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[magentasouth]

Heya,

I just want to start by saying - Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who reviewed. It really makes a difference to get feedback!!

I've been writing for a little while but i've never had the courage to post my stories. The first one I started was Precious Mudblood. Captive Audience was the second story I started but I abandoned it after the first chapter and have only recently returned to it. The first horcrux is the most recent of my stories - I only started it last week. There are two more longer chaptered fics which I'll post when I have a few more chapters of these ones up. One is a HP/TR slash, just in case anyone is interested in that vein.

I will be answering reviews from all stories here. I hope thats ok.

WesleyY7
- You posted the first review I ever received. Thank you! Thanks for the tip with formatting. I had noticed it too when I checked it after uploading two chapters. Unreadable!! Bravo to you for getting through it in that format. I hope it's a bit better now.
Re the fic - it was actually the idea of a filigreed cage that provoked the rest of the story. I just had a vivid dream about one. The bathroom issue - yeah. Everything's easier with magic! I generally dislike mentioning pure hygiene functions in stories.. it seems to drag one back out of the action a little. Also.. most people squick a little at it.
This story was begun during a phase where I was reading a lot of HP/HG darkfic! I never understood why Hermione would go for Ron.. I have tried not to be too Ron-bashing in this fic...although I can't promise i'll keep it up for the whole story. In Precious Mudblood I'm pretty horrible to poor Ron.

nekluvshp
- I'm really glad I could persuade you to become moderately morbidly fascinated with Lord Voldemort's sex life. ;-)
I will try to update this fic about once a week (perhaps more often) - because I'm mainly formatting and putting up the chapters of Precious Mudblood at the moment. (its very long). I'll put the HP/TR chaptered fic up soon if you prefer slash.

Dark Lady Snape
- Thank you!!! You have no idea how ridiculously joyful and warmfuzzy I feel when you say you love a story I have written! As for the Dark Lord's aesthetic appeal - Voldie may or may not become pretty again. I know exactly where this story leads - but you'll have to wait and see! }

purefaith91
- Thanks so much! I agree totally re Gin/Har and Ron/Her - In fact.. I could kind of take or leave the entire weasley family if I'm in an uncharitable mood. I've been quite cruel to them in other stories. In this story I will try to be more fair than I have been in the past.

re hermione's state of mind in this fic.. I know she seems a bit cracked at times.. I put it down to being in a little silver box for six months, watching people be tortured and killed daily and never being looked at or spoken to. I have to say - I'm generally pretty independent and self reliant but it's hard to go for periods of weeks in complete silence. When someone shows attention to you after a long period of occupied isolation, you tend to babble. If the person who is suddenly showing you attention is the one you've been watching torture people viciously for months.. it might be different again. And if you've just actually slept with that person..more or less against your will, despite gaining physical satisfaction from the act - I think it could be a wee bit damaging to ones psychological state. Not only that, but hermione is extremely intelligent - learns and understands very quickly.. but she has been known to say things that were perhaps a little unwise or insensitive on occasion. (obviously not to Ron's extent) I don't know whether she'd be able to curb those thoughts, even if she didn't say them out loud.

re Severus dying. It would be quite possible for a potions master to simulate death and with LV's complicity, he could very well live. I'm not saying that that is what has happened - but it *could* be.

QueenRuby
- I'm glad you're enjoying it! I'll try to update in the next few days. I've been busy formatting chapters for precious mudblood. Various formats of Voldie love will continue however. The contents of that scroll will be revealed..(although not in the next chapter. Sorry!!)
I'm glad you're enjoying the bite of Snape in Precious Mudblood. I probably should have filed that fic under moresomes - but I hate that the moresome category doesnt group by pairings. And the *primary* pairing is LV/HG.. in a longtitudinal perspective at least.
re - the first horcrux - Baby voldie *definitely* has issues.. they havent come out yet but they will in the next chapter. This one built up a bit more slowly than usual however it will contain all of the warnings listed. I wanted to write a fic with a young (not to say *underage*) Tom. (Course, mentally - he's the same age as Lord Voldemort)

Froglette
- OMG you ROCK!! I'm so glad I could keep you up late reading! Thank you for taking the trouble to review - it really does make a huge difference when I add a chapter and see that someone has reviewed. I didnt write the stories for other people (I mainly wrote them because I ran out of new fics in the ship I wanted to read) but I have to say - it really does feel so good to know that what you write is actually enjoyed by someone else.

[magentasouth]

Froglette - Merry Christmas - I'm glad to brighten your day!! Course.. some might say that the chapters I uploaded might not be technically.. defined as..bright.. but still. :-)

Purefaith91 - No.. I know. I found that chapter a little sad when I was writing it. Channelling despair a wee bit too convincingly?

Don't worry. I know just how you feel about bitter endings. I'd never end the story that way. Another story perhaps.. but not this one.

This story may be a WIP but its a WIP with dozens of chapters (and twists and turns) already written and waiting on formatting. (as you see by the multi chapter per day upload rate). I hope you have a great Christmas!!

Mamashireman - THANK YOU!!!!! It makes me so happy to hear people have actually joined AFF just to review my story!! Merry Christmas! I'll put up more chapters to feed your addiction!

Remarkable - Thanks a lot! Wonderfully fucked up is my compliment of the day! I'm writing my own fiction quietly on the side to my fanfiction and I can only hope that someday when I finish it someone will call it wonderfully fucked up. Merry Christmas!

[magentasouth]

QueenRuby - All Hermione knew about the events since the battle were the things you know who and/or his servants told her. Ginny and Remus were both pretty much compromised. Tom always was a convincing liar...

Edited December 25, 2010 by magentasouth

[magentasouth]

ChlerysTUCCO - Thanks! I'll try to keep it up for you! Thank you for reviewing for me - you know, it really does make me very happy when I see there are new reviews!

purefaith91 - We always have a choice. Sometimes the choices offered might not be very palatable - but there's always a choice. Never forget that Rodolphus is not otherwise a particularly nice or trustworthy person, even if he might be nice to Hermione.

Snape... (sighs).. I really like Snape.. But he can be utterly ruthless in pursuit of what he believes is most important.. and he's also a bit petty and emotional, despite his cold exterior. Still. He truly does love her. That's something, right?

As for Hermione destroying them all -She wasn't really aware of her capabilities at that point. All she knew was that x was happening - and she wanted x to stop. And then she was too caught up with her own heart to think of other things..and THEN it was too late again. Poor her.

True - if they could just get the necklace off then Hermione could 'fix' the whole world. Everything thats wrong with anything. Wouldn't that be nice?! A world aligned according to Hermione Granger's concept of correct and just?

