Family Values
Growing up Addams: Accidental Magic
By Ishtar
Reviews
walklightwhite posted a comment on Friday 10th November 2006 6:26am for Growing up Addams: Accidental Magic
Personally, I thought Dumbledore's actions fit well with what Dumbledore is currently going through in the story. Stress-free and quasi-relaxed Dumbledore would probably have handled the court case better, but...
I'm imagining a stress level beyond Hermione's in PoA, he's bound to do something considered 'OoC', like Hermione smacking Draco one. Just, as you'd expect, on a much greater scale.
Another great chapter, in a great fic.
merf425 posted a comment on Friday 10th November 2006 6:20am for Growing up Addams: Accidental Magic
I very much loved Dumbledore's defeat. Thanks for the update! :)
ridmania posted a comment on Friday 10th November 2006 6:15am for Growing up Addams: Accidental Magic
lol what a great story!!! greatly put togther a great au universe!!! never would have thought it could work!!! cant wait to see how harry turns out when he gets older!!!! keep up the great work!!!
Todd Rodgers posted a comment on Friday 10th November 2006 6:04am for Growing up Addams: Accidental Magic
I really am getting a giggle out of this story. The one thing I'm having a little trouble swallowing is Dumbledore openly brandishing Obliviate in a courtroom -- he's always seemed a little more sly (and well-informed to normal methods such as taping) than to simply go in guns blazing. Of course this is obviously an AU, that's just the one piece that sits a little wonky with me.
As far as Gomez goes, though, fantastic.
special posted a comment on Friday 10th November 2006 6:04am for Growing up Addams: Accidental Magic
Yay!! Go Gomez!! soo good. Are Harry, Pugsly, and Wedensday going to go to Hogwarts or are they going to an American school?
Jeremy DuCharme posted a comment on Friday 10th November 2006 5:58am for Growing up Addams: Accidental Magic
hmm, is Dumbledore heading for a breakdown with him overusing the Timeturner?
Unlike other reviewers I suspect that strike three will not be Harry not going to Hogwarts. That seems a bit to passive and impersonal for a proper Addams revenge. I suspect that what happens to Dumbledore if he gets strike three will be painful, humiliating, public, and very memorable. A humilating revenge so epic that Gred and Forge would prostrate themselves in front of Gomez and beg 'Teach us Master!'
Ishtar replied:
hmm, is Dumbledore heading for a breakdown with him overusing the Timeturner?
*dingdingding* we have a winnah! Yes, Dumbles is heading into a breakdown of sorts, caused by overwork due to his need to control *everything*. He's a micro-manager, and is managing too much. It's not as intense as what happened to Hermione, but bad enough.
Christopher Estep posted a comment on Friday 10th November 2006 5:42am for Growing up Addams: Accidental Magic
Perforated!Dumbledore!
Gomez Addams is the lawyer that most lawyers dread: the lawyer in it to protect his own from OTHER lawyers. Albus had better hope that Harry and Company stay away from Hogwarts; otherwise, it could actually be WORSE than when the Marauders were students!
Edward Becerra posted a comment on Friday 10th November 2006 5:38am for Growing up Addams: Accidental Magic
VERY nice! I'm glad to see Dumbles get thumped. Not as happy to see that he still hasn't accepted defeat, but then, he's always appeared that way in the novels.
It's good to see that Harry's American (well, sort of.. ^_^ ) upbringing is more progressive than the British - training wand and all. The addition of a brother and sister who might accompany him to Hogwarts makes it even better.
(Ron will $hit himself if Wednesday pulls out a spider for her pet...)
Ed Becerra
selenepotter posted a comment on Friday 10th November 2006 5:36am for Growing up Addams: Accidental Magic
this is a great fic!
More please!
KingDark posted a comment on Friday 10th November 2006 5:32am for Growing up Addams: Accidental Magic
VERY NICE CHAPTER!
I really like the chapter man. The only thing we would wait for now, is strike three, and the fact that dumbledore is OUT!!!
Anyway, I am exitingely awaiting the next chapter!
Keep up the nice work as usual! I wonder in what house harry would go to, probably hufflepuf because he is so loyal to his family and friends.
Good work (again)
Kenny
Jennifer posted a comment on Friday 10th November 2006 5:32am for Growing up Addams: Accidental Magic
I'm enjoying the story. Just a quick typo:
<<Not all of the parents were easily reachable, of course, since most of them worked, and it was not surprising that Morticia and Gomez got their first.>>
I'm assuming you meant "there first."
