Name: Agne reviewed
Orphaned on Aug 24, 2005 01:23 am
Awesome chapter! Probably the best so far. Oh, and I just love how you included some Severus/Narcissa. My two favorite 'ships in one fic :D I couldn't ask for anything more.
Keep on the good work!
- Agne
Name: d/g fanatic reviewed
Double Dose of Cherries on Aug 14, 2005 09:59 am
wow. that was amazing. Your story is so great. i loved EVERY single chapter. The connection you have built between Draco and Ginny was so good, and so realistic. The situation they are in is a REALLY scary/sticky one..but you seem to know what you're doing. Anyways, keep up the AWESOME work..and post another chapter up soon!
Author's Response: Ohh good good I'm glad you like it so far. Er, the situation IS scary because even the tiniest slip up on their parts could result in their deaths. I'll update as soon as I can. Weekends are bad times for me to write, so perhaps I'll begin writing the next chapter sometime tomorrow.
Name: Kinki reviewed
Double Dose of Cherries on Aug 13, 2005 11:34 am
Excellent. It is so hard to find a Draco I like or even a Ginny who isn't twisted beyond recognition and still have a good story as well.
I'll definately be keeping an eye out for updates.
Name: jessica k malfoy reviewed
Double Dose of Cherries on Aug 12, 2005 06:29 pm
i missed a chapter! i went to read and found two chapters, which is double good! anyways, this is VERY dark and probably going to be creepy, and may or may not have a semi happy ending, i don't know. anyways, it's right up my alley, as i love and adore all things related to dark!draco. xoxoxo great job. i'm so hooked.
Author's Response: Ah, so it was double goodness for you then!
I don't know about the ending yet. I have three ideas in my head and I don't know which one I'll choose. It's a very difficult choice. One of them is happy, one of them is semi-happy, and one of them is downright sad. It just depends on if I decide to be mean to my readers or not, lol.
Name: gingin reviewed
Double Dose of Cherries on Aug 12, 2005 01:53 pm
Well not as dark as I thought it might be. I've spent the better part of the day reading this, enjoying it, and amount ready to jump out of my skin. I have to thank the gods that there are people out there that know how to write and do such a beautiful job of it.
Author's Response: Well, I don't know how to gauge people's opinion of dark or disturbing so I thought I'd throw a warning up there just in case.
Name: Anise reviewed
Double Dose of Cherries on Aug 12, 2005 09:18 am
Eek. I wonder if either of them has realized the significance of the fact that *Ginny*, not some random girl, is Draco's test. Somebody must have seen something between Draco and Ginny earlier-- I would bet that's why she was chosen. The test is whether he can rape and torture her, having felt something for her before-- not just whether he could do this with anyone at all. It seems like Lucius is almost certainly going to figure out what really happened (more or less.) I have to think that there's probably some magical way of knowing if sex was consensual. And then... eek. BTW, let me say once again that this is a great Draco! He's so true to canon in that he never really stops being morally ambiguous, and yet he does have an inner moral compass. Keep up the good work!
Author's Response: Well, the issue of 'Why Ginny' is addressed, but it may not be what you think. I'm glad you like my Draco. I love my Draco. And I'll go ahead and tell you now, there's no way they'll figure out whether or not the sex was consentual. That still doesn't mean Lucius won't guess. But I'm not going to tell you whether or not he does ;)
Name: Rhina reviewed
Plan of Attack on Aug 11, 2005 08:42 am
DEAR GOD DON'T STOP THERE!!!
*pants* AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
Really a good mix and use of the HBP world with a good and possible story of D&G coming together. Very brilliant writing so - WRITE MORE.
*ahem* I reallly did like how you brought them together and really appreciate the realism of the whole issue. Very very nicely done and you should be quite proud of it.
Name: Kayla reviewed
Plan of Attack on Aug 09, 2005 06:27 pm
As soon as she said that she and Harry would be on the hospital wing and Harry would be knocked out until she gave him the antidote, I knew they were going to go there and get her!! Grr @ you for ending it there. Wonderful chapters by the way. I am so in love with this story. Thank you for opening my eyes to Draco and Ginny! And your chapters are so long, it's bloody wonderful!
Name: ronlover reviewed
Fire and Chocolate on Aug 07, 2005 04:35 pm
I love this story. It is really well written. They are both in character and I love it. Keep up the great work!
Name: dido reviewed
Plan of Attack on Aug 07, 2005 02:33 pm
The best Draco/Ginny story I've read in quite some time. Though some of the plot twists are familiar, the detention scenario for one(how could they not be, if keeping to a canon universe), I never once thought of other D/G stories. Though I have read many. Thank you and please write more soon.