Gotta remember..Rodolphus is marked. The only reason Draco isn't in pain with his mark while inside Harry's camp is that the Dark Lord doesn't know or care where he is. When he's summoned - he leaves and goes to the Dark Lord. That's how he can go and have a little chat with Rodolphus without difficulty.

Don't worry. This isnt all a pretty dream. I hate it when stories do that too. This is reality. Weird and cruel and fucked up though it might be.

The reason so many people she's dealt with have a backhanded way of dealing with people is that *most* of them have been Death Eaters or spies of one form or another. And..a strangely changed harry. The members of the order who she met were not really nasty, just suspicious. She was, after all, about to stab Ron with a big mofo knife.

I'm glad you're rooting for LV and SS. I like them best too.

Remarkable - Yeah.. Harry is a bit of an arse, really. What happened to him?! He was so nice!

Technically - Harry already knows about her bond with Rodolphus. He know's Lestrange is a vampire and he knows she'll die if he's not able to reach her at least once a month. Question is, will he just allow them to see one another - will he allow that to continue?!

Don't worry - its not all a dream.

Why can't Draco portkey Hermione away? Theres several reasons. Firstly - he can't. Literally - can't. You remember he had to get permission with the galleon to enter Harry's domain? The portkey had to be stabbed into the finger/palm. Blood wards. Nothing that isn't keyed to them and using a blood-fixed portkey can pass through alive. Draco does not control any wards in Harry's domain. He can't manufacture a portkey to get her out and he can't apparate her through the wards.

Secondly - just stealing her back and taking her to the Dark Lord would probably not be enough to save him from horrible torture and very probable death, for taking her in the first place - after all, everything else aside, it seemed the Dark Lord had been saving her virginity. Well. That's gone. And it would be Draco's fault in His eyes. Hence the plan. If they give the Dark Lord the boy who lived.. that might be enough to save draco's life.

QueenRuby - Yes.. something has certainly gone very wrong with Harry. He's an utter bastard.

I want a malfoy ferret too. Draco is so adorable as a ferret.

anon-kitchen - Thank you! Don't worry, there's a lot more. Plot twists continue.

This was the first fanfic that I started and I was supposed to be writing a really dull masters thesis at the time. I don't think I understood the concept of letting things settle down between plot twists at that point. It was like I was watching the characters too. Like reading.. only slightly slower. Hence why they sometimes twisted themselves into quite strange forms and very bad things happened. But don't worry.. there is an underlying logic to everything. Things do happen for a reason.

[magentasouth]

Anon-Kitchen - Thank you! I'm sorry - I had to cut it off there or else it would have been like a 20,000wd chapter - and I had to go out shopping for a few hours to get bits and pieces. I'll get back to it. Continuation should be up in an hour or so. I have to reformat them because when I write - I write in essay format. It's not easy on the eyes online.

[magentasouth]

ChlerysTUCCO - I didn't hear from anyone in a few hours and the hits dropped off. I assumed everyone had gone to bed. I was actually formatting the first chapter of another story (HP/TR)at the moment. I'll format the next few chapters of P.M. after this.

[magentasouth]

Mamashireman - Any sandwich with Ronald Weasley in it, will by definition be gross. Thanks. I'll put up some more chapters for you.

[Guest Chlerys]

ChlerysTUCCO - I didn't hear from anyone in a few hours and the hits dropped off. I assumed everyone had gone to bed. I was actually formatting the first chapter of another story (HP/TR)at the moment. I'll format the next few chapters of P.M. after this.

May be in different timezones. But I was reading till 5AM... So, yeah. xD

Not much of a Harry fan so I don't usually read stories about him. But I have noticed you have another HG/LV one called... Captive Audience, I think?

[magentasouth]

Remarkable - Well... Voldemort is concerned on two levels about taking off the necklace. Firstly - Hermione knows all about her ability now. Theres no telling what she might decide to do if she's free to use her magic. And I seriously doubt she'd allow anyone to put the necklace back on her if it came off. Secondly of course he's concerned because Harry knew all about her ability too. He marked her.. he's used *several* parselspells on her, as he himself stated.. and he is a legilimens. Voldemort has a healthy paranoia and won't take the risk that Harry might be able to use Hermione's power somehow to destroy him. So he can't take the necklace off. He has to find another way to solve the problem.

Hermione is...adapting...to a world where she is currently powerless and most everyone is a sadistic psychopath. She might want to change things.. might see they are wrong.. but she can't do anything about it at the moment.

Severus is afraid of pushing Hermione too far.. After what happened before - he is very cautious about pushing her to do things. At least.. for the moment.

QueenRuby - Well.. I have to warn you - this is a long story. I could almost split it into two stories.. or even three, possibly. A trilogy. It's not neverending - in fact the ending is known, but we are not currently anywhere near that ending. We are.. perhaps.. halfway through the total number of chapters I have here..circa. The ending is about ten chapters after that.

I dislike Hermione being powerless too.. (well.. ok.. actually I kind of like a powerless hermione for a while, usually) - but it has to be, because with her ability she is TOO powerful. Don't worry - She is not in the necklace for the whole story But she will be in it for a little while longer.

chris7100 - I hope you enjoyed LV and HP's first little conversation. There is more to come. Sev really is a moody teenager of a man. But we love him anyway. right?!

Course... not as much as we love Tom. (snickers)

Edited December 28, 2010 by magentasouth

[magentasouth]

anon-kitchen - It's not entirely clear whether draco escaped punishment. It was a while ago.. I imagine that Tom might have placed (rather unfairly) some measure of the blame for what happened to hermione upon him.. on the other hand he was rather distracted by the whole..to kill or not to kill and then her almost dying..thing.

...I find I kind of have a bit of a soft spot for Draco in this story.

chris7100 - the polyjuice sex was odd? Two Tom's and Two Severuses.severusses.. severi? Yes.. it was a bit odd I suppose.

I don't remember whether that was the last update of the night either. I was also uploading 'That which we make for ourselves' at the time - I think I updated again at some unhealthy hour of the morning. (e.g. it is 4.49am here at present.)

Mamashireman - I don't know what time zone you are in. I think I updated again. If you're in the UK or somewhere.. its possible that you might be catching me in the hours in which I sleep.

But don't worry - I'll continue to upload several chapters a day.

