lostit02Signed | Chapter : 4 | Date : 23/10/09
yes. ... just trying to add to favorites .. have not figured out how w/out reviewing .. but i am enjoying the store or would not want in my favorites at this time |
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hemalthSigned | Chapter : 51 | Date : 22/09/09
Just to let you know that I loved the story but my wife hates you. (you and your links to additional stories have given me another weeks worth of reading) she cant get me off the computer. |
Author Feedback: Well, that's definitely a mixed-bag review, isn't it? While I'm sorry that I may have been the cause of marital discord in your home  I'm glad that you loved my story.  and that you are enjoying the other stories I linked you to. Please convey my sincerest apologies to your lovely wife  and try to figure out a way to make it up to her. Hmmm...maybe you could invite her to "role play" certain scenes from this story with you...like what really happened in the Room of Requirement or at Grimmauld Place...and I'd recommend that you not keep it at PG-13  
Just to let you know, I am working with my beta IronChefOR (one of the authors I link you to) on the early planning stages of a sequel to KAP (covering books 6 and 7) after all these years. It's a bit slower going just because we want to make it a worthwhile sequel and we both are very busy with our personal/professional lives at the moment, but I've got a tentative outline for the entire story and have written a few draft chapters (prologue, epilogue, and some content.) So, keep an eye out on Portkey and maybe I'll get it posted. I'm not planning on posting anything until I have the entire story written out, so I have my work cut out for me, but it won't be any time soon - plenty of time for you to make up with your wife so she won't hate  me any more. 
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hemalthSigned | Chapter : 11 | Date : 19/09/09
must be a reference to "Ferris Beulher' day off"
one of my favorites as well |
Author Feedback: Well, Happy Hermione's Birthday, hemalth! (According to JKR's calendar, at least)
Yep, I'm glad you caught the reference. AS you continue to read the story (assuming you do, of course) there are a few other movie references that you'll come across. Hope you like them too! 
Feell free if you get a chance to review the rest of the chapters. I always like hearing from new readers.
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AnonymousUnsigned | Chapter : 51 | Date : 27/08/09
wonderful story, Dave. As i told Matt, you shold do this for a living. I say this because you are very good and i am looking for someone to co-write with. If you are at all interested in the idea, let me know. |
Author Feedback: Thanks, Steve - you have no idea how much I would like to do that very thing, but unfortunately I have to continue to pay the billls that are coming in now  and that takes up most of my free time.
However, I don't know if you heard this from Matt before he left for Brazil, but I am actually in the "pre-production" conceptual stage on a sequel to this story. I'm already working with IronChefOR (I mention him in the later chapters) but I appreciate the offer anyway. I'm sure you'll hear about it if/when I get it posted. Good luck on your upcoming deployment!
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I have to tell you, as a final note, that this is one of the best time-travel stories I think I have read, and quite possibly one of the best novel-length stories as well. You handled the time traveling so well; you accounted for all of the potential biological changes carefully, as well as handling the double sets of memories sensitively and in a believable way. I also felt that you kept the characters consistent with their original characterizations, even while they responded to new situations. I'm so glad you are planning a sequel! When I read your note in the epilogue, I wondered if you were going to respond, somehow, to the evens of HBP and DH, since those particular sets of relationship events are, to a certain extent, impossible in the reality you have created. So, if the last two books were truly H/Hr....what would happen? I'm eager to find out!  Thanks so much for writing. |
Author Feedback: Wow! You're going to give me a swelled head if you keep up with those kind of kind words! I guess as long as I can still get through doorways I'll be okay.
I'll return the praise to you - you've noted some key reasons in your comments that, up until now, have kept me from writing a sequel that would be able to "explain" or "fix" HBP and DH adequately.
However, in the last few months some ideas and discussions I've had with my beta and my daughter (whose wonderful work I referenced in KAP) have led me to at least consider how to get started on writing the sequel. In fact, I've already got a draft prologue and epilogue written that establish the link to KAP. The trick now is how to fill in all those pesky plot details, etc. that will need to connect the prologue to the epilogue and make it all make sense, while maintaining the quality level I expect for myself. Complicating this whole mess is the fact that when I started writing KAP I was unemployed and had lots of "free time" to spend on it. Well, that was 5 years ago and things have changed in many ways since then.
So, my current plan is to not post anything until we get most, if not all, of the story written. This will allow me to work at my own pace without the added pressure from readers here asking/demanding to know when the next chapter will be posted. (Hey, if I knew that, I would have posted it already!)