Name: Arianna reviewed
Plan of Attack on Aug 07, 2005 11:36 am
Wow..... this is an amazing story and i love it alot, it isnt like some of those stories where everyone is out of character, no, this story everyone is in character perfectly and i love it. The plot makes sense and is believable in a way. I LOVE IT!!!! Please hurry and write more because i will be anxiously awaiting.
Many thanks,
Arianna
Name: Katie Noonan reviewed
Plan of Attack on Aug 06, 2005 10:16 am
Haha, this is fantastic! Please, make the wait for the next chapter at its minimum! Im totaly gripped!!!
THIS SHOULD HAVE MORE REVIEWS
Author's Response: Haha, thanks. I'd write it even if I only got one review per chapter. The wait for the next chapter will be a few days. I'm working this whole weekend (and I work from 5 at night until the bar closes at 3 - 4am) and I have a bridal shower to go to (fun) so I'm very busy. I probably won't be able to really start the next chapter until Tuesday. BUT I have an outline and everything, so I know what direction I'm going in. :)
Name: kc reviewed
Plan of Attack on Aug 05, 2005 09:13 am
AHHHHH! nooooo! That wasn't suppose to happen! All I have to say is that you better write the next chapter quickly and put it up soon! :-D
Author's Response: Well, I've started chapter eight, but I'm working all weekend (I work at a bar so I usually don't get out until between 3 and 5 AM) so it'll probably be into next week before it's actually posted.
Name: Kel reviewed
Plan of Attack on Aug 05, 2005 08:06 am
OMG AHH DONT LEAVE IT THERE AHHH UPDATE SOON THIS STORY IS SOOOO AWEOMSE!
Name: Snow_White reviewed
A Most Unlikely Detention on Aug 05, 2005 07:26 am
The kidnapping twist was a brilliant idea. You've given the story such a good hook that I'm sure all of the readers are as anxious as I am to read the next chapter!
Author's Response: That's nice of you to say. I'd like to think that people are anxious to read more of my story.
Name: Mynuet reviewed
Plan of Attack on Aug 05, 2005 05:15 am
Gah! As soon as the plan called for Ginny to be isolated in the Hospital Wing, I knew this would happen. The whole point of Nott's plan was to get her by herself so they could have a head start on taking her away before anyone noticed. *smacks Draco upside the head for not thinking of it* I can't wait for the next chapter to find out more about what Voldemort wants with Ginny and what Draco's going to do about it.
Author's Response: Voldemort has big plans for Ginny. Big plans.
Name: imelda reviewed
In or Out on Jul 30, 2005 09:26 am
Yeesh! How can you leave us there?? 'Starting with their children...' oh, how ominous. I love that Draco actually apologized to Ginny--he had to, of course, but I'm glad he realized that. I also liked Harry's line "Did you just call Malfoy DRACO?" I'm not sure why; you just pulled it off in a way I think most fic writers aren't able to. What I did not at all like was the earlier discussion between D and G (the later one, where she forced him to talk about his feelings, was lovely). But when Draco confessed to all the disgusting things he'd done the year before, in HBP, Ginny didn't even react; she just went on to talk about her own side. I think that was severely unrealistic, and discomfiting. She was too calm about it. But I loved most of the chapter!
Author's Response: Yes, I understand. My response to that is what for the next couple of chapters. Ginny's reaction is deeper than it first appears.
Ginny wants to understand Draco and she's trying REALLY hard to get him to not be a Death Eater, so... I don't know. :) Sorry you didn't like the first bit.
Name: Anise reviewed
In or Out on Jul 30, 2005 06:37 am
You've done a very good job of integrating new canon with the way this fic was going; in fact, I think you've even improved it as a result. I was pretty dubious about this, but you've actually pulled it off. :) The only thing that I think isn't too likely is the idea that Snape could have talked Voldemort out of getting rid of Draco... mostly because four Death Eaters actually saw that Draco couldn't kill Dumbledore. But since Draco had to be at Hogwarts in order for this plotline to work, I can see that you had to find a plausible way to keep him there.
Also, the subtle way you've turned the relationship between Harry and Ginny works amazingly well. (Although your references to the things they did make me a little afraid... I can't really see them as having actually had sex, though, because I don't think Harry would have left her if he had.) I think you have a very good handle on a very believable way that the nature of H/G actually played out in HBP (and no eternal twu wuv garbage, thank GOD.) So...this is just a great fic, and I hope to see more! :)
Author's Response: Well Ginny has to get over Draco being a Death Eater and having the Dark Mark so I feel there needs to be something equal for Draco to have to look past and that's Ginny's relationship with the one person he hates most.
