Reviews for The Birthday Present |
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![]() ![]() This has been a good read. I am glad I did not have to wait for it as you wrote it - much easier to not have to wait. A/N c.79 You referenced two works by title, which you indicated were coming - I don't see either in your title list. if they are as well written as this one, I hope they will find their way into your list of work on this site. |
![]() ![]() ![]() I feel drained but happily so. This did not end how I expected or hoped but... I am truly not bothered by that. This ending was needed. The acceptance of one's mortality is extremely difficult. Severus knew there was a life that he wanted that was not, or seemed not to be, part of the one he was living. How magnificent that he was finally able to accept what is and to turn it into something he could feel pride in, and love. Voldemort doesn't stand a chance. Severus and his Apprentices have the Light of Love burning not just in their hearts but deep in their Souls. I read a few of the reviews that said there was to be a sequel? Are you working on that now or is it finished? I am very curious as to what would happen next. Bravissimo! |
![]() ![]() ![]() I am stunned by the fact that the Healer is a Voldy sympathiser. Awful man! I hate Voldy but sometimes he is... oddly kind... to a DE he cares about. Of course, then he goes and throws the abortus spell at Bella. |
![]() ![]() ![]() I never had a rubber duck. I did have a platypus, though. More pain?! Does this man never get a break? |
![]() ![]() ![]() I truely enjoyed this story, even if i DID read half of it with tears in my eyes. (Well... to be honest, your ability to convay all those emotions in not-to-blatand words, is probably a big part of why i enjoyed it so). I really hope you DO get around to writing/posting the sequal some time :) - Probably a wain hope, but i put you on my author alert list, as the first one, just in case anyway ;D |
![]() ![]() ![]() I despair for Severus. It annoys me that The Bride tells Albus something about Severus' future but not him. Philosophically, what is that? Free will? Btw - no I don't hate you but my emotions were certainly on a roller coaster last night. It is good to be so enraptured by a story that it tugs at all of your emotions. As hard as some of the chapters are, I am still enjoying the reading. |
![]() ![]() ![]() I hate you. You are a brilliant writer for plumbing the depths of my emotions. I cannot deal with the tears that are blurring my typing. I am going to bed. Dear Severus... |
![]() ![]() ![]() Such frustration in Petunia's voice. It is interesting that as angry as she was she held up the Weasleys as to be better than the Malfoys. |
![]() ![]() ![]() I rather hope that if Severus lives he does not end up in the arms of Hermione. Let her crush be nothing more than that. I enjoyed Albus' dream sequence but I am rather afraid of trying to interpret it. |
![]() ![]() The change in Severus during this meeting is extraordinary to read. I think my jaw actually dropped when he complimented Remus. |
![]() ![]() ![]() Ahhh Severus got his Molly! But, dagnabbit! Albus nearly ruined it! I am so called Flitwick gave the Headmaster a piece of his mind. IF Severus is to die soon he deserves this moment of fantasy. |
![]() ![]() ![]() I want to gag. I want to cry. I so badly want to kill Lucius. It's interesting but today I watched a short video talking to abuse survivors and one thing struck me: all the victims told that their abuser was CONVINCED that they absolutely loved the one they hurt. You see that in Lucius. He firmly believes he loves Snape. Break time! |
![]() ![]() ![]() I hate seeing Severus have to kill at the meetings but I was reminded that you had written earlier that he could not cast a patronus. As Severus feels incredible guilt for ALL that he must do as a Death Eater that he finds horrid it makes sense that he cannot cast a patronus. I really like the maturity of Draco in this. It never made sense in the movies that he went SUDDENLY from playing evil games to questioning all that he was and his family. There was no smooth transition. Granted, those books were Harry Potter's story but that was unfortunate that ALL the Slytherins were looked at briefly so that the only source of info we had was Severus and the Trio. By-the-by: Thought you might like this bit about HBP. I've read the book once. Forgot every bit of it. I saw the premier of the movie. For the life of me I cannot recall a single scene. I then watched the movie at home with its "15 extra minutes" and once more promptly forgot it. |
![]() ![]() ![]() I wonder if Red-Eyes is trying to stir up Harry's hate again. He seemed so vicious. The other Gryffindors were mean but Harry actually sounded like someone who could hurt another. This was an especially hard chapter to read. First, I had to pay attention to everything going on, and not pay attention to the TV going on about something. Second I quickly became scared for Snape and his Apprentices because of the Gryffindors. I'm scared. |
![]() ![]() ![]() I love the walk that Severus took. So peaceful but there was an underlayer of the bittersweet: his acceptance of his imminent death is terrible. |