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Fia Delacour
Signed | Chapter : 1 | Date : 17/10/08
Wohoo, whatta great twist!! I\'m stupefied.. please update soon.. gud job!!
Author Feedback: I'm glad you liked it, there won't be an update for this story per se, it's more that this is a sample chapter from my main Torchwood fic. The one that's currently kicking my ass and taking forever to write. But I promise I won't abandon it and I'll get it posted eventually.

Thanks again
 

Anonymous
Unsigned | Chapter : 1 | Date : 15/10/08
Please, please, PLEASE finish the Torchwood.....I love the kick-ass harry . Your writing style makes your fic really easy to read. this could be a major series. It's up there with Bobmin's Sunset over Britian as one of my favourites
Author Feedback: I'm very flattered and thanks for the kind words. I promise that Torchwood isn't abandoned, but it's taking a while to write it all out. I hope it's worth the wait of getting the entire thing down before I post it. At least there'll be daily updates for everyone.

Thanks again, and hope you'll stick around for Torchwood!
 

coruscater
Signed | Chapter : 1 | Date : 06/10/08
That's great! I can't wait to see the full thing, but I'm a bit confused - is this the start of the story proper? Or should I just author alert you and wait for it to turn up? In any case, it was great (as was the trailer), and I'm really looking forward to seeing where you take it Please come back with more soon!!!
Author Feedback: No, this is a sample chapter from my main Torchwood fic that I'm working on. The real version of this chapter, which will most likely be a little different when I finally get there, is probably gonna be like chapter 40 or something. And its the middle of the story.

I'm hoping to get back on Torchwood pretty soon, my muse left and I haven't been able to work on it for a while. But don't give up hope, I will not abandon this story!

Thanks for the review, and I hope you stay around for Torchwood!
 

oldsarge
Signed | Chapter : 1 | Date : 30/07/08
OK. You've gotten our attention. Where/When is Torchwood? I enjoyed both of your "teasers" and look forward to more.
Author Feedback: I'm not sure what your asking, so I'll just answer both. My Torchwood universe takes place during 2008. Because there are some specific technologies and a few movies I'd like Harry to take advantage of. Where Torchwood is I can't answer yet, but it will be in the main story of course.

Unless you meant the main story, and I'm afraid I have no ETA on that. I can promise I'm working every day on it. I'll start posting it as soon as I either get far enough ahead, or finish. I'm glad you liked the teasers and I hope you'll stick around for the main event!

Thanks!
 

leO.T
Signed | Chapter : 1 | Date : 26/07/08
WAHHH !!! im so Intrigued by this story! Where are you now?!1 i love that fact that you posted this chapter to try get people hooked to it. IT WORKED!

You've been bookmarked! i check once every few days to see if came out yet. i seriously cannot wait!

Hope you finish soon! =]
Author Feedback: Don't worry, I haven't gone anywhere. I'm diligently working on this story. I've got over 38,000 words down so far, and I've not even gotten started.

As soon as my beta gets back to me, I'll be posting a sort of "Movie Trailer" for my story. It's called, "A Day in the Life of Torchwood." Hopefully it'll be giving a good glimpse of the Torchwood Universe and show everyone the kind of direction I'm gonna be going in. It'll have more action in it, and a preview of Harry's abilities and ways of taking down Death Eaters.

Now, like this story, it's a one shot, so keep an eye out for it on the New and Updated page. Hopefully it won't be too much longer before she gets back to me. I'll post as soon as she does. Hang in there and I'm glad you enjoyed it so far!
 

hermione
Unsigned | Chapter : 1 | Date : 10/07/08
ahhh and how i love hhr with happy endings! thanks and keep it up..
Author Feedback: Glad you liked it, Thanks for the review!
 

randomperson7
Signed | Chapter : 1 | Date : 06/07/08
omg that was like awesome and i loved how u made it like as a sample so u can like hook readers to ur like full story
Author Feedback: Thanks, that was the plan. Glad you liked it.
 

boboza
Signed | Chapter : 1 | Date : 02/07/08
I have just finished your sampler chapter. It was amazing. I can hardly wait for the story to begin. You have piqued my interest and I want more...soon.
Author Feedback: Thanks, I'm glad you liked it. I hope to start posting soon, but I dunno when that will exactly be
 

PJ
Signed | Chapter : 1 | Date : 01/07/08
There's even more serious weasley bashing and doing away with baddies permenantly and telling dumbles what he can do with himself And ignoring the last two books?

Really? *bounces in glee!*

I think I might come to love this story of yours already.

Carry on!

PJ
Author Feedback: Thanks! That's what I'm going for. And yeah, Harry will be telling Dumbledore exactly what he can go do with himself. On the 3rd page actually, but Dumbles will fire back, and Harry will fight back, against the DE's and the manipulative Dumbledore. There will be two wars going on, Torchwood versus Riddle and his minions, and Harry and Hermione versus Dumbledore and him trying to control Harry again.

