Although Parvati is my favourite character, I rarely find stories I like involving her OR Padma. Imagine my delight when I stumbled upon this! It added depth to her character which I'd never considered properly before. Lovely.

I like the clearly separated sections, and the way you covered such a wide range of emotions and tribulations from growing up. Nice! my favorite is the way her mother's sari is like a bright flame!

Great description of Padma here, she's such an interesting character who we know nearly nothing about. I love the rather hurried, detached way it's written.

Ah, I never gave much thought to Padma. For me, Padma has been a girl who was Ron's date and Paravti's twin. But that is what this story tell you, right ? That she, in her own quiet way was there yet never noticed.

I really like this! I love the use of Roman Numerals, and the time-line that you jump about it. I've never really read something about Padma, and you've given me a perspective of her. Masterfully done.

That was beautiful. The quietness was nice.

Firstly, I have to thankyou for such a brilliant look at such an under explored character. I love the personality you’ve given her, in the way that she seems as pretty & as smart as her sister, bu no-oe notices it. Great work, and I’m definitely adding this to my favourites.

Cuba

This was lovely. I really appreciate how you've brought Padma to the forefront of the story and explained her minor-characterness as an acutal characterisitic. I am always amazed at how twins often feel seperate, and imagine this must have been exactly how Padma felt, esspecially being sorted into a different house.

Your imagery is also flawless, I loved this line: "it smells like old dreams." what an appropriate way to describe the scent of a house. This is really brilliant, I am going to recommend it in my character sketches forum! Thank you for sharing this.

- Frayed

That was awesome. I am continually amazed at how you can say so much in so little. I would have thought that a story that contains this much would take pages and pages and at least two or three chapter but no, you're too brilliant for that. And the details and little moments, it's all so lovely. Absolutely beautiful!

All of these drabbles are so good - particularly vii. You write Padma so well, you really make a minor character 3-D. Great.

Really nice, especially part v, but really, all of it was just splendid.
I'm trouncing off to see what else you've written!
Phillie

I like this. You have a wonderful sense of writing, you know.

I forgot: Is Padma or Parvati in Gryfinndor? And when they leave in the end...did they leave in the books too? It's been a while...

Toodles!
-RR

Padma is never a character I had ever given much thought to. Nonetheless, I enjoyed this fic very much. You did a great job and I find this piece to be extremely well written.

Your writing style amazes me in all contexts.

I honestly wish I had something pithier to say than that.

Gorblimey, Noldo. I missed this somehow, which is really a pity, as it is magnificent. You took a shadowy background character and made something blindingly, vividly /real/ out of her. It's beautiful, is what it is. Beautiful and tender and sort of wrenching and sort of triumphant and sort of tragic, and, you know, really rather splendid. :D