By Crys
Reviews
cutecess posted a comment on Friday 15th June 2007 8:57pm
i liked the angry person bunny a lot, but i think my favourite was the fake-wolfsbane, which has a few possiblities for the future
keep writing!
Neil Glover posted a comment on Wednesday 13th June 2007 11:27pm
Great story, i look forward to the next chapter
noylj posted a comment on Monday 11th June 2007 1:30pm
Yes, replace the idiot. What a useless, linguini-spined group of narcoleptic witches and wizards on the Board. At least it appears to be minus the normal Deeters.
What the WW should do is make DoubleDumb personally responsible for all of Snape's actions, as we only have his senile word that Snape is not a deeter any more.
Personally, I can't see anything in canon, even in book 7, that will give me any respect for DD or Snivellus and I will never be convinced that Snape ever did anything that was not strictly in hes best interest.
Erik Wiggins posted a comment on Wednesday 6th June 2007 9:30am
This is a wonderful story. I know real life gets in the way of being able to write - but the story is worth the wait. Keep up the good work!
Jiapa posted a comment on Wednesday 6th June 2007 2:07am
Oh, you are evil evil evil. I've just spent yesterday evening and this morning reading all 45 chapters of Scion of Gryffindor. It's phenomenally well written and a true pleasure. I am enjoying this natural development of a very powerful Harry.
But the cliffhanger.... oh, the cliffhanger...
It looks like you're updating every 1-1.5 months at good times, with gaps of up to four months when Real Life grabs you, which means that I'll have to wait at minimum another month to find out what happens next.
I'll be waiting eagerly, and selfishly hoping that your Real Life is phenomenally boring and leaves you plenty of time to write. Either that, or that you get humongously re-inspired by this story and start churning out chapters the way you did at the beginning. *grin*
Regardless of how long between updates, thank you very much for writing and sharing this delightful story.
Crys replied:
Glad you're enjoying it, and thank you for the compliments.
As it turns out, the impetuous is actually HP&tDH. I hope to have this fic done before it comes out. No promises, but chapter 46 just went to the beta. I think that's a record for writing the next chapter for me.
As for update speed at the beginning? Well, the first handful of chapters were written before I moved to Jeconais's code, so I really didn't write that many chapters the first day. ;)
Thanks for the review.
TxA_GunFighter posted a comment on Tuesday 5th June 2007 1:57pm
Outstanding chapter.
gunny
Princess Fictoria posted a comment on Saturday 2nd June 2007 12:17pm
Ooooh.... now that is a million galleon question. I look forward to reading how Harry will respond. Though a very knowledgable and experienced wizard, I personally feel that Dumbledore makes a horrid headmaster.
He seems to have a serious conflict of interest in holding that post. His presence supposedly makes the school safer, but the students have been in harms way quite frequently over the last several years. His ultimiate goal of defeating Voldemort has led him to making many questionable decisions and his lack of thorough vetting of new employees as well as more intense security measures has led to severe injuries, personal traumas, and one student's death.
For a person to hold such incredible personal and political power to allow such travesties to occur during his tenure would encourage me to remove him from his position... in light of the fact that him leaving Hogwarts may invite attacks agains the school on a grander scale than in the past... perhaps some sort of censure against the Headmaster and the addition of a personal assistant to handle the more mundane aspects of his job... thus freeing him to focus more attention on the security of the school.
A different possibility would be to remove him from the headmaster post... but to employ him as a researcher, tenured professor emiritus, and security specialist. That would give him the freedom he needs to lead the war effort, to increase the security of the school, and to do any necessary scholarly work towards the ending of one Tom Riddle. They could make the change a temporary one, lasting until the end of the current war.
This last option has several advantages in addition to the ones listed above. It would be a good PR move for both him and the school as it would help put the parents minds at ease that such a strong wizard was working so diligently to ensure the safety of their children that he was willing to step down from the coveted position for a time.
Whatever you do, I await your next chapter with great anticipation.
Christina C. Keimig posted a comment on Saturday 2nd June 2007 7:37am
Excellent chapter. And a real cliffy there for poor DD. Hmmmm.
Minerva Granger posted a comment on Friday 1st June 2007 11:48pm
Not sure that's a good idea. Replacing DD is suicidal. Remember, despite the paving of certain roads, DD's intentions are always for the greater good. Although, I admit, he takes a far more Machiavellian approach to the 'greater good' that I approve of. Still, he does mean well, in his bumbling way.
Vongsawat posted a comment on Friday 1st June 2007 2:59pm
love the fic ^^ especially liked how you dealt with the issue with how some of the populance expect Harry to be some all-powerful super being capable of pulverizing Voldie with a flick of his wrist =) love the fic, waiting for the next update ^^
brad posted a comment on Friday 1st June 2007 12:51pm
Enjoyable chapter, although I was a bit taken aback to witness Harry with unfastened trousers. I guess I'd forgotten that he and Tonks had progressed (that far!) in their relationship.
