Nerys Dax

Chapter 6 review reply to Summer Leah: Thank you. I'm glad you found the smut hot, and as for the latter bit, I don't think you'll have to wait long. Thanks for reading and reviewing, xx Nerys

Chapter 6 Review Reply to Poppy: Well, I think we know what Tom would say to that. *sniggers* Definitely L, nothing else matters but him anyway. XD I'm glad you found it "hot hot hot" since that's what I was hoping for. LOLs. Handing out "homework"? LOL You're welcome and thank you for reviewing. Chapter 6 Review Reply to Marieve: *grins* You impatient lot on AFFnet are all the same: gimme smut, smut, smut. *winks* Well, naturally, I am happy to oblige. I can hardly get my mind out of the gutter anyway. But *insert relieved sigh* it's good to hear you enjoyed the and rest of the lemon. I'll do my best to update asap, but I am a bit behind. So, my goal for chapter 7 is not this weekend but the next one. Thanks for reading and reviewing.

Chapter 6 Review Reply to Lady Miya: Body of review from Lady Miya follows: I know that we all hate Ron because he is an idiot in a lot of things. But he was actually a Prefect and all that so I think we are making him a lot stupider than he actually is in our fics... not that I mind. Just a thought that hit me when I was reading this. He makes it so easy to appear stupid... However, for the purpose of this fic, he needs to be that stupid ^^ And I enjoy laughing at him so... haha! Keep on!<br /> Hah! Yeah, and what a marvellous Prefect he was - doing absolutely nothing and leaving all the work to Hermione. Great choice Dumbledore. *insert heavy sarcasm* To be honest, I don't think he's that stupid there. He's just heard some bad news that made him pissy, and because of it, he's clumsy with the groceries. We all had them tumble out of our hands some day, and those paper bags are a *insert foul words*. Suuuure, using that Shield Charm Enhancer is ... not too smart, but Ron doesn't know what Hermione knows: that it's not Moore but Riddle who invented those things. He knows how she feels about Moore and thinks it's clouding her judgement on those Enhancers. Plus, well, Kingsley okayed them, so he thinks Harry and Hermione are overreacting. HA! Still find it hilerious that Ron has figured out on his own that he is sterile.. but he doesn't want to tell Hermione because he thinks she is going to leave him. Bah, he is really giving her too little credit. I mean, if I actually thought someone was going to leave me just because my reproductive organs didn't work, I wouldn't want to be with that person. I mean, if child is really that important, there are other ways to get it. Adoption and sperm-donor and all that. No, I don't think Ron really thinks Hermione is going to actually leave him. He just using it as an excuse not to have to tell something embarrassing... <br /> Yes, he figured it out. *grins* No, you're giving him too little credit. Ron's noticed his marriage is in trouble - in a previous chapter, he hoped that a child would bring them back together. So, naturally he doesn't want to tell Hermione something that was his hope for his marriage not collapsing altogether. But yeah, I agree with you that in a good marriage this wouldn't be a reason for a divorce and I wouldn't want to be with someone who judged me based solely on this, too. However, it's never the only issue, and to some people, it's a relationship breaker. But I agree with you that it wouldn't be to Hermione (if Ron truly was the man she wanted). And yes, you're right - he also doesn't want to tell her or let her or anyone else for that matter know something this embarrassing about him. Oh, and I'm sooooo looking forward to seeing Ron's face when he finds out who designed those Shield Enhancers. Mohaha! I hope it's followed by an Avada as well... however... I don't think Hermione would approve of that no matter how pissed she is. Paah.<br /> *sing-song voice* Someone doesn't like Ron - someone doesn't like Ron. XD *zips lips about the rest*. Haha, I won't feel sorry for Ron. He deserved Harry lashing out on him... bah. Little monkey...<br /> Yeah, he deserved that. I figured at some point Harry had to get tired enough of Ron being jealous of his fame and always shoving it in his face (whenever they were having an argument) to actually say something about it. I'm actually surprised they didn't copy Riddle's notes at ones. I mean, sure don't want it to fall to the wrong hands, but it is a bureaucracy-place. Don't they file away a copy of everything? Even the Unspeakable must have files as well? Oh, well... I guess they are just being all that secretive...