Why couldn't I have celibrated my new years that way? I mean damn that's one hell of a new year celibration. Maybe next year.

OMIGOD! I must have more! You're writing is nothing short of fantastic. Please update soon.

For your first fic that's not too shaby. Chracters are a bit off but I can live with it. It's fairly well written though I would have involved more description. Read my story too?

Author's Response: Thank you! Sure, I\'ll hop on over there right now.

Wait a second...she wanted to learn all this stuff, she knows that if she doesn't she'll get attacked in his world and yet she blames him for her insecurities about his feelings for her and is upset with him because he wants everything to go smoothly for her. Excuse me while I go punch something. I'll agree that he shouldn't have yelled at her like that but really, how hard is it to start from the outside and work your way in? The forks even look different for Christ's sake!

Anyways, obviously from my reveiw you can tell that you've conveyed Draco's feeling on the subject matter beautifully. So what? He wants her to learn a bit of class, big fucking deal! Soory, I think she's being stupid.

Anyways, you once again amaze me with your fantastic writing, I definately hope to see more from you soon.

Author's Response: Well, thank you. I mostly disagree with your thought on Ginny learning some \"class,\" though. I don\'t think class is something that can be learned through social niceities or through proper upbringing. I think it is something inherent within certain people, which is why it becomes so glaringly obvious when certain people don\'t have it. It is different than decorum or proper table manners, it is a characteristic that cannot be learned, in my opinion. Honestly, what I was trying to convey (and rarely share with people but get overly excited when people get it on their own) was that Draco is the one who is glaringly without class, not Ginny. His grand mistake comes in when he thinks that because he knows the social rules of supposed proper etiquette that he is better than Ginny in some unseen way -- that by learning these things Ginny will become of his caliber. All of this transpires while Draco refuses to see that he needs to raise himself to Ginny\'s caliber, not the other way around. She loves him in spite of his faults while he refuses to fully love her until he has masked or eradicated hers.

Beautiful as always, I've learned to expect nothing less from you.

The progression of this story was brilliant. Reading it as the lines between past and present blurred, and they told one, wonderful story was amazing.

Alrighty then... this is definitely different but incredibly entertaining. The style reminds of of that of another author I like. Nun outfits are cool, maybe you've read something by her?

Thanks for the email you sent, actually now that I have read the first chapter I realize that I read it ages ago as well. I can't say I ever moved past there though, I see this and I think. "Am I going to like it? There are so many things I don't like already" and as much as as I'm curious I think for now I'll stop here. Perhaps as the story progresses further and a read some more of the reviews I'll change my mind.

A note about your writing: Obviously your technique is good, and your style reads easily giving the story a good flow, however the characterization of the Weasley parents is what has turned me off to this. I will however keep my eye on this story and I have read your other works and enjoyed them a great deal. This one though may not be my cup of tea.

I do however, greatly respect you as a talented writer and would appreciate it greatly if you could leave your own feedback on my work as well.

No, I am not above shameless begging. Constructive criticism is something I greatly need for my writing as only one person has ever given it.

Author's Response: The characterization of the Weasleys is something that moves the story along but does not take much precedence in later chapters. Like other stories, this will be enjoyable for some and not for others. I can't make everyone like it. I am sorry you did not enjoy it. Unfortunately, at the moment, I'm extremely busy but I will put your story on my list of stories to read and review.

That bastard. Oh well, if it couldn't be helped it couldn't be helped. I'd like very much to turn forward time so that I can read the rest of this, but I suppose it'll have to wait. Keep up the amazing work.

Author's Response: Turning forward time doesn't work so well... I've tried that too.. anyway, more soon, and thanks! :)

You know, it occurs to me as I review this chapter that certain things appear as plot holes. Let me be nit-picky a moment here and itemize them.
1. Portraits of muggles were able to create a pensive.
2. Gould's only been dead 2 weeks. How was he aware of the argument of in the library?
3.In general the existence of wizarding portraits of muggles on their muggle sciences seems kind of off.

Granted you're not expected to explain or close any of these, but something was bothering me about this chapter and I think that nailed it. Sorry if I seem to have come down rather hard, that's not my intent, but I thought you might like to know.

Ginny is in epic denial about Lucius. Given her complete terror of him I think we the readers can understand why. I imagine once she finally faces him once and for all those nightmares will go away.

Author's Response: Nit-picky is never bad! It shows that readers are really paying attention and care about exactly what they've read in a fic. :) I think I just have a weird, idiosyncratic idea of what ghost author portraits should be able to do. It isn't completely nailed down in canon, so I have made evil rules of my own. :) Wizards know that they need scientific knowledge, so they snarf a lot from the Muggle world, because scientists are always Muggles. So they make some compromises, one of which is that Muggle scientists get wizarding portraits. #2, believe it or not, was debated at ridiculous length on the JREF Skeptics' forums. Threads on the nature of consciousness keep cropping up over and over and OVER again, and after wading through a lot of mindnumbing arguments about Turing tests and Hofstader and qualia and... you don't even want to know... I decided that SJG had some kind of awareness of what had happened through his wizarding portrait, even while he was still alive.

Um, I also kind of sent everyone forward in time, because according to my calculations (as much as I suck at math, though, I can't be totally sure), the events of the last chapter actually took place in May 2001, not 2002. However, SJG's death actually did happen in 2002, so between the two evils... ;)

Ha, very nice touch. I wonder if Loki is the one showing her Draco. That's a God with too much time on his hands. However, I'm pretty sure Loki doesn't have power over dreams...Now I need to go find my books on the Norse Pantheon from one of the left over moving boxes.

Author's Response: Thank you! :) No, Loki doesn't have the power to show Ginny the dreams; she sees them because of the bond she still has with Draco (and no, it hasn't actually been broken yet.) Most of what I own is still packed in boxes, and is now in my brother's garage. I may never find any of it again... but I don't think there was ever a book about Norse gods in it. Let me know if you find yours!

This is a fantastic example of what I love about your writing. This particular piece is so true to life, it's messed up and beautiful all at once.

Author's Response: Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed this one.