hoppy159 posted a comment on Sunday 16th November 2014 3:31pm for Chapter 9

I loved this story. It is so original. I've been reading fanfiction for a couple of years. After a while, the stories begin to blur together, the same ideas recycled in various ways. But no one has even come close to Harry's "power" being due to learning how to be a smith. Thanks as alway for sharing your work with us.

diagonalpumpkin posted a comment on Sunday 16th November 2014 3:26pm for Chapter 9

I absolutely loved this story. From beginning all the way through to the end. It has been wonderful to come along with you and read the story as it came out. You have given me something more to look forward to every weekend. I'd even go so far as to say that I have been looking forward to the new chapters as much as I was the time off work. Thank you so much.

sh8ad8ow posted a comment on Sunday 16th November 2014 3:20pm for Chapter 9

Excellent story from start to finish can ´t wait to see more of your great work

ILikeToRead posted a comment on Sunday 16th November 2014 2:45pm for Chapter 9

Great ending to your story. It was rather nice to have Harry defeat Tom with so little death and destruction for a change. Rather showed how little of a difference Tom made in Harry's world. Thanks for sharing!

BJH posted a comment on Sunday 16th November 2014 2:43pm for Chapter 9

Firstly, a question, was Harry's quoting Snape about foolish wand waving and silly incantations ironic on his part, or yours?

Personally, I liked the story. I had a bit of an issue at the end of tha previous chapter with the idea that you can't seem to write a story that doesn't involve changing the world but that seemed to settle to the bottom of this chapter so I didn't get hung up on it.

I also liked the presentation that Tom was sane enough to realize that he was insane. Not a demonstration of remorse but something close. Almost like suicide.

thanks for writing this and posting it.

BJH

myrthe1203 posted a comment on Sunday 16th November 2014 1:59pm for Chapter 9

Voldemort made me think of G.K. Chestertson's The Last Hero. I love the poem.

I liked the story.

jay21317 posted a comment on Sunday 16th November 2014 1:46pm for Chapter 9

I loved this story to bits and am kind of sad to see it end. I do look forward to your next one though, with great egerness

saas2813 posted a comment on Sunday 16th November 2014 1:35pm for Chapter 9

This have been a fun story to follow.

I guess it is close to finished now, if you have inspiration I would like folowing them through the summer travels and seeing them setling down during the following year also.

It's always a little sad to leave an interesting world.

Bilypt95 posted a comment on Sunday 16th November 2014 1:34pm for Chapter 9

What a amazing story this for sure is one of the most awesome fics I've read congrats

Pamela St Vines posted a comment on Sunday 16th November 2014 1:21pm for Chapter 9

Thanks for a great, fresh take on the Triwizard Tournament. Your other tournament story (Hogwarts Dawn) has long been a personal favorite, too. I couldn't imagine a Harry as blacksmith story but loved the result. It didn't make me want to work hard enough to learn the trade, but I do have the overwhelming urge to visit a smithy.

louisjventer posted a comment on Sunday 16th November 2014 12:19pm for Chapter 9

this whas great, but i am hoping for a sequel or something cause you cant leave it there man who does he choose does his smithing take off,what happened on their trip?please with naky woman on top.

keichan2 posted a comment on Sunday 16th November 2014 12:17pm for Chapter 9

O.O Hedwig is one VERY intelligent owl!

""I am," Sirius agreed proudly" You know, for french people, this is funnier: "ham" can translates to "cabot", which also means "dog"… ;-p

This was a very good story!

Thanks for sharing!

Adam posted a comment on Sunday 16th November 2014 11:35am for Chapter 9

A very nice story, it was good to see some normally side characters become main ones, and Harry get everything through hard work rather than some inheritance or magical means. It made Harry a more normal person. The interaction between all the characters was great and brought the whole thing to life.

Thanks for sharing, and love the fact that you left it open so the readers own imagination can do what they like nwith how things progress for everyone.

genkitty posted a comment on Sunday 16th November 2014 11:27am for Chapter 9

I enjoyed this story quite a lot, and I'm so happy that you're still writing and posting, unlike most of the authors here :/

Vipomus posted a comment on Sunday 16th November 2014 10:42am for Chapter 9

Great story and a good ending. Leaving things open so it can go different ways makes it a believable story.

I use to train with armor fighting & throwing each other around for exhibitions. So yeah you can move a whole lot in armor. But definitely a exhausting thing, so the auror training is believable.

So thanks for writing. It's was a fun ride till the end.

HopelessFan posted a comment on Sunday 16th November 2014 10:25am for Chapter 9

Thanks! very lighthearted and fun :-)

Alun Lewis posted a comment on Sunday 16th November 2014 10:23am for Chapter 9

Oh, Jeconais...this is one hell of a story you've put to metaphorical paper here! All these wonderful changes from such a small tweak at the start, and Harry gets to be brilliant without becoming super-powered through some wacky ritual or artifact.

Amazing work :D

HP-DG-SB posted a comment on Sunday 16th November 2014 10:20am for Chapter 9

This was a fantastic story.It was impeccable as usual thanks to the work you and your betas put into it. I truly enjoyed reading this story from start to finish. I don't often get to read truly original HP fanfiction stories. I really can' wait to see what else you manage to work on. Keep up the fantastic work!

HP-DG-SB

LuxEterna posted a comment on Sunday 16th November 2014 10:08am for Chapter 9

nice i really like it

though i already wonder what your next project will be

maybe have harry for once not be an 'actor' but the teacher/mentor for others and show them on how to solve the problems (might take dimension and/or time- travel to make it work)

musketau posted a comment on Sunday 16th November 2014 9:50am for Chapter 9

While i love seeing finished stories, there are some you don't want to end.

Your stories always work around the interactions of the people, rather than the action, and you crerate some incredible people. The worst part is that you don't tend to reuse them, which means Derek and Cressida are gone, Boris will never again rip off his shirt, and Nadya will never pass on her ascerbic advice.

The story is grat. You built from a solid frame, and came back to the beginning (nearly) at the end, with Harry following his mothers advice and killing him with a sword. I'm not sure about the armour for all the others, as it seemed a bit quick, but that may just be story time, as it was a long time between tasks.

The defences to stop others take the armour were great. Simple, not mentioned until it jumps out at you, and effective. Something you go 'oh of course' about when seen, but don't think about until then.

About your theory of 'Magic is Magic'. I had always seen it as something similar, but more along the lines of radio frequencies, with each able to 'tune in' to certain frequencies which made different magics easier or harder, or like light, where different species could see different frequencies of light. If you followed further on this idea, i'd expect some people, and other species, could extend their 'range' a bit, but that some may just be too different, like an analogue TV trying to pick up Digital.

You create so many unique, fully fleshed out characters that you can truly see as real, or as realistic as possible given the story. Derek was probably the most developed, but everyone is built up, even Isabella, the cuddlebug.

The bounce boots and similar improvements were fun, and will probably inspire others to do similar things themselves, after all, magic is limited only by imagination. I saw Podska expanded to have multiple teams playing at once in a field shaped like a plus sign, or one that changes during the match, with the platforms moving as the game is on, maybe even something like in Tron, with the entire thing flipping, or gravity changing, since we know that is possible in HP.

Once again, a great story i'd love to see more of, but it has finished at probably the best time, as anything more would require introduced enemies. Can't wait for what comes up next.