Hope you're having as much fun writing as we are reading it!
-Jennifer
Mark Safransky posted a comment on Friday 10th November 2006 5:22am for Growing up Addams: Accidental Magic
Wow! Harry grows up happy and fully integrated with the Addams Family. Nicely done! Loved the debacle at the court. I can just see that Dumbledore has really screwed things up. I wonder what will happen when it's time for the three children to attend a magical school. Pugsley first, of course, and seeing the way he is, I can see him trying some technomancy school in the States. Wednesday seems to favor Grandmama's liking for plants and potions and might follow her path. While Harry is already on the rolls for Hogwarts, it seems likely that while he might attend, things will certainly be different than if he had been raised by the Dursley's. Can't wait to see what happens next, keep up the great work!
Treck posted a comment on Friday 10th November 2006 5:19am for Growing up Addams: Accidental Magic
ROFLMAO!!!
I can imagine that this is just a taste of the headaches to come for dear ol' Albus. I can't wait until Hogwarts starts.
Honebar posted a comment on Friday 10th November 2006 5:15am for Growing up Addams: Accidental Magic
All I wanted to say is that... I LOVE THIS STORY!!! Your story is the reason why I signed up for this site. I'm looking foward to seeing how Dumbles tries to get Harry into Hogwarts. Ha!
Ian Morgan posted a comment on Friday 10th November 2006 5:12am for Growing up Addams: Accidental Magic
great chapter
Please update soon
Quizer posted a comment on Friday 10th November 2006 5:11am for Growing up Addams: Accidental Magic
Still as fun as ever, and you keep the chapters coming along quickly. Your writing has a refreshing quality about it that few authors I know can match. I'm looking forward to more of this.
Quizer
amulder posted a comment on Friday 10th November 2006 5:02am for Growing up Addams: Accidental Magic
Strike two indeed. My, My, Dorothy, you do have a deft hand with the wry humour.
Hang on... humour, honour, neighbour ... I'm going to have to have a word with Tim, this comment posting form of his is trying to impose American spellings on me!!! (it underlines words it believes are misspelled.) sacrilege!
Where was I.. Oh yeah. Good job on humbling Albus. But I wouldn't have pictured Harry as a animal-collector. Are you planning on waiting until Hogwarts to introduce him to a broom?
And on the subject of houses... It would be very interesting to see what it would be like for her and Hermione to become friends - assuming you did put them in Gryffindor. After all, Wednesday is certainly more intelligent than Lavender or Parvati, so Hermione would be drawn to her. Yet, her weird way of looking at the world would also no doubt be baffling.
What fun.
Thanks for sharing,
...art
Ishtar replied:
The animals just showed up and demanded to stay in his room. Not my fault. It's NaNo, these things happen.
No, Grandmama knows how to fly on a broom (according to some of the cartoons) so she'll probably introduce him to it when he's a little older.
I'll admit my original intention - as shown in the scene I posted on the Forum and pottersplace3 - was to have all three of them in Slytherin. If only so they could torment Snape. I may still do so. But I'm finding everybody's arguments as to why they should go in other houses fascinating.
Viridian posted a comment on Friday 10th November 2006 4:54am for Growing up Addams: Accidental Magic
Wow... Dumbledore really went over the line, didn't he? You'd think he'd try to sweet-talk a bit more before he exposed himself like that.
I'm sort of curious if Harry will still be attending Hogwarts though... you'd think Gomez and Morticia would want to keep him as far away from Dumbledore as possible. (Given the lengths he has previously gone to.)
Or is this going to be even more massively AU than I first thought? (Frankly, I was looking forward to those three, especially Wednesday, turning Hogwarts upside down...)
reimanr06 posted a comment on Friday 10th November 2006 4:53am for Growing up Addams: Accidental Magic
Once again, great chapter. I really liked the initial part of the chapter with the family business, and the descriptions of Harry's rearing. Once again, however, I see the portrayal of Dumbledore as an exaggerated caricature of the actual character, but as this is an AU, I'll shut up about it.
Ishtar replied:
There's a reason why Dumbledore is going too far. And it's hinted at in this chapter.
Logan_MacLeod posted a comment on Friday 10th November 2006 6:30am for Growing up Addams: Accidental Magic