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Excellent chapter as usual! I love your action scenes. I'm
wondering if the attempt on Snape could actually be considered just
a "warning". Given how physically tough wizards are (e.g., Neville
falling quite a distance in SS and only getting a broken wrist) it's
possible that Snape would have been expected to survive a fall like
that with some painful injuries to get the point across - then he'd
be jumping at shadows for a while until one of the shadows finally
jumped at *him*. The DEs want him to *know* what's coming - killing
him fast with the first attempt would not satisfy their sadistic
tendencies.

Poor Mrs. Norris! I hope she manages to find a new person. (Any
chance of a Crookshanks/Mrs. Norris pairing? And kittens?)

Really minor nitpick: "Her parents were laying on the floor covered
in blood." They were "lying" on the floor, not "laying." "Laying"
is the act of putting something down; once it's down, it
remains "lying" there.

I do love the way people are actually PAYING ATTENTION to Luna! In
too many fics, she just wanders around saying insightful stuff and
nobody pays attention because she's weird. Of course, she's just a
little more focused than usual here.

Does Harry know how to Vanish (as opposed to Banish) things yet? If
so, he should set up a Vanishing location of, say, the bottom of the
Marianas Trench, and Vanish things like Howlers, DE's wands and
things there. Hell, Vanish the DE's themselves! Feed 'em to a
kraken! (Vanishing is a potentially lethal spell; wonder why nobody
uses it that way?)

Keep up the good work! I'm waiting eagerly for next week's chapter!

Dorothy

there is another story (It's My Life?) where the spell used was a trash banishment spell that sent the trash to a Icelandic volcano. Worked well in the story for 4 DE's.
dave

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Just jump right in. I don't really see the need to pad messages with
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Excellent chapter as usual! I love your action scenes. I'm
wondering if the attempt on Snape could actually be considered just
a "warning". Given how physically tough wizards are (e.g., Neville
falling quite a distance in SS and only getting a broken wrist)

it's

possible that Snape would have been expected to survive a fall like
that with some painful injuries to get the point across - then he'd
be jumping at shadows for a while until one of the shadows finally
jumped at *him*. The DEs want him to *know* what's coming -

killing

him fast with the first attempt would not satisfy their sadistic
tendencies.

I believe that was a bonafide attempt on Snape's life. But I could be
wrong. :)

Poor Mrs. Norris! I hope she manages to find a new person. (Any
chance of a Crookshanks/Mrs. Norris pairing? And kittens?)

Mrs. Norris and Crookshanks? What a pairing! I'll have to ask Alyx
about this one. :)

Really minor nitpick: "Her parents were laying on the floor

covered

in blood." They were "lying" on the floor, not "laying." "Laying"
is the act of putting something down; once it's down, it
remains "lying" there.

Well... um... oops?

I do love the way people are actually PAYING ATTENTION to Luna! In
too many fics, she just wanders around saying insightful stuff and
nobody pays attention because she's weird. Of course, she's just a
little more focused than usual here.

Luna is an interesting character, she deserves much more air time
that we're giving her here.

Does Harry know how to Vanish (as opposed to Banish) things yet?

If

so, he should set up a Vanishing location of, say, the bottom of

the

Marianas Trench, and Vanish things like Howlers, DE's wands and
things there. Hell, Vanish the DE's themselves! Feed 'em to a
kraken! (Vanishing is a potentially lethal spell; wonder why

nobody

uses it that way?)

Keep up the good work! I'm waiting eagerly for next week's chapter!

Harry can do a lot of things that others can't do. The problem is
that Harry is still human enough to be subject to surprise and the
confusion that brings. His ability to manipulate auras will be
pivotal, but he doesn't really understand it all that well yet. It
will take time, and more instruction than he's currently getting. Yes
he could have manipulated the auras of the howlers, one at a time to
deactivate, but right now its an ability he doesn't want to flaunt
and it would have taken him too long per howler. Hermione's solution
was quicker.

- Bob