By Jeconais
Reviews
ILikeToRead posted a comment on Friday 22nd July 2011 4:22pm
I liked Harry's preaching at the end of this chapter. Makes alot of sense actually. Thanks for sharing!
ILikeToRead posted a comment on Friday 22nd July 2011 3:43pm
Very good chapter and what a ball at the Ball! LOL Harry really is coming into his own and making such wonderful friend that are quickly becoming his family. Thanks for sharing!
ILikeToRead posted a comment on Friday 22nd July 2011 3:00pm
I like how Harry is developing into a very self award and confident person. Thanks for sharing!
ILikeToRead posted a comment on Friday 22nd July 2011 2:17pm
Another fine chapter and interesting to see Harry teaching Gabbi. Thanks for sharing!
Tim Sullivan posted a comment on Friday 22nd July 2011 2:10pm
@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.
ILikeToRead posted a comment on Friday 22nd July 2011 1:32pm
One of the best stories I've read so far. What a fascinating way for Harry to learn and get through the tournament. Thanks for sharing!
goku90504 posted a comment on Friday 22nd July 2011 6:51am
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
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
awesome, like how he dealt with the younger sister.
brad posted a comment on Wednesday 20th July 2011 12:01pm
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!
brad posted a comment on Wednesday 20th July 2011 11:48am
I guess it's been a while since I read the last three chapters because the full-on Harry Hurricane in this one seemed a bit too over-the-top for me to accept (even with my 'suspension of belief' setting turned to maximum).
Gabrielle is very cute though. Even if she seems as amplified as everything else. Exaggerated cuteness is still cute. :-)
Some good thinking went into the Christmas presents, very nice.
The dancing with and kissing Michael just doesn't make sense to me at all and I don't understand why you put it in. Ewww. I'm not complaining about having read it - you had that 'public service warning'. It's just ... why in blazes would a heterosexual male want to do something like that? I feel the same ... contempt ... for Harry on this issue like I do when I read of celebrities doing much the same thing. A few years ago, Madonna and someone? It's nothing more than generating notoriety for publicity, and as such should be given neither. So I don't understand Harry at all here. The plan was for everyone to look at him. What, they weren't before? Or with Kate? hmphhf.
The Kate thing doesn't do much for me either; I've never been convinced of Harry's rush to get laid. Yes, it's more than that, it's the whole social confidence deal, but why did that have to include seduction?
Oh well. Just my thoughts; ultimately I think I'm just drifting out of your target audience for this story maybe, that's all. Or maybe the answer is in the last two sentences. AHA!! I get it now. HARRY IS INSANE!!! Oh my goodness, it all makes sense to me now - because it isn't supposed to make sense - YOU ARE A GENIUS JECONAIS!!!
:-)
Anansii posted a comment on Wednesday 20th July 2011 7:51am
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
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
another great chapter down thanks!
Silo posted a comment on Monday 18th July 2011 11:17pm
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
great update
who you going to make harrys girlfriend??
xHawke posted a comment on Monday 18th July 2011 7:40pm
excellent as always...I needed that.
Crys posted a comment on Monday 18th July 2011 2:30pm
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
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)
keichan2 posted a comment on Friday 22nd July 2011 8:32pm