vidya posted a comment on Saturday 5th November 2005 8:00am for 3 - Normandy

lovely chapter. the characters are so detailed and well-etched that its a pleasure to anticipate and enjoy their reactions. for some time now, i have been bothered by people's strong reaction to being manipulated. aren't advertisements an everyday example of harmless mass manipulation? if the means to a justified end are not harmful or damaging to the one being manipulated, does it really matter? in "hope" wasn't harry being given a choice by being manipulated rather than getting emotionally blackmailed? well, i guess your story has converted me into a complete gabrielle fan. keep up the great work.

Wytil posted a comment on Saturday 5th November 2005 7:52am for 3 - Normandy

HooooRay!!! At last the update!
Good story and getting even better! I read back through and could find any errors in what you have written. A few in my spelling or keyboarding but yours seems to have been well edited.

Sarah B posted a comment on Saturday 5th November 2005 6:43am for 3 - Normandy

Really great part, I'm glad he figured it out and also that Gabrielle managed to talk him out of acting in the heat of the moment.

Junky posted a comment on Saturday 5th November 2005 6:37am for 3 - Normandy

NO! An Evil!Cliffhanger fic! :rant:

Shawn Pickett posted a comment on Saturday 5th November 2005 4:53am for 3 - Normandy

Interesting chapter, Harry handled the revelation about like one would expect, though I think Hermione and Ron have FAR underestimated how angry he'll be about this. While part of me would like to see this work out, at this stage, I could hardly blame Harry if he severed the bond, and just left them all.

ulkser posted a comment on Saturday 5th November 2005 4:16am for 3 - Normandy

superb!!!! yhay's it. you know i was addicted to this story and asked lots of time whether you would continue this or not.

thank you for continuing this story and this chapter was superb.

however, i think you ruined the relationship between harry and all others in a degree that it cannot be fixed. i mean his best friends betrayed his trusts. if i were him i would go to a summer house a nice place for two weeks or so and never contact anyone i know before.

the part you explained that said he couldn't find joy with other girls becasue of this mating was off limits i think. i mean who will forgive someone that disabels his chance with girls for 8 years for god's sake.

the Harry Potter you portreyed wil talk(shout) his friends first then take his anger on Delacours by shouting or worse(i think he should damade the castle a little) then settle down and sacrifice his life for Gabby.

patrik svensson posted a comment on Saturday 5th November 2005 4:07am for 3 - Normandy

grejt story,
keep upp the good work.

Opinions are like assholes.
Everyone has one - but some just smell worse than others.

RB posted a comment on Saturday 5th November 2005 3:48am for 3 - Normandy

Excellent chapter! I'm glad you've updated this story, though the direction you've taken it is a trifle dramatic. I suppose it spices things up. I would love to read more, so please update soon!

UdderPD posted a comment on Saturday 5th November 2005 1:50am for 3 - Normandy

Brilliant, but then we all knew that it would be when it came.

Thank you for sharing it with us.


TTFN UdderPD

Christopher Angel posted a comment on Saturday 5th November 2005 12:51am for 3 - Normandy

Damn. This was a *powerful* chapter - not just emotionally, but exceedingly well crafted. I particularly like how you built up the anticipation to that final detonation, drawing the reader in and holding him firmly.

I hope the next chapter comes swiftly.

FenrisWolf posted a comment on Saturday 5th November 2005 12:30am for 3 - Normandy

Excellent chapter; The Delacour's mansion was beautifully visualized, as were the personalities of Gabrielle's parents. The details of the meal provided an excellent backdrop for the fleshing out of the characters, as well as providing a mirror for the reader in which to observe the mature Harry. While he'll never be really comfortable with his fame, he's grown into it, and it shows. Even his towering rage at discovering the truth, combined with the restraint he's able to maintain, go well with his more mature outlook.

