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Reviewer: juice14 Signed Date: 2009.07.29 - 01:31AM Title: Chapter 12
I just realised that your Harry is the first I've seen that's completely, utterly open and honest and truly says the 1st thing that comes to his mind.... fantastically refreshing!
Author's Response: Glad you like that - it has to do with him not being able to lie to Ginny, and lying to others just not occurring to him.
Reviewer: NotACat Signed Date: 2008.07.22 - 11:09AM Title: Chapter 12
"glarfia"...I looked it up. The only other place Google can find it is in some really strange-looking old-German encyclopædia or something. Even then it's illegible in the original Gothic script. Nice one...
Your story is not getting any less wonderfully mad. I've got a bean-bag permanently parked here next to the pop-corn dispenser waiting for the next chapter. It's one of those stories I'm not quite certain what I'll be feeling when it's finished, I almost don't want it to end.
Author's Response: I hate to say this because it outs me as not as obscurely smart as I\'d like - but I thought I\'d made it up. :-) And you have given me a wonderful name to use, but not for the boy...You\'ll be acknowledged, though. I\'ve got a bit left to do - I just hate putting out short chapters! Thanks for following the bouncing plot...
Reviewer: NotACat Signed Date: 2008.07.08 - 05:16PM Title: Chapter 12
I'm loving this, wallowing in complete confusion. I'm going to have to go back and read it again...and again...and likely again, and love it all over again each time. It's just so wonderfully mad ;-) I think it's mostly the first person POV from someone who has not the slightest clue as to what is going on, but is rolling with it anyway.
Author's Response: Hi, Mu-Cat! :-) (that\'s the Zen version of your name) Whew - it\'s that confusing? ;-) Well, I feel for D. I think a lot of us kind of show up, fake it and pick up what we can along the way. We just jump in the river, sort of. I\'m very glad to hear you\'ll read it again - there are little things that Deasil sees but doesn\'t really notice, that will have significance later. Lots of them, in fact. Thanks for the review, and for helping me to push through! %-0 That sure was a lot of emoticons for me. I must be very emotional.
Reviewer: GinnySavesHarry1998 Signed Date: 2008.07.07 - 10:24PM Title: Chapter 12
Oh my... I was about to hyperventilate when Ginny and Harry came so close to kissing... damn Hermione! What is so important?!?! :-P :-) More of Harry's adorable, sputtering speeches... he's so in love with her and doesn't even know the word. Good thing Ginny does. ;-)
I'm glad Arthur and Molly seem to be back within themselves... I won't say I'm still not very confused, because I really, really am many, many times, but it's getting a bit clearer, and I know Harry and Ginny are sweet on each other, and that's the most important anyway, right? ;-)
I didn't review last chapter but that part with Draco was pure genius! I laughed out loud! It was perfect and awesome, and I can only imagine how red in the face Ginny must have been to keep from laughing. And the way Harry interpreted Draco's meaning with his "innocent" ways of thinking... there are not words. :-D
Author's Response: Hi, and thanks for the review! Ginny is in a similar place to his. We\'ve just started to see her conflicts - but the way I wrote her, she\'s been going charging in regardless. I want to say more about it, but I think the story should. We\'ll see more about that shortly. Let me know what\'s confusing and I\'ll clarify it if I can. I didn\'t include much of Ginny\'s response to the Draco moment, but I would say she was more bemused while it was happening than anything. I imagine her wondering what D was going about, up until the end. Oh, and he wasn\'t joking with Malfoy. His manner will make sense later. He\'s a little mysterious, for reasons beyond his control...Thanks for reading.
Reviewer: hgfan1111 Signed Date: 2008.07.04 - 11:40AM Title: Chapter 12
Wonderful, beautiful chapter. Maybe it's just me, but the more you write, the more experiences Deasil goes through, the easier he is to understand. And now he's Harry. **sigh** Finally, he's allowed to be Harry. Very nice touch there--I hadn't caught that no one had said his name until now. There are too many favorite parts to mention here, because the chapter was just riddled with them. However, the scene with Ginny was perfection. ;) Thanks for the chapter.