And I'll try to leave off each day on a dastardly cliffhanger, if possible. ;-)

QueenRuby - I am SO pleased I made you cry! (I know that sounds weird and a little cruel - but it just pleases me that I can touch anyone emotionally..even if only through sadness). Yeah.. I abuse poor sev abominably in this story, don't I?! I feel a bit sorry for him. He certainly isnt going to be happy with what I did in the chapter I just uploaded. Poor him.. I'm glad you like ferret Malfoy. After writing this.. I think I ended up wanting to actually get a ferret.

Coopershawk - Glad you are following the story!! You're extremely welcome! Thank you for reviewing! It makes me really happy to see I have a new review!

Remarkable - Totally a bad romance. But then.. can any romance with the Dark Lord be nice? He's truly awful to others (and in this story I have written him less evil than I've written him elsewhere) And you just keep wanting him to win anyway..

Drukiller - You made my night, when I read your review! Thank you so much!!! I'll do my best to keep you up for many nights to come!

ChlerysTUCCO - hehe... many more surprises upcoming!

griffonsperch - My first reviewer on this story. Thank you SO much!!! I'm glad you're enjoying the TR/HP action. I think Tom is a wee bit fluffy in this story..well... relatively speaking. Although.. I suppose in the next few chapters.. less so.. Still.. that was how he wrote himself this time round. I hope you like the latest chapter.

romanticfae - Thank you for saying so! :-D

[magentasouth]

chris7100 - You may (or may not) have been disappointed that I did not update today. I have been thinking about what you wrote. It was difficult to read because I knew myself that it was true. The story is repetitive..fantastical and oversexed. It is..disappointing, in that sense.

That being said - it was the first fanfiction..no.. the first fiction full stop, that I had attempted in over ten years so I suppose I will be lenient with it in some ways.

I debated whether or not to continue formatting the chapters I had or whether to just wipe everything else that happened after chapter 49 and continue writing from here.

There are few pro's and mostly con's to doing so however. Firstly - it would mean that updates would be much much slower (e.g. the first horcrux and captive audience have not been updated because I've been focussed on formatting the more extensive stories I already have.) Secondly - I don't think this story is really worth a rewrite. It was a flawed creation to begin with. Thirdly - I quite liked some of the things that happened up ahead.

<sighs>

I realise Hermione is weak.. a completely weak sot in this story. I am not content with that either.

The necklace will come off... but you have to realise - at the moment she doesnt actually *want* it to come off. She is very aware of her own innate tendency to want to 'fix' things and is unsure of her own absolute capabilities and the ramifications of her actions.

Lucius...

Yes.. there may be some logical flaws there I suppose. Her willingness to forgive him, purely in light of his imminent death. I suppose its a little incongruous considering how willingly she ordered rodolphus to dispatch mulciber. Perhaps it was because Mulciber and Avery only tortured her.

Lucius tortured her but he also slept with her (more or less forcibly, but even so - he gave her physical pleasure during the act), he held her.. he told her some of his secrets. She feared him, but she was also confused by him. Then of course there is the 'speaking ill of the dead' factor. It seems when confronted by the spectre of death, many people seem willing to ignore the flaws of the deceased in favour of their positive points.

Lucius didn't actually have that many positive points. Hence her irrational disturbance at the thought that he would give her a pair of shoes. Hermione has not actually seen that many people that she has shared...intimacies...with avada'd in front of her eyes before.

But you are right. She probably spends a significant portion of the story in the past in various states of mental confusion/disorder. I have done quite a few nasty things to her.

She doesn't spend all of the story that way...but I did list it as 'angst' for a reason.

I had to introduce Harry. The thought occurred to me at the time 'what if Harry hadn't died? What if Voldemort simply lied about it' and the rest just kind of followed on from the fact that he was a horcrux and she had healed Tom's soul. Harry is kind of difficult though, you're right.

Also - those who like LV/TR/HG pairings typically dislike HP/HG pairings.

This story does actually have just about everything but the kitchen sink in it.

ANYWAY.. so.. after much internal debate and with little satisfaction I have decided to upload the rest of the story as it is, finish it off (since I have the ending now) and then perhaps write the whole thing off and move onto one of the more promising newer stories. (where there will hopefully be a little less porn and a little more plot..) I'm sorry if you are disappointed. I'd love to say i'm going to fix everything up.. but it just wouldnt tie in with what needs to happen to get to where we are going. Hopefully... hopefully.. if you bear with me for another few chapters you'll be less discontented with what happens.

[magentasouth]

alm1067 - Thank you! I don't know if I missed replying to you when you first posted. I may have only replied to Chris7100 that round. I'm glad you're enjoying the story!

anon-kitchen - you are a fantastic flatterer, just so you know ;-)

QueenRuby - wish granted - the necklace is off. Course..unless she wants to wage war with the majority of the wizarding world, it'd still be best if no one realises what she's capable of.. I hope you are enjoying the latest twist on Voldy love.

Yes... I wonder what is happening in Hermione's time.. Pity the story is written from her perspective...still...we'll see..

ChlerysTUCCO - I'm glad you like the latest twist. I couldnt force myself not to do it.. it was just.. so tempting. And, as you may or may not have noticed, I'm also mildly fascinated by Gellert Grindelwald. Perhaps I might write an Albus/Gellert story at some point..

DizzyDaydreamer - There you go - I'm concentrating on updating just for you. Feel special! ;-) It was the teacher part, you know. Consider it a karmic reward. Gotta celebrate those people who are creating the future in the minds of the young! Don't worry about the other story - I have a lot more chapters sitting waiting on this one anyway.

debo - I'm so pleased that you joined just to review for me! It makes me really happy when I get a review - so thank you so much! You'll have to wait a bit on future-tom's reaction.. but I dont think he can be angry at Hermione for going back to the past..(not that he won't be angry for other reasons, necessarily) since it was entirely Harry (that selfish impulsive psychopathic jerk) at fault.

Don't worry - I'll keep updating. I can sympathise with the feeling of uni about to start up again. I have a final paper in my degree to finish off shortly.

XxXAngelxGirlXxX - thank you! I'm glad you're enjoying it! Will do!

Tesgura - I'm stoked that you love the story! I feel a bit guilty not for not putting more detail into harry playing Tom in classes. Yep.. Tom is a marked man. That is.. boy. I don't think he likes it very much, do you? Course.. now he's promised to try to save Gellert if its in his power.. he can hardly get rid of the man easily when he's gotten everything he needs out of him. I don't see the voldemort of the future easily putting up with being a sex slave. (course.. I guess grindelwald wouldnt tend to desire him anymore as a pale white noseless red eyed gestalt) ;-)

Yes.. Harry is quite messed up, isn't he. He's powerful but undereducated. Everyone he loves has been killed or been exposed as a horrible person. I think the events of..well...his whole life really..have taken their toll on him. But at least he still *thinks* about what's right and wrong. At least he still has guilt, even if he realises he's willingly wandering rapidly deeper and deeper into the darkness.

