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Reviewer: mrsmeggiepotter Signed Date: 2007.09.16 - 12:19AM Title: I Choose You

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Reviewer: ginnyp_harryp Signed Date: 2006.09.10 - 06:50PM Title: I Choose You

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SEE soap operas DO come in handy



Reviewer: x Anonymous Date: 2005.11.27 - 11:34AM Title: I Choose You

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ouch..nasty burn from draco.....



Reviewer: Sophia Montgomery Anonymous Date: 2005.05.15 - 03:36AM Title: I Choose You

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And what will happen? :)



Reviewer: Myk Signed Date: 2004.09.25 - 05:58AM Title: I Choose You

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Absolutely brilliant. Please keep going, I can't wait to read more. I havn't read any fan fiction in ages what with exams and everything but I started reading this yesterday and I couldn't stop reading! I love the way that Harry and Ginny were trying to get Ron and Hemionie together, which is the opposite to most of the fan fictions I've read but it works so well! I'm really enthralled by the amount of detail that you've written into this fic and I'm on the edge of my seat waiting for more. Thanks for all the hard work you must have put in and please keep it up.



Reviewer: emily Anonymous Date: 2004.09.24 - 04:59PM Title: I Choose You

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AHHHHHHHH! Post some more asap! I need more!



Reviewer: XiaoXiao Anonymous Date: 2004.09.23 - 02:14AM Title: I Choose You

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*squeak* Wow. So lovely. The inside knowledge of "Days of Destiny" was wonderful. I hope that the charm works! And, oh, I do hope Bill and Picktoe are all right!



Reviewer: DazedMarauder Signed Date: 2004.09.22 - 09:09PM Title: I Choose You

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Yes, you have finally updated! I started reading this fic on SQ, and I do have to say, that it is one of my all time favorites! I love how you have so many cliffhangers - and i do agree with Jim here- you update regularly, so you arent killing us with suspension. I love all of your ideas and how you integrate them into your fic, and yet they seem very ... jkr-ish. Im still sad about Norbert though, but it was a beautiful- and fantastic- way to go, taking someone else with you. I hope that you update soon, though I have a feeling that you will anyways. ▄amanda▄



Reviewer: Jim McGuffin Signed Date: 2004.09.22 - 06:22PM Title: I Choose You

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Well, we readers don't mind all these cliffies since you're good at keeping the fic regularly updated! That was an interesting twist to the Mirror of Erised from PS/SS. I must echo hairy_hen's review once again. It takes time for two people to fall in love, and so Ginny doesn't love Harry in this story yet. The reason I started all those arguments with H/G fluff writers is that many of them have the characters suddenly fall in love in one summer. I'm glad that you didn't do this in your fic. And of course, we'll see if all of Harry's Amor Fati training will pay off in the next chapter!

Author's Response: I do think Ginny loves him (probably more than she ever thought possible) - but I don't think she's ready to tell him because of what she told Harry about Tom Riddle using those words against her. (that's in my story - not canon) It kind of echos the theme of Voldemort and friends using love against people. As Dumbledore said "we fools who love." Of course evil will no more triumph in JKR's world than it will my little story.



Reviewer: rach Anonymous Date: 2004.09.22 - 06:16PM Title: I Choose You

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no! no no no no no! you cant stop there!! ahh i loved it ! excellent mirror thing! cant wait for more!!



Reviewer: hairy_hen Signed Date: 2004.09.22 - 06:02PM Title: I Choose You

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So he is going to do the Chrysalis with two people. Interesting. But wait, something has to go wrong, or aren't they going to fight Voldemort after all? Interesting that Harry was able to see that Ginny did not actually say she loved him--that she wasn't quite ready, even that's what he desperately wanted to hear. Funny that she chose a Days of Destiny line for him to hear; I wasn't expecting that! Shamefully, I admit that the title of this chapter made me think of Pokemon for a second. ("Pikachu, I choose you!") Gah. But once I got past that, I really like how you delved into Harry's emotional state here--how he consciously makes a choice to be with her and to save her, in a way Voldemort and the Malfoys could never understand. Speaking of the Malfoys, they sure are a sick bunch. Wow. Trying to make Harry feel guilty about his own fantasies, and mocking him for them--that's just awful. But he showed them all. Looking forward to the next chapter . . .

