Name: LIZ (A Very...blah..blah you get it right) reviewed Better on Aug 20, 2006 05:25 pm

I wonder if worse is in store. Who knows with these two.

Alot of authors don't reply to those that read even though they beg you to. Thanks for your replies to my mine in a previous chapter and your kindness in reply though I assume it wasn't intened.

It is tiresome to write and have people critize it. And even though I don't write fics. Make no mistake I do write. Though if you took my replies to heart at all then I'd have to wonder and possibly recomend therapy. Unlike you I am sarcastic.. very though I don't mean anything to be rude. I was just venting about the characters, because I actually got into the story (Congats) to the point of feeling as if I was there yelling at Ginny from the sidelines and my review wasn't to belittle you I just didn't like how people who reviewed had taken Ginny's side of things.

Not that I don't understand your having known people that act with these ways your not the only one trust me. Don't feel as if people are ganging up on you (That is if you actually give a shit) and if they do shug it off its just ...replies. As for me I just like the fic and if I didn't I would't read it.

Name: Embellished reviewed Better on Aug 20, 2006 04:56 pm

Hee hee. That's certainly an interesting development! I can't wait to see where you go from here. Their relationship sure is backwards, but Ginny could have everything she wants if she would just open her eyes. Grr. Yes, I seem to be getting too caught up in this! :) Thanks for the update.

Name: telmiti reviewed Better on Aug 20, 2006 04:20 pm

No, Draco is not a fertile bastard. He , like Ginny don't manage to say the right words in right time. Stubborn people, they are.
But they will be again, wonderful parents for a new addiction in this family. That's a cute final momment in this chapter , I love it.
Ow, it's to bad it's seven days until next update, i will counting every day.

congratulations for your excellent work.

hugs

telma.

Name: LenaNectaris reviewed Better on Aug 20, 2006 04:07 pm

i love it! More! (Pretty please with a cherry on top!)

Name: Cathryn Aeiran reviewed The Birthday Party on Aug 20, 2006 10:33 am

OH SHNAP!

Name: BRWhuney reviewed The Birthday Party on Aug 18, 2006 07:55 am

OMG! This is so good! Please say u'll update soon!

Name: dragoncharmer79 reviewed The Birthday Party on Aug 14, 2006 08:30 am

I adore your writing style, it keeps me wanting more. I can not wait until you update again. I hope that the "happy couple" will soon come to their senses for Jayden's sake.

Author's Response: Thanks!

Name: Nilber reviewed The Birthday Party on Aug 13, 2006 09:59 pm

Oh holy crap! Please update soon and hopefully Ginny will pull her head out of her ass... not before she beats the hell out of Draco for snatching Jayden but... sheesh you really need to update soon!

Author's Response: Next Sunday the next chapter will be up. Only three more chapters to go.

Name: Reading reviewed The Birthday Party on Aug 13, 2006 07:29 pm

It's been a true awful relationship that's keeps getting worst. I see you get pleasure of people telling you how hormonal Ginny is towards Draco. Life stinks but I think Draco should get the hint and leave her alone. Ginny wants to be left alone so be it. It's her lost or her choice be it good or bad. In your readers opinion her mistake. I feel the same as the readers, I really hate your Ginny in this fic. Draco should find happiness with someone else. Ginny not ready for a steady relationship at the moment because if she was then she would have accepted Milke's proposal, whether Draco told her to not accept it. She can't make up her mind in not accepting it on her own free will. She tells Draco she didn't accept it because of him yet she tell Narcissus she didn't accept because she didn't love Mike enough. She wasted Mike time. Now who being selfish. Mike love her enough and if she didn't feel the same she should have string him along. Like in all relationships the children suffer and this fic is no exception. Isn't this a Draco and Ginny site? Why is there no love?

Author's Response:
Just because this is a Draco and Ginny site, doesn't mean there has to be any love. The only stipulation to posting here is that the main relationship in your fic is Draco/Ginny. If they wanted to get into a fight and kill each other and it was written well, I could still post it on this site. The site Mommies might not like it all that much, but they would still let me post it. Happy endings and people acting in a totally mature fashion are not stipulations to post on this site.

I urge anyone who says they are ready for a serious romantic relationship to get involved with someone who "falls" faster than they do, and then accept a proposal before they were ready. Maybe Ginny just wants to be with Draco and wanted an excuse to reject Mike's proposal. Notice she didn't keep dating Mike after she said no. She's wasting no one's time. Maybe she wasn't in love with Mike and didn't want to marry him, but is far too nice of a person to just tell him no. Maybe she needs reinforcements. Do you call a friend before you have to make a big decision about something just to get their opinion? That is what Ginny is using Draco for.

