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The Brother
3 reviewsThe Final Battle is over. Harry has left Britain, leaving a devastated magical community, a lost Hermione, and a blinded Luna. Hermione becomes Professor McGonagall's apprentice while she cares f...
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Brother Z
(#) red_jacobson 2007-05-14
good grief! how many stories do you have in the pipeline? GRIN Interesting beginning and I can't wait to see Severus get a reducto enema!
redAuthor's response
Well, Severus WILL be talking out his ass at one point. . . .
"T"Brother Z
(#) Nautilus 2007-05-14
i think we all want to know:
Is he harry? i can't help notice he did not answer hermione's question, rather said that he was still 'learning'. possible harry/timeturner.Author's response
I thought Brother Z was too good a character to waste on his short appearance in chapter 13 of Triwizard Redux. Is Z Harry? No. Was Z once Harry? That is the question (yes)
"T"Brother Z
(#) Treck 2007-05-14
My, My, My... This is an interesting start. I'm left after reading this with one thought...
Why hasn't any of the students ever boycotted Snapes classes? I would think that (at least with the upper years,) they would say enough is enough and refuse to attend any classes that he teaches. Especially since he killed Dumbledore.Author's response
If I remember rightly, Snape isn't teaching many 6 or 7th year classes (6th year History was the only one, wasn't it?). anyone who takes 6th year history expecting binns would probably be willing to put up with Snape.
"T"Brother Z
(#) pdkirke 2007-05-14
Fabulous beginning. I love Hogwarts teacher stories and with Hermione and Brother Zed there as well as Head Mistress McGonagall dealing with Snape, this promises to be really interesting.
I was trying to remember Brother Zed from Triwizard Redux as my husband and I were reading this. He knew it was the person formerly known as Harry Potter and I was wavering back and forth, trying to remember.
I know romance will probably be far from the focus of this fic, but have you decided what ships there will be other than Hermione/Luna and Remus/Dora? Just curious; if you're not ready to share that info I'll understand completely.Author's response
Hermione and Luna will both be taken with Z, after they find out he was a lay brother (ir not under vows of chastity)
"T"Brother Z
(#) Cateagle 2007-05-14
Hmm, definitely an interesting start. For some reason, I can't shake the impression that "Brother Zed" is a well- and fully-hidden Harry Potter, come back to clean up the last traces and loose ends. Methinks Severus should tread most carefully around him and the school in general.
I can understand why Harry would need another identity and this one is so unlike him that few would suspect. The final battle obviously didn't go the way Tom expected, there is something to the old admonition to "let sleeping dragons lie", but I doubt he'd have believed it possible.Brother Z
(#) NAPPA 2007-05-14
New characters are quite irksome sometimes with their overpowering nature. At first your fic appeared to me to be a Harry Potter in Disguise sort of a story. But , now I'm not totally sure. Some things in his wording do leave room for a few elaborate ways of him being Harry or not. So I can't tell. All the better, as it will really make me want to follow this. I really do hope you update this often. Your work is really well written. I'm hoping that they are seperate and that brother z is more about helping heal Harry somehow.Brother Z
(#) brad 2007-05-14
Good to see a new story from you! I'm hoping this tale might be less sexually explicit than Re-Ordered; I wasn't in your target audience for that one.
(Ah, just noted the rating; 'R' rather than Re-Ordered's 'NC-17'! Fingers crossed)
Poor Hermione!! Everyone close to her dead, except Luna and Harry, the latter of whom has disappeared. Which I'm a bit angry about. I guess the obvious suspicion is that Brother Z is Harry in disguise, but I hope not - or that it's not that simple - as I'd hate to think that he would lie to Hermione, or hide from her in that way.
The idea of Harry having to 'get away' is at odds with that of Harry having strong affection for Hermione, since the urge to flee has proven superior to any love he might have for her. I can't help but wonder why she didn't join him, or if there wasn't some way for them to be together while allowing him to recover. But maybe this will allow Harry to mature, make any ultimate relationship even more satisfying (assuming/hoping that they do get together by the end).
This reminded me a bit of your 'A Very Nasty Case', which I really enjoyed. The idea of Harry and Hermione finding comfort in each other, with all their other friends gone, is quite a powerful notion. Of course, you have Luna in this story as well.Author's response
Sorry, all that backstory wouldn't fit into one chapter. Most of your questions should be answered as the story moved forward.
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