Delfino
Thursday 3rd December 2009 19:21 | Legend |
| This was bittersweet. I loved the "legend." Depressing as it was, I couldn't help but laugh at how you translated Harry's story to the muggle world Great job! I really enjoyed this! |
WickedWitch
Monday 30th April 2007 20:53 | Legend |
Well, that actually made me cry a bit. I can't really picture a Ginny without Harry. To me, it's like a chocolate chip cookie without the chocolate chips. But then again, there is always the possibility that Harry and Ginny won't get back together, or that one of them would die. I like to imagine that they'd move on, but not remarry. At least Ginny won't. I can see Harry settling down with a muggle woman he respects and loves, but not like he did Ginny.
I'm going on a really big tangent here.
Anyways, that was really good. Definitely worth bookmarking. Kudos to you! |
mythic77
Thursday 1st February 2007 18:26 | Legend |
| A pleasant story, well told. Kind of depressing for a Harry/Ginny shipper, but I still enjoyed it. |
No Idea Why I Smile
Monday 1st January 2007 23:55 | Legend |
i loved it...though it kills me to see her with anyone besides Harry....
gonna cry now...oh yes, tears are coming...
it was good...i liked it a lot, but you know, we're all biased for Harry...
okay...going to goto my corner and cry...
~*NIWIS*~ |
Hoss
Wednesday 23rd August 2006 22:01 | Legend |
| 2nd time throught and I liked it as mush or if not more, I hope to see more from you in the future. thanks |
Gioia
Saturday 15th July 2006 19:15 | Legend |
I noticed this story go up awhile back, but I actually was avoiding it because I thought a story in which Harry was dead and Ginny was coping would be terribly depressing. Instead, I found it to be remarkably inspiring. Thanks for sharing this.
Any word on your sequel/prequel to F&B Transcript? ;-) |
| Sunday 16th July 2006 06:30 | Legend (Author Response) |
| It's always especially nice to win over a reader who had qualms about the subject matter, so thanks very much for reading and responding! I really, really hope to get the 7th-year story out within the year. First chapter August, maybe? |
Dizzy Lizzy
Wednesday 4th January 2006 23:02 | Legend |
Good story. Lovely to see how you think Ginny moves on after Harry's death. Looking forward to more of your work.
Lizzy |
| Friday 6th January 2006 04:59 | Legend (Author Response) |
Glad you enjoyed, I'll do my best to keep giving satisfaction! |
Astrid
Wednesday 4th January 2006 17:16 | Legend |
| Awesome. I love the "legend" Muggleized version of Harry's tale. Excellent work. |
| Friday 6th January 2006 04:58 | Legend (Author Response) |
| Thank you! I enjoyed trying to think that through. |
ReachfulHP88
Tuesday 3rd January 2006 13:52 | Legend |
| Wow that was amazing! when I read the summary I had some doubts, but this is a fabulous new angle! Very well written...I laughed, I cried (not really, but it was sad), I smiled...and such! |
| Friday 6th January 2006 04:56 | Legend (Author Response) |
| You didn't really cry? Have you no heart? :-) Seriously, thanks very much. |
graup_hagrid
Tuesday 3rd January 2006 04:42 | Legend |
Thanks for sharing this little bit of fiction.
I enjoyed it.
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| Friday 6th January 2006 04:57 | Legend (Author Response) |
You're welcome, glad you liked it! |
Eressea
Sunday 1st January 2006 22:31 | Legend |
| That was a really interesting story. I enjoyed the Muggle version of The Boy Who Lived. |
| Tuesday 3rd January 2006 04:20 | Legend (Author Response) |
| Thanks! I have to imagine there is someone in the Muggle Relations department who specializes in turning out such versions for all prominent wizards. |
Penny Lane
Sunday 1st January 2006 12:04 | Legend |
I don't usually read Dead Harry fics, because I find them much too bleak and depressing (if JKR kills off Harry in canon, I think I might have to go into therapy), but I really liked this. I think you struck a nice balance between Ginny remembering the past, but at the same time moving on with life and finding happiness again. I agree with your comment below that canon paints her as very resilient. Nice characterization of her.
I also found Alan very likable. At first I was a bit leery, simply because I'm not big on OCs, but he totally won me over with this line: "In fact… I realize this is just abysmally petty of me, but I feel this great eagerness right now to know what his worst faults were, in as much detail as you can provide." |
| Tuesday 3rd January 2006 04:18 | Legend (Author Response) |
| I really do sympathize with the reluctance to pick up a story you know is going to follow a plotline you dislike (I've certainly skipped over a few myself, based on allergic reactions to the summaries), so I appreciate your willingness to look this one over anyway, and I'm very glad you ended up enjoying it. I was trying to strike just that kind of balance, so it's great to hear you thought it worked out. As for Alan, thanks again; I think if I were in his shoes I would feel like making some abysmally petty gesture as well. :-) |
Hoss
Thursday 29th December 2005 16:30 | Legend |
Ok I've read all ove your work here at PS. More please!!!!! Thank's much |
| Tuesday 3rd January 2006 04:07 | Legend (Author Response) |
| Thank you, there is more coming; hope you keep liking it! |
hjdevnull
Wednesday 28th December 2005 13:18 | Legend |
I really like this story a lot, it's very good and well-written. I like
the character of Alan, and how Ginny is perceived in the wizarding
world after Harry's death. I've never seen that type of look at a
post-Harry-sacrifice world, it's very compelling.
