Micah posted a comment on Monday 10th November 2008 6:28pm for Chapter 8

brilliance

ILikeToRead posted a comment on Wednesday 5th November 2008 7:10am for Chapter 8

A wonderful story. You've done a great job in creating a new fairytale. The emotions in this story will take you from one end of the spectrum to the other and you'll enjoy every minute of it. Thanks for sharing your work and I look forward to other great stories from you.

Bethany posted a comment on Wednesday 22nd October 2008 10:18pm for Chapter 8

I know I am months late in reading this, but I wanted to wait for a time when I would be able to give it all the attention it deserved. You were one of the first authors to turn me on to fanfiction, about 5 years ago I stumbled onto fanfiction.net (back when the site was good) and you have been my favorite ever since.
I want to say a big "thank you" for once again sharing your amazing talent with us nobodies. I enjoyed this story so much, it was the perfect fairytale.
I cannot wait to read Castles In The Sky. I truly do believe that you are one of the most talented writers I have ever had the privilage to read. If you ever do decide to publish something, I'll be there in line waiting for the release.
Congratulations on a job well done. It was amazing.

ed king posted a comment on Wednesday 8th October 2008 7:30pm for Chapter 8

I just re-read all chapters. It's a GREAT read! I hope you find the time to continue the thread because I really enjoy reading your work. This in particular but Buggs, White Knight, Grey Queen, Hope, TMW & the others are so good I'll pick one of them in a month or so and re-read them again. Just because....

Thankssss
Ed.

Fenris Ulf posted a comment on Wednesday 1st October 2008 9:57am for Chapter 8

Great story! I really enjoyed the pace of it and the integration of the fairy tales. I hope to see more of this series soon.

Rob

dstar posted a comment on Tuesday 23rd September 2008 9:23pm for Chapter 8

Good writers borrow. Great writers steal -- and while I'm not arrogant enough to call myself a great writer, I'll put myself in the first camp without hesitation or blush.

The key, of course, is who you borrow or steal from -- and I think you're more than worthy. So consider the idea of a mate who's almost unhealthily devoted to Harry stolen; I needed a way to keep Ginny from turning into a Ginny Sue in Whore of Slytherin, and that will do nicely. Consider yourself borrowed from, at a minimum.

dennis1 posted a comment on Friday 12th September 2008 8:02am for Chapter 8

Awesome
Read this again; thanks

sleep when your dead posted a comment on Saturday 6th September 2008 3:22pm for Chapter 8

good story best harry gabrielle story so far

liquidfyre posted a comment on Wednesday 3rd September 2008 8:34am for Chapter 8

Okay i just re-read HEA and it was just as good this time as before. That being said WHEN is CITS coming out
?

*whines and whimpers and begs and pleads before grabbing a small turtle and holding a miniature crossbow to its head*

Turtle, in a small scared voice says, "Hellllllp meeeee. Please put out the next story and save me."

Kalen Darkmoon posted a comment on Tuesday 2nd September 2008 2:44am for Chapter 8

That was a lot of fun and a very enjoyable fairy-tale kind of story. I love the Harry/Gabrielle pairing and you are the author that made it my favorite pairing of all with Hope. I'm looking forward to Castles In The Sky.

Jimbocous posted a comment on Saturday 30th August 2008 9:36pm for Chapter 8

Funny, irreverent and generally good grins. Thanks for a fun read!

dennis1 posted a comment on Friday 29th August 2008 4:19pm for Chapter 8

AWESOME
Thanks

HappeeGoLuckee posted a comment on Sunday 10th August 2008 4:30pm for Chapter 8

I've enjoyed this very much. Thank you for the time you put into it.

Robin Westerly posted a comment on Sunday 10th August 2008 5:04am for Chapter 8

You have made every single one of my literary dreams come true!
Thank you so much!
That was amazing!

Crimson_sire1 posted a comment on Thursday 31st July 2008 1:00pm for Chapter 8

I enjoyed this fic very much and hope to read more of your work

spurio23 posted a comment on Thursday 24th July 2008 11:55am for Chapter 8

Red Riding Hood *snort* *laugh*. This story was great fun. Thanks a bunch.