Yes - Dumbledore is a complete prat. Still.. his motives are a bit uncertain at present. As for Tom using the effects of the veritaserum to get his answers from Caed - how could he do otherwise. He's so-to-say the preeminent slytherin. The chance to get truthful answers without fuss is too good to refuse. And I imagine Caed expected no less of him too. He is Voldemort, after all. :-)

worriorbookwyrm - Sorry, No can do about the eliminating albus and gellert (or any of the junior death eaters either at the moment). I mean.. I *could* write a story where Harry and Tom shag continuously for two hundred pages..but I think it'd get a bit dull after a while. Don't worry though - there will be plenty of HP/TR one on one interaction. I do understand your dilemma though. I dont like Albus either here. I've written him a wee bit too nastily I think. (grins)

I will try to get back to updating in rapid takt. I'm concentrating a bit on updating another story for the next day or so, but I'll make sure I flick up another chappy of this one later on today after I format it.

mrequecky - I absolutely love hearing that! Thank you for telling me!

Romanticfae - (blushes)

unneeded - Yeah.. I know.(re harrys quite rapid corruption) I was a little disconcerted by that too.. Probably, I should have put in another one or two chapters in between in which Harry wavers and um's and ah's before bringing him to that point. (originally there was going to be two weeks till the new moon ceremony) Bringing it forward was entirely an act of impatience on my part. That was the part I was looking forward to writing.. and when I started writing these, I was writing them just to myself. Playing with doll's for adults, you might say. So I didn't see the need to prolong my anticipation. I see it now. I'll try not to be so overeager in future stories/chapters.

'up crap creek without a paddle' - love it. But you know - things can always get worse... ;-)

sobakasuchan - Harry always was a parseltongue. He won't stop being one for the purposes of this story. Don't worry - the part where Tom discovers it is already written and waiting. I'm just concentrating on updating another story - Precious Mudblood - at the moment. I'll format the next chapter of 'What we make for ourselves' later on today and put it up though.

Damn.. I rented all these movies from the dvd store and I'm never going to find time to watch them. (shakes head at self) ;-)

tacita18 -I'm always so overjoyed when someone tells me that they actually joined AFF just to review my story! Thank you SO much!!!

I love the pairing too - I agree, there aren't enough HP/TR stories out there. In fact, I started writing this because I finished reading them all and got impatient waiting for all my own fav authors to update. As it turns out writing the stories is just like reading them but slower.. I wouldn't even say that the characters do what you want, because sometimes you find them doing things that you hadn't actually intended for them to do originally. Its very strange. I highly recommend it!

Time travel fics - yeah, it gets a bit old after you've read a few. They always seem to go the same way somehow. I'm glad you like how this one is arranged, though! It's funny you say that the young Tom isn't mushy. Although.. in the spectrum of mush to evil bastard i guess he's really somewhere in the middle. I've enjoyed stories where he was much nastier and more machavellian and have been thinking of bloodying his hands a bit here. I agree though. A completely nice-guy Tom kind of grates against me too sometimes. We like him because he's cruel and devious.

I'm glad you like Harry/Caed. It just seemed to me that he never seemed to pay much attention in school. He wasn't overly trained.. Why would he suddenly be super-saviour?! I feel a bit sorry for him actually. As for Tom.. well.. Caed's very pretty and mysterious..and he's not actually stupid even if he is a bit ignorant and needy right now.

Never underestimate the tug toward someone who is carrying a part of your actual soul

I should probably say 'wait and see' but I hate it when people do that. Harry will eventually return to his true time, yes.

I don't actually have the whole fiction written yet. But I do have the story mapped in my mind. Don't worry - I do know where we're going. I hope you will enjoy the ride.

cravedom - Thank you!! Harry becoming a sex slave (smirks).. no.. in this fic, Tom is gifted with that particular fate. Poor angel that he is. ;-)

I'm really pleased you are interested in some of the mysteries of this story. I'll try not to disappoint!

Its actually really funny that you enjoy Tom because he's not such a bastard and is layered. Another reviewer just said they enjoyed him because he was a bastard. (which is also good incidentally) I find it interesting how everyone approaches the voldie-Tom-bastard-scale from different perspectives. (tongue in cheek). Thank you for reviewing - you really brightened my day! I'll put up another chapter later today - I've been updating another fic for someone else at the moment.

Best wishes all,

m.

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Responding to reviews for 'captive audience'

Nerys - HA take THAT! I may or may not update this story at any time. I have been waiting on a new chapter in the apprentice for *ages* - I'd even go so far as to say it was one of the strongest motivating factors in making me start to write my own stories. Pure impatient frustration.

If you update apprentice.. I'll put up another two chapters of captive audience. I actually DO have two chappys sitting there waiting on this one. I just can't format everything at once and the two i'm updating on are more popular.

Dark Lady Snape and Caro09 - Thank you SO much for reviewing. I always get so stupidly child-on-christmas-morning when I see new reviews. Its silly but it really makes my day! So thanks for making my day!

[Nerys Dax]

Nerys - HA take THAT! I may or may not update this story at any time. I have been waiting on a new chapter in the apprentice for *ages*

Ooooh, exaggerate much. I know you also read it on FFnet, so the last update wasn't that long ago for you as compared to some who only read the AFFnet version *sticks out tongue*

But eh... if it gets readers to write their own Tomione fics, perhaps I shouldn't update fast at all? Finally, some fics for me to read. XDDD

Anyway, I am working on the smut for the AFFnet apprentice chapter, but the smut muse continuously vacates the building when I write a couple of lines.

If you update apprentice.. I'll put up another two chapters of captive audience. I actually DO have two chappys sitting there waiting on this one.

Sorry, but I am not in the custom of keeping chapters hostage, therefore I don't have any ready in periods when my muse decides to go AWOL on me. I suppose it's always nicer to finish a story first and then start posting. It saves one the pressure of updating and the guilty feelings towards the waiting readers. But alas, I've not been that clever.

Oh, I saw the other one. Are you trying to kill me? Snape and Hermione? Ewww... *runs away hard with flailing limbs* Eh, don't mind me, everyone knows I am a monogamous Tomione fan.

xx Nerys

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to Nerys -

Not keeping chapters hostage. I've just been a bit busy. (ignoring for a moment the irritating intrusions of real life) I've been updating precious mudblood (which isn't so much a HG/SS pairing as a HG/everything but the kitchen sink pairing. It was the first thing I started writing and was, as such - a bit experimental. I was.. I think.. trying out what placing various characters together felt like, in order to think about what I felt like writing next.) And then i've also been writing on PM and That which we make for ourselves. PM is almost complete now. TWWMFO only has another four or five chapters before its up to the point i've written to - so it seemed more important to write than to post. (plus.. muse struck.)

