ursulabear
Friday 28th October 2011 14:22 | Prefects, Pranks, and Promises |
| Thanks for the interesting character exploration of Narcissa, in all shades of grey: a natural reservation and pride, while a highly cunning social manipulator, though with a heart. Your reading of her conformist tendencies are true to canon: not an acting-up heroine, but enough reserved aplomb to keep her heart in place while Voldemort took over her family's manor and most of their lives. A preferred this story to your other Narcissa encounter, Repentance. Here, you show much more - there, you mostly just tell. I prefer to read you heroine's behavior and mimic, more than to listen to her soliloquy. I am just curious, how would you picture Narcissa guiding Draco through the post-war changes of Malfoy family values. |
Arnel
Tuesday 29th June 2010 07:26 | Prefects, Pranks, and Promises |
I'm so glad you have put this up. It's as good a story now as when you first started writing it. I love how regal you've made Narcissa, but at the same time, there's a tender side to her that you don't see other authors expressing.
I also love how you show the conception of the Marauder's Map, although I don't think it would have done the boys any good in this instance because they were unaware that Lily was the one who invaded their dorm; I think someone would have had to tip them off to the fact that Lily had gone into the boys' dorimtories to be able to use the map effectively.
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| Tuesday 6th July 2010 11:51 | Prefects, Pranks, and Promises (Author Response) |
Thank you so much. I have had a tender spot for Narcissa ever since I watched her beg Severus for her only child's life. Book seven just validated what I suspected. So it's been fun seeing how it will translate backwards to how she was as a younger witch.
Have you got a way of connecting in real time now? |
Grandma Kate
Wednesday 23rd June 2010 15:31 | Prefects, Pranks, and Promises |
| A very good read that fills in some missing moments with the Marauders and Lily, Snape, Lucius, and Narcissa. It also portrays Narcissa and Lily as being caring but not a person to harm in any way. |
| Friday 25th June 2010 20:37 | Prefects, Pranks, and Promises (Author Response) |
| Thank you for a very nice review. I like playing with the lesser characters and finding out what Jo didn't tell us. |
Dad
Wednesday 23rd June 2010 09:01 | Prefects, Pranks, and Promises |
| That was an interesting and very rewarding read. Well done. |
| Friday 25th June 2010 20:37 | Prefects, Pranks, and Promises (Author Response) |
| Thank you very much. I'm glad you enjoyed it. |