Author's Response: Pokemon- gotta catch 'em all! What is it with that show? My son likes it too. I'll be interested to see what your inner skeptic will say about the next two chapters - The only thing I know is that you won't accuse me of fan fic cliches.



Reviewer: thelostwriter Anonymous Date: 2004.09.22 - 05:41PM Title: I Choose You

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This is one of the greatest fan-fics ive ever read... at least the greatest H/G story... I love how you do you do your research for your story... Ive been reading this since mid-summer and this story has only gotten better!! Please update soon! The Battle of the mer-people and the Basalisk?! LOL



Reviewer: Miss Ray Signed Date: 2004.09.22 - 04:03PM Title: I Choose You

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That was an amazing chapter. This has to be one of the top 5 best fics I've EVER read. The amount of time and work and sweat and blood that you've put into this chapter....I mean....wow. I wish I had half the talent as you. This chapter had EVERYTHING. It had action, drama, suspense, and romance all bundled up very nicely into one chatper. but the thing that made this chapter was the thought involved. It made soo much literary sense...I mean Lucius and Draco using Harry's fantasies of Ginny against him, the mere idea of the mirror, and how Harry's character growth is displayed is just...brilliant. Right before Harry leaves hogwarts for Gringotts...he has accepted his fate. In the vault, he's thinking pretty clearly enough to use his training to find Ginny in the mirrors. He doesn't do something stupid and rash...but he thinks the situation through and shows how much the Amor Fati has helped him so much to grow up. My favourite part was this: "Years ago he had chose to go after Ginny with the unconscious heart of a boy, this time he spoke from an awakened heart." That part tied in brilliantly with the whole fic. I love that. It's so true...It's one of the other things that show that his training with DD and amor fati had helped and shaped him to become someone much more mature... Ok. I've talked to much...but that only happens when a chapter or story is really really extremely good. You do not know how long I held my breath when Harry walked into that room the mirrors....I even yelled out "That F**KING BASTARD!" when Draco said that he would 'do her' argh! You're right...I do hate him more now....I wish Ginny could smash him over the head with a lead pipe....He is evil.... One question though...did Ginny see the mirrors when they were showing Harry's fantasies? Great job on this...and I really really hope you update soon....that was an evil cliffhanger you put in. I have to know what happens next. I swear...I got into reading meainly because I wanted to give up on soaps...but this is JUST as addictive!!! lol --Ray P.S: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Don't give up on fics like this and make only mindless fluffy fics! We all love fluff (most of us do) but we need something to think over too!!!

Author's Response: I'm glad you like it - and you'll have a lot more to think about in the next few chapters! The next chapter is ready to go and I will put it up in a few days. My beta has two more chapters to go - and then it will be done. You are all lucky I'm impatient and can't bear cliff-hangers either!



Reviewer: Haeton Anonymous Date: 2004.09.22 - 03:52PM Title: I Choose You

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Once again this chapter affirms why I constantly watch for your updates. I can see the story drawing to a close soon though as the final battle draws nearer. This chapter though was absolutely brilliant. Keep up the good work, and update as soon as possible but as a author I know that is not as easy as it seems.



Reviewer: AngieGS Anonymous Date: 2004.09.22 - 02:48PM Title: I Choose You

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My question is that was Ginny able to see Harry's fantasies with her? It was so clever of you to make the mirrors like they were. Everyone has some sort of fantasies and yes teenage boys probably have a TON of them but to use them against Harry was evil genius. It made them shameful and dirty when in reality they aren't. That is so like how Voldemort works, he makes good things seem evil. I really thought that scene was probably one of the best I have ever read. Looking forward to more. Cheers.

