Aug. 22, 2009
Harry's nothing, if not a leader. You've done a nice job here of showing that. I liked the way the others rally around him and support him - especially Hermione.
Now - one bone to pick (sort of). Most writers agree that Tom Riddle would avoid the wholesale slaughter of Muggles for fear that the magical realm would be revealed. He's not stupid. He knows, or has minions who know, that the Muggle world far outweighs and out-classes the magical one and that if the Muggles got their backs against the wall, they'd find a way to find back and they would crush the magical realm...even if it took fifty or a hundred years to do.
Killing Muggles by the hundreds just doesn't sit well, when you look at it from the perspective of all those Muggle-born's who he'd rather be killing first.
Anyway - just my $0.02 worth. You've written a nice chapter here, no matter what.
regards,
the_scribbler