So - as I said - not keeping the chapters hostage. They would be posted within a few days irrespective what you happened to do (or not do) - I would merely have rearranged everything in order to format them and have them up immediately, had you called my bluff and posted a chapter.

No.. I havent been following apprentice on ff.net. To tell the truth I dont really like FF.net. Not only does it feel like everyone's mouths have been washed out with soap most of the time (leading to an overabundance of cuteness and fluff in some cases) but I don't like the colour.. the format.. I dislike it that you can't tab the chapters.

And if I continued reading Apprentice there, then it'd be spoiled if you did update a smuttier version.

So I'll wait. And write.

[magentasouth]

May be in different timezones. But I was reading till 5AM... So, yeah. xD

Not much of a Harry fan so I don't usually read stories about him. But I have noticed you have another HG/LV one called... Captive Audience, I think?

You have NO idea how much that tickles me that I kept you up reading till 5am!! (GRIN!!)

Yes - captive audience IS going to be updated as soon as I've put up the last chapter of Precious Mudblood. I've almost completed PM now. I also have another long chaptered HG/LV fic which was in response to a challenge. Maybe I'll put that up too.

I have been tempted to write a HG/FG or a HG/RL/RL story. I'm also kind of thinking about writing a young Albus/Gellert story.. Although.. I kind of dislike Albus. But then.. perhaps it might be nice to find a way to explain to myself how exactly he became the way he did.

Do you think you'd be interested in any of those pairings?

[Guest Chlerys]

You have NO idea how much that tickles me that I kept you up reading till 5am!! (GRIN!!)

Yes - captive audience IS going to be updated as soon as I've put up the last chapter of Precious Mudblood. I've almost completed PM now. I also have another long chaptered HG/LV fic which was in response to a challenge. Maybe I'll put that up too.

I have been tempted to write a HG/FG or a HG/RL/RL story. I'm also kind of thinking about writing a young Albus/Gellert story.. Although.. I kind of dislike Albus. But then.. perhaps it might be nice to find a way to explain to myself how exactly he became the way he did.

Do you think you'd be interested in any of those pairings?

It's not the only night I stayed up till 5 hoping I'd see another update. (I have exams soon, so I should actually be studying not reading really good HG/LV stories! D: ) Like yesterday I continued hoping for an update, but alas. (I'm hoping now too!) I can't wait to see how PM ends and how Captive Audience continues!

HG/FG... Hermione/Fenrir Greyback (It's taking me a while to remember the names correctly) if you do mean Fenrir Greyback then, yes. I'd totally be interested. xD I only recently read another one of those. I believe GrangerEnchanted has a few HG/FG usually combined with Lupin. I've read those too, a long long time ago, though. There was talk when the HBP movie came out about combining Lavender/Hermione/Greyback. I don't remember why exactly but we talked about it. (Rarepair thread on gaiaonline.com) And of course since DH1 came out Hermione/Scabior. (With the scarf and the "'ello beautiful" <- drool) I pretty much whore Hermione out to everyone. ;3

HG/RL/RL. Meaning Hermione/Remus Lupin/Rodolphus Lestrange? Everything's possible in my book. ;D

I actually sort of wish there was more Gellert. I don't know about Albus/Gellert. Although I think it would be interesting to see a how you'd portray a young Dumbledore. Poor Dumbledore; hopelessly in love. Maybe I should search for more stories with Grindelwald. He does seem to be a very interesting character.

Anyhow. While I should be going to bed soon I keep hoping to see another update from you. ;3

[magentasouth]

It's not the only night I stayed up till 5 hoping I'd see another update. (I have exams soon, so I should actually be studying not reading really good HG/LV stories! D: ) Like yesterday I continued hoping for an update, but alas. (I'm hoping now too!) I can't wait to see how PM ends and how Captive Audience continues!

HG/FG... xD I only recently read another one of those. I believe GrangerEnchanted has a few HG/FG usually combined with Lupin. There was talk when the HBP movie came out about combining Lavender/Hermione/Greyback. And of course since DH1 came out Hermione/Scabior. (With the scarf and the "'ello beautiful" <- drool);3

HG/RL/RL. Meaning Hermione/Remus Lupin/Rodolphus Lestrange? Everything's possible in my book. ;D

I actually sort of wish there was more Gellert. I don't know about Albus/Gellert. Although I think it would be interesting to see a how you'd portray a young Dumbledore. Poor Dumbledore; hopelessly in love.

Anyhow. While I should be going to bed soon I keep hoping to see another update from you. ;3

(grin).. It still makes me ridiculously joyful to hear you say you go without sleep to read what I've written.

Sorry I didn't update again. I went to sleep last night/this morning. I didnt get back till late and it was already the wee small hours when I'd updated. I've got to go out again this morning/afternoon.. tho I'm tempted to update now just cause you asked.

HG/FG - I'd probably not combine it with with Lupin.. at least not for a first one. I admit.. I kind of find Lupin a bit weak. As characters go.. he doesn't really do it for me. I haven't included him much anywhere thus far.. It could also be hard not to write a HG/FG that is just the same as essentially all or most of the others - HG is snatched and slowly changes her opinion of the werewolf in captivity OR is changed because she is his 'destined' mate.

HG/RL/RL - was actually thinking about both the lestrange brothers. I've only seen a couple of stories that had them both in the pairing..

Albus/Gellert - Yes.. Gellert kind of fascinates me somewhat..as you might have guessed by the two stories I've put him in. I've been a bit harsh to Albus in the past. I'm tempted..

That or perhaps Salazar/Godric or Salazar/Godric/Rowena tragedy.. but the latter has been done before I guess..

But anyway.. I need to not think of new beginnings I want to write.. I need to finish the stories in play or people will get very irate with me.

To that end I'll update TWWMFO now and format PM's next chapter.

[magentasouth]

Hi all

I'm kind of looking for a beta. If anyone can recommend somewhere to find someone, I'd appreciate it.
I'm looking more for plot/characterisation than grammar although all of the above would be good too.

re reviews

mamashireman - Actually.. you were really close to seeing what happened in her own time but I (today) did a rewrite. It felt..rushed.. clumsy. I didnt feel like I'd spent enough time on Slughorn, that worm, or the events that followed
Course.. its probably kind of annoying for readers to get a 12,000 word chapter and then a 4000 wd one. But needs must. rewriting is in progress. I am keeping a one chapter buffer between the horizon of where i'm rewriting and where the update is up to.

