kash2210
Thursday 25th September 2008 16:57 | Something Brilliant |
Brilliant!!!
Loved the conversation between & , priceless!!!
Then it expanded well when came in and continued
delightfully when joined the party and ended ABSOLUTELY PREFECTLY with the proposal.
Well written and a joy to read!!! |
| Thursday 25th September 2008 19:46 | Something Brilliant (Author Response) |
| Thanks so much! I love the quartet. They're so much fun to write, and I'm glad that you enjoyed reading it! I hope you'll take the time to read and review some of my other stories as well! |
joes12321
Saturday 26th July 2008 03:14 | Something Brilliant |
classic! The beginning is so reminiscent of Harry and Ron's interactions over Ron's lack of confidence as a keeper ("I resign. I'm pathetic" - "You're not resigning and you're not patheic!"; "Are you calling me mental?" - "Yeah, maybe I am!").
Ron's being on a chocolate frog card really quells his greatest fear: maybe he IS good enough to hold his own with his two best friends.
I loved it! I can never get enough of these stories. |
| Saturday 26th July 2008 07:41 | Something Brilliant (Author Response) |
Joe,
Thank you! That's exactly what I was thinking of when I wrote the beginning, probably one of my favorite parts of the entire piece. Ron does a little bit of that in Book 7, too. I felt that it was something he might feel again with Hermione's promotion and Harry's role as an Auror (initially), and it was only too tempting to combine that idea with JKR's chocolate frog statement, and the proposal! Ron is really wonderful, and so very human in moments like these.
I'm so glad you loved it, and I hope that you'll check out my other stories as well!
Wings |
DukeBrymin
Sunday 13th July 2008 12:46 | Something Brilliant |
| Oh, very nice. Sweet, light, fluffy, and true-to-character. I'm very impressed. |
| Saturday 26th July 2008 07:38 | Something Brilliant (Author Response) |
| Thank you! Sorry I didn't get a chance to respond before now -- grad school is busy. I wanted to write something light as a distraction, and I'm glad that you felt it was sweet and fluffy as well, and true-to-character. I always strive for good characterisation! Thanks again! |
Astrid
Friday 11th July 2008 18:49 | Something Brilliant |
| Aww, this is so cute! Of course Ron would be excited to be on a chocolate frog. I'm so glad you made that part of the proposal. |
| Friday 11th July 2008 19:37 | Something Brilliant (Author Response) |
| Thanks, Astrid! I'm glad that you thought it was cute and that you took the time to give me a review! I think that Ron would propose in a way that was totally him |
Neli P
Thursday 10th July 2008 20:59 | Something Brilliant |
Let's see ... ... I love Ron, Hermione, Ron & Hermione together, Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, chocolate and -of course- cute, fluffy proposals. So, I'm in when I read about a (very much "in-character") Ron & Hermione proposal in "WWW Joke Shop" after unwrapping a Chocolate Frog
Great job, Wings! Your "one-shots" are lovely, so keep them coming, OK? |
| Thursday 10th July 2008 21:11 | Something Brilliant (Author Response) |
| Thank you very much, Neli! I'm so glad that I could send you up to heaven with my stories! I am also glad that you approved of my characterization of both Ron and Hermione. R/H was really my "first love" in terms of fan fiction, so I'm happy to have broken into writing them again. I feel like the best proposals happen when two people are exactly themselves. I'm working very hard, so I hope you'll keep reading! |
cygnus
Wednesday 9th July 2008 21:40 | Something Brilliant |
| Great story Wings. You have the interplay between the 4 characters down - and have matured them nicely into their young adult perspectives. |
| Thursday 10th July 2008 13:22 | Something Brilliant (Author Response) |
| Thank you! Probably easier to do because they're about my age in the stories, and I have so many friends entering this stage of life, so it's easy to write it from Harry's perspective. I'm glad that you enjoyed the story, and I always look forward to reading your responses to my writing! |
cygnus
Wednesday 9th July 2008 21:37 | Something Brilliant |
| Great story Wings. You have the interplay between the 4 characters down - and have matured them nicely into their young adult perspectives. |
brios
Wednesday 9th July 2008 10:14 | Something Brilliant |
| simply lovely and charming, made me smile |
| Wednesday 9th July 2008 11:45 | Something Brilliant (Author Response) |
| Thank you! and great a smile and a little lift to the spirits was what I was going for! I'm so glad that you liked the story, and I hope that you'll read my others! |
gymnastgal19
Tuesday 8th July 2008 18:20 | Something Brilliant |
nice story! so cute
and they all deserve their one cards
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| Tuesday 8th July 2008 21:45 | Something Brilliant (Author Response) |
| Thanks! They sure do, after everything that they've done! I'm glad that you enjoyed the story. |
Felix Felicis
Tuesday 8th July 2008 18:07 | Something Brilliant |
| Very enjoyable! I like how you played out the friendships so well, that they're so comfortable with each other, and that Harry tells Ginny everything. And the chocolate frog cards were a great idea! Harry's reaction was classic. Thanks for sharing this with us! |
| Tuesday 8th July 2008 21:44 | Something Brilliant (Author Response) |
| Thank you! I'm glad that you liked my characterization. I have always loved the friendships that the four of them have. They're so comfortable with each other, and really can read each other's minds. The chocolate frogs really make the story. And you're welcome! I hope that you'll check out my other stories as well. |
RIPHedwig
Tuesday 8th July 2008 15:12 | Something Brilliant |
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!
so cute!!!!!! (x 100)
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| Tuesday 8th July 2008 21:43 | Something Brilliant (Author Response) |
| Thank you for your review! I'm glad that you liked the story. I certainly had fun writing it! |
uzma
Monday 7th July 2008 19:58 | Something Brilliant |
Hi 5!
