sbmcneil
Sunday 17th July 2011 12:14 | Fury |
| I was just rereading Curse of the Damned and saw the note about this story. It is great! I love a feisty Ginny! I can see her storming off to confront Snape in defence of Harry. What a great story. |
bookish327
Sunday 7th December 2008 09:15 | Fury |
I'm reading MelindaLeo's Harry Potter and the Curse of the Damned , and I read her a/n about your story and had to check it out.
Great job! Your Ginny is definitely no Mary Sue. She's such a force to be reckoned with, and I applaud you on writing her so well. I also appreciate you having Ron along for the scene with Snape. I love how he can add a Greek Chorus/observer feel to fic's sometimes, mirroring what we, the readers, are thinking about what's going on in a scene.
I'm also glad that you included Dumbledore in the scene, since he's the only one who has a hope of keeping Snape in check when he's attempting to punish Harry or his friends. I liked how Dumbledore gave Ginny points for her courage and bravery. It made sense to me that he would blunt the edge of the fifty points that Snape had taken from Harry by the headmaster awarding forty points to Ginny. He probably feels that Harry should show Snape the proper respect as a teacher, so there are still ten points taken away when you combine Harry's and Ginny's points. This brought Harry's loss of points to a more reasonable amount. (I think that taking ten points for disrespect to a teacher is a more appropriate amount than fifty.)
Still, when considering Ginny's points all on her own, I did feel that she deserved them. She exhibited great courage and bravery in rushing off to tell off someone who had greatly wronged Harry in her mind, no matter that he was a teacher and could give her detentions for the rest of the year. Since Dumbledore had awarded Harry points for his acts of valor on a number of occasions, it made sense in my mind for him to award Ginny points also.
Sorry this was so long. Anyway, great job with this story! |
| Thursday 11th December 2008 12:32 | Fury (Author Response) |
Wow - what a review! I'm stunned and elated by your kind and inspiring words. I'm very pleased you liked it - funnily enough it came quite easily to me (which is VERY rare) and I really aspired to make it as "good as possible" as I really didn't want to embaress myself in front of MelindaLeo (although kind and nice as she is she probably would have forgiven me). Many thanks. BR/ Spark. |
Hoss
Friday 11th January 2008 07:19 | Fury |
| I never ever want Ginny Hacked off at me. Well Done. Thanks |
pyromain
Thursday 29th November 2007 11:12 | Fury |
| brilliant just perfect. Loved the outtake what more can I say, great job. |
aharkins
Sunday 4th November 2007 19:57 | Fury |
| I loved your story. I can see Ginny acting just that way. |
babigirl0324
Tuesday 18th September 2007 20:18 | Fury |
| I absolutely LOVED it.... !!!!! |
hpffreader
Friday 7th September 2007 14:41 | Fury |
nice work-as good as melindaleo herself.
who is a celebrity on amazon.co.uk
was very angry with |
RaminGhauss
Saturday 11th August 2007 14:28 | Fury |
| great story ^_^ |
wandwavingwannabe
Thursday 26th May 2005 21:14 | Fury |
Wonderful outtake you've done here and it does Chapter 18 justice.
Cheers on your writing!!!! |
| Thursday 26th May 2005 23:31 | Fury (Author Response) |
| Wow, thanks for those wonderful words! I tried to keep the style and characterisation similar to Melindaleo's and it seems to have worked *sly grin* ! Thanks for making my day! |
snowball
Thursday 26th May 2005 02:38 | Fury |
| Aww, what a wonderful piece. You potrayed the characters from Melindaleo's story very well. Good outtake |
| Thursday 26th May 2005 23:29 | Fury (Author Response) |
| Thanks! I tried to portray the characters as Melindaleo had as it was an outtake and I think I managed it - I'm glad you liked it! Thanks for making my day! |
SillyGillie
Tuesday 10th May 2005 15:09 | Fury |
| Awesome job! I loved it! Ginny and Harry are hilarious! Brilliant job! |
| Wednesday 11th May 2005 13:54 | Fury (Author Response) |
| Thank you, it certainly works as an encouragement to write more! |
Nimloki
Friday 6th May 2005 11:04 | Fury |
| Very well done. I particularly like all the attempts Harry makes trying
to save her from calling Snape any names. And, of course, Ginny turning
her anger at both Harry and Ron was spot on. Nice piece.
