shyarra posted a comment on Saturday 11th November 2006 7:47am for Growing up Addams: Accidental Magic

I love this story! I was beginning to lose all hope of finding another Harry Potter fic to follow, since there seems to be a major shortage of good new fics in the HP fandom. Can't wait for the next chapter!

Deborahsu posted a comment on Saturday 11th November 2006 7:15am for Growing up Addams: Accidental Magic

LOL!!! Delightful story. Delightful! What's next?!?!? Will Harry go to Hogwarts? Will Pugsley & Wednesday, too? Will he still get in with Ron & Hermione? I can hardly wait!

AK posted a comment on Saturday 11th November 2006 3:41am for Growing up Addams: Accidental Magic

Hehe strike two.

I hope for good ol' Dumbles that there is no strike three :)

slickrcbd posted a comment on Saturday 11th November 2006 3:28am for Growing up Addams: Accidental Magic

If I understand the timeline for this story and the Harry Potter series correctly, the court case should be happening in 1985. DNA testing was in it's infancy then, and would not have been available for something like this. I don't think the first court cases with it were until 1986 or so, but a quick search on the web seems to be conflicting between '85 or '86. In either case, it was clear that it was only used to either prove paternity or in rape cases, and only sparingly. In addition, most people wouldn't have known what "DNA analysis" was back then. Heck, back when I learned about it in my freshman year of high school, a lot of the adults asked me what exactly it was.

This seems to be a common problem of people rewriting a series with an alternative history and using modern things that weren't available in the time they are placing the story. Be mindful of the times & technology level when dealing with the past.

Ishtar replied:

Woops!   I'll have to go back and fix that ... I try to avoid anachronisms, but sometimes something slips past.   Thanks.

EricThorsen posted a comment on Saturday 11th November 2006 3:14am for Growing up Addams: Accidental Magic

And once again Albus Dumbledore proves that intelligence and common sense do not always peacefully coexist... sad really.

Jamie46 posted a comment on Friday 10th November 2006 10:19pm for Growing up Addams: Accidental Magic

hahahaha. :) I particularly *love* that last line. ;) hehhehe. Way to go, Gomez. And I loved that the three children are all magical; how fun. Since Pugsley is a year older, will he go off to magical school by himself, or will Morticia and Gomez give him the option to continue at private school for a year and then go with Harry and Wednesday, so they all go together? That'd be interesting. ;) hehehe. Well, must run. Great chapter; loved it. Thanks for sharing!

Ishtar replied:

Pugsley's birthday is in September, close to Hermione's.   Harry's birthday is the following July, and Wednesday's is just afterward, in August.   This means that all three of them are in the same year as far as Hogwarts is concerned.   Pugsley was a year ahead in regular school because the cutoff is in December.

Meteoricshipyards posted a comment on Friday 10th November 2006 10:16pm for Growing up Addams: Accidental Magic

Is it OK to put in a second comment? From the pre-NaNo snippet I had just assumed you were going to put them in Slytherin. But a comment you made earlier makes me think it may be up in the air. This Harry, with the emphasis on family loyalty, might do well in Hufflepuff. And I wonder what the Addam's influence would do to the Hufflepuffs.

One other thing - you have Wednesday emphasizing on plants. I just want to point remind you that in the TV show she raised throroughbred spiders (Gomez was quite proud).

Again, love the story.

Tom A.

Ishtar replied:

I had forgotten about the spiders.   It's been years since I saw the show on TV and I haven't had a chance to watch all the episodes on the DVD of the first season that just came out. I may have to take time to do some  more research.   :D

I've established Harry as liking the critters, so he'd probably be raising the spiders,  given his fascination with the spiders in The Hobbit.   Maybe Wednesday could specialize in carnivorous plants?

Triggerbox posted a comment on Friday 10th November 2006 10:12pm for Growing up Addams: Accidental Magic

This is one of the most orignal and most enjoyable fics I have ever read. Please, continue to keep up the good work.

Mayjest posted a comment on Friday 10th November 2006 10:10pm for Growing up Addams: Accidental Magic

Ahh, what a way for Dumbledore to fall.

I love november. So many more regular updates. God bless this month and the people who do their writing. Now I just have to establish my own novel writing month and persuade poor stuggleing writers to writer for two months solid a year! Mwhahaha!

DrT posted a comment on Friday 10th November 2006 10:00pm for Growing up Addams: Accidental Magic

As Bugs Bunny might have said, 'Dumbles just don't know to quite, do he?'

"T"

Ishtar replied:

It's more like, "Of course you know ... this means war!"

Meteoricshipyards posted a comment on Friday 10th November 2006 9:42pm for Growing up Addams: Accidental Magic

Lots of good laughs! I loved:

> "Okay, I forget. Am I the good twin or the evil one?"

> except for the lack of smoke alarms in the home.

> "You're first Addams wizard since, well, since him!" he said, pointing at Harry. - So Gomez!

I love this. I wait expectantly for the next installment, and thank you greatly for sharing this with us.

Tom A.

chia posted a comment on Friday 10th November 2006 9:29pm for Growing up Addams: Accidental Magic

i loved it and i cant wait til harry goes to hogwarts ! if he does that is

Arkeus posted a comment on Friday 10th November 2006 8:26pm for Growing up Addams: Accidental Magic

Grins. You are good, thouhg your Dumbledore is a tad too ruhless for my tastes. Ah well. Great work. liked it a lot.

ichtys posted a comment on Friday 10th November 2006 8:22pm for Growing up Addams: Accidental Magic

Hi.
Althoug I know nothing about the Addams Family (except what I found on wikipedia), I find this story to be very interesting. It was easy enough to follow the introduction of the Addams Family, and I did get an idea of their personalities.

Good work with the whole transfer-thing. I thought it worked great. It was also nice to see that Pertunia changed after her trip to America.

Also good work with Dumbledore. Although I can't see him as "Puppet Master #1" in canon, it was good to see manipulative Dumbledore get his comuppance.

Thanks for Writing and sharing.
Regards Ichtys

SSC posted a comment on Friday 10th November 2006 7:19pm for Growing up Addams: Accidental Magic

Oh, this is just *wonderful*! And Dumbledore's an idiot.
Don't give up writing!

Bernd Jacobitz posted a comment on Friday 10th November 2006 6:42pm for Growing up Addams: Accidental Magic

Oh my god! It is brilliant.

Bellatrix_vecours posted a comment on Friday 10th November 2006 6:38pm for Growing up Addams: Accidental Magic

Lol. Great chapter. I can only imagine what he'll get up to when the addams children go to hogwarts.

Angus Hardie posted a comment on Friday 10th November 2006 5:22pm for Growing up Addams: Accidental Magic

A wonderful chapter.

The idea of Gomez facing off against Dumbldore is almost too funny to contemplate :-)

I really like this story very much.

Peachy posted a comment on Friday 10th November 2006 5:02pm for Growing up Addams: Accidental Magic

Very good. I can almost see where this is going. Or maybe not. What other Joys will you have for Mr Bumblebee? I hope you have some good cliffies up your sleeve.
Good job.
Anita

Brad1 posted a comment on Friday 10th November 2006 4:52pm for Growing up Addams: Accidental Magic

wow we see dumbles has fubarred yeat again! keep up the awesome writing!