Scion of Gryffindor
By Crys
Aha! I changed a rank in a guild (WoW) to read "The Grand Poo-bah" as a salute to you and your work :D
Excellent, excellent... ^.^
*laugh* Thanks, I'm honored.
good chapter
*incomprehensible babbling*
Runs off to read next chappie.
Ch.15 - - Terrific how you have Harry leading the understanding of Dumbledore and his manipulations.
The "like-me" charm on Dumbledore is so low.
Interesting how Harry and Ginny spar with each other in this story.
How do you have a slippery slope with a law that explicitely calls for summary execution of previously convicted death eaters? Are there good death eaters that shouldn't be executed? To me, the proposed legislation is so far from a slippery slope as to count as no more than level field. Should be "any convicted Death Eater."
Harry is clueless.
gunny
Great chapter.
Loved the idea of the Trust Me charm. Would be ironic if at some later time when Dumbledore needs to sway opinion to his side he was hit with a reversal charm and Trust Me turned into DON'T Trust
Me.
Think Harry should inform the twins and maybe Bill and Charlie. Bill as a curse breaker could probably detect the charm somehow and verify its use to others.
Really liking the characters of Kelly and Laura Shacklebolt. Is Laura old enough to go to school and if so what school will she be going to once summer vacation is over. A muggle primary school or
some wizard version.
Later.
What a wonderful story. I love the interaction between Godric and the others. So many of the ghosts appear to be stuck in whatever time period they died in.
I'm not a big fan of Dumbledore bashing, but you've made Dumbledore shortsighted and full of his own importance rather than evil. I can handle that much better.
I can't wait to see Ginny's reply to Harry.
"You give us historical credibility, and Nymph here is for good-looking comic relief."
*snicker*
Why didn't Harry warn Ginny about the 'Trust Me' charm? I'd think he'd really be concerned with making sure she wasn't influenced by DD.
I was surprised by the charm on DD. I was almost sure it was cast on him to make him trust Snape. Unless the Charm actually makes him trust everyone... That makes an odd sort of sense.
"Like it's safe to date me? I have the Hogwarts Headmaster, the Minister of Magic, and - oh yeah - a mass murdering dark lord all angry with me to varying degrees. I'm really good dating material," he finished in deep sarcasm.
that is hilarious! bravo! keep on writing, ill be waiting (taps fingers impatiantly)
This is a really entertaining story, and I hope to see more of it soon.
Just finish reading the story from tstart to this chapter in the last few hours.
Hmm..the way the story is going, it seem to be heading towards a H/G pairing, while it's not really my ship, I'll see how it goes. The only ship I really can't stand is actually Hermione/any male
character, since I can't see Hermione going with anybody else than Harry, but that just my opinion.
Just a few comments though, I'll have to say that the Harry and Hermione seem to be a little out of character. Looks like Hermione needs at least one screaming opponent in her life. She doesn't seem
to be the sort to start a screaming contest, especially when it comes to Harry Potter. And Harry seem a little too grown up, and eloquent, always knowing what to say and how to say.
Other than those things, I do like how the story is going, first one that I have read to go in this direction, so it's kinda refreshing.
Aslong as it's not H/G.. I'm almost begining to belive that ship is worse then H/HR.
"Yes, but isn't this HER choice? By not giving her the choice, aren't you as bad as anyone who has refused to give you any options?"
Err... Crys! That's woman logic right there! It doesn't make any sense. It isn't "HER choice" whether she and Harry date. It's Harry's choice and it's her choice. If Harry's already
saying "no" because he doesn't want to make her a target of Dumblemort, Fudgey, and Voldiedore, then it doesn't really matter whether HER half of the choice is yes or no. And frankly it's
crueler to her, in the possibility that it is yes.
Maybe it's just the romance-hater in me, but whether Harry and mystery girl date, it seems to me, Harry should have an equal say in the matter. And for someone ignorant of the positive aspects of
love (as I often think Harry is), I just can't see why he'd be open to risking the life of a girl he liked. That and every story it seems features super!love, like it's the cure-all and driving force
for uber!magic. It's worse that super!Harry. Love's good and all, but hate has it good points too!
Long live Harry/No Pairing!
P.S. - if all these red herrings pointing to Ginny mean Harry's lusting for Tonks or someone else with decent depth, I may forgive you for arguing with woman logic. But if it's Ginny, no excuses, and
you'll have to answer for your nonsensical justification!
