Hope
11 - Sydney
By Jeconais
Reviews
Alan Salazar Slytherin posted a comment on Saturday 5th May 2007 12:24am for 11 - Sydney
Another Very NICELY done chappie!! XD
Just loved the masked ball and how you went about it instead of the just typical traditional masked balls :)
And poor Fred, lol! That was absolutely fantastic idea there in torturing the poor guy the way you did!
Can't wait for the next chappie and the quidditch tournie final match XD
Keep up the excellent work! Plz update soon!! Plz more!!!!
IceBlades posted a comment on Friday 4th May 2007 11:14pm for 11 - Sydney
A. This took such a long time to come out that I had to actualy think of which story this was...
B. It was totaly and completely worth it!
C. Can I complain about how long it is going to take to get the next chapter out?
SP posted a comment on Friday 4th May 2007 10:21pm for 11 - Sydney
*eyes boggle* Ginny... is in a sexual tryst with a herd of Centaur? That can't possibly be right, could it?
...Hmm... Maybe... Ah! So confusing... v__v
Meg posted a comment on Friday 4th May 2007 8:02pm for 11 - Sydney
Prophet_
You don't have an FFA forums account, so if you want to challenge my opinion, please email me at celticmeg (at) gmail (dot) com.
Reviews aren't the place for it.
Thanks,
Meg.
Prophet_ posted a comment on Friday 4th May 2007 6:33pm for 11 - Sydney
Just responding to a review I saw.
"I did read other reviews before posting my own, and I have to say that I disagree with anyone that says that this Harry is "too good". He's not. At the start of the story he was moody and way too cynical. While he's less moody now, and he's discovered that there are a lot of people who were looking out for him (in their own way), the end of this chapter just screams that he's not comfortable with people helping him. For all those that helped with the deception at the Ball, a simple note or word of thanks would have been more than enough. Harry still has to give something in thanks in return, that he feels compensates for what they did."
So the fact that he has millions of galleons, is nearly God-like, is beautiful, has a beautiful girlfriend, is funny, good with the ladies, and is considered the greatest person ever by the people he knows is not 'too good?' You say that one of his faults is that he has doesn't like to accept help? Since when is that a fault?
Emily Ann Falk posted a comment on Friday 4th May 2007 6:00pm for 11 - Sydney
You're not giving yourself enough credit here! I loved this chapter--and I think a side story about Harry's relationship with this mystery staff member would be just the thing! Go for it!
writer'sblock posted a comment on Friday 4th May 2007 5:50pm for 11 - Sydney
Even without the OC's back story, this was still a long chapter. I have to say, that was pretty funny when Fred had to dress up as Gabrielle. Harry and Gabrielle went back to the London flat afterwards, didn't they?
Very engaging, and realistic for the very non-canon pairing.
TxA_GunFighter posted a comment on Friday 4th May 2007 5:49pm for 11 - Sydney
Outstanding, I am really enjoying this story.
gunny
Vesvius posted a comment on Friday 4th May 2007 5:34pm for 11 - Sydney
Hm... I've noticed that in some of your stories (White Knight, Grey Queen for example) you end up with Harry getting both his primary love intrest and a secondary one. Is that what's going to happen here? If so, I have no problems with it.
Otherwise, great chapter. I look forward to rest of it as soon as you can post it.
turnlach posted a comment on Friday 4th May 2007 5:34pm for 11 - Sydney
Wonderful
LoggingInSucksAss posted a comment on Friday 4th May 2007 5:19pm for 11 - Sydney
I'm left wondering about the polyjuice, and Harry's earlier comments about animagi/metamorphmagi. Isn't polyjuicing a veela kind of like Hermione as a catperson? Surely there's a relation between the two, since veela genes are dominant and she's not entirely human.
Spybot1312 posted a comment on Friday 4th May 2007 4:14pm for 11 - Sydney
Thank You for finally updating the stroy is still as good as it was b4 keep writing i love this story and its good to see an update
hedwig_edwiges posted a comment on Friday 4th May 2007 3:36pm for 11 - Sydney
Thank you.
Deborahsu posted a comment on Friday 4th May 2007 2:55pm for 11 - Sydney
Hurray!!! Another update that was sooner!!! Thank you SO much!!!!!!!!!
Well done.
Nightbreak posted a comment on Friday 4th May 2007 2:28pm for 11 - Sydney
Thank you so very much for this story. It and others of your work have given me the love of Harry/Gabrielle, Harry/Padma & Harry/Hannah, plus the desire to see more of their sort written.
However, this will always be one of my favourites.
Thank you again.
NB
KenF posted a comment on Friday 4th May 2007 2:25pm for 11 - Sydney
The meeting was tasty. Between the "say whatever you like" part and the "done in 4 minutes", I was all giggled out.
Are we going to get to find out what's going on with Dumbles? My money is on Shape controlling him somehow.
AnyaGrace posted a comment on Friday 4th May 2007 2:15pm for 11 - Sydney
AWWWWW! Awesome new chapter! I loved it! I can't believe how great you have made this story! Please update again soon!
Anya
Meg posted a comment on Friday 4th May 2007 1:41pm for 11 - Sydney
*blushes hard while LMAO*
Yet another awesome chapter. Psht at the "up to standard" bit about the last chapter - it may not have been what *you* thought it was/could be, but I (for one) loved it.
I think the only thing that I was disappointed in was that this chapter didn't close off any of the threads that I've been most curious about. There's still so much hanging!!!! GAH! :D
While I REALLY enjoyed the meeting, Katie's story, the glowing, the eyes and the Ball, the thing that got me most about this chapter was Gabby kissing Charlie in thanks. I did a double take at that. Even before Aimee said something, I read it, then read it again and just stopped reading for a moment. Gabby's touching of her teammates was one thing - huge, but that was a group of people she'd known for years. Not so with Charlie, and that made it more.
I did read other reviews before posting my own, and I have to say that I disagree with anyone that says that this Harry is "too good". He's not. At the start of the story he was moody and way too cynical. While he's less moody now, and he's discovered that there are a lot of people who were looking out for him (in their own way), the end of this chapter just screams that he's not comfortable with people helping him. For all those that helped with the deception at the Ball, a simple note or word of thanks would have been more than enough. Harry still has to give something in thanks in return, that he feels compensates for what they did.
With what Gabby did - taking his pain - there was no need for him to do more than thank her. Their love and the bond provides that level of trust that Harry just doesn't totally have in others.
So, while powerful and seemingly kick-ass-awesome, your Harry here is still very flawed - just very subtly.
Anyhoo, thanks again for the great chapter. I look forward to the next, but also don't as it'll mean the end of this story.
Meg
Nanio posted a comment on Friday 4th May 2007 1:28pm for 11 - Sydney
It was a beautiful chapter, but Harry has become a bit too single-minded/forgetful. I think that, based on the Harry earlier in the story, he would've known to get an alibi or some sort of doppleganger. He was always paranoid about the press, after all. The harry post-Gabrielle seems to have almost forgotten all about the press.
Anyway, it would be nice to know about the original character. Just a nice side-story or drabble would be enough for me, really.
rascaldi posted a comment on Saturday 5th May 2007 2:05am for 11 - Sydney