Twisting Fangs posted a comment on Thursday 19th June 2008 9:59am for A Gilded Cage

Amazing. All I have to say.

Genericrandom posted a comment on Sunday 15th June 2008 2:11am for A Gilded Cage

I just read Perfect Situations and all of Matryoshka again, and personally, I think this is probably the most poignant of all chapters in the project.

Snape, for all that he's maligned, vilified, hated, loved, touted or pontificated about, is one of the most written characters in HP fics that have anything resembling a plot. Thus, both with canon and fanon there's more thought given to him than many other characters. Thus, more angles have been explored and the results are often more thought provoking. This, in accordance with all of that consideration behind it, is easily one of the very best ends I've seen written for him. Irony in every aspect, "and, as he was in life, he remains in death, ever his own worst enemy...".

Lady-Hope posted a comment on Tuesday 27th May 2008 6:36pm for A Gilded Cage

i loved this story. I love this story. I didnt really think i was gonna like it but i do. amazing.
but i cant believe its over. i mean, there has to be more right? on how everything works out. With ron and hermy and gin. and the ministry and...hoenstly it wouldnt be TOO much more. I see how u cant take it too much further but just a little mroe wouldnt hurt would it? *puppy dog eyes*

~Lady_Hope (who forgot her password and had to make another user. Silly me)

Prongs1977 posted a comment on Monday 3rd March 2008 8:00pm for A Gilded Cage

Oh come on, you can't leave it like that, can you?

itsmeektg posted a comment on Wednesday 20th February 2008 4:31pm for A Gilded Cage

...Woah.

Aelita posted a comment on Sunday 27th January 2008 3:45pm for A Gilded Cage

I would like to say that i love all of your stories and this one was no exception, but I do think that you could go more places with this. So I hope you decide to do a sequel to these Vignettes. Thank you for a great story.

hpfirecracker posted a comment on Wednesday 23rd January 2008 5:31pm for A Gilded Cage

I found this very good and entertaining. I hope you have more Vignettes planned for here. I hope you write more soon if you are. Hope all is well with you.

Kalen Darkmoon posted a comment on Tuesday 1st January 2008 8:02am for A Gilded Cage

Its good to see Snape's brilliance put to work for the good of the world as penance for his crimes. His home, while also his jail, is certainly far better than Azkaban and much better than he deserves.

I've read this chronologically rather than posting order and this is the last chapter thus far. This has been an enjoyable read.

I hope to see Dumbledore also pay for the harm he inflicted upon Harry when he essentially kidnapped him from Sirius and drove Sirius to confront Pettigrew. Even if you want to somehow believe that he was ignorant** of the enslavement, neglect and cruelty that the Dursleys inflicted upon Harry, he is still every bit as responsible for that harm. The moment he took Harry from his rightful and legal guardian due to his own plans b/c of the prophecy, he became a kidnapper of children. His actions in placing Harry with the Dursleys were criminally negligent if not outright an accessory to child neglect and abuse.

**I argue that he was well aware of Harry's living vonditions but chose to ignore them as unimportant. After all he had a squib watching Harry grow up and be treated by the entire neighborhood as a criminal child who attends St. Brutus. Most damning though was when revealed in HBP that he was well aware of the "neglect and often cruelty" Harry suffered at the hands of the Dursleys. That it was his belief that it was necessary to keep Harry "level-headed" - or in more clear terms BRAINWASHED into a submissive personality. One of loyal servitude to an old man's plans for his death.