Author's Response: I\'m not sure - is it a good thing that he can be known as Harry? I\'m curious to know if people think he should be. I have things in mind, but I\'d like to know. Anyway, I\'m glad that he\'s easier to understand than he was - but you know, he didn\'t know much before and everything was strange to him. He\'a little bit more acclimated to the world he\'s in. Thanks for the review and thanks for reading - more to come.
Reviewer: janepotter Signed Date: 2008.07.04 - 04:50AM Title: Chapter 12
Ah. That chapter made me all sorts of glowing inside, just like my own personal fireworks. What a great way to spend the first bit of my holiday. Thank you for that.
Author's Response: Jane - that was exceedingly sweet of you to say. Thanks for staying with it. I\'ve been getting a little impatient for H/D and Ginny to get closer - but more than that I wanted Molly back. More to come...
Reviewer: FredsGirl Signed Date: 2008.07.04 - 01:41AM Title: Chapter 12
Oh, I was so excited when I got an email saying this was updated! And even more so when I saw how long it was....brilliant!
This was a great chapter. Confusing, but great.
I love the shaving bit at the beginning. I thought that was funny.
The scene with Remus was touching. Deasil can read people like a book and it's amazing. He took one look at Remus and knew he wanted to know him. I also loved the fact that he told Remus exactly what he needed to hear. Here's hoping that he goes straight to Tonks! *crosses fingers*
Then Molly and Arthur. Just amazing. Giving us their point of view was a good touch. You really showed us how much they love each other and that they really do belong together. I thought it was sweet that when she wanted to hide in her home, she went to Arthur because he is her home.
Stupid Hermione! She just had to ruin the Harry and Ginny moment, didn't she?! hehe Sorry, I was really excited at that point. Harry is going to be honest with Ginny no matter what, and they're going to be great together.
Thanks for a great chapter! You're truly amazing!
Jen
Author's Response: Hi, Jen! Thanks for a great review. Let\'s see. Yes, it\'s confusing. It\'s kind of a theme of the story. Not to say I couldn\'t have done it better, but a little haziness is okay, I think, because it\'s from H/D\'s point of view. The shaving bit - it\'s worse when you don\'t exactly know what he\'s shaving, right? He was listening to Remus as he does. Both looking and hearing Remus\' thoughts. I\'m not actually sure if Remus goes right to her. Often in the fanfic literature, he doesn\'t go right to her, because he\'s too smart for his own good and doesn\'t follow his feelings, and I\'m not sure I would disagree with that. I like Arthur and Molly as a duo, just wanted to see more of who they are, and so here\'s this story... Hermione does what she thinks is right, which is her strength and also makes her annoying because she believes she\'s always right. And you know, if everyone always got what they wanted, the story would be really short. By the way - does anyone have any suggestions for the name of the newest Potter? Much as I like naming things *coughDeasilcough* I also like to hear what other people would call things or people. Such kind words! Aw, shucks! Thanks for reading and for so many thoughtful reviews.
Reviewer: Aragorn Signed Date: 2008.07.03 - 10:50PM Title: Chapter 12
Wonderful Molly and Ginny developments...nicely done in keeping the promises from earlier chapters.
Absolutely cannot understand why this is not a more popular story. Really hope the core people co-creating this site take up the mission of spreading the word about this extraordinary take on a fairly well-worn fiction universe.
Author's Response: I\'m trying to keep my promises. There are two others I\'m looking forward to getting to soon - Dumbledore developments make up one of them, and H/D\'s godfather is another. And another one is the current golden boy of Gryffindor. Thanks for your support. There\'s nothing more democratic than popularity. I was hoping that a few people might like it, and write a few reviews, and what I\'ve gotten in return has surpassed any expectations. I will very much enjoy bringing the rest.
