Ace of Hate posted a comment on Sunday 4th January 2015 3:34am

Damn, I had been hoping that Kate would be one of the choices, but that blows, so now it's between Fleur and Sinistra

LordSia posted a comment on Sunday 4th January 2015 3:04am

You know, I was going to protest Kate being removed like that, but... Her being a cold professional - whether she was faking the relationship all along, or just not interested enough to give up her own life for it - actually does work out in a rather more interesting way.

As always, love your work, and I eagerly await the next update.

mykakal posted a comment on Saturday 3rd January 2015 3:44pm

I think like a lot of the readers, the final scene with Kate will displease a lot. I was choked when I read it the first time. I think she's lying and she decided to teach Harry a last lesson about not mixing work and sentiments and voluntary hurting him in order to deal with his love for his teacher (Kate here). I agree that Kate was more sentimentaly involved with Harry (because of the freeby or of the day at the kickboxing championship) than said and she decided to stop it for whatever reason (fright, a blemish on Harry's reputation, to keep her freedom...) Congratulations for the author for the quality of story and to succeed to surprise us each chapter.

james8998 posted a comment on Friday 2nd January 2015 7:03am

Love it. While how things ended with Kate were expected, if a little sharper than I foresaw, my reaction was not. Surprisingly sad, I liked her more than I thought. Aurora might be my favourite. Which is another surprising development.

Thank you so much for posting. Incredible story.

tsa100 posted a comment on Friday 2nd January 2015 1:27am

Absolutely love this story. Hope you have time to keep the chapters coming!

kstchr posted a comment on Wednesday 31st December 2014 6:26am

Well, I may be in the minority but I'm not sad to see Kate go...I was hoping he'd choose to date someone else than her anyway, and I find I like Natalia more now. That was certainly some harsh talk from Kate, though...can't wait to find out more of the "whys" of her leaving Harry. It will be interesting to see how/who the Americans finally get into place with Harry after seeing all their "spy" reports! I'm soooo glad that Fudge finally got what's been coming to him, as well - would love to see how his little meeting with Her Majesty turned out! lol Got a great kick out of the applesauce bit, too - that's kinda what I pictured happening, Fudge having to shovel his way into his home, wading through applesauce...oh, what fun!

Tenchifew posted a comment on Wednesday 31st December 2014 5:23am

All in all the story is developing in a direction I wouldn't have expected couple of chapters ago.

Fascinating. Looking forward to see just how many turns are still ahead.

Thank you for writing.

kstchr posted a comment on Wednesday 31st December 2014 4:06am

Loved the acronimization of Megan's school---so perfectly appropriate for her!! lol I also really, really liked Hermione's comment about Harry standing on the backs of giants. Can't wait to see both Megan get her comeuppance...and Dudley wake up to his own life lesson,too.

Renzo7 posted a comment on Wednesday 31st December 2014 12:34am

Great work, as always. I'm happy about the fast update. Fingers are crossed hoping for another! Happy new year, Tim!

gtgrouch posted a comment on Tuesday 30th December 2014 8:48am

Another installment in the Hogwarts' Dawn saga: the plot becomes even more complicated as internationals swarm around Harry, all of them seeing what they expect to see, not the real person. This chapter takes an already complex story and expands the scope dramatically. Now, the Triwizard Tournament is almost a small footnote rather than a major event, accompanied by sweeping changes to the Ministry, economy, banking, education, and even the definition of success. I almost don't know what to think. I would guess the story is less than halfway written. Whatever happens, I'm eagerly awaiting what comes next!

Meja920 posted a comment on Sunday 28th December 2014 3:39pm

Hi,

Big fan of your writing and your website in general, so thanks for hosting all of this.

You caught me a bit by surprise with Kate whom I liked probably more than she deserved. Sounds like I wasn't the only one based on your authors notes. Personaly i'm pulling for Harry and Aurora (the whole "hot for teacher" thing if you like Van Halen).

God I love the internet. I get to read a story written by a "pasty English programmer" (this made me laugh) while sitting in my home in Michigan (where everybody navigates by holding up their hand and pointing...the mitten state don't you know) drinking coffee on a Sunday morning. Thanks so very much!

Meja

Mesterio posted a comment on Sunday 28th December 2014 12:35pm

I had an entierly different view of Kate from how I saw her developed. The Kate I saw at the end of this chapter seemed more like one that had been drinking herself into a stupor, was on drugs, or had been Imperiused to say those things. It doesnt seem to fit her to blow up like that, despite how much Harry effected her emotions. If you going in another direction with a behind-the-scenes effect on her behavior then I'd understand, but I was really expecting a 'We'll always have paris' style ending to that relashionship.

Still, amazing work once again. Looking forward to the plot advancing along.

