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Friday 9th July 2010 12:20 | Dinner with the Weasleys |
“Sorry. Reflexes.”
Great line! |
Dad
Friday 13th February 2009 11:22 | Dinner with the Weasleys |
| An interesting introduction to what would be a very different book 7 . |
gymnastgal19
Tuesday 22nd January 2008 16:47 | Dinner with the Weasleys |
interesting... i thought that it was kinda wierd that harry would spill his guts to all the weasleys... even though they are like family...
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pyromain
Tuesday 16th October 2007 13:56 | Dinner with the Weasleys |
| loved the story, had me laughing a lot, but the last line has my jaws hurting from laughing. |
Novera
Thursday 8th June 2006 23:56 | Dinner with the Weasleys |
wow this is soo sweet
every one shouls read it |
critmo
Tuesday 22nd November 2005 05:16 | Dinner with the Weasleys |
| Very fluffy, but I don't see it happen. Too public for a private person like Harry. |
Hoss
Sunday 30th October 2005 07:10 | Dinner with the Weasleys |
| That was good fun to read Thank's. |
Bucktavius
Friday 28th October 2005 16:45 | Dinner with the Weasleys |
| well done! i thought that it was great! could totally be expanded into a full 7th year fic! |
Velvethope
Saturday 17th September 2005 02:47 | Dinner with the Weasleys |
| That was perfect. I wish Jo had given us THIS ending. I could live with
this, I think. Very nicely handled. I'll be rec'ing it to other people.
;) Thank you for sharing!
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| Saturday 17th September 2005 07:10 | Dinner with the Weasleys (Author Response) |
Thanks.
Personally, I wouldn't worry about the ending too much. I think Ginny
and the reconciliation will be a big part of the outcome of the battle
against Voldemort. This way she has laid the groundwork for the
relationship without having to spend the space in Book 7.
In the Monomyth/Hero's Journey, when the Hero loses the Mentor it is
usually with one lesson left that the Hero must learn on his own. Harry
has been resistant to Dumbledore's stance that love is the strongest
magic. I have a feeling that JKR had them part because we are often
blind to how important something is while we have it in our life. It is
only by being with Ginny and then being apart that Harry will finally
see that Dumbledore was right. Being reunited with Ginny would make the
love and the resulting magic stronger, along the lines of "absence
makes the heart grow fonder."
Also, if Harry has created a strong Partonus based on the
memory/feelings of learning he's a wizard, how much stronger would be
one based on the memory of their first kiss or, even better, the
feelings of being reconciled with Ginny.
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Mariposa
Friday 16th September 2005 21:59 | Dinner with the Weasleys |
Wow! This is such a great story! I bet we'll see a scene like this in
book 7. It would be so ironic that instead of all of Ginny's brothers
getting mad at Harry for dating her they'd get mad at him for breaking
up with her. And mr & mrs Weasley would make him see the light and
bring them back together.
This was a great story but I think Ginny is stronger than this
and will bring Harry around on her own. I guess we'll just have to
wait and see.
Good job!
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saugart
Friday 16th September 2005 09:16 | Dinner with the Weasleys |
| A fun little piece. I enjoyed reading it. I agree that this is the most sensible direction for Canon to take.
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| Saturday 17th September 2005 06:57 | Dinner with the Weasleys (Author Response) |
"A fun little piece." That pretty much describes my intentions.
But, I don't know about canon. After writing this I realized that I,
like about 90% of those who wrote such stories, conveniently overlooked
Ron's statement that they'd have to go to the Burrow for the wedding
before they did anything else. This means the Book 7 timeline will
probably be along the lines of
The Burrow/Wedding-->Privet Drive-->Godric's Hollow
Of course, Ron said this before he knew Harry just broke up with Ginny.
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cckeimig
Friday 16th September 2005 08:32 | Dinner with the Weasleys |
Wonderful! You made me cry, then laugh. I'm really enjoying your story.