<br /> Yeah, well, Moore was supposed to file a full report afterwards (he was checking to see if the potion works) and then it would've gone in the files in Moore's handwriting, but he was the one who misplaced the notes... so no file yet. And yes, Katie is careful with copying what she gets from Hermione because of its origins. She's trying to keep that a secret to the rest of the world. Voldemort (or, rather, you) have Hermione pin-point down so good ^^ Fear of failing must indeed be Hermione's greatest fear. Poor girl. However, when you are as good as she is, people are always expecting the most of you and then they will actually notice if you don't do your best and be disappointed. However, when you do do your best and get the work done they will be all "Well, of course you could, it's you" and nothing more than that... baaaah... Okay, personal issues... but still, it's annoying!<br /> Yeah, really annoying. And their expectations are so high, so she fears she can never live up to them and it will never be good enough. *pets Miya on the head* There, there, it'll be all right. We loooove you. Now go write Shared Flame's next chapter, which will of course be brilliant because it's yours. ;-) "'Do you ever do anything without ulterior motives?'" - "No, I do everything for the Greater Good of ponies and puppies and so that little children can sing happy songs!" Really, what do you think, Hermione?<br /> ROFLMAO! I must say you did a great job with the spanking scene. Just enough UST at the beginning and Hermione being all nervous about it and he being all... Voldy about it. Great job describing Hermione's emotions about it and all. Quite often I read how Hermione is just really looking forward to it all the time. Or it hurts a lot and then, all of a sudden, she is wet out of the blue. But you manage to write down the transition between pain and pleasure nicely and show that one thing doesn't necessary exclude the other. So... yay you!<br /> Thanks. It's nice to get a more indepth review on the smut since I find it difficult to write (limited vocubalary, anyone?) those scenes. I want to transition the emotion of it to the reader and not be all mechanical about it. It's not a manual after all. LOL. And there is also a balance to find for what works in reality and what does or does not work for the scene you're writing in fiction. For instance, I deleted a bit from the scene that showed Voldemort used his left (non-dominant) hand to spank her, because after giving someone such a spanking and without magic, he'd have serious issues with that hand hurting, too. However, it completely interrupted the flow of the rest, so I reluctantly pulled it out. Hmmm... maybe I can have it show in the next chapter? XD Anyway, I am glad you enjoyed the spanking scene and thank you for the compliments. And Voldemort being all cold about it is also very IC <br /> LOL. Well, it did get him aroused, so not as cold as he was pretending to be. XD I also like how you made Hermione realise that she and Ron isn't a fit in the end. Because they aren't. But for Hermione, of course, it takes a lot for her to admit her mistake. Like Voldemort spanking her and reminding her who she is married too.<br /> True. And Voldemort wanted her to acknowledge that first before fucking her because he didn't want to risk her morals making her flee and feel all guilty about what she did with him to the point that she wouldn't return to him. Mehehe... I'm soooo interested to see what Hermione must do. Tonight. For Riddle. I hope that will be in the next chapter?<br /> The next chapter will start with it (I think). "'Promises, promises. All talk and no'" This had me laughing out loud. Tsk, tsk, Hermione... never know when to be quiet... although, this was of course what she wanted. And she did manage to handle him, mehe. Hot sex scene ^^<br /> LOL. Yeah, she handled him there, alright. *grins* Well, she might be submissive to some extent but she's definitely not meek and quiet. Excellent chapter, dear! Really looking forward to the next one! Good luck in your writing Toodles! Thanks. I am looking forward to yours, too. waves, xx Nerys PS. Grrr... I had to keep reposting this. First, I forgot the quote tags. Then, it said I had too many. Then, it said closing quotes didn't match number of opening ones, which they did. Grrrr... So, now I decided on italicing your texts and be done with it. XD

Chapter 6 Review Reply to iheartskittles: Well, no contraception charms ... and no regular contraception ... combined with fertility potions ... Ermmm... *zips lips* Yes, he does know that now, doesn't he? I wonder why I did that. *sniggers wickedly* Not telling! lalallalala. *winks* You'll see in the next chapter. It will be ready around the twelth of March I believe (points to review reply above for the reason). And thank you for reading and reviewing, xx Nerys

Chapter 6 Review Reply to magentasouth: I am glad you're enjoying "The Prisoner", and I'll do my best to update asap. However, having been in and out of the hospital last week, I haven't had much time to write so I am behind on my schedule for chapter 7. I now expect that one to be done around the twelft of March. Thanks for reading and reviewing, xx Nerys