I would say that I'm sorry that you and many other readers "hate" my Ginny, but maybe I like the fact that my fic is a little different than others. Maybe I like Ginny not always being the most mature one in the bunch. Maybe I like Ron getting to be more mature and together than his little sister. Maybe I like Draco being the one that is trying to make it work instead of Ginny following him around begging for him to "make it public." Maybe I like that. It's my fic, and I can do what I want -- no offense intended. If you'd like things to work out differently and you'd like Ginny to act differently, then I suggest you come up with a plot and write some fic of your own. I'd be happy (no sarcasm intended) to read it as I love Draco/Ginny fics to pieces.

As for the children suffering, up until the last couple of chapters, I think my two fictional characters have done a remarkable job of making sure their child didn't suffer, but, you're right, in most relationships the children do suffer (in reality or in ficuniverse). I think that makes my fic a bit truer to reality as it was intended to be. The same goes for the immaturity and rashness of both my characters. I think most people, parents or no, are a lot more selfish than they ought to be or than they think they are.

The next update will be up next Sunday. I encourage you to read it and, possibly, leave a critical review that borders more on constructive criticism than just critical. Thank you.

Name: CCC reviewed The Birthday Party on Aug 13, 2006 05:32 pm

Ginny needs to get a clue. What is her problem????? Either she wants to marry him or she doens't. She isn't twelve years old.

Author's Response:
Aww, some people only see the world in black and white.

See, I used to think that it didn't matter how someone I wanted to ask me to marry him did, in fact, ask. Now, with an older set of goggles on, I do understand that all secrets are held within intent and how the action unfolds.

Some may think Ginny to be pompous and indecisive. To me, she is just waiting for the right moment with someone who doesn't understand that waiting for the right moment (and the right set of circumstances) is key.

Ginny wants what Ginny wants. It isn't necessarily as concrete an idea as it could be at this point, but, regardless, she can still identify what she doesn't want.

The most perfect human being (or fanfiction character) can be found guilty of staying in a situation that is oh-so-glorious for a moment, but, come the light of day, isn't nearly as iridescent(sp?) as one remembered it to be. People (and, once again, fanfiction characters) may find that situations are doomed to repeat themselves if they don't stick to what they know is right. Perhaps she should have quit shagging Draco long ago and put some distance between then, but she didn't. Perhaps it was easier to ignore the void that she had within herself while idling her time away with Draco. Maybe she's sitting somewhere waiting for something to happen, but just doesn't like the outcome of the sitting. Maybe she's too weak to deny Draco anything he wants, but hates herself for it. Maybe her moodines, brashness and immaturity come from these places.

It's nice for people to wax poetic about how she should act like an adult, but, as I've become an adult, I've realized how many people who are technically adults don't act like adults. Decisions should be black and white, but what people don't consider is the opportunity cost (if anyone is unfamiliar with this term, it is a basic economic priciple stating that for every one thing you do, you sacrifice being able to do another) of such actions.

Anyhoo, some of that wasn't directly related to your review, but I wanted to get it down in case I wanted to post it with the next chapter as an author's note. *steps off soap box*

Name: Embellished reviewed The Birthday Party on Aug 13, 2006 12:08 pm

Boy, I hate Ginny right now. Please tell me that she is going to come to her senses soon and stop being an obnoxious bitch. Grr. Anyway, thanks for the update!

Author's Response: Everyone gets their turn on the merry bitch-go-round -- even Ginny!

Name: jess reviewed The Birthday Party on Aug 13, 2006 11:00 am

You have managed to make Ginny a completely unlikeable person. She's moody, irrational, stubborn and annoying. Why should Draco love her? You give the reader and Draco absolutely no reason to like her, let alone want to marry her.

Author's Response: Making Ginny a bad person -- you say that like it's a bad thing. Maybe Ginny ought to be more than sunshine and light all the time. Maybe she deserves her turn on the merry bitch-go-round (as I put it to another reviewer earlier)? Maybe she deserves to be a little irrational and even, dare I say it, bitchy once in a great while. I don't know. I sort of like Ginny's little outbursts. I short of like her out of control and moody. It makes her seem less like a Mary Sue and more like a real, blood and guts person. I'm sorry if you didn't like it, but I'll thank you for the review regardless.

Name: Caroline reviewed The Birthday Party on Aug 13, 2006 09:47 am

why does Ginny has to be so incredibly stupid?? its really frustrating to read! update soon!

Author's Response: Next Sunday the next chapter will be up. Thanks for the review!