I found the Hogwarts board meeting very interesting ... first time I've ever read of a meeting of such in 4 years of perusing fan fiction. Enjoyed the logic of the head boy/girl question and also the observations on Harry's alteration of the points system.
The diatribe against Harry, the expectation for him to 'magically' solve everyone's problems, was also an eye-opener.
You realise you're evil for finishing on that cliffhanger? Okay, it's not a life-or-death cusp, but still I'm awfully curious to hear Harry's answer ... and Dumbledore's reaction! Thanks for the chapter.
Cale posted a comment on Friday 1st June 2007 7:43am
Replace him
please
Bree Peeler posted a comment on Friday 1st June 2007 4:10am
You go months without updating, then you leave us with a cliffie?????? That's not nice!!!!! *pouts* Its still good as always though. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE SACK DUMBLEDORE!!! HE STINKS!
Chris1 posted a comment on Friday 1st June 2007 12:08am
Evil Cliffie!!!!
Grrrr
Good to see an update :) Looking forward to see how Harry deals with the new situation, too.
But.
Will this story end? Not to sound whiny, but there's been a LOT of politics and very few action, and next to nothing of Voldemort. Now, he's got an army of released Death Eaters, prisoners, evil werewolves and whatever other creatures you want to add.
Harry has the DA, Aurors and such, plus the good werewolves, who, in the event of a battle, would help their employer.
Will such a battle take place? The way this story is going... I don't really see an end.
Chris
Crys replied:
Yes, this story will end. In fact, I think I'm 4 chapters (plus or minus one) from the end. I hope to have it completed before HP&tDH comes out, but no promises.
Brad1 posted a comment on Thursday 31st May 2007 8:30pm
wow now thats what you call putting bumbles in his place! keep up the awesome writing!
fairylights posted a comment on Thursday 31st May 2007 2:38pm
AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!! What a place to stop! I can't wait for the next chapter!
Carol Layland posted a comment on Thursday 31st May 2007 9:43am
What an utterly fantastic chapter. Ordinarily I do not offer a review of an individual chapter as I must go back and read several chapters behind the chapter under review. I do feel that so of this chapter could do with a further explanation. For instance, An Owl notification to Harry summoning or inviting him to the board meeting would seem to be an appropriate way of allowing the reader to transition from the football game to the board meeting. If not an OWL notice the a statement by Harry to Tonks that the board meeting would be held whenever and that he was going to attend the meeting. Perhaps that could be added during an editing session. I know that I would require this of a student in one of my classes in English compostion when I was teaching. The way it is is too abrupt to be continuous to the flow of the story.
SerendipitousNightcrawler posted a comment on Thursday 31st May 2007 12:58am
Wow, so much has been going on lately that I was completely surprised to see your update. And oh, how welcome it is!
Gotta love Remus. I can't even imagine what Harry is going to do to get even.
Can't say I wasn't shocked by how much Harry told D&S. Loose lips and such, it's not like Harry wants a war with DD as he knows they need to show a united front against Riddle.
And my vote goes in support of DD at the board meeting. Sure, he's had his problems and mistakes, but there's no doubting his power and intentions and in the end you have to wonder how long before Hogwarts is attacked if he's not there. And I think Harry knows all of that and won't let himself hold a grudge and end up compounding DD's past mistakes.
My big question of the week is who were the girls they discussed being co-HGs four years ago? Or did you just randomly select a number of years? And wouldn't that have been Percy's HB year? That's pretty sly taking that stab at Percy like that.
Thoroughly enjoying the story, can't wait until the next chapter.
~R
PS - Thanks for the shout out. I was honoured considering how insignificant it was in comparison to all your work.
Crys replied:
No, 4 years wasn't a random number. You can read that to mean that there were two good boys and no good girls, or two good girls and no good boys to choose from.
I know I have my personal opinion, but that's just me :)
You're welcome for the bunny credit. Fact is, it WAS your bunny, so giving you credit is only fair, right?
Finbar posted a comment on Thursday 31st May 2007 12:45am
Damm!! The Board of Govenors is raking Dumbledore over the hot coals. Then again, it all seems to be justified. I honestly think that Harry would be against sacking Dumbles, mainly due to the fact that the bias in favour of Snape aside, he is a good headmaster and as one of the most powerful wizards, an excellent safety measure and defense of the Castle should it be attacked. He has his blind spots, he refuses to change in that regard and refuses to leave Harry alone, but that doesnt take away from his skill as an administrator.
Great chapter!
Hopefuly, next, we will see Snape dragged over the coals as the daily prophet starts to do a review of his career as a teacher. Coming to the conclusion that he is a great potions master and an absolutely craptastic teacher.
rado_hp posted a comment on Saturday 16th June 2007 1:17pm