Comments | harmony_bites: Book of Shadows (HG/SS, Mature) (8/?)

harmony_bites

Book of Shadows (HG/SS, Mature) (8/?)

Jun 08, 2007 11:24

Nominated in the 2005 OWL Awards for Best in Realm of the Half-Blood Prince and Best Action-Adventure.

My disclaimers may be found in Chapter One. My thanks to Djinn and bambu345 for their betas, lifeasanamazon for her BritPicking, and to clare009 for her suggestions and encouragement.

Chapter Summary: Hermione hopes she hasn’t burned her bridge out from under her …

( Chapter Eight: Curses )

my hpfic, ss/hg, book of shadows

Comments 14

droxy June 8 2007, 18:15:04 UTC

Will read on ffn this weekend :D I have to work late today.

harmony_bites June 8 2007, 20:55:00 UTC

It can certainly wait--thanks Droxy, for all your nudges and support--it meant a lot--I couldn't really in the end let go of this. I'll try to get Chapter 9 done fast. (Still have to catch up on all the Exchange stories--about a dozen behind--I would have to post in the middle of it.

lipasnape June 8 2007, 19:40:32 UTC

Welcome back, not so mysterious author. Chapter 8 is as good as all the 7 before and I have no choice but to forsake sleep in order to make the illustration I promised. Anticipating the joys of chapter 9 will help.
Have you seen that your gift was posted and there is no "leave comment" link at the end of either of the two chapters? It is a good story and I am rather worried about the absence of comments.

harmony_bites June 8 2007, 21:00:11 UTC

That's very kind of you--and I'll try to get 9 done a lot more quickly.

I adored my Exchange giftie--I want to take time to catch up but once I did I wanted to point people that way. I myself fedback the story, and had no problem commenting.

I Don't Like Tuesdays
Part 1
http://sshg-mod.livejournal.com/59751.html#cutid1
Part 2
http://sshg-mod.livejournal.com/59419.html#cutid1

Just click on the "Post a new comment" link at the end--just like with this story.

clare009 June 8 2007, 23:13:31 UTC

yay! I'm so glad this chapter has finally been posted. It is certainly my favourite one to date.

harmony_bites June 9 2007, 12:32:35 UTC

Really? Thanks--it really was the hardest one to write, but the one I had envisioned from the beginning that all the earlier chapters were leading to in my mind. For me this was really key--becasue the Hermione of HBP disturbs me far more than the Snape.

misstee123 June 9 2007, 01:22:13 UTC

I knew that I adored this story, but I had forgotten just how much. I always wondered about why Hermione's actions were never questioned in HBP. I really hope that you have become inspired to keep going with this story again.

The dialogue is spot on, questioning how motives can make all the difference to the one performing the action, but the outcome is still the same. Whether we are talking about this story, or whether we apply it to life in general, sometimes it is hard to see your actions objectively in the harsh light they deserve.

Guh. Just. Guh. So nice!

harmony_bites June 9 2007, 12:36:17 UTC

Hermione in HBP really bothers me a lot more than the Snape--I came out of HBP liking Snape more than I went in, for the first time convinced he was on the side of good, sympathetic and intrigued. The Hermione perplexed and disappointed me--for me what she did was a character assasination along the lines of Spike, Buffy, and the bathroom floor--for those of us Spike fans who followed Buffy. So in BOS I always had two tracks I think--to capture the side of Snape I saw not just in HBP but the fanfic I read early on--and to try to explain Hermione--and I've yet to read a fanfic that tries to wrestle with what she did even all that time postHBP--Snape, yes--her no.

That's for all the lovely compliments--I'll try hard to keep it alive.

lillithj June 9 2007, 19:02:09 UTC

Cruel, Author, cruel. I kept clipping on the link to go to chapter 9 and it went no where.

Found this story via clare009 and have been sucked in. I'm on the edge of my seat wanting to know what happens next.

And while clare009 is an excellent and reliable messenger, I prefer to go straight to the source. Consider this a friending.

harmony_bites June 9 2007, 20:18:20 UTC

Wow. I got a review and friending from LilithJ *dances*

Well, I am trying to continue this. In return :cough: well, there's this certain WIP called "Golem" :ducks:

lillithj June 11 2007, 15:06:08 UTC

Yes, I know. I've started the re-read and re-edit. I have, but there's things to distract me -- like exhange ficcage.

Also, the Indexa, I want one.

harmony_bites June 11 2007, 18:55:36 UTC

Yay! Clare did mention you were thinking of bringing that fic back to life, which is why I thought I'd tug at your sleeve. And since I know from your profile you're a librarian, I can just imagine you liking that indexia. ::laughs::

And yeah, the Exchange is just providing waaaaaaaayyyy too much distraction. Start on Chapter 9? With all those lovely ficcey's to read?