ionik27
Saturday 6th September 2008 15:41 | Exercises in Truth and Listening |
| my, my, Mr. Weasley!! who'd've guessed! And on Ginny... very bold indeed! Fred and George must be proud! Now we know that they got their mischief talent from both sides of their family! |
gymnastgal19
Saturday 29th March 2008 09:57 | Exercises in Truth and Listening |
hahahahhaha!!!! I loved it!!!!
I wonder if arthur planted the lipstick....
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gymnastgal19
Sunday 11th November 2007 00:52 | Exercises in Truth and Listening |
ahahaha!!! so i take it that mr weasley planted the lipstick to get ginny and harry together... ingenius lol
mr weasley was actually the mastermind behind this plan :p
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pyromain
Friday 24th August 2007 10:49 | Exercises in Truth and Listening |
| oh this is so funny, the parents giving the last push. |
aurora luminis
Friday 11th May 2007 03:07 | Exercises in Truth and Listening |
| Really, I think this is the model one-shot piece. It has everything: a tight, little plot, humor, a clear photo of the type of person Ginny is -Weasley through and through-- and then that just great surprise at the end. It is the type of fiction that you stick in a special folder for the days when you need a sure smile, chuckle and perk to face the next three hours. Thanks ever so much! |
rdprice29
Saturday 9th December 2006 19:54 | Exercises in Truth and Listening |
| I loved this! An excellent piece of fluff, even after HBP. Great job! |
m4rk6
Friday 9th December 2005 17:51 | Exercises in Truth and Listening |
| Heh, funny. For the life of me I can't recall a fic where Arthur joined in on a prank or pranked someone else. Not as an adult anyway. That last line was great.
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| Tuesday 3rd January 2006 15:31 | Exercises in Truth and Listening (Author Response) |
| Funny that no one else has really done that, eh? After all,
Arthur is the one who's a known liar and deceiver...and pranking seems
to go along with that. ;) Whenever we see Arthur in canon, I'm
always wondering what tricks he's got in his pockets. ;)
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SillyGillie
Sunday 13th November 2005 08:28 | Exercises in Truth and Listening |
| Aw this story was so brilliant. You have to make a follow up. What an awesome job. Really the characterization of everyone was on target. Really really nice! I'm going to look for all the stories you've written now, amazing! |
| Tuesday 3rd January 2006 15:29 | Exercises in Truth and Listening (Author Response) |
Oh, excellent! So this was the story that sent you racing through
my fics...wonderful. I truly appreciate your reviews, SG.
Lovely of you. :)
Arthur is my favorite Weasley after Ginny...so this was my tribute to him. I laughed my booty off while writing it. ;)
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AvidHPReader
Thursday 15th September 2005 21:46 | Exercises in Truth and Listening |
| ooohhhh.... i must say i love this story. i've just re-read this
for the second time. i love the lipstick with veritaserum.
and of course the interaction btw. h and g was perfect. the
ending sent me into a fit of delighted giggles! bravo - this is
exactly what a one-shot should be!
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| Thursday 15th September 2005 23:59 | Exercises in Truth and Listening (Author Response) |
:blushes: Aw, thank you! I'm pleased that you liked the
story so well--but, well, I'm *especially* glad that it gave you the
giggles, even on a second read. ;) This was a pretty fun
story to write.
And thanks so much for reviewing. :)
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Narumi
Monday 11th July 2005 22:45 | Exercises in Truth and Listening |
| oh, that was adorable! |
| Friday 22nd July 2005 10:43 | Exercises in Truth and Listening (Author Response) |
| Thanks.
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Hank
Monday 11th July 2005 10:45 | Exercises in Truth and Listening |
| That was fun! I loved the bit about the lipstick that wouldn't let you lie. Very clever. |
| Friday 22nd July 2005 10:42 | Exercises in Truth and Listening (Author Response) |
| Glad that you found it clever, and that you had fun reading. I had fun writing.
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Kokopelli
Monday 11th July 2005 05:48 | Exercises in Truth and Listening |
I've read and re-read this story a few times now - a brilliant gem of a
story. Was the scene in the office a set-up? It sure looked
like it.
The two bits of brilliance are a) the truth telling when Ginny is under
the influence of the lipstick and b) her explanation of why she doesn't
want to start things with Harry.
Keep writing - I'll keep reading.
JEC (Kokopelli)
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| Friday 22nd July 2005 10:41 | Exercises in Truth and Listening (Author Response) |
Hey, thanks, JEC! :)
Yeah, getting to the office wasn't a set-up, but I suspect that the
wheels in Arthur's head began turning when the stapler first
danced in its box...
