winoniel posted a comment on Wednesday 27th July 2011 10:57pm for Chapter 5

Great chapter! I really like how both Harry and the twins have re-evaluated so much of the personalities, thinking, and events of the books in new and interesting ways.

Keep up the good work!

dezzal posted a comment on Sunday 24th July 2011 8:53pm for Chapter 5

awesome chapter, i look forward to more updates

Tammin posted a comment on Saturday 23rd July 2011 5:03pm for Chapter 5

I just read Ch. 4 and 5. Outstanding work; I enjoyed how you brought up the twins identity dilemma and worked it out. I can't wait to see how the rest of the year turns out. Harry's performance at the Tri-wizard Christmas Ball was hilarious, and the dancing was good too. I love a good over powered Harry story as long as the power-ups are internally consistent as this one appears to be. Keep up the good work.

keichan2 posted a comment on Friday 22nd July 2011 8:32pm for Chapter 5

This was a splendid lesson on magic! Fascinating!
I hope to read more very soon!

ILikeToRead posted a comment on Friday 22nd July 2011 4:22pm for Chapter 5

I liked Harry's preaching at the end of this chapter. Makes alot of sense actually. Thanks for sharing!

Tim Sullivan posted a comment on Friday 22nd July 2011 2:10pm for Chapter 5

@goku90504

In canon the Killing Curse damages your soul, although it's implied that the damage from only a few curses is either minor or heals reasonably soon (maybe scars, to continue the wound analogy). The process of making a Horcrux aggravates and makes permanent that damage. There's no canon on whether the Cruciatus and Imperius do any similar damage.

My thought on the Unforgivable apologists is this: it's ridiculous to say that they were designed for the alternate uses described, but that's not to say they couldn't be used for those alternatives. That's just using a weapon for a non-weapon purpose. I could chop firewood with a battleaxe. It's a misuse of the battleaxe and it's not what it was meant for, but I could do it.

goku90504 posted a comment on Friday 22nd July 2011 6:51am for Chapter 5

nerve not never
great story though the big bad 3 you have to decide for a given story weather or not they really do damage the user if they don't then they arnt really dark just more specialized in what they are useful for on the good side of things

in one fic i read the curio (torture curse) was originally invented as a spell version of a defibralator meant only to affect the heart but then someone didn't apply the limitor part of the spell and thus the torture curse was born
same fic said the killing curse was used to give farm animals a painless death so they did not have to suffer while they were being slaughtered for their meat
and the impero could be used make a patichent sit still while you do what you need to or to have them drink potions like skelegrow with out rectching

but in that fic they truely were just another spell that just cost it's own ammount of magic and need its own level of control

in other stories they really do damage the soul

in cannon i don't think they ever truly said though weak evidence from the cannon would suggest more the former than the latter

kashikoineko posted a comment on Thursday 21st July 2011 11:10pm for Chapter 5

II want the next chapteeeeer :) please :) I Love this story, Love Gabby, Hate Fleur (Harry needs better than this swallow tramp :), Love the Twins (their debate about names was really nice) and would LOVE to see a new chapter 5 minutes after I send this review :)

Addlcove posted a comment on Thursday 21st July 2011 12:02am for Chapter 5

awesome, like how he dealt with the younger sister.

brad posted a comment on Wednesday 20th July 2011 12:01pm for Chapter 5

My gosh you've hit the nail on head with your rendition of the Weasley twins' humour!! A unique slant on them in this chapter, worth the price of admission just for the first section. The notion that they honestly didn't know who they were was unique in my fan fiction experience. Excellent creativity.

A bit of a stretch for me to get into the super-Harry frame of mind again - 'super' as in knows everything, it seems sometimes - but the wine snobbery was enough out of my territory for me to be engaged just for the novelty of it.

If you're setting the stage for Harry to get hitched to an older woman then the section with Jeannie did some good work there in convincing us of this necessity.

And Gabrielle is still cute. :-)

My thanks also to Kokopelli for his continuing beta work. I was re-reading some of your collaborative work the other day - the H/Daphne anthology? And 'These Dreams'. Actually most of your stuff that aren't full novels, Tim. Taking me back to the frenzy of my early days in the fandom. Anyway, it's good to see you both still in the game, thanks!

Anansii posted a comment on Wednesday 20th July 2011 7:51am for Chapter 5

In re the Twins - Hey, if you can't kvetch about your family, who can you kvetch about? They've certainly done their job well and then some: Voldemort isn't going to know what hit him.

LordSia posted a comment on Tuesday 19th July 2011 9:29pm for Chapter 5

Nice. As always.
Damn you - every time you post a new chapter, I reread this fic. It's just too good for me to not do it.

loiosh posted a comment on Tuesday 19th July 2011 1:33am for Chapter 5

another great chapter down thanks!

Silo posted a comment on Monday 18th July 2011 11:17pm for Chapter 5

whoo i hope to see more soon man this a grat freeking fic

Michael Cornfoot posted a comment on Monday 18th July 2011 10:17pm for Chapter 5

great update

who you going to make harrys girlfriend??

xHawke posted a comment on Monday 18th July 2011 7:40pm for Chapter 5

excellent as always...I needed that.

Crys posted a comment on Monday 18th July 2011 2:30pm for Chapter 5

damn, that was a very good treatise on the nature of magic.

Yes, the twins were just venting. That doesn't make it any less true (at least within the universe you're writing).

Glad you showed us some of his training.

Amazing coincidence that his description to Jonathon about his vineyard ended up being absolutely correct ;)

Marvelous story. Looking forward to more.

cliviussum posted a comment on Monday 18th July 2011 11:34am for Chapter 5

As with all your fiction, I found this chapter enthralling, entertaining and very informative. If there were any negative aspects, i couldn't detect them, so all I can add is...
Tibi grates ago capituli novi, ave atque vale, Clivius (lectorem felicem)

marcelhm posted a comment on Monday 18th July 2011 10:02am for Chapter 5

well I can honestly say I loved the twins talking about their families, (and the identities part was just great). overall I'd say this chapter was a bit... dunno how to describe it any better, emotionally lower. The last one almost everything was great better etc, this one the emotional high is over and even though things are still going well, reality is knocking again.

great read :)

Meneldur posted a comment on Monday 18th July 2011 7:35am for Chapter 5

I liked the Weasley bashing. It was real, because it was from family - the people who know them best and would love them.
Wine and restaurants are awesome. And love is amazing.
Harry's thoughts on magic are intriguing. I am reminded of the fact that power corrupts. But what is power if not knowledge? And did not the Wisest of all Men tell us that the greatest knowledge is to be content and happy in one's life? I hope that is where Harry aims.
Lastly, what is the deal with Fleur? The Twins seem to have given up on that idea, but it's not like they were managing it very well. Is Harry supposed to end up with her or what? I mean, I currently don't see any other candidates, but as I see it, it will mean there's yet a long way t go if it will happen