Chapter 6 Review Reply to Fleur K.: *grins* Yeah, I was ... what will be the worst possible thing to wear? And I was walking outside and this couple came by in matching tracksuits. MATCHING! *shivers* That always creeps me out for some reason. So, they inspired the muse. XD Yeah, it was very satisfying that I could have Harry say those things for me, because Ron ... well, he is Ron. *sighs* Yep, he did. I knew you'd like that. Yeah, well, sort of. *zips lips* *sniggers* Now you're making my beta Serp ROFL. She keeps taunting me that this story is getting longer and longer because I said it was going to be a short story of give or take 4-5 chapters at first, and now I am like well, around ten-ish. But no, I don't want to write 30 chapters instead. I really don't. I've got two other WIPs needing work as well. But for Prisoner, I think we're about halfway through now. Thanks for reading and reviewing, xx Nerys

Chapter 5 Review Reply to Kohomologia: LOL. Glad you had fun with drunk! Hermione. Ah, the infamous chapter two, well, here's to hoping I can top that chapter somewhere. XD I'll do my best to update soon, but last week, I've been in and out of the hospital, and even though they had internet there, I couldn't really concentrate on writing stories with all the noise and nagging around me. So, I am a bit behind on my schedule for this story. The next chapter should, however, be online soon. But with the one after that ... well, I still need to start on chapter 7, while normally it should've been with betas about now. Grrr... I hate it when things don't go according to plan. Anyway, thank you for reading and reviewing, xx Nerys

That actually happens? *snnnrks* How mature.

Le sigh. I should've known there was a legal reason for it. Long live freedom of speech.

*snnnrks* Oh gosh. *muffled laughter behind hand*

Hmmm... just a moment of serious response from me then with respects to this one: Why not just use Rape instead of RapeFic? For one, it's actually shorter, and two, RapeFic gives me the impression the rape is the story's only contents or at least the main theme when it can be one scene in a lengthy multi-chaptered story. Oh dear... I just realised this could turn into two codes again. *hides*

Hmm... with review whore I think of authors who state in their AN: "I want X amount of reviews or I won't update." It's the way to ensure I won't review, even if I liked the story. I dislike blackmailers like that much. And I normally review extensively if I like a story, so their loss. XD But yes, I do love getting reviews. Sure, the longer ones with actual substance are the best. But even a "good chapter, update soon" at least lets you know it was liked. I've not gotten flames on this site, but several on FFnet. *snnnrks* They always make me ROFL., because they're so stupid. As if I would care what an anon says about me online. What really made me LOL though were two flames I got on FFnet, focusing on adult content that wasn't in the story there, so I knew they read it here and apparently were too stupid to find the press review button here. What makes a good review? For me, what really helps are the reviews where people quote a sentence from my story and explain what they liked/disliked about that. Thus when you get: This "insert quote of story" made me laugh, cry, etc. It shows you if the emotions you placed in the story got across to the reader. I love it when someone takes the time to do this. XD And I love the funny reviews, too. Where the readers basically scream at you for having done something or make humorous comments about things the characters have said. I once had someone finish a cliffhanger in a review in a fun way. I even quoted their idea in the AN in the next chapter, because I felt I had to share the lols around. XD So, yes, definitely loving the reviews. Not caring much about the ratings though, they're useless and I would be fine with them disappearing from the site altogether.

