Hhmm, so I read my review again and it probably came out worse than it should have been.
I just read the reviews on this chapter and wrote my review. What I wrote was about Tom Riddle in general in HP Ffiction and actually had little to do with your story at all.
Still, I probably should have read the story more thoroughly first before reviewing...
Anyway, what I really want to know is why someone has to fuck Tom to wake him up, I probably missed something again or what? And 55 years of being trapped inside his own head has got to have a negative effect on his mind..
Author's response
Not at all, it’s refreshing to get a review that asks the question, WTF?
If nothing else, I’ve been successful at eliciting an emotional response from a reader, and that feels just right.
As far as why carnal knowledge to wake Tommy?
Blame the Brothers Grimm.
In the original sleeping princess story(ies), the handsome prince doesn’t “kiss” the sleeping princess, he shags her sleeping form rotten, in one version of “Snow White” the handsome prince kills on or two of the dwarves, probably Sleazy and Smutty.
Ew!
I’m sure he could have just found a 13th Century equivalent of a blow up doll. . .
So I just gender switched the roles of the sleeping princess.
As far as living inside his own head for 55 years, hey, anyone who’s lived that long has already done that.
B’sides, Tommy was in a familiar place, surrounded by familiar faces. Remember, Hogwarts was the place he loved best.
He’d found his “happy place,” and in the next chapter, he’ll be happier there still.
And a bit angsty.
N!