 crowsilike at gmail dot com 2009-12-07 . chapter 13 Can't remember how I found this story - the link has sitting in my "stories to check out" folder - but now I regret not reading this earlier. The writing feels like JKR's own, the characters all feel believeable, and while the plot has been done before it's not often I've seen so much attention payed to all the possible changes occurring with time travel.
My favourite thing are the twists. I didn't expect Remus having the same dreams as Harry, and the last sentence of this chapter had me literally said "Oh shit" outloud. Of course Sirius would also have the dreams! I can't believe I didn't think of that! It wouldn't surprise me if the next chapter revealed he had fled from Azkaban. I won't mind waiting for it, for the very reasons I mentioned in the first paragraph - I know it'll be good.
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 TutelaTwin 2009-12-06 . chapter 13Oh, nice. I love it.
I love the fact that Sirius is having the same sort of dreams as Remus is. It's hilarious. Is he finally demanding he get a trial? I would like to see him be tried properly, and tell everyone about Wormtail. Hey, we got Remus and Sirius. If Dumbledore and Snape are having the dreams too, that would make it everyone that Harry's worrying about. But then again, Remus' dreams stopped when Harry came into contact with him again, right? Or was it that he was helping Harry now? If it's the first then Dumbledore and Snape would only have one dream, at the most three. Heck, if it's just contact, Dumbledore wouldn't have had them at all, since he was there when Harry came back. If it's the second, though, they would still be having them, since he hasn't really been talking to either. Or maybe Snape would negate the dreams by challenging him in Potions. That could be construed as help, since it would help him to learn the subject better. It would amuse me if the real reason for Snape's unusual behavior towards Harry is his dreams though, whatever way you do this.
Ooh, shit. This just occurred to me, but is Wormtail having dreams too? It would make sense, since Harry's worrying about how to handle him. It's not quite the same level his worrying about the others is on, but it's still quite a bit of his attention on the rat.
I love how Hermione's somehow cottoned on to the fact that Harry was abused. Maybe, between Hermione, Remus, Sirius, and the possibility of the wards failing, Harry'll get out of having to go back to the Dursleys. Dudley's blood of Harry's mother, maybe he could spend a few weeks wherever Harry's staying to recharge the wards, like opposite of what Harry was doing in the books.
Speaking of the wards, is that why Remus never came to visit him? Because the wards kept all dark wizards (which most people count dark creatures as) from finding him magically and he doesn't know how to the normal way, or doesn't want to draw attention to him by looking for him the muggle way? That would explain a lot.
I'm looking forwards to the next chapter. Can't wait to see what you come up with, and please forgive my rambling on. I don't necessarily want any confirmation of anything I said, though a wink would be appreciated, lol. I mostly just write out ideas I get so you know what I'm thinking, and if there's anything in my verbal vomit up there that you like, please, help yourself. Just know that if you do, I will more than likely review with an 'I gave you that idea' if I remember. Though I likely won't. Mind like a sieve, that's me.
Ok, I'm signing off now, before I completely destroy any hope you may or may not have had about my intelligence. It's 1:49 AM, just for the record. Damn, I love spellcheck. I'd be a wreck without it. |
 G 2009-12-01 . chapter 13 "Fred made a tsk'ing sound and casually cast a mild tripping jinx. Harry flinched, caught off guard, and raised a Protego by instinct, but the weakly cast silent spell didn't quite manage to deflect it." What!? Even canon Harry would be able to take that (with extreme ease) at almost eighteen. Didn't you mention that he had become accustomed to his small body? That was just stupid.
Using that to make it a bit more difficult for Harry was like putting a big pink rock in the way. A magical rock that would later be of big help to him. You really should consider some actual setbacks. You know conflict that isn't just big and long enough to keep the reader reading? (good going there by the way) It seems you may have one set in motion. It can't be Sirius escaping, it would have been all over the news and Harry would have had to be blind and deaf to not notice. I can't see why Sirius would make Dumbledore react like that unless he had escaped and killed someone relatively close to him, or almost escaped and seriously harmed someone relatively close to him.
Well I'll keep an eye on this. Assuming the update rate isn't too slow. If my math skills aren't shot to he*l that shouldn't be a problem.
I still think there's no "big" conflict in this story. There could be, but Harry just solves everything (or it solves itself) before anything very interesting can happen.
Pretty good chapter by the way. A more preferrable length. This way being annoyed by one or two things don't ruin the entire chapter. |