A great story. Gives some insight on a character of Justin Finch-Fletchley. The way you describe him, I can sympathise with his point of view - being a history and military freak myself. It's really hopeless when you see all your knowledge from muggle world go to waste and is replaced with waving of the stick.
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RosoMC

Wow, you've researched for this, or else you're very good at your history!

I really, really loved it. At first I thought you were talking about Justin on the run, something I've written about myself (if you're interested, it's called Some Sort of Freedom, ch6, but feel no obligation), but I see you wrote this before DH came out. Well, I really, really enjoyed this and I'm off to your profile to see what else I might like :)

And I'm faving :)

I finally read it! I've been eyeing this for ages... and thank god! twas wonderful.
Your work is amazing.
**Duckies

This is so richly filled with history that I'm not sure I caught all the nuances! Well done!

So interesting!

Wonderful story. It makes you wonder whether Hogwarts is the best choice for some people. One hopes that Justin will be able to do his part in the coming war; perhaps a post in the Department of Magical Cooperation would be the thing for him, eventually.

Wow, this is brilliant. It's written exquisitely, and I love the attention to detail. It's not often you find such a incredible piece of writing, you should be proud of yourself. Good job! :D

Good grief...this is a gorgeously depressing story. The portrayal of the teachers was exquisite; they're well-meaning and trying to be helpful but thinking on a level entirely different.

One of the things I found most interesting was Justin's convincing teenager-ness. Part of that is feeling that no one understands and you are left alone and a little bereft. Generally it's self-aggrandizement, but in Junstin's case things make a little more sense.

The history and legacy of his family was worked in beautifully and to great effect. And as always, your characters and images are astoundingly vivid. Most of this seemed a bit like prose-poetry; it's just such a great deal more lyrical than the average fanfiction (which, let us admit, is pretty dismal.)

Excellent job weaving a story behind a fairly unrecognized character. It's also amusing that you nearly made him the opposite of Potter in both background and temperament.

It is incredibly difficult to write in the present tense. I applaud you for attempting to do such. The trick with this story is that it takes place over several years and having a consistent first tense makes it very difficult to recognize when days or years have passed and at what stage in life Justin is at in a given paragraph.

You've also done a great job writing from a limited third person perspective.

I like the way that you explore how being magical is not an unmixed blessing for the Muggle-borns. I suspect that of all Hogwarts' inhabitants, only Professor Snape has any real appreciation of Justin's place in the Muggle world.

I would have liked to have seen some reflections on Grindelwald.