(#) ARJAN 2007-12-26
Fantastic chapter! (although I didn't discover it until I looked on the new story/update page, why the repost?)
It started off wonderfully with Harry's little realization of what makes a girl beautiful, when he's staring at Hermione. I would like it if she started actively pursuing him now like she did with Ron in HBP (I never understood why she didn't pursue a relationship with Ron in OotP, but waited until HBP. What would have been the difference?)
And he finally realizes what weak and petty people individuals like Malfoy, Snape and Umbridge are for getting their kicks from bullying him.
Harry's interactions with the other girls in his year are also fun to read. They feel like deleted scenes from canon that were removed to make the books kid friendly!
The scene with Tonks and Fleur were good too. It helps him realize that people have many facets to their personality, few of which you get to see in real life. But I keep wondering when you'll introduce Remus to the scene,as part of Tonk's life. The private side of Remus Lupin would REALLY interesting to read!
Cho and Marietta...I don't even know what to say to that. I feel sorry for Marietta because she really loves Cho, but she's only using her for sex. I hope Harry steers clear of those two. Far too much drama there!
Using the room to FEEL things from other people's perspective was a bit of a stretch, but not too much. But it does put the RoR in the same league as the Elder wand for being a Deus ex machin :P
The quiditch match was brilliant, as was Harry's reward! A much better first (second?)kiss than Cho Chang could have ever given him! I hope you keep up the Harry/Angelina...fling(best word I can think of) for a long while, at least until he's through with the first semester of the school year. Then he can move on to other girls (HERMIONE!!!). But please keep Harry decent, one girl at a time !)
Again, Great chapter! And update soon!
Author's response
The chapters were messed up in the original posting of Room of Requirement and I could not seem to get them to list correctly for anything. (went chapter 2-1-3-4 or 1-2-4-3, but never 1-2-3-4) All I could think of is that it was messed up in the coding change a while back.
Remus and Sirius will have important parts in future chapters, probably near Christmas, but not quite yet.
He'll get a little messed up in Cho and Marietta's drama. I personally think he had too much of a crush on her not to.
I'll have to look up the whole Elder wand thing. I've only read up to book 5 and the first portion of book 6. (Didn't like the changes in personality in book 6 and never had the inclination to finish it.)
Harry won't be in a serious relationship with more than one girl, at least not anytime soon. He will have some more casual relationships where he'll go on dates with different girls, but won't have a more serious 'girlfriend' at the time.
Harry and Hermione's relationship will be a bit more complicated. They'll be incredible close, both emotional and physically, but they won't start a serious relationship anytime soon. She will have her own relationships with other boys before then though.
Ron... Well Ron will have some growing up to do as well. He'll have a good bit more confidence now that he held his own in Quidditch. He'll receive a good deal of attention because of the win but will be a bit too immature to deal with it well. At least at first.