All in all, the chapter only leaves me with one question: who is inhabiting Ron, and what did he do with the pea that Weasley used to use for a brain? Ron in canon is neither smart enough nor sensitive enough to ever understand Hermione that well, let alone work out a method to deal with her obsessive-compulsive behavior so effectively. I understand that people mature and change as they grow older, but there needs to be a basis for that change in the first place. Harry, for example, might not know how to guide and direct Hermione's compulsive campaign to free the house elves, but he neither teases her about it, nor does he humiliate her by telling her what's really happening to all the hats she knitted. I can see him eventually figuring out the method for dealing with Hermione that 'Ron' described at the beginning of the chapter, but Canon Ron is far too much of a Wizarding Good Ol' Boy to ever really understand those weird Muggle ideas about equality between the races and such, let alone come up with such a firm grasp of Hermione's psychology. His manipulation of Hermione is far too Slytherin for it to be believable that Ron could pull it off.

Anyway, that's enough griping about what is really a very minor part of the plot. So long as the focus of the story remains on Gabrielle and Harry, this has the chance to be really great. Keep it going!

Martin V. posted a comment on Saturday 5th November 2005 12:27am for 3 - Normandy

...I really don't know what to say. First off, let me thank you for releasing another chapter of this wonderful story. I find it rather interesting that Harry was so quick to assess the situation, though. I mean no offense to Harry, but he's never been the quickest draw in cannon. You've definitely set him with a great deal of maturity, and mixed it well with the personality of the teenage boy-who-lived from cannon. A feat very few can do.

I really enjoy the effort you're putting into the history of the locations, and the detail about food and wine that most authors (including myself) would normally overlook. it adds a depth and reality to the story that makes it so much more wonderful and interesting than what would have resulted if you had only put half-hearted details into the story.

One thing that I sometimes find a bit annoying, though, is that absolutely no one really tried to argue the idea of manipulating Harry. I mean, the losest you got to it was Aimée and how she was a bit upset over what they were doing to Harry. I understand that Gabrielle's life is in jeopardy, but it would have been nice to see one person be adamant about not doing this to Harry.

Of course, that subject is mostly being brought up in Harry's defense. I just feel that he should have at least one ringer fighting for his freedom, at least in some small or strange way. I understand that it was probably necessary to have Harry on his own - yet again - in this problem, as that is his in-character style.

All-in-all, I love the story, and can't wait until you finish the next chapter.

Bobmin356 posted a comment on Friday 4th November 2005 11:59pm for 3 - Normandy

I can't begin to say how pleased I was to see this updated. Although I hate where you left it off. It could be months before the next update. OR YEARS! OH GAWD WHAT IF IT'S DECADES.

If you want to preserve my sanity you will update this again quickly.

We mean business. :D

Crys posted a comment on Friday 4th November 2005 5:20pm for 3 - Normandy

*vicious grin*

Bravo, Harry. That is exactly what I would have hoped from you.

Now, go and tear Hermione and Olympe new ones. Then ask Bill, Fleur, and Ron what they knew. Then go and yell at DD for his royal f*ck up about that task. Oh, and the tri-school quidditch tournament.

sempracaveas03 posted a comment on Friday 4th November 2005 5:06pm for 3 - Normandy

Oh, PLEASE update SOON! I adore this couple so very much, and it is the first story that I have ever come across that involves ANYTHING between them, let alone romance. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE UPDATE SOON!

Happy Snorkack Hunting (don't you just love Luna?),
Sempra

John Lee Howard posted a comment on Friday 4th November 2005 4:42pm for 3 - Normandy

Awesome as always. but you just had to do the cliffie.. man... Just get the next out as soon as you are able. And don't forget TMW

Traveller posted a comment on Friday 4th November 2005 4:37pm for 3 - Normandy

Brilliant.

No way out. Neither a truly right nor an easy choice.
Honour demands opposite things.
What to do, what to do?

Traveller

Greg Johnson posted a comment on Friday 4th November 2005 4:33pm for 3 - Normandy

Great Chapter! I can't wait to see what happens next. Keep up the good work and update again soon.

Ron posted a comment on Friday 4th November 2005 4:28pm for 3 - Normandy

Can't wait to get more of this one!

edo posted a comment on Friday 4th November 2005 4:14pm for 3 - Normandy

good, very good



go for the next one