I've noticed lots of topics with writers asking for certain codes to describe what they have their characters do in their fic. Here's an idea: How about limiting the amount of codes instead of adding more of them? I'm just tossing this bunny out there. I was under the impression this was an adult site, and though I understand that there might be contents offensive to some and they'd like to avoid fics with said contents, the huge list of codes we have already is mind-boggling. It's beginning to feel like the more codes, the merrier everyone is - like it's somehow adding value to a fic. Just look at all this and tell me seriously you don't think this is getting insane. A few examples: The other day I saw a fic and stared at the code Rom, and for the life of me, I had no idea what the hell it could possibly be and my mind kept searching in the direction of all kinds of delicious kinks. *snnnrks* Do we all need to be warned against Romance? I thought that was a genre, not so much an adult code. And eh, where are the other genres then: Mys (Mystery), SupNat (supernatural), Scifi (science fiction), Drama, etc. - er... please don't add these, pretty please. *begs on knees* Same goes for MiCD (milks cows daily?) and MCD. Without the explaining list, some codes can be puzzling. VS - So if I read a fic with vampires in it on this site, I should be warned they might have sex? We have D/s, Dom, M/s, BDSM, Bond, Slave, S&M, spank. So while we're at it: why not Flog, Whip, F/m (to show fem dom), M/f (male dom), F/f or M/m (for dom of same sex partners), F/m/f (moresome dom) etc? Can't we assume that BDSM could be used as a single overall term? I know it's simplifying reality a bit, but I think it will be adequate in warning readers who don't want to see any of the above activities in their fics. Contro - Really? How am I to read that code? It tells me nothing about the story contents. After all, one person's controversial is another person's bed-and-breakfast. Minor1,Minor1 - Minor involved (Pedophilia); Minor2,Minor2 - Minor involved (Under legal age for sex) - Someone kill me now. Can I look forward to': Minor3 (minor involved but of legal age for sex), Minor4 (two minors together under legal age for sex), Minor5 (two minors together of legal age for sex), Minor6 (minor involved of legal age for sex but huge age difference between partners) etc. RapeFic and N/C ??? Isn't N/C enough? Why use the term RapeFic, too? It implies N/C isn't rape, like it's less bad, like telling the victim: eh, stop whining, at least you were only fucked against your wishes. Oh yeah, that's rape. "Inc" - so we're moving up the corporate ladder now? jk Preg - I understand a warning for MPreg (since that hardly ever gets written well and is still not a reality in real life, yet) but why one for "normal" pregnancy? Are babies that offensive? I know abortion is a heated subject, but I didn't know pregnancy was. And if we go into protecting people's feelings, how about miscarriage? Another warning we need to add? Why don't we just tell the author of a fic to show us the ending before we start reading so we're not unpleasantly surprised and will never ever read anything new or anything that takes us out of our comfort zone. Sorry about the rant, but at times, these codes get on my nerves and I had to get some of it off my chest. And yes, I also was wondering if I was alone in finding all these codes over the top and spoiling, too. BTW: I've yet to see an author who writes Mary Sues actually use the code SI themselves. I think the reviewers are more inclined to yell it. But I'd love to have that warning on every site - like when a story gets posted and a bot detects one and makes an automatic red light flash next to the story: RUN, BEWARE, SUE ALERT!!!

Chapter 5 review reply to Lynn: Well, I find it easier to make UST scenes hot than actual lemons since there is a tight balance between writing a lemon that's emotionally hot and not a manual on where everyone's body parts are positioned if you get my drift. I hope the finish the next chapter before the 6th of March. I have a lot of hospital visits this week, so my time is pretty limited. Even if I finish the chapter before this weekend, my betas need to get some time to go over it as well. So, I hope two weeks isn't too long a wait for you. Thank you for reading and reviewing, xx Nerys Chapters 1 to 5 review reply to Lady Miya: Loved your reviews, dear. I emailed you the responses since they were essay length. LOL. BTW. I am so happy you started posting "Shared Flame", looking forward to the rest of it and I will definitely review it soon. XD xx Nerys

Chapter 5 review reply to Fleur K: Yeah, well, I suppose I've been quite evil to her. However, she gets her way next chapter, so no need to feel too sorry for her. *grabs Hermione voodoo doll in advance* *sniggers* Yeah, that could very well be the case. *sniggers on* understatement of the year. Yes, she does. But she needs to be ready to see that first. You're welcome. LOL. Eh, I couldn't stand the idea of any redheaded babies arriving either. XD Thank you for reading and reviewing, xx Nerys

Chapter 5 review reply to iheartskittles: You're welcome; thank you; and I am glad you enjoyed drunk! Hermione. I had a lot of fun writing her. XD Ermmm... badly? Eh, I am in hiding. *sing-song voice* I didn't write that - I didn't write that - I didn't write thAAAAAAAAH! *sobs* Mental note: when in hiding, don't make a sound. He'll find you. *shivers* AHA! Someone who has it right. He's the tease. Not me. **whistles innocently again* Anyway, thank you for reading and reviewing, xx Nerys

Chapter 5 Review Reply to MarksPet: Who, me? * bats eyelashes innocently* ME? *checks behind her to see if there is someone else MarksPet could be referring to* Hmm... apparently you mean me. I have no idea why. I really don't understand at all why I am a tease. *whistles innocently* Nope, not at all. *sniggers wickedly* Yep, that's exactly why she allows him to dominate her, and of course, it comes pretty natural to him. XD Very interesting indeed. *insert evil smile* I have to say I had so much fun making sure Hermione's ramblings could be misinterpret as being about Ron. Far too much fun. Muahhhahaha! Thanks for reading and reviewing, xx Nerys

