louisjventer posted a comment on Friday 22nd January 2010 7:32am

i liked this its very good.hope we dont have to wait so long for more.your a great writer an i love your other stories too.cant wait for more.

Tlcatlady posted a comment on Friday 22nd January 2010 7:09am

I like the blender idea better }:}

Great chapter, even if it wasn't quite what you were planning for it to be, you successfully got them through another year and did manage to teach a few people along the way, including Severus. (there's no hope for Dumbles, but I'm sure you know that.)

Thanks for the update! TLC

SassyFrass posted a comment on Friday 22nd January 2010 7:08am

Very entertaining. Especially with Pugsley and his 'zombie' routine.
Looking forward to the next installment!!

Riegert8 posted a comment on Friday 22nd January 2010 6:48am

This is a very good chapter

Pai posted a comment on Friday 22nd January 2010 6:25am

Snapes getting quite good at lurking on corners. And its all ways useful to have some one around to had out points after the action.

He could use some lessons or advice tho. Maybe cousin IT could stop by and offer some professional tips.

What? Didn't you know one of his jobs is as a spy.

kb0 posted a comment on Friday 22nd January 2010 6:06am

I guess I'll have to wait to find out who H/W would bow to. My first thought is Merlin for having independent thought and getting himself kicked out of Atlantis before it sunk, but Merlin is probably too obvious and therefore wrong. No one else immediately springs to mind ... although Wends did mention Prometheus ... hmm.

I continue to really like what you're doing with this story, even if you're not overly happy with this year. The deal with the CoS felt a little rushed (but not too bad), but I can see why you did it that way.

It was fun seeing Ginny's "pink prank" on Snape, and Hermy getting high praise from Harry.

The deal with Ron getting turned into a mouse and George saying:

"It’s that time of the month," he explained. "You know how wizards can get."

was truly inspired. :) Ron continued to be to the comic relief, as he should be.

So now the big divergance. Hopefully it won't take 8 months to get here, but hey, it's all for free so I'll take what I can get. ;)

Thanks for sharing!
Kevin

supergirl3684 posted a comment on Friday 22nd January 2010 5:55am

I liked year two. I liked how you showed the Wednesday and Harry as human kids not people who were untouchable and uncaring. I wonder if Snape would ever be invited to the Adam's residence?

ralob posted a comment on Friday 22nd January 2010 5:45am

Wonderful! You did a great job with Year 2, and think the story is getting better as you go along. Side plots are gaining in complexity and characters are constantly evolving. I cannot wait to see where you take this next. Thank you for continuing to write.

Wolfric posted a comment on Friday 22nd January 2010 5:43am

The battle with the basalisk went well. Snape's Christmas present was good. Pugsley as diplomat strikes me as a little odd but somebody needs to do it. I think it is a good chapter. Thanks for writing. W.

tamda posted a comment on Friday 22nd January 2010 5:27am

If you base it off of the Movies, both Gomez and Fester bow during the Mamushka, and in a formal dance, all Addams seem to bow to their partner.

So they bow to one man. Pugsly, their brother. Else, they bow to each other, as partners. And not the low bow of a servant but the formal head tilt or to a brother, body bow.

But that's just my thoughts on yao- uh the movieverse.

As to the Afterlife? Harry knows his parents were human. He has talked with them, laughed with them, maybe Lily, and even a James that has grown up; Tell Harry about Severus, the child, to maybe communicate their regrets, in how to not hold single actions against people. (because once you are dead, all you can give the living is your regrets and try to teach lessons)

Lily from the books seems to have been a passionate and lively girl. Snape seems like he just couldn't give up his pride and harbored deep wounds from his own childhood. James was an asshat. They grew up and moved on, for many reasons, Snape didn't seem to, until the first year really picked up. He still seems to be growing up and out of the teen he was, one step at a time.

So, to me, James and Lily on crystal ball speed dial, means Harry holds no great unreasonable respect or great mystiqe in and for his parents. He sees them as extended family, a bit odd, meddling, normal, but family of a sort.

