Title: Breakdown
| 18 Feb 2005 4:38 am
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Reviewer: Khadon (Anonymous)
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Well you've managed to drag me over to this site so that I could get the end of the chapter. Very sneaky of you. I think if I was Harry I'd just be at the point now where I would refuse to do anything the adults wanted me to do at all. Gordon seems to be the only useful one out of the lot of them and he's a Muggle! You'd think they'd no that forcing Harry to do something wouldn't be the smartest choice. I hope Gordon really lets them have it. :)
Author's Response: Oh, I want to let Gordon let them have it, too. I have found myself in a bit of a quandary though, I must admit--Gordon can't "let the adults have it" in front of Harry, and he has promised not to discuss Harry with them without Harry present. Oh, what to do..? :-/
Title: Breakdown
| 18 Feb 2005 4:19 am
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Reviewer: CurlsofSerenity (Anonymous)
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whew, almost went catamose there. I didn't realize there were so many 'fanfic' sites!!
Author's Response: Well, with the "quality" of FF.net, can you blame them? :-/ Plus, I like this one for reading Snape-Harry fiction because when I find a story that looks good, I know what I'm getting. :-) And I think a lot of the people who read Lies are people who enjoy Harry-Snape interaction, so...
Title: Breakdown
| 17 Feb 2005 10:13 pm
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Reviewer: ladyraebef (Anonymous)
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Ya! lovely chapter the previous one made me so nervous! i was all O.o -ish.... anywho my one question was that when Harry let Gordon go talk about what happened with the adults was he trusting his judgement about the situation? was he just tired? or was he indifferent because he didn't beieve it would have any result?
Author's Response: Good question. :-) To some extent, he was showing a bit of trust toward Gordon--that Gordon would pass on anything he learned to Harry. Mostly, though, he was just exhausted. He was also trying to avoid the same situation he had just gotten out of, where he was in the middle of the adults and all their emotions. He's still not able to deal with people's emotions very well, especially when they are strong.
Title: Breakdown
| 17 Feb 2005 7:24 pm
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Reviewer: The Hufflepunk (Anonymous)
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This was an amazingi chapter... very powerful, emotionally, and (as always) extremely well-written. I really liked the scene with Gordon and Remus- very believable. Just as a small question, did you already have a lot of knowledge of psychology, or did you go into research especially for Lies?
Also, upon my second time reading through this chapter, it occurred to me that where Harry was responding so much to Remus, it might have also had to do with his empathy. As his breakdown was majorly contributed by people panicking around him, did he sense Remus' care and concern for him, and just reach out instinctively to try and shield himself from the emotions he felt from everyone else?
Anyway, this was amazing.
Author's Response: Thanks so much. :-) I have some knowledge of psychology, but I did special research for this chapter in particular, as I've never worked with a counselor the way Harry is. Of course, my special research involved lots of long talks with my aunt (who just got her PhD in psychology and has also been counselling as part of her degree for a while now). :-D As for Harry responding to Remus, it might just have had to do with his empathy--some of this I plan out, but some of it I just let happen, and I don't necessarily understand it all until later. For example, I hadn't originally planned to have Harry break down completely, but as you noted, he reacted to the adults' panic and the situation deteriorated until the breakdown was the only way for him to protect himself. So probably he did attach himself to Remus for that reason, though Gordon also sent everyone else downstairs to the kitchen to try to get them out of his "range" so to speak. ;-) I'm glad you're enjoying the story, and I'll try to get the next chapter out faster--really!
Title: Breakdown
| 17 Feb 2005 2:09 am
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Reviewer: nessime_lisen (Anonymous)
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Very nice chapter, Molly! I really like how you had Gordon handle things. You have so much going on in this story and I cannot wait until the truth about Snape comes out. It should be quite intersting. Keep up the good work darlin'.
Cheers!
Julie
Title: Breakdown
| 16 Feb 2005 7:57 pm
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Reviewer: Alana18 alana2an@y...co.uk (Anonymous)
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Title: Breakdown
| 16 Feb 2005 10:26 am
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Reviewer: ARi (Anonymous)
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Woohoo... nice story
Look forward to reading more soon
Just lovely. Really it is. All the angst...you can never get enough I suppose...*shurgs* okay so you can but you know how to balance it out. ;) Good chapter.
Title: Breakdown
| 16 Feb 2005 3:46 am
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Reviewer: Amellia (Anonymous)
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I LOOOOVVVVEEEEE this story
It is great and very well written. You can almost feel the emotions in this chapter. That is one evil book especially after what lines did to his hand. I really can't wait to read more of this story and also am wondering about what Snape finding out and dealing with in Harry's place.
Author's Response: You can see some of Snape's POV at the Dursleys in the separate cookie I have posted here, called "Snape's Punishment." Glad you're enjoying the story!
I really don't understand what's going on.. Harry got punished and had to read lines from a book...but then what happened...he just freaked out?
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