Oh, I forgot I'm still rambling. Is she there with a timeturner? And I take it Minerva is privy to Sophia's true nature. Is there some kind of plan hatching to de-Voldie the new baby so he doesn't turn out evil? Does Sophie know the Dark Lord's weakness (besides love . . . and egomania)? Snape is gonna freak when he finds out Sophie's his granddaughter.
Baaaah! Now there's just a new set of questions to ask!
Oh, and I loved Snape's POV this chapter. His confusion over whether his feelings for her are genuine was heartbreaking (but necessary and logical). Someone should tell him that the Dark Lord doesn't know how to love, so his fears are unwarranted. Inner Voldie might be able to inspire lust, but darkness can't beget the light of love.
OMG!!! I finally get back to reading beloved SS/HG Fanfiction (baby girl is now 3.5 months) and you have completely outdone yourself this time! I am so proud of you! I almost wish I had waited a little while longer so the story was finished and I wouldn't have this ache in my chest after this last chapter. Minerva is so involved, I can't help but love Sophia, and looking forward to more hot sex since the "damage" is done. Side note: I know this will sound creepy but I look forward to your discussions with OO. It's like a FF within a FF!
Chapter 22
Okay. I'm going to just come out and say it. You threw such a crazy curve ball at me in the last few chapters that I'm kind of reeling. Totally blown away. IN A GOOD WAY! I'm just shocked beyond wit and measure (man's greatest treasure). Pun totally intended.
Let me see if I can retrace my emotions for you being my last couple reviews were not up to my usual par.
I was so excited Hermione was pregnant. I love pregnancy stories...mostly because I'm a mom, probably, but more because I love babies and I SO SO SO see Snape being an astounding father.
Why? Well, I actually akin my husband to much of Snape’s personality (not the life tradgedies, but he's tall, dark (except for the eyes - he has Harry's eyes, LMBO), brooding, snarky, extremely itelligent, very aristocratic in his looks [big nose and all] and...he's 10 years my senior, so I also relish the age difference between the characters).
How you and OO write Snape is quite intimate for me because of this comparison of character. Back to the babies - my husband and I almost didn't work out (very early in our dating almost 15 years ago) because certain life situations made him think he'd never want kids. Along the way that changed, and while he just barely tolerates other people's children, he is a loving, doting, and amazing father. I see this paralleling with how Snape is as a man and potential father - so I go back to that intimate connection I mentioned above and my elation at finding Snape at impending fatherhood. Makes my insides just gooey. I think he reacted very well – the underlying excitement, even with the scariness of the situation, was palpable and endearing.
Then I was completely devastated because…NO. I don’t want our sweet Hermione carrying Voldemort reincarnate. How terribly horrifying (even if it makes a completely ENTHRALLING storyline). I almost cried when I read: “What about love? … What if we loved the baby?” I mean *SOB!* What every mother wants is just to unconditionally love their child. Some struggle, some are unable, but I believe deep down it’s what every mother wants, so this broke my heart completely. I’m also terrified that in her condition she couldn’t possibly carry a pregnancy to term and live.
You warmed my heart all over again with Severus admitting the child was conceived in love. Even if he didn’t say it aloud in so many words, Hermione now knows he loves her even while she loves him.
Then you did it again: smashed my face in with another curve ball that blew my mind. Sophia Snape. Hells Bells. I’m a mess right now, all over a fan fic! I’m so blown away with this plot. You have me so intrigued and honestly you cannot write and post this story fast enough. I’m on tenterhooks over here!!! Brava, beautiful! You’re amazing!
PS: Sorry for the personal information, but I felt I needed to say it so you knew how you were capturing me emotionally. I hope I didn't bore you out of your mind.
I simply have zero words. No, one = more.
Re: Chapter 21
Well, at least you were honest with me.O_O
*amazed laughter*
And props for coming up with a plotline I've NEVER seen in an HP fic before.^_^
Girl, I'm so happy I found you! I'll confess I've been stalking you for a while and I think you're amazing. Yours charachters are deep and your writing is wonderful. You write the most beautiful sentences, and I like your style very much.
Sorry about my poor comment, I'd like to say lots more, but I don't speak English very well.
Thank you for your stories.
P.S.: Can we talk about you allowing me to translate one of your stories to portuguese? I'll obviouslly give you the credits and the link to the translation.
tell that to OO! - I think she would have me tied up and whip (not in a good way) for that blasphemy :'D
Happy Easter to those of you who celebrate. DSx - thank you dear, to you too (if you are celebrating :))
Hmmm, this may be odd chapter to contemplate on his inability to finish...but...it occurred to me that it is inability in the end and not a whim or form of punishing her. He did have...performance...issues before all that started, it is not out of the realm of possibility that not only physical but also emotional part of their...connection...has something to with it. Almost like "fidelity" charm of sorts ;)
Sophia's talk about the bird and the cuckoo baby bird does tell a story about her own life, I think. But I really can't be sure.