Trixabell Lestrange - Thank you!! (blush) But..no can do.. If I write the story indefinitely (which I seriously could do..) it would get horribly tedious and no one would ever read it. It is already pretty long. But it will be longer than it otherwise would have been due to aforementioned rewrite.
I'm sorry that there arent two or three updates a day right now. I could replace the tempo by adding another long chaptered fic I have here - but then the update rate for everything would lag even more since formatting takes time away from writing.
As for returning to her own time.. Well.. she did briefly. I am rewriting though. It felt rushed and I was very dissatisfied. I wasn't writing the story as it unfolded in the back of my mind - I was writing a hurried skip in order to get to the bit I wanted to hear about. We'll just have to see what happens. I don't know whether the same thing will happen to her now. We will find out what happens there though in time. Don't worry.

LDeetz - I'm really happy you like it! I'm sorry you can't always read the next chapter right away. Thats the problem with WIP's I considered not posting anything until I had it finished.. but I have to admit that I enjoy hearing back from people about what they like/dislike.

Debo - Thanks! I'm glad that you get a tom/maia vibe from it. I worry because there are so many other pairings.. but it truly is a HG/TR/LV pairing at core. I promise. I hope you aren't mad that you probably didn't get your update during french. I didnt see your review till much later that night. Yeah.. Harry is a jerk.. and his ancestor is not much better. Grindelwald is.. hm. well.. I suspect that he's not going to be much beloved by readers in future chapters.
On the other hand.. I may be wrong.

ChlerysTUCCO - Yes its very long.. I know.. Its weird but I think I'm actually getting a bit concerned about its length. I just had to start a rewrite because I had rushed and pushed the story to its conclusion roughly. Its probably better to have it be a bit longer than otherwise rather than write a shoddy unsatisfying ending that feels appended and make everyone scream for my blood.
Sorry for the delays with updating over the last few days. ;-)

QueenRuby - (grins) - There we go. Hermione's vampire cold turkey problem explored. As I just wrote a minute ago - You almost got your wish re returning to the future. But it was premature and really I had to rewrite it. I had rushed because I too was impatient to see the state of affairs in hermione's time. I have to say.. it all isn't as I expected.. So strange the way that works. Its not like writing a story.. more like reading it as it crystalises in the back of my mind. When these twists happen - usually i'm as surprised as you are.

SarahLuvsZombehs - Thanks Rei - your review made me glow and feel stoked all day! I sympathise with the Voldie crush.. I don't think anyone who reads/writes LV ships can truly say that they dont have at least a small crush on him. I adore Tom Riddle in all forms! Shrines and temples should be erected in tribute to his awesomeness.
I admit that this story is kind of a Drama-enema. I guess because it was so experimental as my first try.. the parameters I set are so permissive that I can basically do almost anything with the characters. I'm glad that my (really over the top excessive levels of) smut didn't put you off (grinz)
Technically.. she doesn't have to go back. I can think of at least four alternatives guaranteed to have everyone screaming for my blood.. (evil grin) I'm actually in a rewrite.. we'll see what happens to her.
Mencius would be a good pet..but I'd rather have an animagus ferret I think. No.. Grindelwald is not known for giving up - its how he managed to seize control of most of Europe.. Tom is indeed a bit of a poor thing. But then..having a hard childhood doesnt necessarily predispose one to becoming a psychopathic dark wizard.. and Grindelwald's childhood was probably quite privileged and comfortable..

ideefixe77 - It's hard to tell at present just what the adaptive function of the rather polyamorous behavior might be, as she has since the beginning of the story been active with multiple partners. It seems however that that behavior should be halted now after this chapter. Tom has spoken. So perhaps we'll see.
Thankyouthankyouthankyou for the compliments. I have been worried that the smut might be getting overly tedious for some readers. I suppose I still am a little. I'll see how it goes.
Updates may be a little slower than previously (maybe one per day or even one per two days.. due to the current rewrite in progress..) Sorry!!

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Tesgura - Dippet pulled Dumbledore away because Tom had flooded several floors and filled others with transfigured wild pests. Dippet doesnt sort that kind of thing out. He's not a very hands-on headmaster. His deputy - Dumbledore - handles all that kind of thing.
As for the Basilisk - well.. the diary horcrux reassured him that it never moved past the antechamber. He should be fine...

unneeded - how is the prophesy affected.. oooh.. I can think of about five or six different ways to treat it. I don't know which one it will be yet. I suppose i'll see where the characters lead me. IMO there are differing levels of cheating regarding the prophesy in HP/LV slash fics - ranging from none (someone dies) to full (it was all a fraud). I'll have to see. I can think of alternate paths for both of those treatments as well as a number of intermediate level twists on the issue which could handle it. This fic is almost up to where i'm writing on it so the updates will probably be a little slower now. Perhaps every couple of days or so. I'll alternate days between the two fics i'm writing on maybe..
As for Tom having a handle on Grindelwald.. hmmm. I'm not so convinced. He essentially had to whore himself to get access to some books. The man reduced him to begging. Tom does not beg lightly. He's... managing with the circumstances he's found himself in.

romanticfae - I hope you enjoyed Tom finding out about Harry! Course.. diary Tom still doesnt know.. (grinz)

QueenRuby - I am so pleased I could lure you into the wonderful world of HP/TR slash. I have to say - I wasn't into it either until recently. I was pretty much reading only HG pairings - primarily LV or TR (although it all started out with SS) and then others when I ran out of new stories to read.
As for hermione.. well.. I'll be honest.. for a while in the beginning I did consider the possibility of somehow saving her and adding her to the mix.. but I'm not sure I want that anymore. I love hermione to death but..
Although...
Hm.. I don't know yet. I'll have to see what happens.

mrequecky - thanks ;-) glad to hear it!


THANK YOU everyone who reviewed! I love reading all of your reviews - it really gives me a kick to get feedback.

Edited December 2, 2012 by DemonGoddess061

[Guest Chlerys]

(grin).. It still makes me ridiculously joyful to hear you say you go without sleep to read what I've written.

Sorry I didn't update again. I went to sleep last night/this morning. I didnt get back till late and it was already the wee small hours when I'd updated. I've got to go out again this morning/afternoon.. tho I'm tempted to update now just cause you asked.

