ngayonatkailanman
Thursday 26th July 2012 08:18 | Vigil |
| Merlin. This is what I am doing on a very rare very hot July day in London, just before the start of the 2012 Olympics. Reading one of your most interesting stories. |
| Friday 27th July 2012 11:01 | Vigil (Author Response) |
I'm glad you find it interesting. Thanks for reading.
Enjoy the Olympics. I know I will too. |
Hihavaniceda
Friday 12th December 2008 02:51 | Vigil |
| mm I did like that ! |
| Friday 12th December 2008 06:23 | Vigil (Author Response) |
| I'm so glad. Thanks for telling me. |
twinsmom
Thursday 24th July 2008 09:32 | Vigil |
This was really great. I've often wondered about Hermione's parents. I like how you've portrayed them. I do see them a bit differently. But, your way is definitely more loving.
I think they love Hermione in their way, but I think they must be a bit self involved. I've seen them as old money, work-aholics. Doing their own thing. With Hermione as a (here's an American phrase) latch-key kid, brought up by a nanny or herself. Happy to have her there or not. I think Hermione is very accepting of them. They are proud of her. Proud of her smarts, they are smart, too. But, kind of distanced which works in her favor now, cause she doesn't really have to work that hard to get them to let her stay at school or go to the Weasley's instead of their vacations at Christmas. Anyhoo!!!
Love this! Love how grown up Ron is acting. And how Ron has interacted with her parents over the years. It was really great how he took over for Harry and told the story comfortably to Hermione's Mom, too.
~christy |
| Thursday 24th July 2008 10:48 | Vigil (Author Response) |
Christy,
Thanks for telling me about your view of Hermione's parents. I love learning how others have seen the characters because so much of what I write comes from digging into the memories of my own upbringing. I really like your latch-key kid angle for Hermione's childhood because it's so easy to picture her as one; she's incredibly independent at age eleven when we first meet her and it could very well have come from the fact that she practically raised herself due to the minimal contact she had with her parents when she was younger.
Another influence on my writing [especially in this story, its sequel "Trying to Understand" and "Family Crisis"] is the fact that I'm a mother myself. After I finished OotP it really bugged me that Hermione hadn't been forthright with her parents about her involvement in Harry's fight with Voldemort and I began wondering how her parents really felt. The result was "Vigil".
I'm really glad you like my Ron. The more I read the books, the more I think that deep down, under all his insecurities and immature antics, Ron has a solid foundation influenced by his parents that lets him rise to the occasion when he needs to. Therefore, it was easy to imagine him doing what he does in this story as a shadow of the man we get a glimpse of in the Epilogue of DH.
Thanks for this wonderful review. I look forward to reading more of your opinions.
~Arnel |
alzeeb
Wednesday 7th November 2007 12:45 | Vigil |
| brilliant |
| Wednesday 7th November 2007 13:13 | Vigil (Author Response) |
| Glad you like it. |
bookish327
Tuesday 23rd October 2007 07:58 | Vigil |
EXCELLENT STORY! You nailed all the characters perfectly. I enjoyed you going through Mrs. Granger's understanding of the important events of the trio's first five years. It was all so interesting filtered through a Muggle parent's perspective, and it gave us more insight into everything that has happened. I especially liked the parts where Ron and Mrs. Granger corresponded when Hermione couldn't or was too busy revising to do so herself. How sweet. I also thought it was insightful about Mr. Granger realizing that Harry didn't have much experience dealing with parents other than Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, and that he probably felt somewhat responsible for their daughter being hurt. You really filled in the gaps about what the Grangers would have thought about Hermione spending most of her holidays with the Weasleys and Harry, rather than them.
Wonderful job! |
| Tuesday 23rd October 2007 09:19 | Vigil (Author Response) |
I'm so glad you liked my story. Due to some of Hermione's comments in OotP I began wondering just exactly what Mr. and Mrs. Granger understood about the state of the Wizarding world and their daughter's involvement in the resistance against Voldemort. This led to some speculation about the possibility of Muggle parents being allowed to sit at their son's/daughter's bedside if necessary and what might exactly be going through Mrs Granger's head while she waited for Hermione to regain consciousness. The rest came readily because in canon we see so many of Harry's thoughts, including those that show how responsible he feels when the people he is closest to are hurt.
Thanks for letting me know how much you enjoyed this story. I hope you'll read its sequel, Trying to Understand soon. It picks up on Mrs Granger's thoughts after the events HBP. |
Lofidi
Monday 6th August 2007 20:11 | Vigil |
I know this story isn't exactly new, but I thought I should leave a review anyway.
I have always wondered what would it be like for a Muggle parent to have your child go to Hogwarts and enter a world they barely know of. I'm pretty certain it's not an easy experience, and it must be harder for parents like Hermione's, after all, she's been involved in a lot of things.
