Mischief99
Friday 26th August 2011 13:39 | In My Garden |
| great story! I absolutely love it! |
webster
Monday 19th April 2010 11:02 | In My Garden |
| Cute story. Thoroughly enjoyed it. |
RIPHedwig
Tuesday 22nd September 2009 10:25 | In My Garden |
Aw, so lovely.
Fab story, flowed really nicely and great ideas for the noisy flowers! B |
crumplehornedkiwi
Thursday 17th September 2009 23:29 | In My Garden |
| That was so lovely. neville must have been such a lonely boy it gives me pleasure that he could have found such joy in the garden. |
Dad
Thursday 17th September 2009 13:04 | In My Garden |
| This was a brilliant, "feel good", little gem. Well done. |
ngayonatkailanman
Thursday 17th September 2009 05:25 | In My Garden |
Oh bless. Love these little stories about the different characters JKR created. Neville is such a love. He really went through so much and came out "smelling of more than the proverbial roses." He is indeed a true hero.
Excellent and very touching story of one very special member of humanity in the wizarding world. |
Astrid
Thursday 17th September 2009 04:50 | In My Garden |
| beautiful! when Gran thanks Neville, tears welled up in my eyes. good work! thanks for sharing. |
Grandma Kate
Wednesday 16th September 2009 07:58 | In My Garden |
Very satisfying. You've captured Neville well.
I love your magical plants-
What had once been stark and dreary was now filled with colour and sound. Ringing bluebells, fire-breathing snapdragons, howling lupines, and twittering tulips lined the paths, welcoming anyone who walked there with a cacophony of sound.
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majolie
Tuesday 15th September 2009 19:39 | In My Garden |
| I loved this. I always knew Neville's grandmother had a softer side and it was well-illustrated here. I enjoyed seeing Neville's fledgling interest in plants take root and develop. |
| Tuesday 15th September 2009 23:06 | In My Garden (Author Response) |
Thanks so much!
Gran was a hard character for me to get a grasp on in this story. I firmly believe she loves Neville (and always has), but I get the feeling she just didn't know how to deal with him, especially if he didn't have magic. Plus she'd had to deal with more than one tragedy, with the attack on Frank and Alice and, in this fic, the sudden, unexpected loss of her husband. That's part of why I made her so overprotective of Neville.
Julie |
saulick
Tuesday 15th September 2009 14:39 | In My Garden |
| Excellent. What a sweet story... |
| Tuesday 15th September 2009 23:00 | In My Garden (Author Response) |
Thanks!
Julie |
Illyra
Tuesday 15th September 2009 14:20 | In My Garden |
| Oh - I just love it! What a wonderful story about Neville when he was young. It just fits perfectly! This is a great beginning for Neville and his green thumb. Interesting to 'get to know' a little more about his relationship with his family, too. Thanks so much! |
| Tuesday 15th September 2009 22:59 | In My Garden (Author Response) |
Thank you for commenting!
Julie |
wluer96
Tuesday 15th September 2009 13:42 | In My Garden |
| Loved it. A story in which Neville shows his Gryffindor spirit and talent with no outside influence. Beautiful. |
| Tuesday 15th September 2009 22:58 | In My Garden (Author Response) |
Thank you so much! I hadn't thought of it like that, but I like that description a lot!
~Julie |
takon65
Tuesday 15th September 2009 09:36 | In My Garden |
Lovely work, Aggie, It brought tears to my eyes.
Hopefully this plot bunny gives you the desire and time to work on MtMtE. After all it's only 3 more months till Christmas and 7 more till my birthday--talk about a great gift if you can manage it.
Sam |
| Tuesday 15th September 2009 22:56 | In My Garden (Author Response) |
*snort* Sam, you crack me up about MtMtE. I'll...think about it. (No guarantees, though...)
And thanks!
Julie |
Arnel
Tuesday 15th September 2009 07:36 | In My Garden |
Squeeee! Another Neville story! Yippee! You've done a supurb job with this story. I love how intrepid little Neville takes the initiative and starts making things right in the greenhouse. The thing that struck me most is that all the lessons he learned from his Grandad really did stick and that Neville was so successful and diligent when it came to tending the flowers, removing the weeds, and creating a garden his Gran would be proud of. I'm so glad that the grown-ups realized that he might not be magical, but he certainly had talent where growing things was concerned.
I give this story for making me feel guilty about neglecting my own garden!
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| Tuesday 15th September 2009 22:54 | In My Garden (Author Response) |
Hee! Your reviews make me happy, Arnel! Thanks so much!
I think it helped Neville have the diligence to do all the work when he saw he actually could do it...and that what he did made a difference. The poor kid needed something he could be good at.
Julie |
honourary_weasley
Tuesday 15th September 2009 06:42 | In My Garden |
| Aw, how sweet! I always thought Neville was a rather miserable sort of character, especially early in the series - and Jo definitely had a soft spot, because even our typically unobservant Harry realised how sad Neville's life was! I'm so glad he was able to fulfill his potential in Deathly Hallows, and that his Gran was able to see another side of him. This was a very sweet portrait of Neville's childhood, I really enjoyed it. Well done! |
| Tuesday 15th September 2009 22:47 | In My Garden (Author Response) |
Oh, thanks!
I'm an unashamed Neville fangirl, so I loved exploring his pre-Hogwarts live. I've always felt like Gran et al loved Neville, they just didn't know how to show it (so they, you know, dropped him out a window or tossed him off a pier ) I think they were trying to help in those instances, but...they could've done it a better way, y'know?
Also, I'm surprised you didn't hear me *squee* when Neville stood up to Voldemort and killed Nagini in DH.
Julie |
