Will posted a comment on Monday 24th October 2005 8:48am

You are a great writer, but its about time you came up with something original. All of your stories are basically the same thing. A disgustingly depressed Harry who gets over his self pity by fucking a harem of girls. You need to come up with something new and stop using what appears to be a template for everything you write. I'm sorry for being harsh, but your to good of a writer to waste your talents on this crap.

nonjon posted a comment on Monday 24th October 2005 8:03am

Another chapter on par with your usual quality.

But I must admit, I'm starting to tire of these in some ways. It feels like you've written abused confused Harry gets many hot chicks lusting for him very similarly to this. Just the names of the female there to console him changes. Whether it's Hermione and the Patil twins, or Hermione and Tonks, or Luna, Hermione, Susan, and Pansy, or Hermione, Ginny, Tonks, and Mom, or even just Hermione (with some assistance from Hermy's mom)... it's beginning to just feel formulaic and I'm losing what little enthusiasm I had for so much rape/hurt/abuse Harry turned emotional coming out party.

No real complaints it seems, but I think this is why "Death isn't all it's cracked up to be" stands out so much among your fics. You've got a fun happy Harry in that one. Not an abused, "happiest moment of my life" Harry. So many of these, which are all held to a certain standard of quality, and it's very similar to Tim/Jeco writing Harry/Someone and making the relationships all seem so similar (though admittedly more recently, this isn't so much the case).

It felt inevitable and forced that oh yeah, hermy's falling in love with Mom-statue and Tonks and Ginny, and hey, Tonk is falling in love with Hermione, mom-statue, and she thinks ginny too. I'm all for amazing coincidences and convenience, and having one of the girls against the harem/sharing stuff would just add too much pain to an emotionally brittle Harry (his overreactions are also becoming formulaic here). More angst isn't what I'm looking for at all, but some of these stories just seem to feel routine.

Like Tim, that routine is still highly enjoyable and deserving of accolades, but I'd like to see an emotionally stronger Harry, or maybe just something different.

Too early to tell what's up with your Azkaban post-HBP story, but that certainly seems to break from the "One Summer, Father's Image, Phoenix's Ashes, Family Matters, Three for All, Unnamed Story" sort of generic 'unworthy harry introductory romance' blueprint (where Harry tries to push them away, doubts he's good enough, worth their time, etc...).

Course, what do I know? I despise all of those bits dealing with emotions, or romance, or love, so maybe I'm just looking for something to complain about.

Greg Johnson posted a comment on Monday 24th October 2005 4:48am

Great Chapter! Glad to see something new here. :-) Keep up the good work and update again soon.

Shawn Pickett posted a comment on Monday 24th October 2005 3:15am

Well damn! This came out of left field, I had to go back and reread the end of the last chapter to remind myself were this was. An interesting chapter, though I'm curious to see how the Dursley's are going to get on at this point, I expect the girls to start doing bad things to them at every opprotunity. Of course, I could even see Harry taunting them a bit, "Oh yes Uncle, hit me, or throw me out, do your level best to destroy the protections and bring Voldemort here to murder your family." Yes, I know it was said in this chapter, but I'd like to see Harry rub their noses in it, that they are only safe by his sufferance and a desire to stay out of jail. Well, I imagine that Tonks, Ginny, and Lily are going to be a) a little jealous (Hermione got first shot and they haven't had a chance YET) b) wanting a complete report for comparision when they get their chances. Great work as usual, thank you.

Ken Warner posted a comment on Sunday 23rd October 2005 11:38pm

WOW - in large multiples - that was one of the hottest chapters i have ever read, in over 40 years - your work is so good it is impossible to say which WIP I want you to work on 1st. Thanks for everything.
Warmest regards

Endlessdesk posted a comment on Sunday 23rd October 2005 11:14pm

I like this story, and your portrayal of Hermione, and I'm slightly ashamed to admit that I do the same thing that Hermione does faced with tons of books. It's slightly depressing...

Christopher Estep posted a comment on Sunday 23rd October 2005 10:32pm

Dumbledore is NOT in favor of Harry being trapped at the Dursleys (in fact, he in no way defended the position). He stated that the position was that of two major factions of the MINISTRY. There are two factions that wish Harry either dead or in Azkaban; Harry himself is aware of that. The Fudge faction has their head in the sand and wishes to keep it there, by nearly any means necessary. The Death Eater faction simply wants Harry taken off the threat board; preferably as a corpse, but they are certainly willing to cooperate with the Fudge faction to send him to Azkaban (how else would Fudge have managed to have Harry tried *as an adult* by the full Wizengamot in OotP?) The two factions combined are apparently larger than the Dumbledore/Order faction. In the political wars (which is where things are now), Harry AND Dumbledore are outmanned and (for now) outgunned. Don't expect Harry to take it lying down, however.

