Name: GoldenFawkes reviewed Chapter 1 on Jun 30, 2010 01:09 am

Oh, and another chapter coming up? I am not complaining, but I had to laugh when I read that. You just couldn't stop, huh?

Author's Response: Um... (looks shiftily from side to side) Chapter Two would have been about 60 pages long. Not a good thing.

Name: pitzi reviewed Chapter 2 on Jun 29, 2010 11:56 pm

Finally the second chapter! And we get a DDD update soon too? Yay!

Well, this chapter was quite dark! I really felt sorry for Draco, he's always left to deal with aftereffects of one thing or another! And his longing for Ginny seems quite unbearable. Then again, his whole obsession with Ginny is kind of childish, like a 5 year old craving a special toy.

His belief that Ginny can purify him is interesting and I actually think she can, or rather she can help him purify himself, but not exactly in the physical sence as he thinks of it. I am thinking more of the fact that after all she will be able to accept him with all his darkness and she will help him to bring to surface all that's locked in the compartments of his mind and deal with it, and accept himself and she can convince him that he has the ability to love and to change, and that's what can purify him. My imagination really runs wild these days. But he obviously needs to undergo some transformations and I don't think he can do this alone. And of course, Ginny has to sort herself out first (is that what we are going to see in part 2 of DDD?).

I still hope the wholemess will be sorted out before the 6 months of D/A marriage are up so he won't have to consummate the marriage and it will be dissolved.

About Draco's dreams: We know now that both D and G were obliviated at some point. Coul some glimpses of Draco;s dream here be actual memories? Could it be that Ginny actually was there that summer after D's seventh year? Creepy. Ad that part were Draco stumbles upon situation that is featured in Ginny's dreams about the chamber and Tom/Lucius is also creepy and raises quite a lot more questions about that whole memory loss - dream thing.

Oh, and I really really liked the ending were Ginny opens her eyes and says: "You don't own me".

I don't know whether it's in your plans but I thought that perhaps it would be interesting at some point of DDD to have a companion one-shot from Lucius's point of view explaining that new race of dominant purebloods thing he was trying to cook.
Thank you again!

Author's Response: This entire fic is pretty dark, but what I wanted to do was to show what's going on in Draco's head at this point in the fic. And that's really dark. He's at a very low point. Draco and Ginny could help each other, but they both have a long way to go first. The story of the rest of the D/A marriage is going to be interesting... and we WILL get to learn a lot more about it. ;) I have a hard time seeing Ginny actually having been at Malfoy Manor duriing the summer after Draco's sixth year, which was the time period of this dream, but after his seventh year... well, that might be a different story...and the Tom/Lucius scene says a lot about what Lucius Malfoy was actually doing so that he could keep appearing in Ginny's dreams during the years after she was actually in the Chamber.

I really like the idea about the companion one-shot from Lucius's POV!! He may tell me all about it... ;) His ideas about the pureblood race are very important, and in this version of the fic, I'm having a hard time really explaining them in detail. It always ends up sounding like I'm just sticking them in there. Anyway, more soon...

Name: maximumtrouble10 reviewed Chapter 1 on Jun 22, 2010 08:56 pm

ps. Sorry for the second review, but I just reread some of your answers to OTHER reviewers, and I realized that the point about Draco not being human was already answered. Don't know how I missed that :)

Thanks!

Author's Response: You never need to be sorry for a second review! ;)

Name: GoldenFawkes reviewed Chapter 1 on Jun 22, 2010 06:43 pm

Oh, you're just trying to make us hate Draco a little less, aren't you? I admit, it's kind of working. Except I won't let myself be drawn into your games! He's evil and cruel and should die.

Omg, I just said that Draco should die. I NEVER want that. You've pushed me over the edge!

Author's Response: Ohhh... well, let's see what you think of him after the SECOND chapter. ;) More good stuff coming up!

Name: Jack Tamara reviewed Chapter 1 on Jun 22, 2010 10:37 am

I feel so sad...BUT AT LEAST DRACO AND ASTORIA DIDN'T DO IT! YIPPEEEEE! Whew, okay, going to calm down now. But still, I feel so bad for Draco and Ginny. I mean, they can't be with each other, and ain't that just the saddest thing? I will take comfort in that photo Draco/Ginny are probably off doing it somewhere like crazy. Oh, that and that there's a part 2. :) Update both this and DDD soon!

XOXO, JT

Author's Response: Come on, you KNOW I wasn't going to have a D/A sex scene (shudders. I must wash my brain with bleach now.) More soon...

Name: pitzi reviewed Chapter 1 on Jun 22, 2010 02:34 am

Oh, it was really sad!