I LOVE this story! Keep up the good work. I'm looking forward to reading more!
I loved the chapter that spell on his aura is just like something Dumbledore might do.
In OOTP the one thing that Dumbledore said that he was afraid of was that they would take his picture off the wizard cards. What if it wasn't a joke?
I mean the people who make the cards want people to buy them and like them. Maybe they put a glamour on them to help make the wizard seem cool and look presentable. I mean you never see Rowena
Ravenclaw in her picture with hair rollers now do you?
What if Dumbledore arranged for his cards to end up getting a couple of extra helpings of the glamour/charisma spells on his cards.
I always wondered why none of the parents started trying to lynch him when students started ending up paralysed in his second years or pull their kids out of school right away.
Hmmm... I wonder if their is anything special with the prefect badges as well? Maybe some charm to help him keep tabs on things at the castle and he didn't want Harru to have one because of his link
with Voldemort.
Harry might want to take the others with him and check out the Chamber again too. I figure there has to be another entrance to the chamber. How else did the Basilsk get its food over the years?
I wonder if part of the reason that Dumbledore didn't want the truth about the Chamber spread around is that it would hurt his "reputation." After all he was the Transfiguration teacher when the
Chamber was opened the the first time and Mrytle was killed, and he wasn't able to prevent it or avenge her death in over half a century. He just ended up hoping that the problem wouldn't come back
and ignored it.
I don't really blame Mrytle for moaning all the time
Believe it or not, there are worst things then going through life as "The Boy Who Lived." How about having to go through the afterlife as "The Girl Who died During A Dump!"
I mean think about it. Myrtle died in the toilet considering how much status ghosts put on her deaths that has got to put her on the bottom rung of the afterlife pecking order. Elvis might be able to
pull that off but not Mrytle.
I mean think about how much importance ghosts put on their Death Day celebrations
What is Mrytle going to able to say about hers? I felt a little flush and then I died! I'd moan too if I was her
The truth of Mrytle's death has been covered up or hidden for decades. Imagine how much status she would gain in the ghostly community if it was proved that she was killed by a Basilisk, the pet of
Salizar Slytherin Founder of Hogwarts, and she was the first murder of Lord Voldemort in his genocidal war of racial purity. You know what they say, "Your first time is always special."
Throw in the fact that her death was finally avenged by the famous Harry potter who defeated her killer with the sword of Godric Gryfindor and her status in the ghostly world would go through the
roof. All you have to do is do it in a way that Ginny is protected from scandel and you're ready to go. You could even throw in the fact that the reason Tom didn't use magic on Harry in the Chamber
was because Ginny's spirit was fighting him to help ake sure she is covered
The opportunity could have also been used to clear Hagrid's name and put the fact on the front page that Tom is a half-blood. But Dumbledore never did it.
2) I think maybe Harry should get someone to go through his vaults. Are you planning for Dumbledore to have had his hand in the cookie jar of the Potter inheritance over the years? Is that part of
the reason why Albus didn't want him to know about the vaults.
Maybe Harry should get the Goblins to have a team of forensic accountants to look over his accounts. If for no other reason to find out if Belatrix is still managing to get money from the Black
estate through a back door or if she might have bought some property to set up as safe houses for her and her fellow death eaters fifteen or twenty years ago. You know what htey say in a case like
this, "Follow the money!"
I loved your story and I hope that you be able to get anoher chapter out soon.
I figure that Dumbledore wanted Sanpe to teach harry Occlumancy to help cover up his mistake of putting harry with the Dursleys
William
I do believe that Harry is trying to put young Ginevra on the spot. Hermione Jane Granger, you should have KNOWN better than to pull what you did, unless Dumbledore has you THAT befuddled.
grejt story,
keep upp the good work.
Opinions are like assholes.
Everyone has one - but some just smell worse than others.
Good Chapter! Can't wait to see what happens next. Keep up the good work and update again soon.
- Naturally I am having a hard time with this coming from the Harry of like 2 chapters ago who was inconsolable because he indirectly killed a Death Eater. Not to say I have a problem at all with killing ‘bad guys’.
That's the first step down a very slippery slope, Harry," Remus warned him.
- How so? They should be killed upon their first conviction if they raped, killed or tortured innocent people.