Ultimately, JKR's world is both great for its potential and creativity but absolutely loathsome for its unrepentant cruelty to an innocent child. There can never be a "greater good" in brainwashing an innocent child into throwing their life away for the wars/conflicts of adults. What Dumbledore did with Harry was little different than religious extremists who brainwash young children, strap them full of explosives and then send them off to die "for the greater good." Dumbledore proved to be every bit as disgusting and loathsome as Voldemort. The only difference were the number of victims.

vasilis01 posted a comment on Thursday 29th November 2007 7:33pm for A Gilded Cage

I loved this story and especially the way you used the Weasley twins. Men my head aches from all the laughter with them. Brilliant work. I didn't expect a follow up after "Perfect Situations" and i hope that you and your co-authors will finish this. Pleaseeeeeeee!!!!!

wavelink99 posted a comment on Tuesday 4th September 2007 4:14am for A Gilded Cage

I don't understand how this fic is completed. It seems like you just stopped working at a certain time. I mean what abotu the Wizengamot meeting. What will happen to the wizarding world? It just seems that after reading the story in both standard Fanfic order and the pulp fiction style that it's an odd place to stop. Especially when you read the story in chronological order.

mashimaromadness posted a comment on Wednesday 25th July 2007 4:32pm for A Gilded Cage

Those two area rather clever. I think that's fantastic. A fitting revenge if there ever was one.

TxA_GunFighter posted a comment on Tuesday 29th May 2007 8:15am for A Gilded Cage

Really good.

gunny

sunrisesunset posted a comment on Monday 28th May 2007 11:25pm for A Gilded Cage

A wonderful.. end? Hopefully not, but I can't help but appreciate the quality of these character studies.
As the others have mentioned, this just beckons for more. However, I don't agree that you *have* to give it to us - sometimes, less is more. This way lets us in on the creativity, which seems to be something you were after with the guest author-ness.

Overall, brilliant. I bask in the glow from 20 shining gems, each special in their own way.
Sublime.

hayeth posted a comment on Saturday 26th May 2007 9:20am for A Gilded Cage

I agree with a lot of your previous reviewers. This story HAS to have more. So much is left unsaid. Now that I think about it, you said this was 20 interconnected stories, but you never said that it was the end of this, for lack of better word, universe. Which means this is only part 2 of this story...quite slytherin of you my friend.

Little Flower Princess posted a comment on Friday 25th May 2007 10:02pm for A Gilded Cage

Can he make a potion to bring back the dead? I mean, Nev has his parents, why doesn't Harry get a bit of that happiness even though he's happy with Daph?

Genericrandom posted a comment on Friday 25th May 2007 1:01pm for A Gilded Cage

I've always held that the greatest danger of writing, is that some things simply can't be left. I don't recall if you did this due to fan outcry or your own desire to keep going, but I knew as soon as I read Perfect Solutions there'd be more. Maybe not today or tomorrow, but someday.

You even managed to live up to your own hype! Congratulations.

This wins so fucking hard I'm getting a headache from all the win. Great job.

IceBlades posted a comment on Wednesday 23rd May 2007 4:56pm for A Gilded Cage

THERE HAS TO BE MORE!!!

Jamie46 posted a comment on Tuesday 22nd May 2007 8:12pm for A Gilded Cage

wow I love these. I mean, seriously. I thought the "daphne at the funeral" one-shot was brilliant. but, as with all things like that, i wondered where they went next, who they saw, what they did, etc. and you went one step further: you added "who they kept in touch with" and "what they did ABOUT things"... :-D brilliant. seriously. i just sat here and DEVOURED these things. :-D hehehe. Ok, i grant it was the tiniest bit annoying to have to go Back after reading each one, to get to the Introduction and read them in order, but not really, b/c i liked checking up on the dates of each vignette, seeing how many months/days/hours had passed for each. I also REALLY liked the different points of view. SOOO interesting. :)

ok, i could ga-ga over this for a while more, but i won't. :) it's awesome. i hope more are forthcoming. your writing continues to astound. thanks SO much for sharing :-D

LoVeBiRd posted a comment on Monday 21st May 2007 11:10pm for A Gilded Cage

this was pretty good ... no offence but by the time I had read about 4 of them i was getting kinda sick of them, i practically had to force myself to finish reading it .. but they were well written, i just think you should just do it more of Harry and Daphne' POV and what they are doing and stuff like that .. but thats just my advice!

Luv LoVeBiRd xx

brat1234 posted a comment on Monday 21st May 2007 4:31pm for A Gilded Cage

Wonderful