Good Job.
I had always been happy just to know that the two got married and you sure did a lot of imagining on our part.
Keep it up. |
| Tuesday 8th July 2008 11:20 | Something Brilliant (Author Response) |
| Thank you! I'm glad that JKR has given us basic facts so that we can write our own interpretations of how they might have happened. Every time I read something like, "Ron's finest moment was having his own chocolate frog card," I want to consider it and put it in context. I'm glad you liked it! |
Igor
Monday 7th July 2008 16:44 | Something Brilliant |
| Fun. Always loved the idea of the Chocolate Frog Cards. You forgot however that Harry would never forget Bathilda Bagshot, because Harry decided to go to Godric's Hollow in order to get information from Bathilda, and because he thought that Dumbledore entrusted her with Gryffindor's Sword. She died before Harry's arrival in Godric's Hollow, possibly at the hand of Lord Voldemort, and Voldemort enchanted her decaying body to use as a disguise for his snake, Nagini to wait for Harry. The snake was instructed to attack Harry should he arrive in Godric's Hollow looking for information. |
| Monday 7th July 2008 16:50 | Something Brilliant (Author Response) |
| Hmm, I suppose I did forget that! It's been a while since I read DH, between finishing college and starting grad school. I'll just say that since Harry has had such a wonderful life post-Voldemort, Bathilda must have slipped his mind, and I'm sure he felt a great deal of remorse once he connected that idea later in the evening. Thanks for your review! |
ejh0904
Monday 7th July 2008 13:43 | Something Brilliant |
| Heheh! I love the whole trio being on the chocolate frog cards. You're story is the thing that's brilliant, by the way! |
| Monday 7th July 2008 14:02 | Something Brilliant (Author Response) |
| Thank you very much! I liked the idea, too. I was really tickled when JKR mentioned it in an interview, and just knew that I had to take it and run with it. Of course, Ginny will be on one too, someday, but not yet. I'm so glad that you loved my story, and hope that you'll read some of my others. I'm pretty sure that I've seen your name before. So glad you took the time to read my stories again! |
ngayonatkailanman
Monday 7th July 2008 13:26 | Something Brilliant |
| Awww! Any more of these mushy stuff in the pipeline? Absolutely delightful |
| Monday 7th July 2008 14:00 | Something Brilliant (Author Response) |
| Thank you! If you've read any of my other stories, you'll know that I tend to write more fluffy one-shots, and I have a longer novel-length story that is much darker and not necessarily fluffy, though it has its moments. I've written two one-shots since uploading my last chapter for that story, so I'm going to focus on Chapter 13 before I do another one-shot. I hope that you'll take the time to read my other four one-shots and that you'll check out my longer story as well! Thanks for taking the time to leave me a review. |
Michael Ho
Monday 7th July 2008 11:00 | Something Brilliant |
| Ha! Combining the chocolate frog card moment with the proposal moment! Awesome. A delightful little story; thanks for it. |
| Monday 7th July 2008 13:58 | Something Brilliant (Author Response) |
| You're welcome! I'm glad you thought it went well. I was very excited when I first thought of the idea. Hope that you'll take the time to check out my other stories as well! |
Oma
Monday 7th July 2008 07:26 | Something Brilliant |
| I'm smiling uncontrollably. You should know how much that means I liked your story. I can completely imagine this proposal happening just as you said. |
| Monday 7th July 2008 09:53 | Something Brilliant (Author Response) |
| Excellent you know, I generally gage how well I've met the intent of my story based on your reaction. I think I'm getting better at it. I'm glad that you liked my characterization and storytelling, and that I made you smile. When I get an extreme reaction out of you, I know I've done something right. New favorite? |
eruditemonk
Monday 7th July 2008 04:55 | Something Brilliant |
| This was simply perfect! I adore Ron so much, and to see him here so prominently tugged my heartstrings! Kudos for such excellent and romantic writing MORE stories like this one! |
| Monday 7th July 2008 06:24 | Something Brilliant (Author Response) |
| Thank you very much! I love Ron as well. He was the first character in the series with whom I fell in love, the unlikely knight. I haven't written him like this in a long while, so I'm glad that you enjoyed my first foray into R/H again! I have four H/G stories hosted at PS, and a multi-chaptered fic (quite long, though not romantic) hosted at PS as well. I hope you'll take a look at them! |
Grandma Kate
Monday 7th July 2008 03:53 | Something Brilliant |
| I think you do Ron very well. A chocolate frog card and |
| Monday 7th July 2008 06:21 | Something Brilliant (Author Response) |
| Thank you! I haven't written Ron in a very long time, probably four or five years, other than having him as a minor character in a H/G story. Obviously, those stories from my early fanfiction days aren't here at PS But the R/H pairing was really what got me into fanfiction in the first place, so I decided it was time to come back to it. Thank you for your review! |