I don't think it can be worked into the fic, but my idea is that since Lucius escaped right after Dumbledore died and Snape is the Dark Lord's favourite that maybe Snape said something along the lines of that the Dark Lord needs to make sure that he keeps his most loyal close to him and not push them away. If he killed Narcissa and Draco Lucius might still follow him, but I doubt he'd be as willing a servant. He might be, but I'd like to think that there is SOME human in him.
But the way Snape says it is that the Death Eaters continued to ask Dumbledore questions and every time Draco was getting ready to do it, they'd interrupt. It was supposed to be his first kill, after all, and that would be something he would have to summon up courage to do and not have others nagging in his ear.
But I'm glad you like it. HBP made Draco such a dynamic character. I'm loving playing with him.
Name: Anise reviewed
In or Out on Jul 30, 2005 06:37 am
You've done a very good job of integrating new canon with the way this fic was going; in fact, I think you've even improved it as a result. I was pretty dubious about this, but you've actually pulled it off. :) The only thing that I think isn't too likely is the idea that Snape could have talked Voldemort out of getting rid of Draco... mostly because four Death Eaters actually saw that Draco couldn't kill Dumbledore. But since Draco had to be at Hogwarts in order for this plotline to work, I can see that you had to find a plausible way to keep him there.
Also, the subtle way you've turned the relationship between Harry and Ginny works amazingly well. (Although your references to the things they did make me a little afraid... I can't really see them as having actually had sex, though, because I don't think Harry would have left her if he had.) I think you have a very good handle on a very believable way that the nature of H/G actually played out in HBP (and no eternal twu wuv garbage, thank GOD.) So...this is just a great fic, and I hope to see more! :)
Name: Mynuet reviewed
In or Out on Jul 29, 2005 08:12 pm
Draco, do you not realize that Ginny is in the top five list of targets? Or is that why you're so insistent, because you're trying to figure out a way to get in good with the DEs and yet still keep Ginny safe, kind of a test run for spying?
Author's Response: There's a reason why he can't seem to let go of the DEs and it runs deeper than simply because he doesn't want to be killed...
Name: Mione23 reviewed
Playing Games on Jul 26, 2005 10:57 am
Would the "understanding" that Ginny and Draco have mean that they are now dating? I'm just a little confused about that. I saw a lot of HBP related things in the chapter. Would you recommend to read the first 4 chapters of this story or no?
Author's Response: I would suggest reading them because Harry and Ginny's relationship changed a bit, as well as Ron and Hermione's. There might be small things. You won't lose the focus of the story if you don't read them. The choice is yours.
Author's Response: Ohh, and 'understanding' means 'understanding.' It's not meant to be completely clear whether or not they're dating.
Name: Cara reviewed
Playing Games on Jul 24, 2005 03:16 pm
Your Draco is fantastic! And I respect how you've gone back and modified everything to hold true with the latest book. I wonder how you will deal with what happened after Snape fled with Draco...I know Draco says he doesn't want to talk about it, but he's shown that he can be rather revealing when with Ginny.
Author's Response: Yes, well, there's a bit of a heart to heart in the next chapter. Hopefully the blanks will be filled in. Although, it's nothing too complicated because he's back at Hogwarts, yeah?
Name: Funnykido reviewed
Playing Games on Jul 24, 2005 01:56 pm
I have to congratulate you on your Draco. You did a great job of keeping him in canon, but still giving him depth, like you said you wanted to. Just wanted to say congratulations, and that I'm waiting avidly for the next chap!
Name: Hybrid Rose reviewed
Playing Games on Jul 23, 2005 08:36 pm
I just found your story and had to tell you that I absouletely love it. I'm eagerly awaiting the next installment.
By the way, I know you said you changed everything to be consistant with HBP, but in chapter 4 there are references to Snape's instructions while everywhere else it's been Slughorn.
Author's Response: Maybe it hadn't shown up or something when you read it, but a new 4 is uploaded and I couldn't find a Snape reference in it. *shrug*
Name: Jinjin reviewed
Playing Games on Jul 23, 2005 07:12 pm
haha, I was wondering if you were psychic by any chance. Because it seems like your imagination is very accurate to real life. But
Author's Response: But what?
My imagination is very active. I do most of my writing during my College Algebra class. Probably why I have a C.