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Trickie Woo 2005.09.17 - 10:57PM 9: Still of the Night Signed
With Severus' nightmare you manage to make me feel both pity for and intense anger at Dumbledore. I'm glad Remus proved to be adept, finally, at casting the spell for the net. I have a friend who is a supervisor for British Customs in Dover. He has some great stories to tell, but the best ones are about the people who work there. He had one male employee, a male crossdresser, who insisted on wearing a dress to work, he said if the women could wear trousers, then he should be allowed to wear a dress. I'm not even going to wonder if the potion will work, I can see the set up for a sequel in the last part of the chapter. I'll be waiting for it when this story is finished.

Author's Response: LOL Okay, now I have to wipe wine off my screen from laughing about the customs cross-dresser. I will admit to scattering a few more build up moments for a follow up since I grabbed hold of the idea. :) Glad someone's picking up on them. I kind of piggybacked the nightmares on my one shot "Thy Will Be Done", also in the Occlumency archive.

June W 2005.09.17 - 09:21PM 9: Still of the Night Anonymous
I think it might be best if we don’t mention the details of how you captured the lethifold - snerk! Well, she should've taken the Invigorating Draught, but I think the Lethifold found her more attractive since her magic is stronger than Severus' current level. Now I wonder if those two berks in customs will tell Lucius, who will then know that Severus is making an antidote with the Lethifold essence, and if Lucius will attack while Severus is unconscious. Drat! What a time to need Lupin. I am glad Severus appreciates her friendship, and I appreciate your not leaving us on a cliffhanger this time. Thanks for posting!

Author's Response: Thanks, June. I loved that line. Just goes to show that everyone does make mistakes. I thought I'd have fun with customs agents. I know it's so cliche, but it was fun. In part because I had to unpack my entire bag for a Zippo lighter (pre-ban days) and then he stares at the box that says 'Zippo' and asks me what it is. *rolleyes* Of course, he doesn't seem to believe that it is a lighter, even after he took it out of the box....As for Lucius, you'll just have to keep reading. *g*

Zhaneraal 2005.09.17 - 09:06PM 9: Still of the Night Signed
Talk about a hope for the best but prepare for the worst scenario!

I certainly hope this works. They've been working far too hard for it to fail now.

Author's Response: This has been a long road for them, hasn't it? I think it's a toss up of which of the two wants the cure to work more. ;) Thanks for reviewing.

Zhaneraal 2005.09.13 - 05:59PM 7: Answers from Ashes Signed
“Severus, the world has changed. You need to change with it.”

It's about time someone said something to that effect!

Can you tell I'm just now getting around to catching up on my fanfic reading?

Author's Response: Thanks, Zhaneraal. I really liked that line, too. It's up there with "Oh, grow up," when referring to Severus. I can't remember if I used that one here, but I'm pretty sure I've used it in the past. No problem on the catching up. It was quite some time between the latest two chapters, though the rest should be out very soon. Only a couple more chapters left. :)

Aragon 2005.09.13 - 08:27AM 8: Road to New Guinea Signed
Oh my. I had a notion last chapter that the lethifold wouldn't necessarily want the victim they intended for it... Although I doubt that Aurelia will be eaten so I'm not too worried. Poor Severus, with his history giving him very reason to mistrust people in general and in forced company of one of his childhood-tormentors with a marked trait of looking away if thing go ugly I wouldn't want to sleep helplessly too... And Aurelia sharing all his circumstances with Lupin. No wonder he's on edge. Lupin with ethical worries for a confirmed death eater's Obliviate was hysterical: that from the man who as a teacher in charge and responsible for children seriously (pardon the pun) believed Black to be a crazed massmurderer and despite that still covered his own ass even after said murderer broke into a student-dorm (where incidently his best friends son slept who he spend all year to befriend) as not to "disappoint Dumbledore". I won't even go into forgetting to take the only thing preventing him from becoming a bloodthirsty monster on schoolgrounds with hundreds of children.... I think you have written him perfectly: his dialogue could be straight from the books (if they had your plot ^_^), all this polite and smiling passive-aggressiveness. But PLEASE don't have Severus warm up to him: I think Snape wouldn't want him as a friend with their history if Lupin was the only other person on earth!

