By Ishtar
Reviews
Kail Ceannai posted a comment on Thursday 29th December 2005 11:21am
Too much information. =p
Kail Ceannai posted a comment on Thursday 29th December 2005 9:29am
Well that was unexpected. Particularly that last spectre.
Kail Ceannai posted a comment on Wednesday 28th December 2005 2:51pm
Ya know, you'd really think that Hogwarts would have some sort of back up cover story for the muggleborn children.
I've seen a "sister muggle school" of sorts written into a few fics, but now I really wonder why it isn't cannon.
Kail Ceannai posted a comment on Wednesday 28th December 2005 2:21pm
Ooooo. Now that's a new twist. There's something amuck in Harry's neighborhood. . .
Kail Ceannai posted a comment on Wednesday 28th December 2005 2:09pm
I was more for an invisible house-elf theory, but sure, Petunia can be a squib of sorts and not know it.
Standard "repentant Dudley and magical Petunia" routine thus far.
I liked the twist with Arabella's brother.
LP posted a comment on Monday 26th December 2005 3:28am
As soon as I stumbled uppon this great fic I read it through.
Do update please, it is a refreshing piece of fanfiction. It has been a while since I have read one that I enjoy as much as this one.
Congrats
Christina C. Keimig posted a comment on Saturday 17th December 2005 2:38pm
Oh, wow!! Even Voldemort's Mummy has turned against him! This is a great fic!!!
kittykatluver posted a comment on Monday 12th December 2005 12:44pm
Oooo. A cliffie. I like it! Well, update, will ya? thanks.
Stephen Carville posted a comment on Sunday 11th December 2005 10:08am
First let me echo others in praising this story so far. Ms. Rowling may have the money but she obviously does not have all the talent.
I notice there is a strong libertarian theme in the story so far. I don't know if this just to create a strong contrast between the British and American Wizarding Communities or is more integral to the plot. Nevertheless, I find it a very refreshing change and I hope it continues.
patrik svensson posted a comment on Wednesday 30th November 2005 8:33am
Great story,
keep upp the good work.
Opinions are like assholes.
Everyone has one - but some just smell worse than others.
chynarose posted a comment on Friday 25th November 2005 4:01pm
I hate you. But only because I hit the current end of the fic and have no idea when more will be coming.
I absolutly LOVE the fic though. The characters are well thought out and actually THREE DIMENTIONAL! Do you know how hard it is to find a fanfic where the characters have depth? Hell, do you know how hard it is to find a fanfic where there isn't a rigid seperation between Good and Evil? I'm also enjoying a lot of the complexity of the magics; not just the wanded British magics, but some of the older tradtions like Wiccan and Folkelore. In fact you are one of the few people who actually make use of the Fae (normally it's elves in the Tolkin tradition).
Although I wonder what Draco would make of his (I'm assuming) cousin Bart. Would be very intersting to see.
Anna1 posted a comment on Sunday 20th November 2005 5:26am
This is a really good story:) I liked a lot of things about it - it's very well written, characterisations are believable and close to canon, Harry's interaction with Muggles (or I should rather say Mundanes;)) were very well done:)
Few things seemed not very logical to me, thought, first and foremost the whole idea of Harry traveling - I would expect this sort of trip to be cancelled because of Voldemort, to many opportunities for him to attack, especially once Harry doesn't have his blood protection anymore. And Harry giving up his wand on the bus... Well, this seemed terribly risky to me. Also, it's bit strange how set back British wizarding community is in your story, when compared to America. I mean - one would expect that with so many ways of communicating quickly, any new developement would spread around the world even faster then it does in real life.
Apart from those little things, your story was really brilliant. I enjoyed the whole Avalon exodus and Harry getting the talk was absolutely hilarious. I'm also quite interested with Bart Malfoy - I wonder why Harry didn't ask him about his relation with Draco, though. I I were him, I certainly would.
Anyway, good luck and I hope you will update this soon:)
ecocd posted a comment on Thursday 3rd November 2005 10:09am
I just caught up with this story through Abraxan, so this is kind of 19 chapters worth of reviews rolled in one.