Of course, the drawback is that it will probably be a while before I post anything. But, I guarantee that whatever I write will be a true H/Hr story  so be patient and we'll try to get it done as soon as we can.
Thanks so much for reading and reviewing! And be sure to tell your (H/Hr appreciating) friends about my "little" time-travel story! ;-)
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I loved the "Airplane" reference - and I understood why Sirius still died, although I wish he didn't have to. I also thought the resolution of Harmony/Hermione was actually quite intersting and well done - I never would have thought of doing it that way! |
Author Feedback: Thanks for your reviews. Yeah, Sirius is an example of the old saying that "sometimes the wrong people die." or this one you may recognize - ""Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says otherwise is selling something."
— William Goldman (The Princess Bride)
And, since I'm not selling anything with this story (this is portkey, you know... ) I decided to keep Sirius' death in there. At least I gave Sirius the opportunity to explain to Harry his reasons why - which is better than JKR did in Canon, right?
I appreciate your comments about how I resolved the Harmony/Hermione situation. I was somewhat concerned when I wrote it that some readers would consider it too "convenient" to use the deus machina solution...but it seems to have worked out OK after all.
Watch this space (or register on Portkey for alerts from me) and that way, if you're interested in my proposed sequel, you'll get notified when it comes out.
Thanks again,
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Excellent! I was worried after reading "Repercussions" because, although Harmony was altering the timeline quite greatly by encouraging Hermione's feelings for Harry, she was also encouraging a loving relationship in his life - and love is exactly what he needs to defeat Voldemort! This way, he simply has that extra love in his life considerably earlier than he did in the orginal timeline, and that could wind up being a tremendous asset for him in the next three years of subjective time. I was hoping you would find a way to bring events around to this. Thank you for your kind reply before; I'll try to keep reviewing as I go. |
Author Feedback: Thanks again for reviewing so quickly! Even after all these years, I still enjoy discussing KAP with anyone who takes the time to review.
In response to your insightful comments, as you continue to read this story I'm sure you'll see how prescient you are. But I don't want to spoil the story for you, so I'll just leave you to it.
I will, however, give you a bit of a spoiler... my beta IronChefOR and I are in the "pre-production" phases of a sequel to KAP. I don't know if or when it will be published on Portkey, but it is being worked on as we speak. In fact, both chapter 6 and chapter 33 that you reviewed have clues in them that will most likely play a big role in the sequel.
I'm looking forward to more reviews from you as you keep reading.
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I love the way you have characterized Dumbledore in the first few chapters here. I never agreed with all of his decisions, but he was doing the best he could with the information he had - and even he says that age can be difficult when dealing with young people. Here, he realizes his own mistakes and strives to correct them, just as I believe Dumbledore would. He is human, not a villain, and has retained both his humor and his wisodm. Thank you for such a refreshing and complex portrait of him. |
Author Feedback: Welcome new reader!
Thanks for your comments - I was actually having a similar discussion with my beta IronChefOR about Dumbledore - I know it is popular in some circles to portray Albus as EVIL!Dumbledore... I think the characterization of him here in KAP is closer to canon... not evil, just human and mistake-prone - he's weak when in retrospect he should have been strong, he interferes when he should have left things alone, etc. Just like real people do.
I hope you'll continue to read this story and see more about how I portray Albus as the story progresses. If you feel so inclined to comment about that or anything else, please leave reviews as you read. I"ll be glad to respond!
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MionefanSigned | Chapter : 29 | Date : 29/05/09
One question from last chapter... Why didn't Harry comment (even if internally) about the memory of Hermione and him riding Buckbeak to rescue Sirius. That would have really upset him I would have imagined. |
Author Feedback: Hmmmm...well, it's honestly been quite a while ( ) since I wrote this chapter, but i vaguely remember him making some kind of comment about that subject. I'd have to review my notes and the other chapters to see how (or if) I addressed that specific item.
Thanks again for your reviews!
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MionefanSigned | Chapter : 8 | Date : 28/05/09
Well, that didn't turn out as I expected. Hermione by herself and making a name for herself is unexpected. |
Author Feedback: Well, as I wrote this story I tried to do things that were unexpected. Why would I want to write a story that only contained "expected" stuff? 
More to come...
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MionefanSigned | Chapter : 5 | Date : 27/05/09
Boy, you don't do it half way do you? This continues to be the most refreshing story I've read about time travel. Good work! |
Author Feedback: Welcome new reader! Thanks for your 2 reviews so far. I hope you continue to read and enjoy this story...and your leaving additional comments as you go along would be great, too!
