[Report This]Date: 12/10/2011 05:01 PM Title: Voldemort Doesn’t Play Quidditch
I personally would love to hear Ginny's interview but I believe your fic is about the characters less talked about in the series. Very realistic approach to Oliver's involvement in the war. Another excelent glance from a totally different angle. Well done! Again.
Elena
Author's Response:
Oliver is another oddity from the book. He'd left when the DA was formed, why was he there? Who told him? Several people have suggested I do Ginny's interview, but this was Oliver's story.
-N-
Date: 12/10/2011 04:32 PM Title: Justin Time
I honestly think Colin would fight no matter what. Annoying as he was sometimes, he was very loyal to Harry and therefore to their way of life.
Elena
Author's Response:
Thanks
This entire "novel" is Colin's fault. JKR told us he'd died, and showed us his body. I thought, he's too young to Apparateand he's Muggleborn so he can't have been at school. How did he get there and how did he die. I hope i've given a plausible answer.
-N-
Date: 12/09/2011 08:53 PM Title: Abbot Ails
Such is a war, it spares no one.
Elena
Author's Response:
True, and I threw Hannah into the middle of it.
-N-
Date: 12/09/2011 08:40 PM Title: Ernest Endeavours
You keep Ernie in character, I must say it is a great talent of yours. Your quotes made me feel like I should read the books again.
Elena
Author's Response:
Thanks. Ernie is one of my favourite characters. He's good despite his flaws.
-N-
Date: 12/09/2011 08:31 PM Title: Good Bones
A good one. Susan Bones, never gave her a thought, really. I'm glad you are writing about these characters.
Elena
Author's Response:
Thanks. These stories help me to characterise some of the minor characters for use in my other stories.
-N-
Date: 12/09/2011 08:25 PM Title: The Confession of Augusta Longbottom
Never a fan of Neville's grandmother. This chapter made her more human and Neville shall and will always be a heroe.
Elena
Author's Response:
Augusta effectively lost her son and daughter-in-law in the first war, I've always seen har as a tragic and tormented figure. She's caring and dutiful enough to visit St Mungo's. Neville will get his own chapter later.
-N-
[Report This]Date: 12/09/2011 08:12 PM Title: Protheroe’s Perspective
Wow! Clever, amusing and sad. Such dear characters and they all die and we get to see it throught the eyes of a third party. Loved and smiled when she meets Fleur and Colin. The part when she thinks Colin is actually getting younger made me laugh.
Elena
Author's Response:
Thanks. Polly Protheroe, Muggleborn Goth Auror will reappear in some of my other stories. looking at various people through her eyes, I hope, gives a fresh perspective. there are a few laghs in this collection. Twentyfive chapters of combat would be unremitting.
-N-
[Report This]Date: 12/09/2011 07:56 PM Title: Great to be Back
Very few authors can write Luna and you've done it extremely well! You know, in the world of 'what ifs' I asked, what if Harry had ended up with Luna. In the books she understood him so well! Not only that, Luna sensed when he needed a friend. It was really touching reading it. Another great chapter.
Elena
Author's Response:
Thank you. I'm very fond of Luna and there is no doubt in my mind that Harry would be more likely to be with Luna than Hermione. however, Harry and I share an irrational love of redheaded girls, so, relly, it could only ever be Ginny.
-N-
Date: 12/05/2011 09:45 PM Title: Epiphany and Fall
Oh Lavender, you brave, silly girl!
Author's Response: Thanks. I like to think so. This chapter is the foundation for my other Lavender stories (Bare and Moon) -N-
[Report This]Date: 12/04/2011 08:30 PM Title: Galleon
At the end Cho fought for their way of life, didn't she? So many of them showed up or stood by Neville (in my modest opinion as much a heroe as Harry Potter) at Hogwarts as part of the resistance. Well done again!
Elena
Author's Response:
Thank you.
Cho was one of the first arrivals. So many people arrived at the battle and DH left me with a lot of questions. There will be 25 chapters, all are done (but some are being rewritten). I agree with you about Neville. He gets a chapter to himself “Snakeslayer”, I think it’s the longest.
-N-
[Report This]Date: 12/04/2011 08:11 PM Title: The Calm Before
I've been looking like this for a long time. The story of those we, the readers, dismissed so easily while reading the Harry Potter books. As I read this first chapter somehow i felt such a deep sadness! What a horrible wait for poor Poppy. I know I'll cry and mourn for those who died but at the same time you'll give me a chance to walk in the shoes of a group of very extraordinary characters.
Elena
Author's Response:
Thanks for the review.
This chapter was not the first to be written (that was “Protheroe’s Perspective”). I wrote them as they came to me and figured the order out later. I decided very early that there would be a “Poppy” chapter, but I expected it to be mid-battle chaos. Instead it’s simply as you say, “a horrible wait.”
-N-
Date: 11/28/2011 08:39 PM Title: Ernest Endeavours
You are such a talented writer; each of your characters has such a distinct voice. I am loving this series and am reading it straight through tonight.
Author's Response: Thanks. I tried to keep Ernie pompous, and a bit of a buffoon. I hope that he's another flawed hero. -N-
Date: 11/28/2011 03:40 PM Title: The Calm Before
You sure know how to set the scene. Great beginning!!
Author's Response:
Thanks for the review.
This is twenty-five chapters from twenty-five perspectives, not all of them on Harry's side.
-N-