I like the idea of you posting one (or two-)-shots from other points of view, especially Draco, since his emotions are hard to read. I took some sick pleasure in knowing that he had a bad night after everything he put Ginny through. Though I really pitied him when he cried. Astoria trying to seduce him was very veryVERY disturbing. Yuck! And her charming herself into looking like Ginny was a really cruel torture even though I'm angry with Draco. He didn't need that the poor bloke. I hope she never does it again! How much can a man take?!

I liked that thing with the compartments in Draco's mind and Ginny escaping from hers was really great!

And I had great fun when I read about unicorns laughing hysterically when Astoria wanted to touch them at the rehearsal. I can't take this picture out of my head!

And now to the big questions:
So what was the rush with the wedding anyway? Was it because Draco thought that would be the only way to make sure Astoria shuts her mouth about what she knows about him? And he has to consummate the marriage in 6 month in order to make sure she can't spill anything! I hope everything will be resolved before the 6 months are up!

Also, it's obvious that Astoria knows something really really fishy about Draco! She keeps talking about who he really is, so is he some kind of creature (like he was a demon in "Ninghteen Years Later"?) or does it have to do with his relation to Loki? Or was she talking about his character and not something mysterious?

Oh, and what is that crap with Draco wanting Ginny to remain pure even though he thinks he could never have her? Is he actually going to make shure no man has her even though he can't also? It's kind of cruel to her - "I can't have you but no one else will too!") and a very selfish thing to do. He doesn't appear to care about her happiness. Or is it just that he hopes he can be with her some day?

Well, I'm waiting impatiently for more of this and for the part 2 of DDD and everything else! Thank you thank you as allways!

Author's Response: This fic is really kind of sad... :( I think so too. Draco is very hard to read for a lot of DDD; he doesn't open up until Part 3 or so (and that's a LONG way from here. Part 2 hasn't even started yet.) So that's why the idea of a companion fic appealed to me. Let's see... okay, I'm going to answer a couple of questions. Astoria knows some things about the worst parts of Draco's character that he really doesn't want Ginny to know. He isn't a demon in this fic, or anything like that. Draco is very obsessive about Ginny, and we'll learn more about that in Chapter Two of this fic (but also more about her response to it.) And you KNOW that he hasn't given up on wanting to be with her!

And I'm very very sad today because my cat died... :( So I will console myself with D/G fic.

Name: purrbecomesthenight reviewed Chapter 1 on Jun 21, 2010 11:24 pm

SUCH a good idea dude. I like seeing draco's point of view (quite happy that entire ordeal in the cottage wasn't quite so easy for him as ginny thought)

so, begs the question, did draco make this deal with the greengrasses to be ginny-specfic? it sort of seems that way. AND what of marie? is that why drsaco chose astoria in the first place? is there perhaps a MARIE GREENGRASS??? whooaaaa!

in all seriousness though, im begging for some sort of hint with this marie thing....

erm, update soon! and always listen to the plot bunnies...am i remembering correctly something about you not being able to have chocolate? is this a lifestyle choice? or are you allergic? i guess we'll find out soon...when you update....soon.... xoxo

Author's Response: Thank you so much! :)

You know, purr, I really love your theories... sometimes you hit on something EXACTLY. Sort of. But the way it eventually works out in the fic is *so completely different* from what you'd think that you'll have to read it to believe it. That's what Ginny told me, anyway. ;) And chocolate causes problems every time I have it (sniff). So sad. I think it interferes with the epilepsy meds.

Another chapter coming up soon... I'll warn all y'all, this fic gets darker in the second half and so does Draco. A cookie crumb, for everyone's reading pleasure...

“You simply don’t understand,” he told Ginny. “And you might be a bit more appreciative of the fact that I made that sacrifice for you. I can assure you that seeing Astoria in a white dress and not bursting into laughter immediately was a sacrifice indeed. Then, when I was forced to share air space with that skinny slag in her lingerie-- ouch! What did you do that for?” He snatched his hand back. She’d scratched her nails down the throbbing, fiery lines in his skin.

“You seeing Astoria in lingerie,” Ginny said passionately. “That’s why.”

“It’s not as if I liked it!” Draco shuddered. “It’s not as if I didn’t want to scrub my brain with Cleaning spells afterwards, either. Anyway, it’s all your fault that I was subjected to the sight to begin with. Ginny, I tied myself to that bitch for you; I did it all for you.”

“Oh? So what did you do, exactly?”

“Something downright…” Noble was the word he wanted to say, the self-justifying word he wanted to spit at her, but that bit of honesty was rubbing against the inside of its little compartment and threatening to burst out, because he really didn’t know how noble it had been. He wasn’t sure if he’d recognize a noble action if it jumped up and bit him on the arse. He had done what he needed to do to keep Ginny pure, and to guard her purity from the prying eyes of the world. Perhaps he had never given up for even one moment on his obsession with keeping Ginny’s purity safe for his own private use, one day. Perhaps he had been mad to think he ever could.