Yeah, Torchwood is tired of the Hotel Azkaban trips that Dumbles seems to think works. So don't expect too many Stunners from Torchwood, or any Expelliarmus's either. There will be a real Final Battle, and it will ROCK! (Hopefully )

And yeah, other than making fun of certain 6&7 scenes, and modifying a couple of the very few good scenes, there won't be any references to 6&7. I'm with you, as far as I'm concerned, 6&7 didn't happen, because they were obviously written by someone other than the person who wrote 1-5.

There will be Weasley bashing, but like I said, Ginny and Ron won't be Death Eaters. While I do like those stories myself, since I can totally see those happening. I think it's more fun for Ron to act like a petulant, jealous, brat. The whole 4th year jealousy bit always struck me as a 3 year old, stomping off into a corner for a good pout. Not to say Ron won't be a severe prick, because he will be, and Harry will have to force himself not to kill Ron at times, and Ginny as well. There is a question I want to ask you, I'm gonna e-mail you about it.
 

The Dark Aeon
Signed | Chapter : 1 | Date : 01/07/08
torchwood as in the show?.... b/c i love Cap. Jack Harkness.... one of the best characters that have come out of Dr. Who, and certainly the best spinoff. good luck with everything.
Author Feedback: Sorry to dissapoint, but the only thing I've borrowed from the show is the name Torchwood itself. There isn't a team and this isn't a crossover fic. You can go to the Challenge on the Forum side and read for yourself what it's all about.

Hope you'll still read my fic when it's done. Thanks!

(btw- I love Captain Jack myself, I'm a huge fan of Torchwood and especially Doctor Who, I just took the name because I love the name)

Sorry, forgot to include the link to the Challenge http://talk.portkey.org/index.php?showtopic=27017
 

PJ
Signed | Chapter : 1 | Date : 01/07/08
I have to keep reminding myself that your idea of 'Torchwood' is more like Batman instead of what I think of as Torchwood.



But this does look like it will be a promising story and I love to see more new stories based only on books 1 to 5 for a chance. So, that means I will be reading this when you get it up and running.

This story is strictly on books 1 to 5 right? You are not going to be recycling crap from books 6 or 7 are you? *a tad worried*

Oh and weasel bashing is an added bonus. Excellent. The more the better. I hate ron the red rodent.

Do you have an ETA for the beginning of this story by chance so we can keep our eyes open for it?

Looking forward to seeing more of this when you get up and running.

PJ
Author Feedback: No worries PJ, books 6 and 7 have nothing to do with my story. Just read my disclaimer, I mention that the series mysteriously ended at book 5 . At the most, I might have certain scenes that I liked, the couple that weren't complete ass, and change them to fit the story.

In particular, I think I might modify the "You're So Much More Fanciable, Harry" scene and the non verbal lesson in DADA when Harry zapped Snape and did the whole "You don't have to call me sir, Professor". But, rest assured, Snape will NOT be the DADA teacher and he won't be a good guy either. Damn Git, Hate Snivellus Snape. There are no Horcruxes (which I think are retarded) or Deathly Hollows (I think they were kinda cool, but way too powerful and way too late) Harry will still have his cloak of course, but it'll be just like it was in books 1-5, his father's cloak, but nothing special. No magical Cliff's notes Half Blood Prince potion book, Harry will do better in Potions, but only because he throws himself into his studies.

And worry not, there WILL be Ginger Weasel bashing, Ginny and Ron will not be major players, nor will they be friendly what so ever. I don't think I'll make them Death Eaters, but they WILL be severe assholes, Harry and Hermione will quickly stop hanging around Ron and actively avoiding Ginny. Hopefully, I'll be able to make it convincing and not just drop them though. I'd like to make it believable at least. But there will be lots of Ginger Bashing, the only good Weasleys are the older males, besides Percy the twit.

Unfortunately, no ETA as yet, I'm about 7 chapters in so far, and it's only the 4th day, and Harry's been unconscious for 3 of those days. So this is probably gonna be a long book. I'm probably gonna write a head for a while, and then start posting before I'm completely finished, I'll see how it goes.

Thanks for the Review!

(p.s. While it is certainly similar to Batman, at least parts anyway, I'm gonna be actually killing baddies, not just beating them up and chucking them in Azkaban, that's what Dumbles does, Torchwood doesn't bother with forgivness, he just kills them.)
 

Harmony_4ever88
Unsigned | Chapter : 1 | Date : 01/07/08
Oooooooooh! I'm dying to know what this is! Update soon please! I need to know! I almost cried while reading this it was so touching.

HHR Forever!!!

