Pansy is such a ball-breaker she cracks me up. I imagine her roughing him up a bit when they were together, Draco is a ninny and Ginny is a tease. They both go hand in hand. Great as usual. :)

Author's Response: I totally heart Pansy, and the thought of her backstory relationship tickles me. I think you're right. She led him around by the nose, I fear. As for D/G, you're right- ninny and tease and the perfect descriptors. But a perfect Draco and Ginny Sue would be boring, don't you think? :)

Cute! Draco is adorable, and the two of them are great together. I liked what you said before, in your review response, about Draco being compelled to be honest in front of Ginny. He does really seem thrown off by this whole relationship, doesn't he?

I loved the line "Giving up the battle gracefully, Draco dropped his eyes." when he's checking out her chest. Ah, boys.

And then there was Draco's idiot letter to the Ministry. Hysterical! I'm only a bit worried that Ginny will find out and hate him forever, as she ought to. Except that his ignorance is entertaining, so it's not totally negative.

I'm really enjoying this classic D/G fic, and can't wait for an update!!

Author's Response: He is absolutely in over his head with Ginny, even if he doesn't recognize that fact. It's a good thing he has Blaise and Pansy around to clean up his messes, isn't it? :) Yeah, Draco checking out her chest had me in hysterics. That's one of the things that most annoyed me when I was in high school. Draco's Ministry letter was my favorite part, especially that it got filtered out at the absolute lowest level possible. I think Ginny, if she found out, would be more amused about it than anything. PS- Your reviews rock. They're always insightful, and I look forward to reading them!

I'm so, so glad to see a new chapter of Downfall! It was worth the wait - the way you write Draco and Ginny interacting is really great. Nicely done, and thanks for a good read.

Author's Response: *glomps* Sillysun! Yay for one of my original readers. I'm so glad you like the new chapter- it was kind of hard to get back in their voices in this story, and I ended up deleting most of what I had written at least twice. I'm glad the finished product was up to par. :)

I really like that you are writing Ginny as such a strong character, and that Draco is so besotted he loses all cunning. I'm very interested to see more of this story.

Author's Response: First: You are the *best* for putting all of this work into the archive, Lyndsie, and we love you for it. As for the story- Yay for strong Ginny! :D I'm a fan of women who learn what they want and do their best to get it. Draco- well, I just like to show the bumbling, teenage side that doesn't come out as much in fanon.

Yay, I finally got to sit down and read the whole thing from the beginning again! And boy, do I love it. :D Sassy Ginny, confused Draco, manipulative Blaise, witty banter - it's everything awesome about D/G fic.

Author's Response: Okay, I'll admit it: I had an inately dorky, fangirl rush of squeeage when I saw your review. Site Mummy love rocks. Thank you so much for saying that it's everything awesome about D/G- that's one of the best things anyone has ever said about my work. *hugs*

So, now that Ginny has decided to be Draco's secret little piece, how in the hell is Ron going to react when he finds out? Now this is going to be funny, since Hermione already has a feeling that something was brewing between the two of them. I *lurve* jealous Draco, always funny when he wants to hex someone into oblivion for touching Ginny. Oh, and I love Pansy she tortures him so good with his own confuddled logic.

Author's Response: *gasp* Have you been reading my notes for upcoming chapters? *rifles through papers* You HAVE. :D Oh- Pansy is one of my favorites to write. She's the snotty side of me that gets walled away for fear of hurting someone's feelings. Thank God she has no such compunction, right?

I loved this chapter. Bad Bad plan Draco! Ginny is not the type of girl to be jealous, she's more likely to kick his butt... ;) Can't wait for the next update! ;)

Author's Response: I know, Ginny just doesn't give me the impression of a girl who would collapse in defeat if her potential boyfriend was trying to make her jealous. I'm almost done with the next chapter- just a bit of tweaking in the final scenes.

I was laughing and smiling throughout this whole chapter. Chivalry is not dead as long, as Draco Malfoy is around.

Author's Response: Draco's brand of chivalry tickles me- he thinks he's such the ladies' man, and he doesn't let reality get in the way of that self-image.

My goodness. The two of them are wonderful together! They're funny and flirty and sexy and even sweet. So often, after a fanfic that's filled with real, intense hatred and competition between these two, the author doesn't really manage to pull off a successful rapport. But you've done it beautifully!!

And now, alas, there is no more posted. I can't wait, can't wait, can't wait for the rest of this fic, and hope there is a lot more to come.


Author's Response: Thank you! What a wonderful review. I'm not sure that I've accomplished the transition as seamlessly as I had hoped, but I have a blast writing these two in a witty, clumsy way that most teenagers act like at some point with a love interest.

OK, first of all, can I say that your version of the final battle is one of the best, if not the best, that I've ever read? TOTALLY plausible.

As for the rest of the fic...nice retaliation on Draco's part. Ohh, I'm enjoying this so much, I don't want to get to chapter 12. It's so frustrating waiting for updates....

Lastly, I liked the Snape/Sinistra thing, as I'm a huge 'Lamentations of a Starry-Eyed Twit' fan.

Author's Response: :D You're the first person to comment on my take on the final battle. I thought it was a cool way for it to go down, and I really do believe that if canon!Harry makes it through the showdown he'll have problems like in this story for awhile. To be honest, I didn't know there was a Snape/Sinistra community (though I should have guessed; there's a following for every pairing, isn't there?), but I've put the 'Lamentations' story on my list to read when I have some free time. In fact, I didn't anticpate them developing into a romance, but I thought it would make a fun foil for the D/G. Thanks for the rec!

Great first chapter! Draco and Ginny are a bit out of character, but I think it's fairly believable. Their flirting certainly was (even if Ginny would deny it was flirting). Looking forward to reading the rest!

Author's Response: Thank you. I look back now at the early chapters and cringe, but what can you do. Everyone's got a first fic, right?

"You, of course, can use my intestines to rappel down the wall. I will stand here and bleed to death with aplomb. If you'd like, I'll even tell whoever it is to go rot for you with my dying breath," he said.

That had me laughing so hard! The whole exchange! Hahaha! But the change from enemies to snogging partners seemed rather abrupt. I was rather surprised when Draco appeared in the changing rooms. I thought that it was a dream at first.

cheers!

Author's Response: Yay! That was my absolute favorite line in this whole story! It came to me as I was going to sleep. I actually got out of bed and jotted it down, and boy am I ever glad I did!