Is Sev going to be a daddy? :D
Lovely chapter, but I'm still pining for Sev's POV, I hope we'll see it next, don't keep us in dark you cruel thing :* <3
Until the next chapter,
Love&Kisess&Hugs :* <3 xx
Well, this chapter does answer to lot of questions, about Snape and Sophia alike.
I know you’re going to hate me for this - I can't hate you for your stories, I might complain but to hate you - never! Through, be prepared for lot of complaining on my part about this chapter.
I do apologise xx - do not apologize, you are after all "the Mistress of cliffhangers" and we know it ;)
But the issue was one of fertility. - LOL! It is serious matter, and I do understand it, but we still do think alike ;)
How would he take it . . . - not good would be a safe assumption
The truth? When had she ever been untruthful?/“You’ve been improving . . . like me . . . and you didn’t say anything?” - and eons old question, is it a lie if you conceal the truth, if you simply withhold information? Along with double standard, one for her and one for him, apparently (you making her look bad again :( )
the overhang of his tousled hair adding to the haunted look in his eyes. - great visual
Everything else....I won't comment more than - Now we really do need his POV!
You left us with so many question. Ok she loves him, but does he has feelings for her? At all? I really do hope we will see next chapter soon! (and there goes my patience, sorry)
Love&Kisses xx
Aaaaaaaaaahh! This is so fucked up! I love it, but I'm dying. Now I'm even more confused about Sophia and how she fits into this. She is something--maybe not Hermione's kid, but something. Maybe someone else has a bit of a Voldie in them and she's the outcome. (Then she can be the queen bee of Evil Voldie offspring, popping out snakey little babies.)
And I kept getting the feeling that Hermione had done something improper with Snape when he was sick (I honestly thought she'd been "innocently molesting" him. (Yes, I know how disturbing that sounds--which is why I didn't mention it when I wasn't sure--but I figured she had some reason . . . beyond delicious cock.)
Oh god, I just had another brain fart. Dumbledore has blue eyes. And he's full of enigmatic comments. Is Sophie related to Albus? Is she Albus? (You've switched identities on us before.) Is he/she there to stop the birth of the Tom III? This is like the fucking Omen and Rosemary's Baby all rolled into a Harry Potter burrito.
And this is just making more and more questions. How're they going to get the stink of essence d'Riddle out of their bodies? And what are they going to do about the baby? (My evil side immediately thought of a nice tumble down the moving staircases, but in Hermione's state, she'll break her neck.) And I haven't forgotten about the school's financial issues or the brewing they were supposed to do--how does that fit into all this madness? (And I'm guessing you successfully scared off your no-more-drama reader with this chapter :)) You don't have to go back to work anytime soon, do you? I need constant updates :D
Okay, time for me to start rambling about theories. Maybe I'm way off base, but it's what's stuck in my head.
After the first few meetings with Sophia I had the brief notion that she was Hermione's kid, but I pushed it aside, because how could Hermione not know she had a daughter (that was nuts). And then after the talk with Minerva, I thought maybe Sophia's parents were possibly evil (like Bella had had Voldie's baby or something). But after this Jaberknoll conversation, I'm back to my original conclusion (which is sort of making more sense now that I seriously consider it . . . although I feel like I need to go re-read some parts to see if it fits.) It might be a good explanation of why Hermione is weakened (difficult magical birth?) and assuming Snape is the father, it would explain his extreme reactions. (But that also assumes that Snape knows.) It would explain Sophia living with her grandparents (Hermione's parents), and it would explain why she's so smart and in tune with Hermione. But she has blue eyes. That's throwing me (and made me doubt my guess earlier). I guess that could be some sort of recessive gene thing though. (Or I'm just batshit crazy, which is a much stronger possibility.) And since you've kept whatever happened in between them a secret, I don't have any clues to how physical things were back in the day.
OH! Fuck me. I just remembered the evil boss. It's his kid, isn't it? That would explain the eye color. And if Hermione was traumatized she might have blocked out the whole thing (pregnancy and all). But Minerva must know. Does Snape know? And now I don't know why she's so connected to Snape. Why is his semen magical? Damn you and your eternal mystery!
And Sophia must know if she's giving all these cryptic clues.
Baaaaaah!
You'd better be writing the next chapter right now. (No more chocolate eggs until you write me some explanations!) You're making me nuts!
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the aftermath of the evening’s sexual inquisition branded in mottled hues all over her body.