Name: Boogum reviewed A Look Into The Past on Jan 21, 2010 05:18 pm
Wow. I wasn't expecting that. I wonder how she will react to him when she next sees him now.

Author's Response: Thanks for reviewing!
Name: Kitty Lupin reviewed A Look Into The Past on Dec 31, 2009 02:32 am
Really like the story so far, am intrested in seeing where it all goes. Happy new year.

Author's Response: Thanks so much! Happy New Year!
Name: suzymaholic reviewed A Look Into The Past on Dec 29, 2009 05:47 pm
Good job on the memories! I am glad that you wrote them so that it wasn't as though you could self-insert yourself into Ginny. In fact, I really like that about this story entirely. I also like that you don't make Harry out to be an ass, and that being the reason her and Harry never got together. Way to be! :D

Author's Response: Thank you so much!
Name: Bebe reviewed A Look Into The Past on Dec 28, 2009 10:53 pm
Well written, well plotted story. I'm loving it - thanks for sharing your talent with me and Happy New Year!

Author's Response: Thank you and you're welcome! Happy New Year!
Name: idreamofdraco reviewed A Look Into The Past on Dec 23, 2009 02:43 pm
Malfoy spoke up in a small voice she’d never heard him use. “Father. The Dark Lord has given me a task.” His eyes held a look that nearly broke Ginny’s heart. He was so desperate for approval.

My feelings! This line nearly broke my heart too. I like this characterization of Draco. It makes the arrogant, pompous side of him that he shows everyone else look ten times more fake.

The very last line in the chapter is a gem as well. Narcissa looking into a mirror rather than to her family at the thought of her death is chilling.

This is a really great chapter. Validating it for you caused me to want to read the entire story, which I've now done. :) What an appropriate place to stop too. After Christmas, we'll get some really good Draco/Ginny interactions, I'm sure!

I'm looking forward to it!

Author's Response: Thanks so much! I do think that the next few chapters (all the rest, really) are quite interesting in the interaction department! I know I'm biased, though, so I'll let you form your own opinions when I post!
Name: chineserose reviewed A Look Into The Past on Dec 23, 2009 08:06 am
This is lovely. I like that draco isnt a super evil, but he understands his actions. The last memory was good, it added a nice human element to him, i thought.
well done. keep writing!

Author's Response: Thank you very much! I'm so glad you like it!
Name: GoldenFawkes reviewed A Look Into The Past on Dec 22, 2009 12:17 am
I think you did the memories well, but I found it a little redundant, considering we all already know Draco's side of the story.

Author's Response: I'm sorry you found it redundant. Thank you for reviewing!
Name: DracoGinnyLover reviewed A Look Into The Past on Dec 21, 2009 05:18 pm
Wonderful! Really enjoyed the last 2 chapters!!! :)

Author's Response: Thanks so much!
Name: lily_malfoy reviewed A Look Into The Past on Dec 21, 2009 02:43 pm
thank you for the chapters (I had exams this week so I was waiting to finished and my reward was your fic! yaay!
Can't wait for more :)

Author's Response: Thank you and you're welcome! I'll be posting again as soon as submissions are reopened after the holidays.
Name: raistlin89 reviewed A Look Into The Past on Dec 21, 2009 01:16 am
hmmm i liked the insight you gave us into draco's mind for ginny to see. and now comes the loveeeeee right? heehehe good job again!

Author's Response: Lol! Thanks for reviewing!
Name: 4everdandg reviewed A Look Into The Past on Dec 21, 2009 12:46 am
thanks for the update...

have a Merry Christmas! =)

Author's Response: Thank you and you're welcome! Merry Christmas to you, too!
Name: annacherie reviewed A Look Into The Past on Dec 20, 2009 09:31 pm
I love how you've taken the time to develop the characters before just making them jump off into bed with each other. I also love the speedy updates!