I've enjoyed a good deal of the story. There are enough teasing open threads to keep me interested and the graveyard/Avalon scenes were a somewhat natural way to allow Harry to interact with the dead. While Sirius and his parents were obvious inclusions, I didn't see Cedric coming at all and it was a nice touch. The concept of the Grimmoires is nice and not having Harry jump some American immediately (or vice versa) puts it a cut above most of the foreign exchange stories out there. The same goes for thankfully leaving Draco back in Scotland. the sense of humor weaved into the story has me laughing or at least giggling a bit.
There are a few areas that I don't particularly enjoy, though I hope to provide some creative criticism rather than just complaints. While reading the story, it feels like the American magic world is simply better in everything magical than Britain. I agree that there would be divergences in their approaches, but the American wizarding community seems to be getting all of the benefits of being at the forefront of research without any of the dangers. The first experiences with nuclear reactors brought inexpensive energy but at the cost of toxic byproducts and disasters like Three-Mile Island and Chernobyl. The space program has had it's share of miscues and tragedy. The California Condor is nearly extinct due in large part to a pesticide. All of the technological jumps had signicant benefits, but came at a hefty cost at times. It's also a tad ironic that there aren't any House-elves in America, despite being the last civilized nation to outlaw slavery in the first place. I don't necessarily see these aspects being expressed yet, but in my opinion, a few chinks in the American magic community's armor would help round out their identity. Do the American mages know how their potion additives will behave in an enclosed dungeon, for instance?
One final comment is that the American Indians also feel like they're being depicted through rose-colored glasses. I'm originally from Wisconsin where the Ojibwe (Americanized as "Chippewa") influence is apparent by just looking at a map and reading the city names. While there are many aspects of their culture that the bulk of Americans would do to adopt, conservationism and environmentalism spring to mind, they have their own problems, as well. Unemployment, alcoholism and gambling addiction all have their unfortunate place in modern American Indian culture.
I don't make those points saying I don't like the story, but I see them as areas where the story could be rounded out bringing more depth the setting. No community or culture is perfect and their shortcomings or prejudices are just as much of their identity as their triumphs.
I look forward to future chapters. -ecocd
Sydney posted a comment on Wednesday 2nd November 2005 2:14am
Constance is a little odd, Poor harry voldemort as a DAD! 3 sets of parent's would be awfully weird
Sydney posted a comment on Wednesday 2nd November 2005 12:38am
ROTFLMAO poor harry, I've never read a story where he went through that!
Wytil posted a comment on Thursday 27th October 2005 7:08pm
I enjoy the story. I am partically fascinated by the introduction to native american cultures. Unfortunately, you seem to be or are influenced by the Lakota. My grandmother considered most of the nortern plains peoples as horse thieves. Really that is kind of silly because the People are considered the best horse thieves around. They actually have a kind of treaty with Mexico to return all the horses monthly; otherwise the true Mexicans would run out of horses and our horse feed bills would get too high. My grandmother, whoops, thats great grandmother became a nurse at Fort Apache and married the doctor. Since he was a civilian contractor who had served in the Union Army he
died in the Galveston Hurricane of the late 1800's. len_vandiveer@yahoo.com
Manatheron posted a comment on Thursday 27th October 2005 4:20am
Interesting story... I'm not certain that I like the fact that you appear to be trying to make all minnesotians (Or at least the mages) into Natives, because I assure you that there are more of us out here than the native tribes, but I can see your point as well simply due to the fact that religion (and magic) was more entwined into the native culture.
Keep up the good work!
Filodea posted a comment on Monday 24th October 2005 6:33am
Okay, I was just rereading your story, and something that I wondered about before, then forgot came back.
Who was Agatha's teenage girl firestarter? Apparently, she was a witch, and Agatha was Obliviated. Who was it? Or is it going to be part of the story later?
filodea posted a comment on Thursday 20th October 2005 11:35am
This is one of the most interesting stories I've read in quite a while. The premise, of putting Hogwarts students into other magical cultures, is interesting in itself, but then to bring up some of the topics that are being discussed is also interesting to read.
I like how you handle the Weasleys. Some people make Molly too smothering, others make her this glorified fishwife, or simply a magical maid. I can't wait to read the next chapter.
Kail Ceannai posted a comment on Thursday 29th December 2005 1:57pm