I loved your portrayal of Hermione's mother. You don't ever describe her, but after reading the story one does feel as if you had. I think that is a great gift for an storywriter.
It does add a lot of perspective to have fanfics that like this, explore the other side of some event. Thanks a lot for a good read. Oh, an please forgive any grammar or spelling mistakes, english is not my mother language. |
| Monday 6th August 2007 20:26 | Vigil (Author Response) |
All reviews are welcome because they tell me that my stories are being read and appreciated by those who read them.
When I finished reading Order of the Phoenix I was struck by the fact that Hermione was going to have to go home and face her parents with the truth about the Wizarding world and I wondered what it would be like to actually be Mrs. Granger. By writing the story the way I did, I didn't need a physical description of her: the only things that were necessary were her memories, her feelings and her perception of what had happened to Hermione.
Thank you for your thoughts and encouraging words. I'm really glad you like my story. |
pyromain
Saturday 9th June 2007 11:16 | Vigil |
| Just great, a real bonus to the original story. Thanks for this. |
| Saturday 9th June 2007 20:16 | Vigil (Author Response) |
| You're welcome! It's nice to get comments like yours two years after a story was posted. Thanks for reading and taking the time to tell me you liked my story. |
blankxinxthexmind
Friday 16th December 2005 17:25 | Vigil |
I loved this story. I have read it before a while back and, amazingly enough, I still remember it. It was that good! I loved that it was in Mrs. Granger's point-of-view, since not many stories are in her perspective. Thanks for letting me enjoy this story!
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| Friday 16th December 2005 23:13 | Vigil (Author Response) |
Thanks for the review. I'm really glad that you liked it so much the first time that you'd give it a second reading. When I finished the last chapters of OotP I was left with the distinct impression that something was missing. It really bothered me that as sick as Hermione was her parents were nowhere to be seen. That got me pondering what it might feel to be Hermione's mother...the result is archived here. |
J.R. Lewis
Monday 19th September 2005 17:05 | Vigil |
| Cool story from Mrs. Granger's viewpoint. I start imagining what their look at the Hogwarts grounds was like (hint).
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| Tuesday 20th September 2005 23:09 | Vigil (Author Response) |
| I'm sure the Grangers took their time and admired the beauty of the castle and the surrounding grounds. Who knows...maybe they even found a secluded spot down by the lake in which to talk and explore their relief that their daughter will recover. I'm really glad you liked the story. Thanks for the nice review. |
PHsname
Sunday 28th August 2005 10:57 | Vigil |
very nice, very well done.
it's very rare we get some kind of outside perspective on the events occurring in the main characters' experiences. you did very well in guaging how Hermione's parents would have reacted and acted, and did well on the characterization for Harry, Ron and Hermione as well in my opinion.
good job...:D |
| Monday 29th August 2005 01:59 | Vigil (Author Response) |
Thanks for your review. As a parent myself, I found that writing from Mrs. Granger's point of view came quiet easily. Hermione certainly has managed to keep her parents ignorant of what is going on in the Wizarding world; I felt that this ignorance was driving a wedge between her and her parents and that it was time for Mr. and Mrs. Granger to be at their daughter's side when she awoke. The rest of Mrs. Granger's thoughts came easily.
As for Ron, Harry and Hermione, I was worried that readers would find them a little too open, but after reading Book 6 I suppose I shouldn't have worried. I'm glad you liked the story. |
amamama
Sunday 28th August 2005 01:13 | Vigil |
That was way cool! Great to see Hermione's years at Hogwarts from
her mum's POV. Well done! And Ron has obviously captured
his future (I won't have it any other way) mother-in-law's heart as
well.
Great pice! Thanks for sharing.
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| Monday 29th August 2005 01:42 | Vigil (Author Response) |
| I'm really glad you liked the story. I've always wondered what the parents think when they receive notification of their child's landing him- or herself in the hospital wing and the end of OotP provided the perfect opportunity to explore the idea. Thanks for your kind review. |
GovCampbell
Saturday 27th August 2005 20:20 | Vigil |
I heartily approve of that sentiment, but then of course, you knew that.
Nice job! I really enjoyed the alternate point of view. Always nice to get someone else's thoughts in.
Just one FYI, there is one spot where a beta comment slipped through, I think:
"I've--we've been so worried about you, Hermione," he tells her in a hushed voice. "I, erm, we [what do you think of italicising this we?] were scared you wouldn't make it."
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| Monday 29th August 2005 01:33 | Vigil (Author Response) |
Thanks for the heads-up on the beta comment. As soon as I read your review I e-mailed my beta to have her fix it.
I'm really glad you liked the story. I was hoping that it would not turn AU when I read HBP and was happy that the last sentence was very indicitive of what seems to have happened at the end of Book 6. |
