..and so have others.

To hide behind a wall, to keep others from hurting you. To stop being a
scapegoat, because people take advantage of your niceness and feel they
can slightly push you in the Direction THEY want you to go..and think you
are just too stupid to realize what it is they are doing.

To becoming a person that is aggressive, when deep inside you are really sweet,
but people don't take you seriously when you are that way.

Bottom line is the same...becoming other than what you are.

Yeah, I know exactly how Harry feels. Difference is I didn't have a whole
Wizarding World putting me under a microscope & watching my next move.

It completely sucks.

*damn, did I just ramble?... O_o
schedule May 5, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Sooo can't wait for chapter 25!!!
person Mangacat
schedule May 5, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Heh... I've got the feeling I missed something very important here.. and didn't miss at the same time. Maybe it's some kind of undercurrent development that's started now. And I really wonder what Draco will react to first when told the truth.. and somehow I don't doubt so much that Harry's going to spill. Well, maybe not everything..hmmm.
Cat
schedule May 5, 2008 at 12:00 AM
More please? I want to know what happens next...and I do so hate waiting.