[Report This]Date: 04/25/2006 12:46 pm Title: Bane of Existence
This is the second time I've read this and I think I have to leave a review.
As a D/Hr shipper I certainly hope she helps him to 'live'.
I like the dynamic you portrayed in their interactions. I don't doubt that Draco would wait so long to ask for her help and then regret the whole time he was there. I loved the backstory you painted as well, made it that much more sad.
Author's Response: Why thank you so much for the terrific feedback. I'm glad that you decided to let me know you liked their dynamic.
[Report This]Date: 02/24/2006 06:10 pm Title: Bane of Existence
Awesome story! =o
Author's Response: Thanks, Roxy! I'm delighted that you enjoyed it.
[Report This]Date: 02/16/2006 06:23 pm Title: Bane of Existence
very good, wonderfully paced , I could feel my heart beating faster with the rise of the moon.
Author's Response: I'm quickly growing addicted to your charming feedback. Thank you very much for letting me know you were intriged by this little piece.
[Report This]Date: 12/18/2005 01:10 pm Title: Bane of Existence
The story is quite good. Sad but good. This story shows teh pain and anguish that would be in there hearts. I would like to read more if u continue. Please send to my email Chantel1799@hotmail.com
Author's Response: Thank you very much, Katherina. I appreciate your feedback. It's most kind of you to want to read more, but part of the point was to leave it ambiguous. Thanks, again.
[Report This]Date: 12/06/2005 06:11 pm Title: Bane of Existence
ah, the lure of ambiguity. the repetition of "it will help" in various forms was nicely done. i appreciated your descriptions of her eyes, especially since draco realizes "he had never learned to read the language." very nice line, there. other things i liked - how you brought in what his senses were revealing to him, and the way she talked to herself. of course it was distressing to read that snape died in this story, but i liked that she cried for him. altogether, i enjoyed it - even though i am not usually a fan of ambiguous endings.
Author's Response: i_read, thank you for actually sticking with the fic even though it's an ambiguous ending. I usually loathe stories that use the cliffhanger approach to the ending. I even debated for a week whether to leave it or continue on... the only thing was that I was really fascinated by the idea of leaving it ambiguous. Thank you so very much.
[Report This]Date: 11/23/2005 04:21 pm Title: Bane of Existence
Great Story thank you... But dear author what way do you think it ended???
Author's Response: Thank you so much for the review pickles. How do I think it ended... hmmm. Let me see. On the one hand, I think Hermione is only interested in proving that her potion is effective, and saving Draco is only a by-product. On the other hand, Draco was instrumental in the destruction of many Hermione held dear, so it's entirely possible that her idea of help is to 'help ease him from this life and into the next.' (Pssst, I really think he lives.)
[Report This]Date: 11/22/2005 08:38 pm Title: Bane of Existence
Hmmm, "it will help you..." I suppose it depends on your interpretation of help. Will it help him by eliminating the effects of the bite? OR Will it help him by releasing him from the effects of the bite by killing him? I'm really undecided. Your description of her eyes so many times left me in a quandary because they seemed unreadable to Draco and to me.
That said...the story itself is well written and definitely edgy. I enjoyed it.
Author's Response: Absolutely true. Help comes in many forms, Firewall, and I leave it to your interpretation as to whether she helped him from this life or gave him a helping hand to build a new one.
There are that many references to her eyes? I'll probably have to read it through again, but I did want to keep her from being readable.
Thank you for the feedback, I really appreciate it.
[Report This]Date: 11/21/2005 01:55 pm Title: Bane of Existence
*blinks back tears* Wow, Bambu, that was absolutely heart-wrenching. The good guys won, but the price they paid for that victory... *shivers* Tonks dead, Remus dead, Snape dead, Greyback dead by Hermione's hand, Draco a werewolf because Remus bit him... Good lord, quite a body count.
Still, as always, you've managed to weave an excellent tale that is a delight to read! :) Outstanding job!
Author's Response: ::hands AQ a tissue:: Sorry to make you tear up, but it seems to me that any victory would come with a very high price. I can't imagine that the wizarding world's conflagration will come at any less of one. War warps everything it touches, and I thought to show some of that in this little piece.
In my mind Hermione helps him, but maybe she's only establishing the LD (lethal dose.)
Thank you so much for your lovely review (I've put in a character death warning, just in case.)
[Report This]Date: 11/21/2005 05:27 am Title: Bane of Existence
aha.... I see using his first name... is it love he wonders? Personally I think that Draco is a fool if he thinks that the heart in the eyes thing is real. He just told her about his love for Snape so she knows his heartstrings can be pulled by love... I think Hermione has a ruthless streak and that her scientific analysing brain will always rule over her heart. It shows in canon that she can be quite ruthless if the end justifies the means. I think in this instance her "help" would be his demise. After all "some things are hard to forget"...
Author's Response: Ah, tjbaby, you raise excellent points, with which I agree. Although, her scientific mind would want to prove that her potion is efficacious, and that would lead to his survival... but not for any altruistic reasoning. It would simply be a by-product of her experimental procedure.
I'm delighted that you enjoyed it enough to leave me a review. Thank you.
[Report This]Date: 11/20/2005 11:32 pm Title: Bane of Existence
"Help" is such a vague, generic term. If I were Draco, I would not drink it. She has refused to say what the difference is, and she's casually mentioned that she learned how to kill. Even if the potion won't kill him, it might knock him out permanently in some other way. Well done ambiguity!
Author's Response: MithLuin, I can't tell you how happy you've made me tonight. You're the first person who could easily see that she might just choose to kill Draco with the potion. I've always thought that Hermione has a bit of a ruthless streak. Sort of the ability to turn off her emotional reactions and become far more calculating. I'm so happy you could find that in the ambiguity. Thank you, thank you!
[Report This]Date: 11/20/2005 10:48 pm Title: Bane of Existence
I definitely believe that she intends to "help" him, and I think it's more likely than not that in asking Draco to drink the potion that he will live and be a "better" werewolf for it. I just hope that Draco drinks it in time. If I didn't know better, Bambu, I'd say you're turning into a HG/DM shipper ;-) I think you really like seeing these two together because you've really latched on to the dynamics of their many volitale interactions. I think there will always be a part of each of them that is frightened of the other--it's what they have in common. Thanks for the post and for NOT giving us the easy way out. Yes, Hermione's intends to save Draco. Cheers!
Author's Response: I confess, my friend, that I think Hermione is planning to help him, if only because she wants to prove her point even more than she will want to help Draco Malfoy. A little ruthless self-interest holding hands with benevolence.
A HG/DM shipper? Nope, not me. You know my heart belongs to the sarcastic, black bat of the dungeons! Although I do have a soft spot for the Malfoy men (but if it wasn't the delicious Jason Isaacs in the role of Lucius, I probably wouldn't care. As Bunney says, 'Jason Isaacs *drool* Oh, he's wearing clothes? How inconvenient.'
Thanks for letting me know that you enjoyed this.