By Crys
Reviews
Regress posted a comment on Monday 7th August 2006 11:53am
*cackles maniacly* God I love when this happens in fanfics, it's ever so much fun! There's just something about all the little one liners such as "No, I won't" that get used to surprise people that make it an absolute blast.
'Happy Birthday, dear' indeed.
Rita's such a.... well I'll be polite and refrain from getting explicit, but I think pretty much everyone has the same opinion of her, and I LOVE seeing her get put in her place. I think my favourite part of the entire canon world was Hermione catching the little beetle in a jar and feeding her leaves for a few months. The only one more fun to see get smacked down is Umbridge. I'm still waiting for a fanfic to have Umbridge as a frog animagus, and for someone to feed Rita in beetle form to her, at which point Umbridge would, for lack of a more fitting word, croak. That much all at once would just have to be lethal for the little toad, and there's something about a death by BS overdose that just seems fitting.
P.S. the disclaimers at the bottom are getting freaking huge, it's pretty amusing at this point. I'm pretty sure they've been like that for a while now, and I've just never noticed until now, but still.
Crys replied:
Glad you're enjoying all the one-liners. They're fun to write.
[frog animagus eating a beetle animagus] *blink* *laugh* Oh, that is a priceless image.
The stack of disclaimers has been like that since Jeconais set the code up to do it. Six months? Something like that.
The problem is that I've written stories (some only short stories) in a bunch of different genres, so I need to do a CYA for all of 'em.
scottpesj1 posted a comment on Monday 7th August 2006 11:32am
Great story so far. I jusr had a thought though, how is Harry's patriarch bond going to affect him when fighting Bellatrix and vice versa? Keep up the good work.
Crys replied:
Bellatrix isn't a Black. Remember, he disinherited her early in the story? [checks] Damn, I thought I covered that way back when. Okay, I need to add that. Honestly, I MEANT to add that . . .
He threatened to disinherit Cissy and Draco, but they swore the oaths and he kept them.
On a simpler note, Bellatrix certainly wouldn't be loyal to him, so he wouldn't be compelled to treat her as family. They don't have to like each other (Harry and Draco were at best non-confrontational acquaintances by the end) but the family member DOES have to be loyal to the family head.
scott2 posted a comment on Monday 7th August 2006 11:15am
Poor Rita...naaahhhhh, Bitca deserves it and more :)
Erik Wiggins posted a comment on Monday 7th August 2006 11:04am
Thank you for another good chapter. It is always enjoyable to see less than honorable people get their come-uppance. I'm surprised you didn't find time to answer Ginny's letter that he is the heir of Gryffindor. It was great getting your update so quickly after reading the last chapter, keep up the good work!
Crys replied:
Harry is writing back and forth with her. I'm just not putting most of it "on camera".
And he's ignoring her insinuation/question. He doesn't want that info to get out, so he won't answer the question. At least until he has to.
Evan Mayerle posted a comment on Monday 7th August 2006 11:02am
*snicker* Now that is a birthday present!!! I have to admit, though, that Ginny's letter was almost as much fun to read.
Ann F posted a comment on Monday 7th August 2006 10:43am
:)
Crys replied:
Hi, Ann. Nice to see you're still around the FF community.
MarkH posted a comment on Monday 7th August 2006 10:36am
I know this is going to sound benign, but what about respecting individual's privacy?
Exposing one's arm must infringe upon the rights of the individual - and Harry is merely going around doing what he wants...
Of course, there are no rights in the wizarding world i suppose. So my comment really is benign and pointless... :-(
Mark
Crys replied:
Individual privacy is not a benign issue at all.
Unfortunately, it seems to be completely irrelevant in the British WW (as you already pointed out). If he thought about it (or grew up with any rights of his own) then he'd realize how intrusive his actions are. As it is, it simply doesn't occur to him. And nobody on his side will point it out because it serves a good purpose as long as it isn't overdone.
DJ posted a comment on Monday 7th August 2006 10:27am
OUTSTANDING!!! that is the best deal with Rita Skeeter I have ever read a lot of fun. Also the letters from Ginny are a nice touch and I like seeing Hermione back in Harry's camp and awyay from dumbass Ron. Keep it up I always like geting updates from you.
Greg Johnson posted a comment on Monday 7th August 2006 10:10am
Great Chapter! Can't wait for the next one. Keep up the good work.
