Aaran St Vines posted a comment on Wednesday 3rd May 2006 9:26pm

Rather fascinating explanation from Harry about the use of deadly force in all of it's many magical forms.

Once again, your illumination of learning the animagus transformation is excellent.

Can we really hurt Draco now? Please?

Musings of Apathy replied:

Patience.   Remember, Draco has neither intelligence nor patience.   How long can he last?

Philipe posted a comment on Wednesday 3rd May 2006 10:13am

Isn't it a bit dangerous to let Mione have the book without some form of protection? In the wrong hands, it would be catastrophic.. It should be more secure..

Despite that, i like the chapter, a little slow, but you can't have all of them having some form of action.. Really curious about the Malfoy ramification..

HermioneGreen posted a comment on Wednesday 3rd May 2006 9:23am

Another Awesome chapter!!! thank you ever so much for posting . . . I hope Harry is able to get Draco under control before he does anything too bad . . .

I look forward to more of this . . . I didn't have the opportunity to read the original posting, and I am enjoying this muchly

'Mione

agent fisher posted a comment on Wednesday 3rd May 2006 7:01am

RPG, nice. THough i would have said, a LAW since those are the green tube ones with instructions.

Musings of Apathy replied:

I'll hav3e to trust you on that bit of knowledge.   Luckily this is fiction.   Unfortunately, I have never had the chance to fire an RPG or a LAW, so not much with the experience.

Ian Major posted a comment on Tuesday 2nd May 2006 10:43pm

Dang, nice Prank Bill, but of course, you know this means war ;)

SpiderLily posted a comment on Tuesday 2nd May 2006 6:18am

Great chapter! I can't wait to read the next!

-SpiderLily

freakyfinger posted a comment on Tuesday 2nd May 2006 5:57am

gotta love a good phsycological veela prank . . .

jayley posted a comment on Tuesday 2nd May 2006 5:56am

that was hilarious! but not a bright move on bill's part--ginny is just gonna kill him!!!!

Brad1 posted a comment on Monday 1st May 2006 11:41pm

loved it the first time and now for ohhh the 10th or so times keep up the fantastic writing! and hopefully you get the next 8 or so you had up on ffnt!

Hannah3 posted a comment on Monday 1st May 2006 9:32pm

Poor, poor Harry

Musings of Apathy replied:

Are those crocodile tears I see?

HermioneGreen posted a comment on Monday 1st May 2006 9:10pm

Okay . . . first, I did not like Bill's prank . . . that was highly unfair to Ginny . . . and I did notice that she didn't seem affected . . . strike two . . .

that said . . . I'm glad Harry was able to escape the girls, with little damage . . . and Ginny was able escape the room of requirement. . . ball two . . .

but the grand slam was when they were both able to excape the whole school and lock themselves up in the chamber of secrets . . .

I hope you include Bill's reaction to how the prank was circumvented in the next chapter

'Mione

Musings of Apathy replied:

I'm sorry that you disliked it.   Bill, as Ginny's brother, would have chosen to exclude Ginny from any lasting remnants of the Veela Hex, just encase it was still around.   As for their escape from the school...

Author's choice.   Expediency.

At least Hermione got her kiss in.   And proof, there is nothing romantic between Harry and Hermione (of course, I realize that this would be the clincher for certain shippers of the H/Hr variety)

Aaran St Vines posted a comment on Monday 1st May 2006 8:57pm

This was an impressive prank, one worthy of Bill Weasley.

For a typical teenaged boy, these are not the worst things to happen, but Harry isn't typical.

Great work.

Musings of Apathy replied:

I think that most teenage boys would agree with the theory of every girl in their school being actively and agressively after their body as a good thing, but I think that the reality of the situation would turn bad for them when the crowd around them exceeded half a dozen.   Too much of a good thing is a bit distressing and can require medical treatment.

Patches posted a comment on Monday 1st May 2006 8:48pm

What a great prank. It also goes to show that Harry has access to escape routes that Bill is not aware of. Thank you for a great prank. I look forward to more stories like this one. pms

Tumshie posted a comment on Monday 1st May 2006 8:34pm

Good chapter, just one thing that has got me thinking. Many stories make reference to scary Weasley women, technically speaking Molly isn't a Weasley female, she is a Prewitt? so is the temper a Weasley thing or a Prewitt thing? I'm going to post he same question on my Yahoo group to see what it generates.

Musings of Apathy replied:

Thank you fro reading and reviewing my story.   I am a fan of your work.

As to the Weasley women, and I will go to your group and repeat this; there has not been a true Weasley woman born in hundreds of years (or thousands).   What we refer to as Weasley women would previously be the women that the Weasley men are naturally drawn to, fiery and opinionated.   They are strong and quite incendiary.   Molly was this before Arthur picked her and I assume his father's wife to be the same.   Molly and Genetics did their part to form Ginny into the woman that she will become.

Amamama posted a comment on Monday 1st May 2006 7:39pm

Oh, poor male Veela! I can understand why they never leave their settlements. Bet Bill never though that his prank made it possible for Harry and Ginny to get a day together, without interference from teachers or friends. And the room of reqiurement is simply amazing. A rocket launcher, indeed. I wonder what kind of improvement Harry and Ginny will make to the room of requirement when they fix it? If it can be improved, that is.

I love the size of your chapters, I don't know if I've told you before? They're short enough to fill a decent break, yet long enough to give some action. And the frequent updates are wonderful.

Thanks for sharing!

Musings of Apathy replied:

Thank you for enjoying my story and telling me about it.   I am affraid that we are coming to the end of the frequent updates.   I am currently struggling through chapter 42 and contemplating trashing a thousand words to get me back into the flow.

I, personally, can't think of any improvements that could be made to the RoR, and they will be lucky enough to be ablt to learn to recast the original, much less improving on the idea.

Jonathan posted a comment on Monday 1st May 2006 2:51pm

Another excellent chapter!

Was Dumbledore implying that there wasn't a Male Veela Charm/Curse and that it was all power of suggestion? If so, what was the 'whisp of magic' Harry was releasing? Was it also just imagined, or was Harry's suggestability sending out the wisps?

Musings of Apathy replied:

No, there was the charm for the Male Veela part, it's just that there was no compulsion charm put on the girls.   What they did was completely in reaction to the male veela's influence to increase their attraction to Harry.

Manatheron posted a comment on Sunday 30th April 2006 11:42pm

hmmm... did he really expect the 'golden gryffindor' to re-neg on a deal?

Musings of Apathy replied:

Snape can't help it.   He is cynical and intractable and that impedes his judgement all too often.

AcceleratedGlass posted a comment on Thursday 27th April 2006 5:43pm

good chapters update soon

Minerva Granger posted a comment on Thursday 27th April 2006 11:14am

I would have guesesed. As would anyone who truly knew Harry. And Malfoy was lucky to escape expulsion. Thankyou for updating, I thoroughly enjoyed the last two chapters.

freakyfinger posted a comment on Thursday 27th April 2006 3:44am

So even now, Snape still thinks Harry is evil and doesn't fulfill his promises?

Musings of Apathy replied:

Snape has had too hard of a life and has been a spy too long to count anything as done until it is.   He trusts no one.