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• Let's Try That Again, Shall We?

  (#) mirabilos 2011-02-01

  I’m a little worried about Oren’s general
  agenda, or at least I haven’t seen it all
  yet. I suppose he stands for pureblood
  tradition (but not the bloodshed, I think),
  that much is clear. However, why did he
  take the Horcrucem? (Bargaining chip with
  pure-light travellers, or protection from
  riddle-ish travellers? His own agenda?)
  
  Your Defence teacher is fun. Me like.
  And Bumblebee is… crazy as usual g
  

• Let's Try That Again, Shall We?

  (#) Circaea 2011-02-01

  Oren took the Horcrux to protect it from destruction at the hands of Dumbledore's crazed followers -- both the diadem and the piece of Voldemort's soul, the former because it is a priceless historical artifact, and the latter because it does not deserve death. That much isn't supposed to be unclear -- I think I covered it way back in an earlier chapter. :) I'm pretty pleased with myself to have written enough that I can actually say things like that!
  
  I think it gives nothing away to say that Oren wants to avoid other time-travelers like the plague, and that he has no intention of giving up the diadem if he can help it. Whether he decides to do anything in particular with it now that he's got it, beyond defaulting to waiting out the war and giving it to a museum... well, I haven't gotten that far in the story yet. :)

• Let's Try That Again, Shall We?

  (#) mgenna 2011-02-02

  You are not the only one reading and trying to figure out where you are going. It is original though.
  
  Are you writing train of consciousness? Or is it an actual outline?

  Author's response

  I actually have extensive notes on where the story is going -- overall, subplot-by-subplot, and character-by-character. So while I allow for the chance of characters surprising me, if they don't, I know what is happening a decent ways in. The story _is_ supposed to be complicated, though!
  
  The specifics of dialogue are made up as I get to them. I'm not sure I can fairly say anything is stream of consciousness.

• Let's Try That Again, Shall We?

  (#) tricorvus 2011-09-08

  Oh my Merlin, from how you responded to another reviewer, you write your stories as I do. Bloody exhausting, I find, but the only way I CAN do it... :D Damn fine story. I liked Oren's justification of "AK" & "Imperio". And it really was in the name of humanity. Who says Slytherins are all bad? :D My better half is a Slytherin wanna-be, and if he could he'd use "Imperio" to get the flies out of the house or keep them from coming in. He only kills them because he has to. :D Keep up the fantastic job, and see you someday in Barnes & Noble.

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