Author's Response: AngieGS - you are so right - about the corrupting power of evil - in fact I had something like that in my author's note - but I figured the sensitive readers would pick up on that. No - I didn't imagine Ginny being able to see Harry's side of the mirror - anymore than he could see hers. Only when his mind connected with his heart was he able to "break the spell" of the mirrors.



Reviewer: Ima Quidditch Fan Anonymous Date: 2004.09.22 - 02:35PM Title: I Choose You

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I'm not sure that I can find the right words to tell you how perfect this chapter is, and how much it adds to the entire story. This so far beyond fluff. Not that I don't love your fluff, but this is imaginative, and scary and tense and romantic all rolled into one. I am addicted to this story. I was so shocked at how quickly you updated this, but thankful too. And then WOW... to read this chapter. I can see it happening. I had a lump in my throat thinking of what the Malfoy's had done to Ginny, and then how he found her. LOVED the mirror scene... and the line about he had saved her before with the heart of a boy, but now... Oh, my goodness! This is truly one of the greatest fan fictions I have read... definately in my top 3!



Reviewer: am Anonymous Date: 2004.09.22 - 02:13PM Title: I Choose You

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Yes, I'm sure this was a difficult chapter to write. Draco and Lucius are well done in an evil sense. But re: the other comments about the mirrors and Lucius' dissertation on how they worked... I gather you wanted some white-hot-rage in order for Harry to be able to stun Draco. But to be completely difficult... Harry is presumably an inexperienced boy, who has led a rather sheltered childhood. I would expect his fantasies and desires to be a bit... vague on the sexual side.

Author's Response: Well - I did keep it all a bit vague - but that was the reason I wrote a "love" scene for H/G before this scene, so it would seem plausible that his thoughts would be realistically sexual - I also think that the Veelas in GoF give us some indication that JKR recognizes her characters are growing up and are aware of sexual desire.



Reviewer: ahdunnoy Anonymous Date: 2004.09.22 - 12:34PM Title: I Choose You

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No words to describe this story...so...I agree with the above reviewers...:-D



Reviewer: Cole Signed Date: 2004.09.22 - 12:15PM Title: I Choose You

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I greatly enjoyed the chapter. In response to the earlier reviews I read, I didn't think that this was the mirror of erised, it was merely similar to it. I assumed these were some perversion of the magic used to make the mirror of erised or a new spell entirely allowing others to view it, while focusing more on the sexual side of desire. That Harry was able to tune out that part to find Ginny is a testament to his character as well as his training. I thought it made perfect sense, as well as a gripping chapter. Can't wait to see what happens.

Author's Response: Yes, that is what I was going for. However, I think I could be clearer. So I changed Malfoy's speech so that Harry still doesn't realize what is coming - yet the reader knows these are evil Malfoy mirrors. Here is the change: "But these mirrors only bear a superficial resemblence to the Mirror of Erised. An innocent child of eleven might work them - but not a sixteen year old boy looking for his girlfriend. You'll never overcome your hormones to get her out." I think it's better and it doesn't go on and on. Thanks everybody! (Probably not the best thing to be revising as I go - but we're all friends here)



Reviewer: parakletos Signed Date: 2004.09.22 - 11:55AM Title: I Choose You

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I thought that too. I know that sexual desire fits in with the Malfoys being present but I would've thought that his deepest desire would be to see Ginny safe. Still onto the next chapter , please .

Author's Response: I see I was too subtle with Lucius Malfoy's explanation of the mirrors - so I changed it. These aren't like the mirror of Erised - they only reflect desires of the mind. Harry finds out a bit more about them in the next chapter. It seemed strange to have Malfoy give a big dissertation on desires of the heart vs. thoughts - but if it still isn't clean let me know. I can change it some more to make it clearer.




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