Author's Response: Thanks so much!
Name: Jack Tamara reviewed A Look Into The Past on Dec 20, 2009 09:03 pm
oh, i really felt for draco in this one, especially the last line about his sibs. how did he come about with his headache condition in the firsts place anyway? anyways, now that ginny understands draco and draco fancies ginny, they can go and snog like crazy now! haha, good job and please update soon!

XOXO, JT

Author's Response: Thanks so much! His headaches will be explained in a later chapter, but I will tell you now that it was injury related. I'll be posting again tomorrow!
Name: lila2 reviewed A Look Into The Past on Dec 20, 2009 04:51 pm
this was sooo well written...please update soon :)

Author's Response: Thanks so much!
Name: Amelia_deLauro reviewed A Look Into The Past on Dec 20, 2009 03:26 pm
Thanks for the quick update. I love the story so far, and can't wait for more!

Author's Response: Thank you and you're welcome!
Name: Flipinpenname reviewed A Look Into The Past on Dec 20, 2009 02:56 pm
i am so glad i am not draco malfoy.

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Name: unseensorrows reviewed A Look Into The Past on Dec 20, 2009 02:40 pm
Another update? I'm so happy!
It's great to see you adding more depth to Draco as a character!

Author's Response: Thanks so much!
Name: choravenclaw reviewed A Look Into The Past on Dec 20, 2009 02:25 pm
She had to pull out her handkerchief to stifle another sneeze. Maybe being out in the rain today hadn’t been such a good idea. She reached for her potions and took one she’d prepared just in case, hoping to stave off unwelcome cold symptoms.

Oh!
What a pitty!
I really would like to see her getting really really sick and St. Mungus busting with people so one of the nurses would just throw a bunch of poions on Draco's arms and tell him not to leave her side and make sure she would drink them every hour or something like that. Some delirium fom her part and loud enough so he could hear would also be pretty good
;P


Draco then disarmed Dumbledore after cornering him in the Astronomy tower and Snape killed him.
Ginny was a little startled at that. She’d always thought that Malfoy had done it. It took her a minute to focus back on the file and continue reading.

A kind slap to the face by miss reality, it was nice she found that out first.
=)


Malfoy spoke up in a small voice she’d never heard him use. “Father. The Dark Lord has given me a task.” His eyes held a look that nearly broke Ginny’s heart. He was so desperate for approval.


OH!
I pity the poor boy so much!
Always looking for aproval,trying to please his father.Poor child, it's heart wrenching.


“I haven’t got any options!” Draco cried, turning white. “I’ve got to do it! He’ll kill me! He’ll kill my whole family!”
Draco, head bowed, wand lowered

This scene, even in the movie, made me feel a pinch in the heart.



“I know, Mother. I’m sorry,” Malfoy said. “I’m just… I guess I’m ashamed.” He paused. “Not for the reason He thinks. I’m ashamed because I was going to do it. I was going to kill a man.”
Narcissa folded her hands primly in her lap and said nothing. Draco sighed and continued. “I’m not like that, though, Mother. I can’t go ‘round killing people. Not even for the Dark Lord. It’s not right.”
Malfoy lowered the candle to the bed and dropped his head into his hand. He stayed that way for a minute before saying softly, “I’m sorry. I’m sorry for agreeing. I’m sorry for the necklace and the poison. I’m sorry for fixing that cabinet and letting the Death Eaters in.”
He lifted his head and his face looked much older than his seventeen years. “But I’m not sorry that I backed down. I’m glad I didn’t kill him, even though I did bring it about.
“I was such a fool!” he cried. “How could I have thought… I’m not like them, Mother!”

You made it sound so sad and dramatic and i could feel his pain as he was saying these words, i read them slowly, savouring them, like i was meaning them myself.
And it's...heavy!
It has such a huge weight to it!
You did amazing with the guilt!
He was so open them, even if Cissa was cold[which kinda made me sad because i love Cissa as a dear, sweet mother].
He was just...broken!
And you pitured it amazingly well!


Then a mist filled the memory and she heard Harry’s voice. “This one isn’t part of the Ministry file. It wasn’t even submitted for evidence. But I thought you should see it. Adds a new light to his character, doesn’t it? You can keep it if you like. I don’t need it anymore. Good luck, Ginny.”