HG/FG - I'd probably not combine it with with Lupin.. at least not for a first one. I admit.. I kind of find Lupin a bit weak. As characters go.. he doesn't really do it for me. I haven't included him much anywhere thus far.. It could also be hard not to write a HG/FG that is just the same as essentially all or most of the others - HG is snatched and slowly changes her opinion of the werewolf in captivity OR is changed because she is his 'destined' mate.

HG/RL/RL - was actually thinking about both the lestrange brothers. I've only seen a couple of stories that had them both in the pairing..

Albus/Gellert - Yes.. Gellert kind of fascinates me somewhat..as you might have guessed by the two stories I've put him in. I've been a bit harsh to Albus in the past. I'm tempted..

That or perhaps Salazar/Godric or Salazar/Godric/Rowena tragedy.. but the latter has been done before I guess..

But anyway.. I need to not think of new beginnings I want to write.. I need to finish the stories in play or people will get very irate with me.

To that end I'll update TWWMFO now and format PM's next chapter.

Of course! Rabastan and Rodolphus Lestrange! Right. Yeah, I totally forgot about Rabastan. Anyhting's possible with the Lestranges. I really don't like Bella though. She usually dies, painfully, in everything I write.

Hmmm... There could be a number of possibilites to make a HG/FG story more original. But I should really start studying again in stead of brainstorming. I just saw that you needed a beta, by the way. I could help out, if you want me to. Although right now's not really the best time because of the exams but perhaps after. I dunno. Let me know if you think I could help you out.

It's odd that you bring that up, Salazar Slytherin and the other founders. Did I mention him? Because just yesterday I was talking about Slyhterin/Hermione (Yeah, I really do pair Hermione with everyone) It would be interesting to read about a story from the founders. The ones I have read usually weren't very good.

I'd get very irate with you if you stopped updating so regularly!

And now I really should continue studying.

[Nerys Dax]

"precious mudblood (which isn't so much a HG/SS pairing as a HG/everything but the kitchen sink pairing."

LOL.

Eh, I only mentioned Snape because he in any romantic pairing is a major eww factor for me. It has nothing to do with the quality of a fic or whatever, just my personal preference. I like Snape as a character a lot, just not in that way (the hair ... *shivers*). To me, the man is too obsessed with Lils and too bitter to grow past it. But that's just me, I know loads of people love Snape with Hermione or whoever and they're welcome to do so - I like a weird pairing (if not weirder) after all, too.

"It was the first thing I started writing and was, as such - a bit experimental."

Eh, experimenting is what makes all the fun in writing fanfics. And you do make up lovely creative smut scenes. You have to tell me how on earth you're getting so much written in so little time, though. 6 WIPs, I'd go crazy. How do you do it? Don't you sleep?

And how do you keep the muse going after writing all that smut? Mine usually vacates the building after I've written a couple of scenes. I'd love to know your secret. COMPLY!

"No.. I havent been following apprentice on ff.net." - Oopsi. My bad. I thought I had seen your name in a review, but it must have been in another fic. LOL

"To tell the truth I dont really like FF.net. Not only does it feel like everyone's mouths have been washed out with soap most of the time (leading to an overabundance of cuteness and fluff in some cases)"

- Ooooh, I sooo agree with you on this. The whole no sex is so hypocritical. You can torture and murder to your heart's content, but write even an innocent fluffy vanilla sex scene and your fic is against the site's rules. How screwed up is that?

And since my smut is usually not fluffy and often plot-related, it takes me a lot of time to adapt my fics so it still fits there. I recall having the problem in Bittersweet when Voldemort produces a dog patronus; to the AFFnet readers it would be instantaneously clear this was Hermione and what had caused his Patronus to change to a dog (since they would've read the whole lemon that triggered it). On FFnet, I had to make up some excuse about how Ron's patronus had been a terrier, representing Hermione. And even though most readers found it logical, to me it stayed a feeble excuse.

And with Apprentice, it's even worse than with Bittersweet, because the story is actually considerably different on FFnet. It's not just that I left the explicit scenes out there, I had to substitute it with something else and that even caused the chapters not to be synchronised anymore. Some readers, who read both versions, even get confused due to that. But eh... I didn't point a gun at them and told them they had to read both versions. I actually recommend sticking to one.

"but I don't like the colour.. the format.. I dislike it that you can't tab the chapters." - I thought they fixed the latter? Meh... doesn't matter.

Personally, the colour, etc. doesn't bother me as much as the continuous hiccups of the site. Like when you write a review and the cursor keeps jumping back to the top of your page. Or when you post a PM or review and the site decides to make it vanish for some incomprehensible reason, now THAT really pisses me off. Or even worse ... when you edit a chapter, and you press change, and NOTHING changes. Or the idiocy of sticking words together or making your paragraphs disappear or... Well, I can continue for a while longer. LOL.

"So I'll wait. And write." - YAY! Write away.

[magentasouth]

I expect I'll get death mail for the recent Ch of PM in which Tom is suddenly and without warning killed. (Laughs maniacally)

I know that some readers have been wishing for a 'return to the future' chapter for a while now.

This isn't that. Don't worry.

And you've got to consider one thing.

Since we know that Hermione took the mark - clearly she didnt slip into some kind of reactive coma due to the horcrux potion - so Draco is a little liar liar pants on fire! Why would he lie about that?! He could have just said - I reanimated your horcrux after you vanished.

What possible reason might he have had for lying?!

[magentasouth]

Of course! Rabastan and Rodolphus Lestrange! Right. Yeah, I totally forgot about Rabastan. Anyhting's possible with the Lestranges. I really don't like Bella though. She usually dies, painfully, in everything I write.

I have come across only few R&R stories and I love the whole psychotic brothers sharing nasty evil things but being loving and protective toward one another.

Bella.. I used to hate her.. I tend to hate her in fics.. I absolutely loathe it when someone tries to make her fluffy - on the other hand there is this song by transvision vamp called 'crawl out your window' and every time I hear it I think of Bella.

But I should really start studying again in stead of brainstorming. I just saw that you needed a beta, by the way. I could help out, if you want me to. Although right now's not really the best time because of the exams but perhaps after. I dunno. Let me know if you think I could help you out.

What do you study?

Yeah..I can totally sympathise. I started writing fanfic because my masters thesis was ticking me off. Now I have another 10,000 word paper due - and while 10,000 words is like.. almost a normal chapter length for me - 10,000 words on hardcore serious referenced and valid stuff is somehow just so painful to produce. I keep telling myself i'll do it tomorrow.. do it tomorrow ..and writing fiction.

I'd be quite keen for you to beta for me maybe - after stuff settles down again. Thanks for offering! We can see how it goes!