Review Reply to Summer Leah: I never stopped writing. It just wasn't good enough to post. I am sorry. I am glad you're enjoying it and smut is coming soon. XD No. I am focusing on "The Prisoner" for now. Thank you for reading and reviewing, xx Nerys

Mmm... I don't know about the others, but for me the suggestion to click stop isn't a solution because the box keeps popping up over and over and over again when I use Internet Explorer. Le sigh. However, I switched to Chrome the last time I updated/edited and there .... no pop up box and everything went smoothly. So whatever it was in IE, I have no idea, but this works, too.

Continuation of MOM review reply to Lady Miya: *head-desks* And if I want to change it now, it will mush all the text together. Oh well, I'll change it when I get to the chapter with my beta into editing everything. That's a relief. *relief gone* xxp Nah, your English isn't that bad. It's just that our brains are wired to read over mistakes like that. It just interprets what needs to stand there and makes you not notice it. Well, that was what I was going for. Wherever did you get the idea it should've been ropes? Tsk tsk tsk. *sniggers* I knew you would. XD Of course not. The horror! Well, it's a given in Potter fanfiction. And yes, Tom would always be up to his tricks and I figured I could keep the ending I originally planned since I didn't post the sequel here. Thanks for reading and reviewing, xx Nerys

Masters of Manipulation, review reply to Lady Miya: Ugh... that's because I split up chapter 2 into two for GE. And I forgot to change it back in the edited docs here. The only problem I have is if I change something in the doc now, it will plaster all the text together, due to the new feature. I noticed this happening when I corrected an error in Gold Puppet. Hope you slept well. XD Miya, Miya, Miya ... what are you suggesting? HP is for little kiddies. We shalt not corrupt the stories with smut! Oopsi, too late.. Hermione didn't see James, Lily and Harry; she saw the house and recognised it from her trip in the future to Godric's Hollow. You can see the building under a Fidelius Charm. You just can't see the persons inside. Past Tom also knew from her memories where he needed to be and he knew he had to wait for his counterpart to arrive before he could access the building, not realising his older self would have a different idea. And yes, they arrived at the moment Peter had already spilled the beans to the older Voldemort, and when he entered and started killing people inside, I think that's when the Fidelius drops completely, otherwise nobody would've ever found Harry. *snnrks* The-Boy-Who-Died-Of-Starvation. But you're right this is a bit dubious in canon. XD ROFLMAO. No, she didn't. She only thought it was him. XD thanks for your reviews.

Masters of Manipulation, review reply to Relatela: Well, maybe because it was posted so fast? I had a spur of crazed inspiration on that story and just kept writing like an idiot, so it was done in less than two months. LOL. Chapter 19 ... I recall that scene ... *sniggers* Well, I figured what's the point of time travel and having two Voldemorts together if you do'n't get creative with it. Besides, it's the only person I can see him sharing with, himself. XD Hmm... A foursome with three, a fivesome with... *drags mind out of gutter* Thanks for reading and reviewing, xx Nerys

Apprentice chapter 33, review reply to Keleals: "Very interesting, I cannot wait for more." - Thank you. I'll do my best to update asap once I am finished with Prisoner (which will be a short story of around 10 chapters). I'm writing that story as a distraction from the trouble my muse is giving me with the Hermione-teacher scene in Apprentice. Don't worry though, I've had these blockages before, they alway go away at some point. Usually all I need to do is to take my mind of it, hence the writing of Prisoner. XD I'm glad you're enjoying the Apprentice and thank you for reading and reviewing, xx Nerys

Review Reply for The Gold Puppet from somebody french: "Did you give this story up? I was really enjoying it." No, we didn't give it up. Serp's muse is currently held hostage by her story "Somewhere in Time". Once she finds the time to write on this story with me again, we will continue it. We've got the plot lined out and all, so it will get finished eventually. We're glad to hear you're enjoying it, though. Thanks for reading and reviewing, xx Serp and Nerys.

Chapter 4 review reply to Fleur K: Thanks. I hope you'll find that the next chapter has an added bonus, too. Well, chapter 5 is with my second beta. I haven't heard back from her yet, but normally she's pretty fast, so I am still hoping to be able to update this weekend. *keeps fingers crossed* LOL. Glad you think so. Thanks for reading and reviewing, xx Nerys