 Rhea Silverkeys 2009-07-29 . chapter 1One of the Nifflers on FictionAlley recommended this story, so here I am. I like the first line immediately. It drew me in.
I like your style of writing. It flows very easily and reads very well, and the way you progressed from each of Draco's thoughts was smooth. I liked how you wrote Draco recognising Harry's eyes, and figuring out the woman must be his mother.
Ooh. Why on earth would a spy as good as Snape write down things about meeting with the OotP? Although, I guess since Voldemort knows about it, it would be fine if anyone found it.
The bit when Snape Obliviates Draco is quite frightening. He just changed from uncontrollable anger to calm and collected. Scary!
I don't think Hermione would ever use the word 'Anyways', though. I also found it odd that you would end a paragraph with a comma, and then dialogue on another paragraph. I would have thought you just include the dialogue on the same paragraph, or the sentence preceding the dialogue on a different paragraph.
I enjoyed this story, and it was a nice explanation for why Draco didn't trust Snape in book 6. |
 SJZuhlsdorf 2007-08-17 . chapter 1Poor Snapey...
Draco is pathetic, you are quite correct.
Great story, my dear!
I liked this line by the way: Lena Jackson’s papers scribbled out, and smirked as he thought of her: she was a fireball, as sly and cunning and sharp-tongued as any other Slytherin, but her two best friends were a Gryffindor and some Ravenclaw Mudblood. Nice reference to Lena, you, and me. =] |
 Druidess Sieya 2007-08-10 . chapter 1so i read this yesterday, and would have reviewed, but the time i accidently closed that e-mail i was typing for an hour sort of corresponded with the time i finished this.
so i just closed down my laptop for the day because i was so ** at myself.
but seriously. like i was /about/ to tell you before i hit alt+F4 on the wrong window, i was very much wrong about snape. and his love for lily, i thought, was just a bit... creepy... and... well, wishful thinking (god i'm so mean), you know? but my respect for him really has multiplied, and reading this has heightened that and made me pity him as well -- think of him as a human being.
first off, i think you wrote draco very well. stuck-up and weak, although he kindasorta redeemed himself in dh, i thought. his inner voice is very good; you got that down pat. the events leading up to his punishment are very believable, and, oh, i know i'm going to /have/ to get tired of saying this at /some/ point, but i simply adore ron.
"And then, something snapped, and the three holding Weasley back collectively let him go, and Weasley attacked in a blur of red hair and gigantic freckled fists. Draco expected to receive a thorough beating and made no real move to fight back other than a few dejected swings, but instead, Weasley slammed him, hard, against the wall and lifted him by the collar of his robes." :D when ron punched malfoy in dh i was like "\o/ whoo!!" (in case you don't understand that smilie, it's some little dude with his arms up in the air. god knows it took me forever to figure that one out.)
but snape's reaction to ron telling him (well, shouting at him) that he called hermione a mudblood was, well... not quite touching, because i am not yet able to associate snape with being touching, but... i really can't think of another word... but it alludes to the scene in the pensieve in dh, when phineas nigellus says "dude, the mudblood so totally just said they were in the forest of dean, yo!" and snape is all "**, don't call her that". (i only remember that because i just reread dh, haha.)
but snape is pretty cool in this fic. you can sort of tell he's good, but of course draco really isn't smart enough to figure that out until he sees he's been pining for lily all these years. (damn, snape went crazy, didn't he, when he found out draco went through his crap.)
"lunch with Sinistra..."
sorry, but please tell me you've read 'lamentations of a starry-eyed twit'. i freaking love that story, it cracks me up.
"Oh, make no mistake, Draco, love is both a useful and often deadly weapon. It is why they say it conquers all."
that was a great line. i just have to say that. i love your last line, too. i find you tend to be very good with last lines. it does make me jealous.
"For no reason he could think of in particular, Draco shivered with apprehension, and for the first time ever, he found himself wondering if maybe—just maybe—the Dark Lord might not win the war."
ah, so awesome. =D
well, since i've already rambled sufficiently enough, i'll stop and let you get on with your day. xDD
GREAT STORY.
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