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| Saturday 7th May 2005 15:29 | Fury (Author Response) |
| Thanks! Harry was very insistant on not letting Ginny get herself into trouble and Ginny certainly wasn't going to be 'muffled' by any protective gits - I had a lot of fun writing that part and it mainly just came to me in the first draft, the ending was a lot more difficult. I appreciate the feedback so thanks for reading and rewieving! |
freshwater
Sunday 1st May 2005 10:43 | Fury |
| Wow....that was an excellent portrayal of the various emotions of each of these characters: very in-character and VERY satisfying to read....makes me wish I could've been a house elf peeping around the corner to see/hear it first hand! Well done! |
| Monday 2nd May 2005 16:59 | Fury (Author Response) |
| Thank you for the glowing review - I'm very glad you liked the portrayal of the characters, it was more of a challenge than I first thought to not only reflect JKR's way of writing them but also, more importantly, match how Melindaleo have portrayed them, so to read your review is a welcome sign I managed it! |
thehopefulGinnyPotter
Friday 29th April 2005 19:47 | Fury |
| Oh that was wonmderful. I absolutely loved the way you wrote Ginny! It was perfect! |
| Monday 2nd May 2005 16:55 | Fury (Author Response) |
| Heh - thank you very much! |
HarryPassionFan
Friday 29th April 2005 09:11 | Fury |
Wonderful outtake I totally agree with Ginny that you have to earn the respects of the students. I sure hope Dumbledore told Snape off afterwards.
~Ana |
| Friday 29th April 2005 09:44 | Fury (Author Response) |
| Wow - thanks! |
Muggle Witch
Friday 29th April 2005 09:06 | Fury |
| Well done! Well written and a good outtake. |
| Friday 29th April 2005 09:42 | Fury (Author Response) |
| Thanks - I'm very happy you liked it! |
juliet
Sunday 24th April 2005 01:51 | Fury |
well done! I believe that your portrayal of Ginny's
character was very realistic. I can see Ginny reacting that way,
and going in to bat for Harry. Then Harry's sudden realisation of
what Ginny was about to do, and the sheer panic that ensued with both
he and Ron racing after her down the halls. I was almost puffing
with them from the effort! Loved the fight as Harry tried to stop
her, both from physically and verbally attacking Snape.
Congrats.
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| Sunday 24th April 2005 02:33 | Fury (Author Response) |
| Thanks! I tried to portray Ginny as both JKR and Melindaleo has - fiery, protective and headstrong - so I'm glad you liked it! Your wonderful review has really made my day! |
Melindaleo
Saturday 23rd April 2005 06:46 | Fury |
Wow oh wow! You did it! I cannot even begin to tell you how delighted and honored I am. I think this is great! Ginny is awesome, and the biting and stomping on his foot cracked me up! I loved Ron's protective older brother, then running off with Harry to stop his tempermental sister, then only standing back and laughing while she beat up Harry. What a hoot!
I really like this and with your permission, I'll refer people to it in the next chapter. |
| Saturday 23rd April 2005 07:14 | Fury (Author Response) |
Phew - you liked it, what a relief!!! Yay , you really liked it - that means !!! Thanks, Melindaleo, your review and the kind words mean a lot as your writing is a continuing source of inspiration. I'm also glad that you pointed out your highlights - that's very helpful. Of course you have my permission to refer anyone to this story, I'm humbled and indebted by your offer! Thanks! .
Originally I had planned to let Ginny hex Snape but Harry just wouldn't let her!!! Also, Harry had hopes for something less volatile but Ginny wouldn't let me do meek and Ron, cleverly for once, decided to take a step back - she might be small but she can still strike fear into her brothers, a trait she shares with Molly. |
Black_White_And_Grey
Friday 22nd April 2005 21:43 | Fury |
| This story, especially the ending, is definitely "Awwww"-worthy, I would say. Lovely, very. You part converted me to this ship with this, you know. Oughta be proud for that. :) ;) :D |
| Saturday 23rd April 2005 05:36 | Fury (Author Response) |
| If I manage to convert a reader to the greatness of Harry and Ginny I'm very proud indeed. Thank you very much for the kind words - I'm very pleased that you liked the ending, it was the hardest part to write so I very happy it worked! Thanks for the review! |
Arnel
Friday 22nd April 2005 21:25 | Fury |
An angry Ginny is so much fun to write and you've done a terrific job with her in this outtake. You've captured the essence of Melindaleo's characters quite well and I enjoyed reading your missing moment immensely. I can just picture Professor Dumbledore taking Snape down a peg or two. I doubt it will do Harry any good, but it's fun to think that a student can be instrumental in changing a teacher's attitude and/or behavior. |
| Saturday 23rd April 2005 05:44 | Fury (Author Response) |
Thanks for this wonderful review - I'm very pleased (understatement, ecstatic is more the word!) that you think I managed to get the gist of how Melindaleo have portrayed the characters, that in many ways was the biggest challenge (along with getting the ending right as well) - thanks for the kind words and for reviewing!
Now I'll just sit back and bask in the lime-light of your review for a while! |