Christopher Estep posted a comment on Sunday 23rd October 2005 10:24pm

Harry is throwing thunder and lightning, and very little has been safe. First Lily apologizes, then he extracts an apology from Dumbledore. Later that same day, Harry drops the third, fourth, and fifth bolts of an already-busy day on the Dursleys (and rubs their noses in the fact that he is free from those pesky notices from Mafalda Hopkirk), just before doing a major expansion of his bedroom to the same meterage as the REST of #4, and invites Hermione over the next day, who manages to (eventually) seduce him (after a couple of false starts). Amazingly, Hermione finds out that Harry's OTHER wand is even more magical than his holly-and-Fawkes-feather variety. I think that Lily and Tonks will be a bit *envious* once Hermione gives them the news

Manatheron posted a comment on Wednesday 19th October 2005 6:16pm

O.O


Wow, you guys are all just awesome! I can't wait for the next update. Incidently, what was the challenge?

coolone007 posted a comment on Saturday 8th October 2005 5:25am

Please Tell me you are gogin to continue with this fic. You can't leave people waiting like this.

The Resident posted a comment on Friday 30th September 2005 2:59am

Please write more of this story soon. The Lily statue is a new twist and I like the way you are handling things so far. Keep up the good work.

The Unicorn posted a comment on Friday 30th September 2005 1:02am

Nice story, it would probably have seemed much nicer if I hadn't read "Sorceror's Apprentice" first as you used entire identical paragraphs in both stories. The one nitpick in this story is that Harry is too self aware about how he was abused when discussing Dumbeldore and the Dursleys.

Adam posted a comment on Monday 26th September 2005 11:40pm

another fun story, hope you continue it soon.

Donald Deutsch posted a comment on Saturday 10th September 2005 6:24pm

I must admit I love your stories, and this one is no different. Please keep up the good work, and I am looking forward to reading more of them.

Robbie Byrd posted a comment on Thursday 8th September 2005 5:46am

I enjoyed how you had Harry take control of his life. And how he told Snape off also.

Christopher Estep posted a comment on Thursday 1st September 2005 3:18am

Concerning the statue itself: this is a *magical statue* (a golem, if you will) designed on a living template (the pre-nuptials Lily Evans). The process was similar (but not identical) to that used for wizard portraits, and apparently the sculptor (according to the statue) took the process to his grave. The spells and charms on the statue are such that unless the person knows the statue *is* a statue, he/she won't be able to tell (neither James or Remus *could* tell the statue apart from the real Lily, even when she was present, and even though *Harry* knows that this Lily is a statue, his body says otherwise) unless the statue *herself* wishes to reveal her construction (it is entirely due to these known facts that, in all honesty I have to refer to the statue as *her* as opposed to *it* because, unlike a typical golem, the statue has its own personality, and a completely separate personality from the original, even though it was crafted by Obliviation/Memory Charms).

Lily *does* state that, for some reason, Severus *is* aware of some facets of her existence (and I suspect it has something to do with Narcissa Black). Why would I have this suspiscion? Firstly, both Severus and Narcissa were Slytherins together, and therefore, because Lily, more than once, tried to protect Severus, Severus himself may have known about Lily/Narcissa. Also, was Severus, back in their Hogwarts days, *envious* of Lily for successfully bedding Narcissa? That is not as far-fetched as it sounds: consider that Lily and Narcissa were the two ladies atop the Ten Sexiest Girls Of Hogwarts at the time, and even Severus is not proof against a pretty woman, and Narcissa, back then, was certainly that (not that she isn't today); also, everything points to the Lucius/Narcissa marriage being an *arranged* marriage (especially considering *known* Family Black Tradition, and why Andromeda got booted out of the family), so there are yet more skeletons in the Black closet (how did Narcissa get trapped into her marriage to Lucius, for one). Also, is there something that even Lily is unaware of concerning Bellatrix? (Lily herself suggested that Harry fetch Narcissa because of what she is aware of; however, what *else* does Narcissa know that even Lily is unaware of? Right now, Narcissa, not Lily, is the second-greatest living authority on Bellatrix Black-Lestrange, as her sister, and far too many things are unexplainable concerning her. Because Bellatrix is, for now, on Tom's side, Harry needs answers.)

Prince Charon posted a comment on Saturday 20th August 2005 12:11am

Very good, very interesting.

I look forward to seeing more of this.

Soon, please.

gryffindors posted a comment on Sunday 7th August 2005 11:23am

hello, is this fic about to be updated?
i enjoyed the new idea about sculbture lily

dave gerecke posted a comment on Thursday 4th August 2005 11:15am

What a ripper of a story.
Please keep going
dave

David Thacker posted a comment on Saturday 30th July 2005 1:19am

This is great.Have you read any of the books by David Eddings?The by Torak thing is why I asked.Keep up the great work.