Also, much as you see it as a rehash, I see it as a re-working of the books, which are often have a large rehash, for the first books at least.
It's part of the beauty and frustration of a school setting!
I personally can't wait to read more Snape side story, as it being told from Snape's perspective has been delightfully sarcastic and glorious to read. ;) I'd love more more descriptions but as it is the plot and story flow so well I just get to enjoy the mental movie instead of still pictures.

rom969 posted a comment on Friday 22nd January 2010 5:26am

I really love this story - really! Thanks.

howard kammerer posted a comment on Friday 22nd January 2010 5:24am

A chapter made of WIN, Tim! Excellent work, and I can't hardly wait to see what you come up with for next year!

red jacobson

M. R. Moore posted a comment on Friday 22nd January 2010 5:02am

Excellently done. As someone who has never watched more of the Addams family than the time Scooby Doo and the Gang visited them, I'm glad that your story is done in an easily understandable and accessable way.

I look forward to the next installment of the Perfect Slytherins.

moon_pup posted a comment on Friday 22nd January 2010 4:55am

I can not wait till year three with black.

Celevon posted a comment on Friday 22nd January 2010 4:48am

Really got to love those Addams! I think Harry and Wednesday should only bow to each other, and only with respect for each other. Don't change anything about those two. It is a pity that the kids can't do something to both Ron and Percy that would frighten them so much that they stay completely away from Harry and his friends the rest of their years at Hogwarts.

madrymon posted a comment on Friday 22nd January 2010 4:41am

I liked year 2 can't wait for year 3

Cynrom posted a comment on Friday 22nd January 2010 4:21am

Absolutely great!

Chris :)

nimaj25 posted a comment on Friday 22nd January 2010 4:18am

Woohoo. Love it. Please continue.
Ben

Meg posted a comment on Friday 22nd January 2010 4:13am

Bed is futile. Blender is better. ;)

OK, I gave my standard, sort of no-thought thank-you review for part one of this. Part of that was because, as I stated, hell of a lot going on, couldn't process, thankful for something to sink into-ness at the time. The other part was, as I also stated, becuase I wanted to read it again as a whole, and not just...judge, for lack of a better word... the new part after being away from this universe of your for over a year.

That being said. While I enjoyed this Addams twist on an accelerated/twisted canon, I can see why you're not happy with it. I don't presume to know your reasons for the dissatisfaction, but for me it was flat.

I'm actually torn here, because overall I've been totally tickled with nearly everything you've written, and usually even where the "critics" come in and complain, I'm just in love with the story line. I know your writing style and your weaknesses, and I usually just don't care about those so-called weaknesses, because the tale is amusing and touching and imaginative and I can get sucked in... and that's what matters, right?

This second year, though... OK. In my opinion, I think it did what you wanted it to, and that was, correct me if I'm wrong, move characters where you wanted them to, get some background in that you wanted us to know, deal with some canon that you wanted out of the way and then...?

For me, from you, it felt wooden. I LOVE that so much of this is from Snape's perspective, but these two parts felt more like I was being told what was going on rather than showed. Yet I read though Second Year as a whole, and there's plenty of dialogue. I don't know what it is, exactly. Your notes for both parts aside, there was just something here that felt "filler". And it's hard to put what it was into words, because I did really enjoy these two parts, and the uniqueness in how the canon situations were dealt with, but....

I did NOT feel like this was a rehash of Year One by ANY means. Based on your notes, maybe it was more of an enjoyment of setting the scene in Year One and then being impatient with Year Two so you can get to what you really want to show us in Year Three and on?

I don't know. Regardless, thank you for posting this. :-) It was, again, a wonderful break from the real world for me, and now I sit here trying to finish my review as the hubs trys to brush the teeth of one of the cats, who's yowling pitifully. And that is the story of my life lately. Guilty though I may feel from my unusually critical review, it's still kept my mind off...bluh.

I very much look forward to what you've hinted at in your end notes. :-) Thank you, Tim. *hugs*

Meg

Renzo7 posted a comment on Friday 22nd January 2010 4:04am

Awesome work!

Very entertaining chapter, as always. Keep it up, I hope you update soon.