WOW!
Beth, do you now how amazing this was???
I ACTUALLY liked Harry!
I usually HATE, LOATHE Harry.
I think i only like harry when he is dead or gay or just like this which is even rarer.
And i was blown away because i loved this!
i loved what he did,it was just incrdible!
Congratulations on this iniciative from Harry, it was brilliant!
The best idea he EVER had in all of the fics i've ever read, this was definately one of the best things he has ever done, if not the very best.
I'm blown away!
=O


She got ready for bed automatically, her mind still lost in the past. Then she crawled into bed, forgetting to put out the lights, and lay there for another hour, staring at the ceiling. She’d never considered these things before; never considered that Malfoy had been just as much a victim as anyone else; and she found herself very interested. Even after she fell asleep her thoughts were filled with it. She dreamed of those memories, and of his silver eyes seeking approval from his stone-faced father, and of his mother looking into a mirror, and of his sobs filling a dark room.

This is the most perfect way to describe this whole situation, how anyone would feel.
It was so human!
It's NOT fic-world and completely REAL world, the way she reacted and i simply loved it!
REALLY REALLY AMAZING!


It was close to midnight before Ginny snapped out of her reverie, and then it was only because a pile of flowers had fallen on her head and a gale of giggles floated down from the mural.

Hehe, i absolutely love this mural, it was the most inventive, sweet, fluffy thing i have ever seen in a fic.
There's a similar idea i came up with involving a Christmas tree and little faries flying aroun it and throwing little fire works and tinsels all around it!
^;^


Can we have her breaking in a high fever and screeching in the middle of the night?
[yeah, completely crazy and nothing to do with anything but i'll eplain where this comes from later,especially if you have time to write a very special challenge i have stirring in my mind.]


THIS was an amazing chapter, so heavy and filled with information and just the thing she needed to let down some of her walls.
i absolutely loved this, it was almost Ginny's version of THE DATE, because she got to see some of him, change the way she sees him and now her doors are open to have her own realization;
GREAT, amazing, wonderful chapter!
I cant even tell you how great this was!
Just WOW!

Now i MUST bug you about another chapter soon because this was just half a glass of water to a dying person walking around in Egypt.
WOWOWOW
i'm just really amazed by how deep this chapter was.
Thank you so much for it!
It ade my day!
After such a wonderful day[fingerpainting on the garden wall, i'll post a pic of it as soon as day breaks tomorrow on facebook! ;P] i can finish it with this great chapter and Mafia Wars.
=D
SO thank you!
This was incredible!
Can you please tell me the next chapter is half way typed?
*shining eyes*
;P


kisses

Author's Response: Okay, I'm seriously crying with happiness over this review lol! I just love that you loved it so much!! :D *happy dance* When I started writing this chapter, I had no idea at all what I was going to do for the memories. I knew I wanted to have Draco a victim in the War, but I had no idea how to bring that about... I started working on it and it all just sort of wrote itself. It was almost like I was dreaming... if that doesn't sound to wierd... and I was watching in play out exactly as I had Ginny doing. I get chills every time I reread the part in the small bedroom where Draco's talking to his mum. Anyway... what is this challenge stirring in your mind, hm? Should I start running now, or wait until I've heard it and hope I'm fast enough? Lol! The next chapter is WRITTEN though not TYPED. I can, however, have it typed very very quickly and will post it on Tuesday! Thank you so much for reviewing, and what a review it was! Love it!
Name: Nutmeg44 reviewed A Look Into The Past on Dec 20, 2009 01:46 pm
well i'm glad she has something that will change her impression of him. and i'm glad that its something that will make a difference based on her worldview and not something trivial like money. she will give him a chance now. and since he's determined to win her heart, it'll work out well for both of them. good chapter. filled with just enough plot to get us back into more interesting interaction between our fav blond and redhead. looking forward to the update to see how this new information affects their interactions.

Author's Response: Thank you for reviewing! I'll post again soon!
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