Also... just curious, but in Pumpkins
you mention Ron going to the Galapagos Islands for marine research, and
now you have Alan as a marine researcher. =) Any interest in the
subject yourself?
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| Thursday 29th December 2005 00:37 | Legend (Author Response) |
| Thanks for the review, glad you enjoyed it! I truly did not realize that I'd repeated myself with the "marine research" but as you might guess it is something I find fascinating. I very vividly remember my first trip to the marine section of the American Museum of Natural History in New York, where I came across the description of that bizarre deep-sea angler fish that appears in the story. |
hedwig_edwiges
Tuesday 27th December 2005 11:16 | Legend |
| I read your three stories in sequence and really liked them. The biography enterview was quite good and realistic and the last encounter of Harry and his friends and how Ginny went on with her life were good too. I hope you keep offering us this quality material. |
| Wednesday 28th December 2005 09:48 | Legend (Author Response) |
| Thanks for your review, glad you liked it! |
huskers
Tuesday 27th December 2005 10:50 | Legend |
| This is the best story I have read that shows Ginny trying to move past Harry after he has been killed fighting Voldemort. I read the 'prequel' to this, and it was pretty much gut wrenching. All through it, I wondered what happened to Ginny. How has she managed to go on? Well, no I have some idea nad you did an amazing job. The 'Legend' that you came up with for her was excellent. Really, I can't give you enough praise for this story. I really hope you write a few more one-shots of this little world you created. I would really like to read more of them. |
| Wednesday 28th December 2005 09:54 | Legend (Author Response) |
| I appreciate that very much, thanks for your kind words! Ginny (both in canon and in my favorite fanfics) doesn't strike me as the type to give up living, even after the worst of blows. I don't have any current plans for follow ups, but if anything strikes I'll do my best to work it through. |
critmo
Tuesday 27th December 2005 05:55 | Legend |
| An excellent story, very well written, believable emotions and brilliant advice from Molly Weasley there. Still, the idea that Ginny might move on after Harry's death made me sad. |
| Wednesday 28th December 2005 09:57 | Legend (Author Response) |
Thank you, I appreciate that! I do picture Ginny as very resilient herself, and even if she weren't I think Harry (whether in corporeal or incorporeal form) would insist on her moving on. :-) |
Elsha
Sunday 25th December 2005 23:50 | Legend |
Normally I'm not a fan of stories where Harry dies, and I'm also a die-hard happily-ever-after H/Ger. However, this was both true to Harry's character and Ginny's. While sad, it made it seem like Harry had died for a purpose, and he could be mourned but remembered happily, too. I adored your "Mugglefied" explanation of Harry's life, and Alan was a great character. Academics need more press.
I also liked your take on how life would be for Ginny if Harry died post-HBP. It made a lot of sense in terms of what we've seen of the wizarding world. The only quibble I'd have is that some of the story was told when it could have been shown; use of more dialogue in spots like introducing Alan to the Weaselys would have been more effective than just telling us about it (especially for things like, e.g., the twins talking about their business.) All around, well done. A good short story/. |
| Monday 26th December 2005 07:28 | Legend (Author Response) |
| Thanks much! I'm very glad you thought the story succeeded in those areas you identified, especially the creation of an appropriate mood and an interesting OC. You're obviously right in noting how I took shortcuts and missed opportunities with character interaction; we'll have to see whether I can learn to do less of that (or at least do it less noticeably :-) in future stories. And I do plan on having Harry and Ginny happily together at the end of those. |
crucio
Sunday 25th December 2005 17:38 | Legend |
| Nice and original. Thanks for the ride!
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| Monday 26th December 2005 07:14 | Legend (Author Response) |
Very glad to be of service, thanks! |
kensai
Sunday 25th December 2005 16:17 | Legend |
| well written, but it always kills me to see H or G with others. |
| Monday 26th December 2005 07:08 | Legend (Author Response) |
It won't be as distressing if you think of it this way: our lives are a dream, fiction is an imitation of a dream, fanfiction is only an reflection of that imitation, and my fanfiction in particular is only the most glancing of such reflections. :-) |
PHsname
Sunday 25th December 2005 12:36 | Legend |
very well-written story...like, wow.
i liked it. cant really think of much else to say, aside from well done!!
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| Monday 26th December 2005 07:03 | Legend (Author Response) |
Thanks, I appreciate it! |
