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Reviews for Father of the Man

AmanitaMuscaria	2009.12.10 - 07:32AM	4: Witch	Signed
Very interesting take on Severus' early years. Just a couple of things - I don't know if he'd know his teacher's first name in the 60s, and terraced houses don't commonly have stoops, they normally open straight onto the street or have a minute paved area at the front - a chair might be brought out to sit in the sun. I love you having Snape puzzling over Lily, though; that scene, and him having fights with the other boys were so true. Author's Response: Alas for cultural differences--the row houses in my home town all did. And you're right about the first name. If I revise I will take these into account. Thanks.

LadySeverus	2009.10.22 - 10:54PM	4: Witch	Signed
I like the way you presented the Sev/Lily meeting. It fits so well with the canon. I never thought about it happening like this before. I also like the way you portray the kids who have a supposed 'poor address' and the kids who live in the better area and they all go to the same school. So true. You can live a few streets away and you are in a different world. Author's Response: I grew up in a mill town, on the middle class side of the strict divide. And exactly one boy in my first grade class room (top-ranked of the four first-grage classrooms) came from the wrong side of that divide. I hate to say it, but at best I'm Lily here. More likely I'm Petunia. Really, to write a lot of this, all I had to do was imagine canon Severus, dressed and acting as he was, dropped on my grade school playground.

morgaine_dulac	2009.10.22 - 04:26AM	4: Witch	Signed
This was a beautiful description of Severus and Lily's first "meeting" and a very good explanation on why he thinks that they belong together. Bravo! Author's Response: Glad you like it; it did seem to me a possible explanation...