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LoveHGSS
2009-09-17 . chapter 23
This was a wonderful story! Normally I'm not a huge fan of a story being mostly just Hermione and Severus having children. However, in this one, I found myself laughing out loud quite a few times. I enjoyed it.
EmilyWoods
2009-09-10 . chapter 7
LOL-funny chapter...loving hapless Snape and Draco
RogueMudblood
2009-08-09 . chapter 5
Okay, I've finally got to say something.

I know you have in your profile that you were coming back from your 'brain tunring to mush' when you started posting. Is it too much to ask that you go back and fix what's there since it's been a couple years on some of it and your brain shouldn't be so much mush any more?

I've got a couple of your stories on my alerts list, you may notice, but this is not because I actually expect you to add to them. This is because I like the ideas that you have, but can't bring myself to add something so poorly executed to my favorites list.

I know that's harsh, but consider it from a reader's perspective. Let me give you a few examples of things in some of your stories that irk me.

1) In "Buckets of Water": "Prepare to get Slythinerized." ...Okay, I don't think *anyone* would ever expect to hear such a line from Lucius. It's so OOC I actually cringed and I have to skip over that paragraph every time I re-read the story.

2) In "Professor's Pet": "Game on." ...Again, Lucius would *never* say such a plebian thing.

3) In "Dark Love": "She gave him a one-fingered wave..." Hermione is British. It would be a two-fingered salute.

4) "Professor's Pet" ... First, as this is a threesome, it should be "Professors' Pet" (she belongs to both of them). Second, The mere idea of Lucius and Severus becoming remotely invloved (slash) in a story where you have made them so blatantly homophobic actually angers me. I can deal with how OOC you make the characters in some situations, but to make them OOC and then *completely* veer from what you have cast them as yourself... That's disrespectful to your readers.

5) "Snape's Baby" ... What to say about the five chapters I have thus read (skimmed)...

Okay, I admit that I skim most of your work. I can't bring myself to read everything you typed because your grammar is, as you admit, in need of improvement. (I believe I previously offered to *fix* "Frustrated" for you as in that you don't even have paragraph breaks in some chapters.)

That aside, let's get into characterization. Severus is acerbic. Snarky, a right bastard when he wants to be, and your rendering here is ... none of the above. I could, essentially, take this story, change Severus to Theodore Nott, and for all the characterization you've given in the first five chapters, no one would know the difference.

Hermione... You have, just as many other authors have done, effectively made her a Mary Sue. I'm okay with that to some degree (as I have read almost every pairing for her) but I do ask that she be rendered as herself. In this story, her name should be Daphne Greengrass. Or Astoria. Or Pansy. ...Except they're all Slytherins. How about Lavender? Pavarti? Hannah? Susan?

My point is that with as little of the actual characters as you've put into your story, I could rename them and it would have no effect on the outcome.

Understand this as it is intended, please: The first mark of a good story is good characterization. You have chosen fan fiction as your medium which means that you are taking established characters and writing a story about them that the author either didn't tell at all or didn't tell to your liking. This means the established characters need to show at least some of the established traits. Yours do not.

If you would like to improve your writing, that is where you should start.

The next thing I would focus on would be the basics of English in its written form. In your profile, I take "click down on your fic" to mean that you disapprove; you cite "street talk" as one of the things you don't like. It's not because it makes the fic seem "young" that I disapprove; it is because it shows poor mastery of English. I have no problem with dialogue containing such words, but prose should not. Likewise, it shows a disregard for English to have improper grammar in your fic, to leave out punctuation (you are aware there is an apostrophe in can't, yes?), to not read through the chapter to catch things that spell check can't because it just isn't any smarter than the person who programmed it.

I normally suffer through to the end of one of your fics just so that I can see if the idea was actually well-formed. So far, I've been ... less than satisfied. I don't think I can make it another chapter in this one. Do I think you can improve? I wouldn't have bothered writing all of this if I thought otherwise. I would only ask that you take the time to care about your readers and your subject enough to apply some skill to the story you are attempting to tell.
Fernsfairie
2009-06-13 . chapter 23
That is such a sweet ending! There COULD be a sequel if you wanted, ends are kinda left dangling... I'm gonna go check your profile and see if you made one...
hockeygirl1489
2009-04-20 . chapter 23
Aw yay happy endings!
hockeygirl1489
2009-04-20 . chapter 14
lol that is hilarious!
dragonmamma
2009-01-05 . chapter 23
I love your stories. I think your one of my favorites. Ever need anything betaed, I would be more than willing.
JeremysPrincess
2008-12-06 . chapter 10
I'm reading this for the second time, and I just can't get over how cute the idea of Tom Felton playing "Where's Uncle Draco" with a baby would be.
mom2divas
2008-11-28 . chapter 17
Terrific chapter! I had to stop several times to dry my eyes.
JeremysPrincess
2008-11-27 . chapter 23
Aw! I love it! Wonderful ending!
JeremysPrincess
2008-11-27 . chapter 8
"all it took was a baby to turn a bad ** into mush"

That was 100% my husband, 2.5 years ago!
JeremysPrincess
2008-11-27 . chapter 5
I usually don't review until the end of the story, but I had to say that I love the receiving blanket around the face! Too cute, and such a guy thing!
granger-malfoy
2008-10-12 . chapter 23
omg love it
j2sweet2008
2008-10-03 . chapter 23
This was a great story. I like the way you make a bad situation into a wonderful life for two people. I wish the world was really that simple. Thank you for the laughs that this story gave me. I really enjoyed the bowling chapter and the chapter about the toy store. I have read some of your other work and so far I think this one made me laugh the most. Keep up the good work.

PS I hope that your mother is doing well. I have been read your work mostly all week but can not remember which story I was reading when I read about your mother.
Rori Potter
2008-09-21 . chapter 23
Ah... now is there a sequel?
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