Nick posted a comment on Monday 7th August 2006 9:44am
Lol, the next chapter will probably be my favorite in the whole series. I love you. and I hate Rita Skeeter, the stupidest person JK ever came up with and the dumbest plot line to humiliate harry and drag his name through the mud. I hope this is rectified. thank you
Crys replied:
Thank you, Nick, but my wife would probably get upset if I loved you back. ;)
Sorry to disappoint, but we won't be seeing Rita get burned at the stake. We'll see some of the fallout, but the interview wouldn't cover anything we don't already know, so there's no point in writing it.
Rita was a loathsome creature, but she served a purpose. She's the archtype of the muckraking reporter, something that Harry (in his social position even if he wasn't quite aware of it consciously) needed to have to deal with in the books. I disliked her (as readers are supposed to) but I understand why JKR put her in.
KLGreen posted a comment on Monday 7th August 2006 9:29am
excellent
Jim_xinu posted a comment on Monday 7th August 2006 9:13am
So, "the Dumbledore/McGonagall thing," should I be reading that as intimate business, or something sinister? Given what's been going on, I'd actually be more inclined to believe something sinister, like DD memory charming her or administering loyalty potions or something.
There's another plot bunny for you: The illicit potions trade, just like the drug trade, only with even more greasy hair! :-)
It is amusing that everyone uses Harry's titles except the *one* person he wants to. Perhaps he could respond by calling DD Al or Bussie or something.
So no deez so far, but you've clearly hinted something's going on at the Prophet... I wonder what? Is Rita just blackmailing people? Embezzling?
I'm not sure why, but the whole thing at the Prophet for some reason reminded me strongly of the Nero Wolfe stories...
Crys replied:
No comment on where the AD/MM thing is going.
I'm tempted to have Harry start calling him "Albie", but then I can also see Albus actually letting him.
Don't read too much into Cathy's reactions to Rita. Simply a case of a senior reporter lording her position over the clerical help.
Sorry, never read Nero Wolfe, so I can't comment on that one.
Jake Anderson posted a comment on Monday 7th August 2006 8:17am
This fic is one of the better ones I've read in a long time. I love stories that have Harry get some sort of revenge on those that wronged him
Crys replied:
Oh, we still have more people to get revenge upon. Dursleys, Snape, Fudge, Dumbledore . . . Stay tuned. *demented grin*
Serendipity posted a comment on Monday 7th August 2006 8:16am
Wow! Lucky Tonks, getting a newspaper and Skeeter fired for her birthday. I want that... :(
~*~LIZ
Shadow High Angel posted a comment on Monday 7th August 2006 8:03am
Love the way Harry handled the prophet and especially Rita, can't wait to see why the Goblin called Tonks Lady Black, to see if there is more to it then indicated.
Crys replied:
Either Snargtooth knows something Harry doesn't, sees something that Harry doesn't, or was simply teasing them both. Take your pick.
Drake posted a comment on Monday 7th August 2006 7:27am
A rather interesting change of events. Harry's actions at the daily prophet certainly reflect a unique action not seen in any other fic to my recollection. :) Can't wait till the next chapter.
nonjon posted a comment on Monday 7th August 2006 7:13am
Dumbledore/McGonagall was a relationshippy bunny? Hmm... the way it came out made me think devious manipulative Dumbledore taking advantage of Min more than I suspected a secret lover's tryst. Though that may have been your intention.
Lovely chapter. I'm impressed that you've managed to keep up this pacing to the fic, where each chapter is such a small amount of always progressive fic. It's nice to have that sort of consistency, rather than increasingly larger chapters. Especially after Unknown Power was just 7 chapters and 15K+ words each, you write this one with such a fluid 37 chapters so far none of them more than a third as long as any in UP. It's things like that that make reading the fic so much easier. (A highly enjoyable fic that abuses this bad habit for example is Ruskbyte's Backwards Compatible. First five chapters combined don't even match the length of any of the last 8 chapters.)
Even if they are 'smallish' chapters, I wouldn't want larger ones. Good update. More fluff than I can usually stomach, but looking forward to more.
Crys replied:
I intentionally am writing this one in a different way than TUP.
I wrote that whole story and then started to post it. This time, I'm posting as I write. If nothing else, it prevents me from re-writing something from an earlier chapter so that I can do something I want to do now. Interesting writing exercise at any rate.
Asad posted a comment on Monday 7th August 2006 6:51am
A very enjoyable chapter and an interesting turn of events. Keep up the good work.
Gardengirl posted a comment on Monday 7th August 2006 6:41am
Ab fab! I think I enjoyed this chapter more than any in the past dozen. Thanks for making my afternoon!
AcceleratedGlass posted a comment on Monday 7th August 2006 11:56am