Daily Prophet Reporting posted a comment on Monday 21st July 2008 8:53pm for Chapter 8

I'm impressed, Tim. There turned out to be a lot more substance to this than I expected. I don't think I've ever seen psychology play such a massive role in a story before and I thought it added a nice layer of seriousness to what was obviously such a fanciful fic in otherwise. It's also obvious you put a heck of a lot of work into developing that for Hermione's and Gabrielle's roles, so well done.

I can honestly say I never saw the evil psychiatrist coming. That's your usual creativity at work, but it really makes sense when you put the whole picture of Gabbi's character out there. He had the perfect weapon in his clutches and he developed her exactly the right way -- but for Harry's interference. Actually, now that I think about it, the notion of Gabrielle as the Dark Lady is rather facinating -- and the fodder for quite the fic -- but one with as different a tone as you could possibly get from this one.

But it's the fairytale angle where you didn't hold back. I thought it was a bit of a running joke for most of the first seven chapters, especially after Harry started to join in. But you lived up nicely in this last section. Little Red Riding Hood? The mirror on the wall? Slaying the dragon? Camelot? That's more than covering your bases! I especially loved McGonagall's role. Thinking of such a stoic character in as the keeper of Excalibur and the kind, fat lady in the woods was completely hilarious, especially considering it was at the direction of a castle.

All in all, though, this was an enjoyable read. You said all along that you we're even pretending to be serious or realistic (though I think you definitely pulled that off to a degree in your own way), and I'd say that suits your fics nicely. It gives you the freedom to move at the pace you like and to put your creativity to work.

Thanks for all your hard work.
-KC

Padfoot posted a comment on Monday 21st July 2008 6:02pm for Chapter 8

Well Tim another story is done and in the books. I congratulate you and hope that Castles works out. I just have a few thoughts and observations.

I rather enjoyed this story when it started out. Gabrielle is a fun character to watch grow and develop her own traits.

One thing seemed to stick out in my mind however. You have this penchant for plot devices. HEA was very similar to This Means War. And by that I mean you had a plot going one direction with the characters reacting accordingly, but a few chapters towards the end you just changed direction. Your original plot got left behind and almost forgotten.

Correct me if I'm wrong but this story was about Harry waking up from an 8 year coma and changing the world for the better within days and weeks of his awakening. We never even got to see what actually happened. This over the top princess cliche just took over. Mind you I found this chapter to be interesting and worth putting in, but not as the finale for the piece. Instead of the story being about Harry, it was about Gabrielle or Gabby or Gabbi that's been seen, and her psychological problems. We got enlightened on how Gabbi wasn't a sociopath, merely a child genius, and that was the end of the story. The Weasley projects along with Narcissa and Sirius and all those plans that Harry was making just got thrown out by the wayside. Just like the main plot of This Means War. The friendly feud between Harry and the Weasley boys was dropped for a lot of mush between Harry and Ginny.


Don't get me wrong, I love your stories and this website is nothing short of genius. I guess i just want to know WHY you abandon your plot to go off on a tangent and end the story like you do. My only guess was that Castles is meant to pick up where this left off and all the plans and events and everything that was the first 7 chapters of this story gets picked up again. But that shouldn't happen. Those plot points should be solved in THIS story not a sequel. After all we do have Hermione and Ron telling the story to their grandchildren about living happily ever after. So we know the ending already.

I can't wait to read Castles and anything else you have in store for us.

Cheers
Padfoot

tthief posted a comment on Monday 21st July 2008 4:19am for Chapter 8

imo the last chapter was the best, it was what i hoped for all along. And while some of it definatley reminded me of shrek it was simply awesome. Looking forward to 'Castles in the sky' (which if its title is to be taken as literally as the dragon, is already shaping up to a good'n)

Kortir posted a comment on Sunday 20th July 2008 4:37pm for Chapter 8

That was, as always, frickin' awesome. I look forward to the sequel, and I know that I'll be re-reading this story for some time to come. Now that was a true fairy tale, and worthy of the rest for certain.