harmony posted a comment on Friday 31st March 2006 4:47am for Chapter 21 - The Wizard's Apprentice

First of all, I'd like to let you know how much I'm enjoying your story. The plot is fabulously written and I just adore your Harry! Next, I'd like to tell you how excited I was by this line: "Music is a magic that’s beyond anything we teach at Hogwarts." As a student studying to become a music therapist I truly do believe in the magic of music and was thrilled to see it acknowledged in your story. Oh and I blame you for late nights and no sleep because I've been so enthralled in your story! :)

Abraxan replied:

Thanks so much!   I think the credit for that particular line must go to JKR, because Dumbledore says something like that when he has the students sing the school song (all with the melody of their choice, the tempo of their choice, etc., LOL!   Fred and George sang it as a funeral dirge, remember?)   My degree is in music, so I loved the line too, and I applaud you for going into music therapy.   Good luck in your career!   And sorry about all the sleep I've cost you!   LOL!   I'm glad you're enjoying my stories!

Abraxan

Rocky235 posted a comment on Sunday 5th March 2006 5:44am for Chapter 21 - The Wizard's Apprentice

The giants, the room under Albus', and the Auror interview, wow, you have so many new ideas.

Abraxan replied:

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Abraxan

Sonicdale posted a comment on Thursday 29th December 2005 7:06pm for Chapter 21 - The Wizard's Apprentice

Giants. Giants.
Next we'll see Harry charming the Merpeople and other animals. :)

The final battle is shaping up. Hope Moldeyshorts gets his too.

Wooster posted a comment on Monday 28th November 2005 10:54am for Chapter 21 - The Wizard's Apprentice

can i just say that i had to stop reading this chapter almost immediately because i was rolling on the floor laughing hysterically? y'see, i could picture it perfectly. Dumbledore all serious, telling Harry he's Gryffindor's heir, and Harry, looking completely dumbfounded saying "Erm...ok"

classic.

great chappie, is Hermione going to be writing the HP books? Is JK Rowling actually Hermione? Cause I've thought that for YEARS.

Matt T posted a comment on Tuesday 22nd November 2005 12:26pm for Chapter 21 - The Wizard's Apprentice

AAGH!! I started reading The Refiners Fire several days ago when unwell, and since then i have been absolutely engrossed! Your charaterization is at times better than JK's, and at the least is more consistent and believable for teenagers. If you continue this quality of writing, then I will be mysteriously ill every update. Of course if you don't, I'll feel obliged to hunt you down and subject you to every torture my twisted little mind can come up with. Take all the time you need to keep up the good work!

patrik svensson posted a comment on Monday 21st November 2005 2:20am for Chapter 21 - The Wizard's Apprentice

grejt story,
keep upp the good work.

Opinions are like assholes.
Everyone has one - but some just smell worse than others.

Iunee posted a comment on Saturday 19th November 2005 8:49am for Chapter 21 - The Wizard's Apprentice

Wow. Great work!
You made it into the top three of my favourite fanfic authors :D

(I hope I got the grammar right... *g*)

The Resident posted a comment on Friday 18th November 2005 2:25am for Chapter 21 - The Wizard's Apprentice

All in all, a very good chapter. As I've said before, you have a great talent with words and can take the reader and make them see your vision and feel the emotions associated with it. Please, keep writing. You have improved so much over some of your earlier work, e.g., Harry Potter and the Betrayals. (Either that or you got better betas/editors. -grin-)

lap10 posted a comment on Thursday 17th November 2005 8:16am for Chapter 21 - The Wizard's Apprentice

I've thoroughly enjoyed this story and "The Refiner's Fire." There's a great flow to both of them that leaves me waiting longingly for the next chapter.

Ken Warner posted a comment on Thursday 17th November 2005 6:49am for Chapter 21 - The Wizard's Apprentice

Wow - there was a fascinating chapter - I train librarians on software, and am teaching a cataloguing class today - I sent the paragraphs about the library to my colleagues as "The next enhancement of our software..."

Thanks for this wonderful story
Ken

MarinePotterfan posted a comment on Wednesday 16th November 2005 2:20pm for Chapter 21 - The Wizard's Apprentice

Another Great chapter, I like how you had Ginny notice his eyes to realize that he was Harry in desguse. I like the his dad in the picture and Harry getting to talk to him.

MPF

Hagrid posted a comment on Wednesday 16th November 2005 1:39pm for Chapter 21 - The Wizard's Apprentice

Some good discoveries in this chapter, an' not a parkin' meter in sight! I was right chuffed to be asked by the Professor to whittle that flute, glad it helped. Send me an owl if yer need me.

Voldemort is Dead posted a comment on Wednesday 16th November 2005 1:05pm for Chapter 21 - The Wizard's Apprentice

I found you while I was reading Bobmin's story "Sunset Over Britain" and was checking out the other authors. I was also following your story on fanfiction.net.

Your story is so good, and I really enjoyed reading this chapter.

Thank you!

brad posted a comment on Wednesday 16th November 2005 1:05pm for Chapter 21 - The Wizard's Apprentice

I noticed with the last chapter, and now this one ... printing with Mozilla the text on the pages is all screwed up, with disproportionate and horrible white space between single- or double-quote characters and the next non-white-space character.

I've had this problem with the occasional fanfic out there, and usually find that it prints fine using Microsoft IE. I *think* - from looking at the html once or twice - that it's (sigh) a Microsoft thing, heaps of html crud which only IE can seem to handle properly for printing.

This is the first story on fanficauthors with which I've had the same problem. I was hoping that Tim's code was 'open source safe'; I guess maybe it's the format of the chapters that you're uploading that's the source of my problem, and that fanficauthors doesn't filter out the Microsoft stuff or reformat things after all.

I've never had this problem with Time of Desitiny on your other site - fanfiction.net I think?

Cheers, Brad.

Machiavelli Jr posted a comment on Wednesday 16th November 2005 9:08am for Chapter 21 - The Wizard's Apprentice

An excellent chapter; Harry as Heir of G is very, very old, but your take on it is pretty original. James is excellent even as a portrait - you fancy writing the life of Sirius when this is done? He'd be the best Marauder to get a novel out of - James is just too light, even with his attitude problem. Harry's diplomacy is good, though I hope you'll be revealing the 'plan' he mentioned to Hermione soon. Bearing in mind his heirs I think Gryffindor having a [unique] sense of humour and a deeply twisted mind is about right...

Asad posted a comment on Wednesday 16th November 2005 7:41am for Chapter 21 - The Wizard's Apprentice

Loved the stuff.... your writing and plot is progressing along very nicely!