FeNo posted a comment on Saturday 27th December 2014 9:30pm

I don't know... i like most of the scenes as they happen and i'm pretty comfortable with the cast as you had worked it out in the first few chapters, the bodyguards and his "lawyer" in special... but right now it seems to me that you start to fuzz out from your original story and loose too much time in detailing stuff that is not really important to characterize Harry or bring the "from a boy that was shoved around constantly by powers outside of his control to a man who has his life in his own hands" idea forward.

This whole spy business for example seems to be good for a few hearty laughs, but it isn't really all that believable and distracts a lot from the things going on at Hogwarts. In the end it just spawns half a dozen new powers who all hope they can somehow control the boy who just broke out of the last set of controls over his life and it looks as if you do not plan to make their chances at success much higher than the absolutely toothless ministry you've portrayed in this chapter... no challenge, no danger, just obstacles that need to be turned flat to walk over and continue the cakewalk.

Sorry that's not very thrilling to watch happen and while SOME ladies in Harry's life are a nice idea, the flood you're now pouring out over the poor boy who#s still 14 at heart and in mind is also bordering on the absurd.

I hope you can find back to your older ways and return the story to a more solid footing of Harry overcoming real problems instead of just floating through halfpresented non-entities in the problem department. I really do enjoy your style and the ideas that are gong into your original characters, it's just that right now i'm not happy with the way this twits and turns out of shape in the name of being "funny". Mea Culpa.

ficbob posted a comment on Saturday 27th December 2014 4:00pm

Thank you for another well written chapter

I am enjoying how the story is growing from the school to the world as Harry grows

I did enjoy Kate and am sorry to have her leave on such a comment

I am looking forward to what you write next and hope you have a happy and safe new year

bgoldnyxnet posted a comment on Saturday 27th December 2014 2:55pm

An interesting an excellent chapter.

keichan2 posted a comment on Saturday 27th December 2014 2:18pm

"her face in his crotch." OK… Someone is going to die!

"She knew exactly what it would look like" Oho! The little manipulator! ;-p

"requisite long legs and ample chest." Bwahahahahahaha!

The plot is becoming very complex!

Though I’m surprised about Kate… And I can’t get the feeling out of my head that some secret service got very insistent that she get away from Harry… (and can’t remember if you hinted at it in a previous chapter, or not…)

Thanks for the new chapter!

I hope to read more soon!

stell94 posted a comment on Saturday 27th December 2014 11:34am

Last scene was a suprise. Kate knew exactly where to hit so Harry'd be hurt. But I think, that she just did that 'couse she didn't want to have a broken heart and thought "better you than me".

I'm wondering who will be Harry with next. There is so many possibilities but you'll probably manage to suprise everyone :)

Harry and Changs - it was great. Neutreal groung - his restaurant. Oh, well... he needed to show who's the boss :D

Can't wait for next chap

Stell

ps. sorry for mistakes (if there are here) :P

Musings of Apathy posted a comment on Saturday 27th December 2014 9:01am

Thank you for sharing this wonderful story.

And thank you for changing the next button to be light and have a crossed circle when there is no next chapter. Great improvement to the site.

TempusLupy posted a comment on Saturday 27th December 2014 8:05am

I'm surprised you ended Kate in that way, especially when last chapter it seemed like she was being put on that job to make an easier in for Natalia. It seemed kinda forced to me, completely out of her character the entire story so far, and I liked her as a character, but I can see their pasts and backgrounds clashing too much for them to work. Speaking of Natalia, I don't like the way she's been introduced, essentially as using Harry, wanting him on the Russians side. I don't think I will like any of the characters introduced in this way or with this motive unless they get converted to Harry's side like many seem to when in close proximity for a long period of time. I hope in future chapters you develop the new dynamic between Harry and Dawn, now that she has a body. They seem to be set up as a pair, and I can see both going around together, after Harry thinks of a way for her to be able to leave the castle, and taking care of stuff like Harry did this chapter.

All in all I like the story, and I think you've done a good job so far. Please continue to entertain us with this and any other amazing story you come up with (like all of your other stories, which is like a whole chest of hidden gems of fanfiction all in one place) in the future.

Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays to you. I hope you are in good health this winter, and remain so for the rest of the season.

-TempusLupy

The Great Phoenix posted a comment on Saturday 27th December 2014 12:45am

Yeees, someone finally defied the trope! It's not something I detest when it's done well and slowly, which I think it is in this story, but I really like that someone finally called out all the other authors that do this (even if you weren't trying to call anyone out). Still, that came completely out of nowhere for me—which may have to do with the fact that I'm reading this one chapter at a time as they come up and don't remember the context—so I don't completely buy her attitude change.

Glad to see a new chapter!