I loved writing that section about the lipstick truths! Great
fun. As to Ginny's explanation...I think it's especially
interesting now.
Thanks for reviewing. :)
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Astrid
Sunday 10th July 2005 23:38 | Exercises in Truth and Listening |
Parents are always the worst ones, aren't they? Arthur's a sneaky dad. |
| Monday 11th July 2005 00:02 | Exercises in Truth and Listening (Author Response) |
| Oh, parents are indeed the worst, especially when they're getting
impatient about the romance within their childrens' lives. The
conspiracies! The gossip! The twisted plottings to arrange
so that Girl X and Son are at the same event...
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natbag
Sunday 10th July 2005 13:49 | Exercises in Truth and Listening |
Well, Fred and George had to have inherited the Weasley Mischief from somewhere.
Well done, nicely written. :)
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| Sunday 10th July 2005 23:59 | Exercises in Truth and Listening (Author Response) |
| Oh, thanks so much. I suppose they might have inherited the mischief from a naughty uncle or aunt, but Arthur has always seemed like an aged prankster to me.
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jeanne
Sunday 10th July 2005 11:44 | Exercises in Truth and Listening |
| This was so enjoyable and "cute" Yes,cute. When Arthur sent harry up to Gin,knowing she had the truth lipstick on,he knew what he was doing. That was great,and when the ears flew from his pocket, it was priceless. Super one shot.I loved it. |
| Sunday 10th July 2005 23:56 | Exercises in Truth and Listening (Author Response) |
| Once upon a time, I would get angry when someone called me cute, but I suppose it's alright to say that the story was cute. I'm so glad that you enjoyed the story in all of its fluffy cuteness! This
fic was a lot of fun to write, not only because of the content, but
because it's fun to add the little clues that someone might pick up on
later. For instance, what you clued in to: that Arthur knew what he was doing when he sent Harry upstairs to talk with Ginny. Classic Meddling Parent!
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Wolf's Scream
Sunday 10th July 2005 08:44 | Exercises in Truth and Listening |
Amusing; very well done. (So if Ginny kisses Harry while wearing
that lipstick, the Veritaserum effect" extends to him; might be
interesting to see how their conversation proceeds from that point....)
Any resemblance between Ginny and Pandora is, I take it, purely intentional. :-)
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| Sunday 10th July 2005 23:50 | Exercises in Truth and Listening (Author Response) |
Hee. As to your first point: that was originally a part of the
story. Perhaps if I'm bored one day, I might follow it up...if
the plot punny ever grows ears to go with its tail, that is.
And, yes. I imagine that Ginny is a bit more cautious than she
was as a child--about opening random magical objects--but I highly
doubt that her curiosity has gone away.
Glad that you enjoyed the story!
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Jacynthe
Sunday 10th July 2005 00:01 | Exercises in Truth and Listening |
| Neatly done. Sweet but not cloying and with a clever surprise ending to boot. Good job! |
| Sunday 10th July 2005 23:36 | Exercises in Truth and Listening (Author Response) |
| Thank you, thank you. I'm glad to hear that it was not cloying for you.
Believe it or not, this was my first "kiss" scene, and I agonized over
getting everything to the moment of the kiss, and then through
it. Heh.
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Arnel
Saturday 9th July 2005 23:38 | Exercises in Truth and Listening |
| This is great! Just the perfect mix of curiosity, angst and fluff all rolled into one. And to think the culprit was actually Arthur! Oh, my...I suppose raising Fred and George had something to do with that little breach of privacy, especially since the breach was adult-sanctioned! Thanks for sharing this story! |
| Sunday 10th July 2005 23:34 | Exercises in Truth and Listening (Author Response) |
| Heh. Well, I like to think that Arthur was not Hogwarts's best
behaved student. He delights too much in the exploits of his
children to be indifferent to a good prank. So glad that you enjoyed the story, and thank you!
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anonymous5
Saturday 9th July 2005 22:54 | Exercises in Truth and Listening |
| Hah! Delightfully well-played. The word "priceless" comes
to mind. You've arranged for one of the most
canonically-plausible scenarios I can imagine. Good job!
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| Sunday 10th July 2005 23:31 | Exercises in Truth and Listening (Author Response) |
Oooh, thank you! I'm so glad that it was canonically-plausible for you, and that you enjoyed it. ;)
(Anonymous 5? As opposed to the wonderful singing group Anonymous 4?)
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