I'm not sure Harry would so easily spill his guts like this, but it does make for a great read! |
May
Thursday 15th September 2005 22:44 | Dinner with the Weasleys |
| great story!!!! i thought it was so sweet and i could totally see arthur acting like that. |
Stormdelver
Thursday 15th September 2005 15:40 | Dinner with the Weasleys |
That was very nice- close to a bit too sweet but honestly I have a tear in my eye I'm so happy. Very nice work, so just what is for dessert? Anyway I agree this is the only way that Harry will defeat lord Moldythingy- he needs Ginny to complete him. |
Treck
Thursday 15th September 2005 10:33 | Dinner with the Weasleys |
“If our conversation was an Appetizer, and this little ambush was the Main Course, I'd hate to see what's for Dessert!”
Talk about a spit take. That was with out a doubt the best line of the story.
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| Thursday 15th September 2005 13:23 | Dinner with the Weasleys (Author Response) |
I find it interesting what each of us finds funny. You loved that line.
Several have loved Arthur's "Voldemort" comment. I've had several
comment on the Fred & George moments. (A Beta reader on another
site wasn't so sure about the entire family facing Harry, but didn't
want to lose the "We know you love her" exchange.) My Beta reader here
said she snorted at Hermione's Amortentia moment.
I guess it just goes to show you, humor is nothing to laugh at.
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Kokopelli
Thursday 15th September 2005 10:07 | Dinner with the Weasleys |
A lovely outcome, but I wonder about
characterization. Harry, as I see him, is a very, very
private person. While I could see a conversation like this,
one-on-one with either Ron or Hermione, I don't see Harry flopping
about emotionally in front of the entire Weasley family.
In
addition, there's an issue with vocabulary - Harry guesses an SAT
level word by context in one scene, and in another is using dyspeptic
in his internal monolog. That stuck out like a sore thumb to
me. One or the other of those scenes needed to be tweaked - to
have both in the same chapter was - to use another word, anomalous.
Keep writing - I want to see where this goes.
JEC
Disregard
the 2nd half of this review - it was meant for Buttamellow's work - I
should never, ever try to do reviews at lunchtime for stories I read
before breakfast, before I had my coffee.
Bad Kokopelli! No cookie for you!
JEC
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Kokopelli
Thursday 15th September 2005 10:03 | Dinner with the Weasleys |
A lovely outcome, but I wonder about characterization. Harry, as
I see him, is a very, very private person. While I could
see a conversation like this, one-on-one with either Ron or Hermione, I
don't see Harry flopping about emotionally in front of the entire
Weasley family.
In addition, there's an issue with vocabulary - Harry guesses an
SAT level word by context in one scene, and in another is using dyspeptic
in his internal monolog. That stuck out like a sore thumb to
me. One or the other of those scenes needed to be tweaked - to
have both in the same chapter was - to use another word, anomalous.
Keep writing - I want to see where this goes.
JEC
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| Thursday 15th September 2005 15:32 | Dinner with the Weasleys (Author Response) |
| The seed idea for this was "The Weasley's pull an intervention on
Harry." I don't believe for a minute that this is how JKR will resolve
things, but I thought it would be fun in a "What If?" way.
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happydog
Thursday 15th September 2005 07:42 | Dinner with the Weasleys |
| I guess dessert will be served at TBC.net, nudge, nudge, wink, wink,
know what I mean? :)... Good fic. Keep 'em coming.
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Hoss
Thursday 15th September 2005 07:19 | Dinner with the Weasleys |
| Good stuff I'm hopeing for more. |
amamama
Thursday 15th September 2005 02:58 | Dinner with the Weasleys |
That was some Main Course! He got some sense knocked into him,
and I do so hope that Jo will do the same with Canon!Harry. Phew,
I feel a bit sort of breath at the moment, you managed to put a lot
into this chapter.
Thanks for sharing - I look forward to the dessert!
Berte
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ridgeback77
Wednesday 14th September 2005 22:31 | Dinner with the Weasleys |
| I think ambush was the appropriate term for this discussion. Hopefully dessert will be served shortly.
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