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Reviews For When the Boat Comes In
Author's Response: Thank you: it is wonderful to know that you are enjoying this story (And, I must admit, I got rather tearful over this chapter too)
Anyway, I really liked this chapter! I loved how you incorporated that part about Dumbledore and his cold look because of what Ron had said, great! Harry acts exactly how I imagine any child, that has been through what he has, would act. Especially the part about not wanting to share Snape, priceless:) About Harry speaking with the portrait, I loved how he was able to get rid of his insecurities, at least for one night by talking to Slytherin. I think you did a great job with that whole conversation. Anyway, this is really long but wonderful job! Author's Response: Thank you: I really want to give this story a sence of realism and it's good to know that I'm succeeding to an extent ^^
Author's Response: I'm glad you enjoyed it. I've always imagined Salazar as being a bit like Vetinari from Terry Pratchett's discworld: absurdly bright, innovative, passionate and highly empathetic but also manipulative, ruthless and a deadly foe. However, as he's very elderly in this fic, he's got an 'I will wear purple' type mentality: Salazar thinks, says and does what he thinks best regardless of anyone else's opinion on the matter ^^.
Author's Response: Thanks for the review. I hope you will enjoy the rest of the story
Author's Response: Thanks for the review. Yes, I know: you can't really have one without the other lol!
I liked the fish explanation! Author's Response: Thanks. The logic behind the pensieve is simple; if a child thinks they deserved to be abused (which, tragically, often happens) one shows them another child being abused, which will force the child to accept that, in this situation, the abuser is in the wrong, not the abused. Once this point is established, it is easier to convince the child that they were merely an innocent victim and that the abuser them was wholly in the wrong. It may seem a little harsh but, if Harry couldn't accept that he did not deserve to be abused, he would never recover. (Also, 1. Harry saw Slytherin's 'happy ever after' first, 2. the more violent memories were cut to a bare minimum and 3. he saw Slytherin being rescued.)
Author's Response: Thanks for the review. Yes, I had fun inventing those few which were original :)
Author's Response: Thanks for the review. Yes, I wish I could just zap certain images from my mind onto the page too ^^
Author's Response: Thanks ^^ All will be revealed ;)
Severus is going to kill Albus about the candy in his cauldrons. Author's Response: Quite probably: as a dyslexic (who attempted to write nail varnish 'nail narnish' and then spent a good 5 minutes staring at the word, trying to work out where I'd gone wrong) this is one of my favourite quotes. |
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