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God, I hope this doesn't end with a murder/suicide. I kid.

I know I always put you at the end in my responses because I really try to give you a proper and well deserved response. But I just have a tendency to ramble instead!

You know, you don't have to respond to my reviews at all, so the fact that you have, and so frequently, is very kind and thoughtful of you. To continue an ongoing discourse with me over the mental health and psyche of Harry throughout this story was above and beyond what I was expecting in your acknowledgments. So, thank you so much, twocanz, and you can put your responses to me wherever you'd like! :-) Ramble away, it's all good to me.

Once again, on the control thing, I did notice those steps of Harry's so early on. Specifically in that scene, when he told Cho he wouldn't deprive her again, was intrinsically Harry, him owning up to his obligation, his DUTY, to her and adding another person to the list of people he was beholden to. But at the same time, he was atoning for his sin the only way that he could think of---namely, attempting to give Cho what she wanted---all while he continued to demonize himself in his own head. At his core, Harry still sees himself undeserving of most things normal people take for granted. He can't help but reach for it anyway, even if he knows in his bones the happiness will be fleeting.

I think that you ably showed each of those moments that Harry gave up some of that control---as I said previously, slowly giving her back the power he stole---for what they were. And of course, as Harry makes the shift, so too does his heart. Cho has seen him at his absolute very worst; she sees him without folly, she sees him without the patina of nobility and worship that the Prophet inspires in their readership, she sees him without projecting her wants and fears unto him, she sees him as a struggling human being full of faults and rage, she sees him in his fits of madness, but mostly, she sees HIM. Harry needs her for his own repair, yes. The time he spent with her over the holidays may have also contributed to his own healing, for him to see he could come back from what he had done, but it was also Harry having the chance to play a normal boy for once, courting a pretty girl who sparks his desire. I agree that he would want to show not only Cho, but himself, that he can treat her the way his truly romantic soul believes a boy should cherish the girl her adores.

Obligation is such an unyielding word in Harry's life. It rules it utterly and obscenely.

I was fully prepared to beta for you, but I'm not sure how that works here---I see you can sign up for it---and by then, your story was mostly finished, so it seemed too little too late. But next time you want to post a story, I'd love to be your beta. And btw, it's pent up not pint, it's a gibe not jib, which is another word for taunt, not taut which means something tense and the word you are looking for when describing Harry's tummy. I know, I should have been a high school English teacher.

Oh, and I just wanted to comment that Harry, in the last chapter, reminded me strongly of James Dean in East of Eden.

I can't believe there's only one more chapter to go! I don't even know if I can read it, because then the story will be over, but I have to see this all resolved or I will go mad.

Well, I was going to give you another lengthy, wordy review for the last 3 chappies full of more praise, insight, and analytical depth, but right now, all my brain can come up with is
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this history is amazing , poor cho she love harry but i think harry love her too , i want he leaves ginny for cho , because he didn't love her.
I hope you continue very soon .. please i'm a big fan of cho and harry paring!

Harry and Cho are soo cute and lovely together , and tis fanfiction is fabulous.

Oh My Gawwwd, I love you! For many reasons, but mostly in this chapter. I have to review "Accepting Untruths" before I can go any further, because it deserves a heap of happy happy joy joy.

First off, Hallelulujah! You've re-introduced the Ravenclaw back to her rational mind with a vengeance! She was so...so...calm, and patient, and, questioning, and,and...reasonable! during that long, overdue talk with Harry on Hagrid's doorstep. There was no hiding behind reason anymore. Reason packed up and went home for the holiday break. I just guffawed over this line when I read it prior to the above scene. Not only for the sardonic humor, but its sheer nerve. But then you went and made it all ironic by the conclusion of this chapter.

Secondly, thanks for reminding me that we're in a story about a kid named Harry Potter, the one who's got a psycho that's after him. With just the mention of "Dark Tower", it suddenly occurred to me that Harry in a struggle for his very soul and sanity is nothing new to him, and that whatever demons he's been working out with Cho could never have eclipsed that remaining force of evil that's been attempting to seep into his mind from day one. Namely, one cold dude with a bit of a snake fetish. Harry not admitting to Cho that he's in love with her is weaved from that same spool of worry that broke Harry and Ginny up in HBP. Whatever transpired in those moments he had in battle, surely he's run the risk of coming even closer to Voldemort's probing consciousness? Even Dumbledore must be implicated in all of this, since it's his "lessons" showing Harry, unknowingly, just how much the two are alike. Hell, Voldemort's sinister link could even be the driving force behind Harry's mental breakdown at the beginning of this whole ordeal. I don't think you are making it that simple, of course, but all this time I've sort of forgotten that Harry's still caught up in this sordid tale of Tom Riddle and you've never implied that his obtrusive nightmares and "eye" to the monster's actions have ever been suspended. I had often wondered how Cho would have reacted to one of Harry's disturbingly prophetic dreams if he were to have one while in her bed. But then again, Harry never gets to sleep around her for long.

In Harry's argument, by pointing out to her that she's the one who's had the control in their relationship since his feelings for her changed, he's inadvertently spotlighted his vulnerability. Cho could only have the upper hand, if Harry cared about her reactions to everything he did. So, he says a lot even as he avoids expressing...certain...sentiments. It seems like he's seeing some reason finally, too. He understands enough from their history together, to realize he's not going to ever have her love in return, that she CAN'T want him in return, if he can't give her the power he took from her back. He may be overcompensating with the May-I's, but they are necessary for her healing process, and he's giving her due course. He's acting the way he should have last year, when their attraction was less complicated and more innocent. Anyway, I absolutely loved this response...