Reviews for Luring the Enchantress
| Very Small Prophet | 2010.10.04 - 02:16AM | 31: Aftermath: Part 2 | Signed |
| It is a rare and excellent thing to see a version of Voldermort who actually seems capable of winning followers, rather than one who only threatens and tortures. Tom Riddle must have had something more than the Cruciatus Curse to offer in order to win the proud purebloods of Britain to his side in the first war. There are plenty of arguments Hermione could use against him, but she’s hardly in a state to engage in political and moral debate, even in her own mind. If she’d put that vaunted intelligence and logic to work instead of reacting to everything emotionally (“How dare you use squicky means to save my life?”) she could find it easier to maintain her ethical standards. She would also get along a lot better with Severus if she would stop talking about helping Harry and start talking about defeating the Dark Lord. To her mind it’s the same thing, but to Snape, her constant nagging about Harry is just another example of “Potter comes first.” |
| Very Small Prophet | 2010.10.03 - 07:50PM | 27: Taking Care of His Own | Signed |
| I loved your depiction of Avenging Snape. And this is the wizard Hermione is trying to turn into her lapdog. It’s good to know he still has his claws. I hope he never loses them. Grrrow! |
| Very Small Prophet | 2010.10.03 - 02:41PM | 25: Holiday: Part 3 | Signed |
| God, Hermione is a whining nag, isn’t she? Nothing Severus does is ever good enough. Their little pillow talk reminds me of a cartoon I saw some years ago, showing a cat and a dog in bed together; the dog looks sad while the cat says angrily, “I am NOT trying to be aloof. I’m a fucking cat , all right?” Herms, Severus is a fucking cat. Stop trying to change him into a lapdog, because it’s not going to happen. And somebody please shoot Remus Lupin with a silver bullet and put him and the entire world out of our misery. I am truly impressed with your ability to depict annoying people. |
| Very Small Prophet | 2010.10.03 - 04:59AM | 24: Holiday: Part 2 | Signed |
| I notice Hermione's parchment does not include the neat little "subconscious messaging" feature that Snape's has. Sev is such a Slytherin, and I mean that in the best possible way. |
| Very Small Prophet | 2010.10.03 - 04:33AM | 23: Holiday: Part 1 | Signed |
| Says Hermione: “Stay here in the castle and enjoy the holidays alone, Severus. That’s your choice. I’ll not ruin Harry’s holiday.”
And again, Potter’s needs come first. It was tactless to the point of cruelty for Hermione to remind Severus, once again, that he is less important to her than Harry. And it’s so unnecessary. She should be putting all the blame on Dumbledore, where it belongs, rather than making it clear that she’d rather spoil her lover’s holiday than precious Potter’s. And Severus apologizes, for expecting his lover to put him first. The fact that he truly hates crowds of people and that a Weasley Christmas will be constant misery for him simply “isn’t a good enough excuse” for the Gryffindor Princess. If she’d left Harry’s happy holidays out of it she might have a leg to stand on, but not this way. I’m completely on Severus’s side with this. Hermione is the one who’s being insensitive. Impressive characterization. You really have self-centered teenage Hermione down pat. |
| Very Small Prophet | 2010.10.03 - 04:32AM | 23: Holiday: Part 1 | Signed |
| Says Hermione: “Stay here in the castle and enjoy the holidays alone, Severus. That’s your choice. I’ll not ruin Harry’s holiday.”
And again, Potter’s needs come first. It was tactless to the point of cruelty for Hermione to remind Severus, once again, that he is less important to her than Harry. And it’s so unnecessary. She should be putting all the blame on Dumbledore, where it belongs, rather than making it clear that she’d rather spoil her lover’s holiday than precious Potter’s. And Severus apologizes, for expecting his lover to put him first. The fact that he truly hates crowds of people and that a Weasley Christmas will be constant misery for him simply “isn’t a good enough excuse” for the Gryffindor Princess. If she’d left Harry’s happy holidays out of it she might have a leg to stand on, but not this way. I’m completely on Severus’s side with this. Hermione is the one who’s being insensitive. Impressive characterization. You really have self-centered teenage Hermione down pat. |
| Very Small Prophet | 2010.10.02 - 11:45PM | 19: Full Moon Rising: Part 1 | Signed |
| Hermione IS being childish to make such a fuss over her technical virginity. And her virginity was purely technical at that point since having a man’s face in your crotch is every bit as intimate and sexual and popping a membrane. I can see her having some emotional reaction to the old-fashioned “loss of maidenhead,” but not freaking out as if she’d been violated. This is the Nineties, Herms, and you’ve been making love with this man for weeks, hymen or no hymen. Yes, breaking the membrane matters, but not THAT much. After all, it would have been just as easy to lose it hippogriff-riding.
On another subject: I see that Hermione, who is supposedly smart, is as much a suicidal Gryffindor as any other, with her proud talk of defiant last stands. She needs to remember that fine old Slytherin saying: “He who fights and runs away lives to fight another day.” Hermione, with her loyal vow to her friends, might also remember that Severus has said he wants her as his wife, which will involve a vow that supercedes friendships. I don’t blame Sev for wanting to know whether he comes first or second with his lover. Hermione is trying to dodge the answer, but she expresses no real ambiguity: Potter, as always, comes first. Potters always do, the arrogant toerags. |
| Very Small Prophet | 2010.10.02 - 07:33PM | 15: Domesticity | Signed |
| Ah, yes. That old canard. If Tab A isn’t inserted into Slot B, it isn’t sex. That means lesbians never have sex, right? Severus and Hermione have been having more than enough sex to have him fired and her expelled for quite some time now. They just haven’t crossed the V-barrier, that’s all. And Hermione is likely having much better orgasms than she will after they do break the holy hymen. Though you’d never know it from PWP, intercourse doesn’t do a lot for many women, especially inexperienced ones. C’mon, Sev, you grew up in the Seventies; you should know better. |
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