Excellent. Although I enjoyed all the chapters, the ones dealing with the darker characters were, I fely, the best. All very well written.

interesting take.

again, wow. It's refreshing to see someone who has taken a different path with Pansy

...wow

Excellent portrayal of Draco!

Wonderful job. I do believe that this is one of the best looks into the characters' inner most thoughts that I have ever read. Absolutely amazingly written. Keep up the great work!

It is all a facade. We are the classic example of beauty only being skin deep. The Black family tree has been rotting for generation upon generation, it's putrefying branches twisting more with each year.
I have no doubt that you knew exactly what you were doing when you wrote this having it come out of Nacissa's "mouth". And for that you are damn awesome.
As for the whole series, I think the Dean and the Snape ones were my favorites. The Snape one just because it was well written. I wrote a Snape fic and it actually came out half successfull, although it was nowhere near as dark, and dare I say it, poignant as you wrote it. I also wrote a Dean fic, but I like to ignore that...
Anyway, kudos for writing a bunch of excellent one shots.

I spent the rest of the night mourning my dead, MY DEAD, and retching from the smell of burning corpses that still fills my nostrils.

So you see, I am not human. I gave up my humanity before I was old enough to be considered a man. I relinquished my soul that night to be accepted by the darkest being ever to be unleashed upon the universe.

that has got to be one of the best passages I've ever read on fanfic, or perhaps anywhere else.

As always, well written. Dean is one of my favorite, if not, the favorite "secondary" character. He always seems to be the peace maker, and has a good sense of humor, which he probably needs. Now you have him thinking about taking steps to make sure everyone stays on the same side. Very well written.

Wow, I don't know how many people would put that much depth into Pansy Parkinson. Reading your stuff is sorta like having your head screwed on a different way. Are you a teacher in rl?

Before I say anything, I must say I love the title of this chapter. Of course it was to be expected, but I still like it. Now onto the story, as it were. You began by having her talk in the first person, or what my lit teacher called the historical present (at least I think that's what he called it, its been a while). So it kind of seemed that she was having an extremely organized subconsious. But then how you have her realizing the truth at the end...Well, its just great that you have her re-examing herself... I'm kinda sounding confused, aren't I?

Hey, I saw this on the Sugarquill forum. Obviously I had to click on your name, because, well, because I highly approve of it. But I digress. These, well for lack of a better term, one shots are magnificant. Beautifully simplistic (did I spell that right?). I wanted to finish them all before I left a review, but I am called away. I hope to be able to read the rest of them. I would never have thought of writing a "serious" (no pun intended) one shot on her. She's an awesome character, and no doubt J.K.R. intends to develop her character later on, but in OotP she seems to be more comic relief then anything else. My name on sugarquill, by the way, is Norwegian Blue. Not as long as This Parrot has ceased to be, and gets the point across. If there is a point.

Hi! Wow, that is really good - so many of your versions of characters were like mine. I see Narcissa as being on the fence myself, if you will. And Snape... well, as you wrote; he does not want pity.

I must say, I loved reading all these bits. The formatting was a bit skewed for the most part but I doubt that was your fault. I liked how you gave so many different perspectives because some of them are hard to find (such as Seamus' mum and Dean's). Others are unique in a way that is not cliche, especially the last one. They are intriguing. Are you planning on doing any more?

Amazing! You show such understanding of the story and their characters. You analysis each person so well! Even those who are not analysis fully most of the time. The characters were very easily to recongize too! Usually by the time I read half of it, I already know who it is. You got talent! To those who have problem figuring who is who, do what she did, analysis the fanfic deeply. Don't skim it, think about each sentence, each word, the mood, the way they talk. If you still can't, try rereading Harry Potter. For Ch 10.- Is it Professor McGonagall? Plz say yes, plz say yes! Oops, this is not a guessing game is it? ... So is it her!?