Author's Response: I'm glad you like the characterisation. I keep having mixed feelings about Lupin. It depends on which argument I've listened to most recently. LOL I thought he would be a fun third wheel since there is so much history between him and Severus and the fact that he does owe Severus....As for what happens between the two of them, you'll have to keep reading. I'm making sure I've tied up the loose ends and bringing this to a close.

Trickie Woo 2005.09.12 - 07:09PM 8: Road to New Guinea Signed
I love June W's idea about how to trap a Lethifold, that way none of our trio is at risk.I already had the shape of the leithifold in my head when I got to this chapter so I already thought of it as flat. You idea of an amoebic free form fits it better when I think about it.

Author's Response: I thought that's a fantastic idea, too....As for the shape, I now have visions of stingrays floating through forests. :)

June W 2005.09.12 - 06:31PM 8: Road to New Guinea Anonymous
Evil cliffhanger!! I say they should've given sleeping draught to Malfoy's spy and fed the SPY to the lethifold.... oops, used the sleeping spy as "bait" and then rescue him.... yeah, rescue Malfoy's spy. That's what I meant. (snort...) I do hope Lucius gets turned into lethifold food or something by story-end. Thanks for updating! Feed the lethifold....

Author's Response: June, that's a really great idea. Evil, but still great. Yeah, Lucius really needs to get his in the end, doesn't he?

Trickie Woo 2005.09.12 - 04:23PM 1: Awakening Signed
I wish I could set the font size for my reviews, I cringe when I lokk at them to read the author's reply. This is one of my favorite stories, so I will always give you a prompt reply. From what I read in the HPL Bestiary, I picture a Lethifold as a stingray on land, very flat and lethal. Check out Vocalion's chapter titles, she uses old standards from the 30's, 40's, and 50's, old movies, and occasionally old pop culture references. I find it a lot of fun to catch them and place where and when they came from. Just don't let having a difficult time finding a chapter title keep you from updating, use the trite, or obvious, or banal if you have to. You can always go back and change it to something more clever later.

Author's Response: I know what you mean about the font. Fonts here don't react well to my work PC and are huge, they look like 18pt, rather than the 12pt they are supposed to be. Chapter titles have never, and will never stop me from updating. This one was the product of last minute decision to add a scene and the muses having a new idea that they wanted to run with for a couple days....I love Vocalion's titles, and any of the others that will come up with song titles and other cool references. :-) I think this was my first pop culture type nod to anything in a chapter titles...If my lethifold hasn't come off as flat, I apologize for that. My mind has it as flat, though rather than any particular shape, I kind of see it as amoebic.

Owlbait 2005.09.12 - 04:11PM 8: Road to New Guinea Signed
You know as scary as lethifolds are supposed to be, they are funny. Like ducks, you don't need a joke, just the one word is a punchline. "It doesn’t matter to me. I’m not the one that needs a lethifold." Why is that just hysterical? Ok, I admit it, I'm whistling in the dark here, Aurelia better be ok. Or at least be discovered tending bar 5 miles down the road.

Author's Response: Thanks, Owlbait. I think lethifold is word like muckluck, it just sounds funny....I'm putting finishing touches on the next chapter, though I seem to say that a lot. I think I have one more scene I want to add it, but I'm not sure. On the upside, the basic story for this one is done.

Trickie Woo 2005.09.12 - 02:32PM 8: Road to New Guinea Signed
The Chapter title sound like one of the old Road mivies with Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, and Dorothy Lamour. I guess some people would call Remus the devil's advocate when he questions the ethics of obliviating Malfoy's spy, but I see him as the bleeding heart liberal. In an operation like this utmost secrecy must be maintained and Machiavellian tactics have to be used, the ends justifies the means. If I had been there I would have poured the veritas serum down the spy's throat. And now jealousy and suppressed romance have reared their heads, topped off with a cliffhanger ending. The lethifold won't kill Aurelia, there would be no reason for a sequel if it did.

Author's Response: Yeah, I kind of forgot about this scene when I mentioned that. Oops....Good catch on the chapter title. It's the hardest part of writing for me and it sounded better than anything else. :-)...The unfortunate problem here is that not everyone has the spy's view on ethics that Severus does...I had to do an evil cliffhanger, they are just too much fun. :D....Thanks for once again taking the time to review.

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