No, I don't do it half way. Although some may differ, since I haven't (as yet) written anthing beyond this story. Well, I may just be changing that in the near future.
Looking forward to more comments if you get a chance!
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MionefanSigned | Chapter : 2 | Date : 27/05/09
Wow! That is brilliant. Never would have looked at it that way and you've crafted it very well. |
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vvUnsigned | Chapter : 51 | Date : 12/05/09
An interesting premise that I enjoyed as I read it. I admit, however, that the story was mostly ruined for me not when you actually offed Sirius, but with the totally lame, trite, and utterly reprehensible excuse you gave for it. If you had said "he had to die because it would have been too big a change and the universe would implode" that would have been perfectly fine and understandable and conveyed the sorrow of necessity. But to use "he was willing to die for you and I couldn't begrudge him that and you should honor his choice" is utter crap. There is nothing noble about going to your death when you know you are NOT necessary to be there and you DO have people who still need you in LIFE. Bogus. Totally bogus. Any and all respect you had built for Sirius and Dumbledore was completely destroyed by that one superfluous act. It left a very sour taste in my mouth. I'm left feeling I shouldn't have read the story at all.
Your writing, however, was quite excellent. The storyline was cohesive and you had a unique plot for time-travel/re-do fics. Should you ever write another story, I would be interested in reading it - after I read the ending. |
Author Feedback: Wow...sort of a mixed bag on that review, eh? Basically, you like my writing, but not what I wrote...or something like that? Well, thanks for the compliments on my writing, anyway. :-)
If I had to say anything in my "defense", I'd say that I'd say you are overstating things when you say that there is "nothing noble about going to your death when you know you are NOT necessary to be there and you DO have people who still need you in LIFE".
I'd say that it's usually the case that people DO have people who still need them, no matter what, so you're claiming that sacrifice for others is NEVER noble? I really doubt that. Tell that to someone who watched their father/husband die saving another family member from, oh, let's say a drowning. They obviously have people who still need them, and the decision whether or not you are necessary to be there is not one that the father is going to have a lot of time to deliberate on...a family member is drowning RIGHT NOW and he won't know when/if someone else will be there in time.
Besides, if you read carefully, Sirius's intent is NOT to intentionally sacrifice himself in this story (or in the original, for that matter). He's not attacking Bella in the DoM with the intent upfront of dying for Harry. He's just saying that he's willing to make that sacrifice - because he loves Harry and will protect him with his life, if need be. Pretty noble, in my opinion.
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VanderSigned | Chapter : 51 | Date : 01/05/09
Interesting story and definitely a different and refreshing take on the whole soul bond motif. Having there be 2 Hermione's at the same time and having them both have a soul bond with Harry was quite different than anything I've seen. I really enjoyed your take on it. I can't imagine how Harmony must have felt for all of those years without Harry, that must have been pure agony. It's a wonder she didn't go completely insane.
I do hope you write a sequel in the future even though HBP and DH didn't turn out well for numerous reasons. |
Author Feedback: Thanks so much for the review! I am so happy that you enjoyed my "little" 51 chapter take on the soul bond idea...it's hard to believe I actually wrote this so many years ago, (November 2004) even before HBP had been released.
I have toyed with the idea of writing a sequel, but that would require that I actually pick up and READ HBP and DH again... , and not just read it, but read it in detail enough to repair the timeline to the way it SHOULD be :-) and make it fit within the story arc I've established in this story. At the time I wrote KAP I was unemployed and had LOTS of spare time on my hands Fortunately I am no longer unemployed, and I promise you it wouldn't be worth it to my sanity and my family's financial status to become unemployed long enough for me to write this sequel.
But seriously, after I've seen another favorite writer of mine (Romulus Lupin) start a new story, I have started to have a few "pangs" of wanting to start writing again. Writing KAP was probably one of the most fun things I've ever done, and I really enjoyed it, so I guess the answer right now is "Never say never..."
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2NSANE4USigned | Chapter : 11 | Date : 21/03/09
the movie being alluded to is Ferris Bueler's Day Off, isn' it? Great story so far. |
Author Feedback: Welcome new reader!
Yep, you got the movie title correct. There are other movie references coming in other chapters, so hopefully you'll get those also.
Thanks for the compliment. Hope you continue to enjoy this story as you continue reading it. I always appreciate more reviews, too!
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