It's odd that you bring that up, Salazar Slytherin and the other founders. Did I mention him? Because just yesterday I was talking about Slyhterin/Hermione (Yeah, I really do pair Hermione with everyone) It would be interesting to read about a story from the founders. The ones I have read usually weren't very good.

Hm.. I guess it would be just as doable to write a SS/HG one as a SS/GG one.. I'll see.

I don't really want to let myself start a test chapter just in case it seeds in my mind and I end up having to update that too. I havent even updated the first horcrux in ages due to the other competing older fics. If there were a new one there tempting me to write on it too.. I think I might end up writing non stop and still only managing normal human update speeds on each one.

I'd get very irate with you if you stopped updating so regularly!

I rest my case.

You know.. Several time's i've actually gone and updated just because someone reviewed and asked me to.

For example.. right now I have a half finished chappie of captive audience sitting there waiting for another 3000 words or so, and I should probably write another chapter on PM before everyone gets upset over the one I just posted.. but I'm tempted to go and write on 'that which we make' because someone just asked for an update.

Its kind of frustrating. I need more me's I need a blasted time turner..

[magentasouth]

Eh, I only mentioned Snape because he in any romantic pairing is a major eww factor for me. It has nothing to do with the quality of a fic or whatever, just my personal preference. I like Snape as a character a lot, just not in that way (the hair ... *shivers*).

I can totally sympathise - Personally, I can't stand Remus pairings. I don't really like remus much and the idea of finding him attractive is just bare steps above finding Weasleys attractive. He's just SO DAMN NICE.. and he's all oh poor me for being a werewolf, no one will like me, boo hoo. gah!!

RE snape though - that was how I came to fanfic in the first place. I was fascinated with the SS/HG pairing first.

I have kind of gone off it in the meantime.. its coming out less in later fics.. (as seen in captive audience in which I flat out killed him.)

With severus.. its his overall sullen brilliance and.. yes.. its all Alan Rickman's fault - it is the voice..

Eh, experimenting is what makes all the fun in writing fanfics. And you do make up lovely creative smut scenes. You have to tell me how on earth you're getting so much written in so little time, though. 6 WIPs, I'd go crazy. How do you do it? Don't you sleep?

Firstly - thank you!

then - its easy. All you need is something you really should be doing that you really don't want to do. I recommend essay writing as number one candidate for this kind of aversive behavior. After all - you're on the computer already. You are fully going to work right after you finish and upload this chapter. or.. this one. One of them anyway. Sometime soon. Oh look - someone on the check list has updated their fic. Better read that first - but then seriously going to get this paper done.

And how do you keep the muse going after writing all that smut? Mine usually vacates the building after I've written a couple of scenes. I'd love to know your secret. COMPLY!

I have an extraordinarily perverse mind?

No.. I don't know - it helps to have a lot of fics on the go and have them compartmentalised in your head. That way you write on one and the internal motivation level dips on that one and correspondingly another one rises so you write on that next. Because they're all kind of doing different things at any given time, you don't get fed up so quickly.

"No.. I havent been following apprentice on ff.net." - Oopsi. My bad. I thought I had seen your name in a review, but it must have been in another fic. LOL

Could be that I might have read it there for one or two chapters at some point. Given the choice i'll always pick the fic with the lemons left unmolested by the nasty prudish censors of the fluff world.

And since my smut is usually not fluffy and often plot-related, it takes me a lot of time to adapt my fics so it still fits there.

And with Apprentice, it's even worse than with Bittersweet, because the story is actually considerably different on FFnet. It's not just that I left the explicit scenes out there, I had to substitute it with something else and that even caused the chapters not to be synchronised anymore. Some readers, who read both versions, even get confused due to that.

Why do you go to all that trouble of writing/amending a G rated version then? What is the attraction for writers with ff.net?

I'm so glad you said that with the apprentice. I'll leave it the hell alone for now and when you are finished i'll go and read that version afterward and see how it's different.

Don't forget the gold puppet either please. Your Tom there is so beautifully evil. I love it!

(sigh)... Do you think that tomione readers are more likely to end up in abusive relationships with gorgeous psychopaths? I've wondered before..

I imagine (without real reason for it I suppose) that those who adore Tom would be tempted to tolerate definite warning signs of evil bastard-ness in potential mates.

...anyway..

Back to the fiction..

Edited January 13, 2011 by magentasouth

[Guest morgana lefay]

I can totally sympathise - Personally, I can't stand Remus pairings. I don't really like remus much and the idea of finding him attractive is just bare steps above finding Weasleys attractive. He's just SO DAMN NICE.. and he's all oh poor me for being a werewolf, no one will like me, boo hoo. gah!!

RE snape though - that was how I came to fanfic in the first place. I was fascinated with the SS/HG pairing first.

I have kind of gone off it in the meantime.. its coming out less in later fics.. (as seen in captive audience in which I flat out killed him.)

With severus.. its his overall sullen brilliance and.. yes.. its all Alan Rickman's fault - it is the voice..

Firstly - thank you!

then - its easy. All you need is something you really should be doing that you really don't want to do. I recommend essay writing as number one candidate for this kind of aversive behavior. After all - you're on the computer already. You are fully going to work right after you finish and upload this chapter. or.. this one. One of them anyway. Sometime soon. Oh look - someone on the check list has updated their fic. Better read that first - but then seriously going to get this paper done.

I have an extraordinarily perverse mind?

No.. I don't know - it helps to have a lot of fics on the go and have them compartmentalised in your head. That way you write on one and the internal motivation level dips on that one and correspondingly another one rises so you write on that next. Because they're all kind of doing different things at any given time, you don't get fed up so quickly.

Could be that I might have read it there for one or two chapters at some point. Given the choice i'll always pick the fic with the lemons left unmolested by the nasty prudish censors of the fluff world.

Why do you go to all that trouble of writing/amending a G rated version then? What is the attraction for writers with ff.net?

I'm so glad you said that with the apprentice. I'll leave it the hell alone for now and when you are finished i'll go and read that version afterward and see how it's different.

Don't forget the gold puppet either please. Your Tom there is so beautifully evil. I love it!

(sigh)... Do you think that tomione readers are more likely to end up in abusive relationships with gorgeous psychopaths? I've wondered before..

I imagine (without real reason for it I suppose) that those who adore Tom would be tempted to tolerate definite warning signs of evil bastard-ness in potential mates.

...anyway..

Back to the fiction..

I was so close to writing that death note to you. Lol but some things just didn't make sense to me and therefore I though maybe nothing is what it seems. I'm glad I read your response to that as I was really afraid that was the last chapter. Your writing is boss and I'm so freaking happy with the story.