~Harmony_4ever88
Author Feedback: Thanks, that's what I was going for on this chapter. After I wrote it, it made me want to cry too. Though, I gotta warn you, when I start posting the story, it'll be a while before it gets to this chapter. Though, there won't be to much angst, I like a little, but I can't take too much. They'll be getting closer gradually.

Anyway, thanks for the review, Glad you liked it!
 

Speedy Gonzales
Signed | Chapter : 1 | Date : 30/06/08
Wow. I truly can't wait until the official first chapter of the story. And I absolutely loved the Harry/Hermione moments. They were so beautiful. I think this will be a fantastic story. I can't wait!
Author Feedback: Thanks, I'm definately gonna be working harder to get these chapters written. I'm glad you liked the scene, I had lots of fun writing it!

Thanks for the review!
 

Barmy_old_Codger
Signed | Chapter : 1 | Date : 30/06/08
I like your OS sampler, an interesting concept to hook some readers. I also agree with writing several chapters ahead of what you post, I do that myself. Don't wait too long to post the actual story and above all please don't abandon it part way through.
Thanks
Barmy
Author Feedback: Don't worry, I don't think I could abandon this story. Sometimes, I can't think about anything else but this story some days. I think I will write a few chapters in and then start posting, I just hope I can keep up with updates.

Thanks for the review!
 

What contented men desire
Signed | Chapter : 1 | Date : 30/06/08
First off, I'd like to say that I did enjoy this. It was well-written, grammatically correct, spelt properly, and it was interesting. Whatever else I may say in this review, remember that I did like it.

And here we go.

I didn't really see anything that warranted an 'R' rating. I only bring this up because, due to the warning screen that pops up, an undeserved rating of 'R' or 'NC-17' can greatly decrease exposure. I get the innuendo bit, but I personally don't feel it was severe enough to deserve such a high rating.

Slightly more seriously, this reads more like a missing moment that a one-shot. That's pretty much what it is, but it might have been better to post a self-contained one-shot before the entire story; like a movie trailer. There were a couple of things that weren't fully explained that would have added depth, like the circumstances that led up to the Room, (and why Harry was wearing a sword, but that's probably just my curiosity).

Finally, Harry's a little hard on himself. He did screw up a lot, but he wasn't really as bad as he made himself out to be. In first year he did come to save her, a bit late but better that than never; in second year there was so much going on the only way he could have known she would be in danger is if he were psychic, and there's no way he would have been able to follow her everywhere anyway, and it wouldn't have helped if he had. Fourth year he did attempt to save her from the lake, and refused to just leave her there even when the merpeople didn't allow him to take her (also, incidentally, his comment about people believing him isn't true; 'Mad-Eye' knew he hadn't put his name in, but I guess he doesn't count). And fifth year he did, in a roundabout way, choose her over Cho, which is something.

Again, I did enjoy it. However I always find constructive criticism to be better than "th!5 5t0ry !5 teh p00wnage!!!!!1111."
Author Feedback: No, I totally agree, I love your review. I want constructive criticism, makes me a better writer.

I wasn't entirely sure on the R rating, it wasn't the Innuendo really, it was more the language is the reason I picked it. I'm not entirely sure if an F Bomb will preclude an automatic R rating or not. I'll check the forums and probably change it.

Turns out that since I used the F Bomb three times, it would make it an R rated fic. And since my real story will more than likely be NC-17 because of sex and violence, it isn't too bad.

It's not really a missing moment, what it is, is probably the 40th chapter or so of my Torchwood fic, and that's about half way. I'm really not kidding on the length, I've written 6 chapters so far, and it's not that far in. I had the idea of writing out specific scenes that keep comming to mind, if for no other reason, so I don't have to think about them anymore. I had pictured this moment almost since I started writing the fic, so I wrote this "chapter" to get it out of my head. Which it worked, and since I needed a sample fic for an application, I used this. And I know there are a few things that weren't explained, basically this scene is what happens after Harry and Hermione left the ball, at the dance, Harry tells her he needs to speak to her, and the most secure place in Hogwarts is the Room of Requirement. The sword I wanted Harry to wear, because this time, Harry's wearing more of a dress uniform than just dress robes. The suit he's wearing has the Potter Family crest on the back and the Black Family Crest on the left shoulder. And I wanted a sword to kind complete the outfit, I was going for a formal dress uniform of a Lord or Officer. Though Harry isn't either in this story. Hope I didn't confuse you more.

Yeah, I know Harry's being hard on himself, but I wrote this the way I would have done it had I been bareing all to the girl I loved. So basically, I would have picked at every little thing I had done and made them worse. And no, Mad Eye didn't count

I'm glad you liked the story, and I hope you'll be patient enough with me for me to get my fic written. Thanks for the great Review!
 

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