teisfortiger posted a comment on Monday 10th July 2006 3:22am for Chapter 1

The Ministry of Magic reports today that Friday's attempts to secure Lucius Malfoy, the first-ever successful escapee from Azkaban Prison, were unsuccessful.

What was Bella's then?

Christina C. Keimig posted a comment on Thursday 4th May 2006 10:40am for Chapter 1

Oh, very fun chapter! Brilliant start to the new fic!!!

Rick Peterson posted a comment on Wednesday 3rd May 2006 8:16am for Chapter 1

I am glad to see you are backing working on Laocoon's Children; I've missed it. This chapter is as good as usual and sets things up for Year Three quite nicely. I liked the subtle reference to the Marauders' Map and I'm left wondering if (and how) Harry will end up with it.

My only real complaint about this series is that Hermione and now Ginny don't have much part in it. I don't miss Ron nearly as much, for some reason. Of course, the whole point of AUs is that things are different from canon, so I don't really have any grounds for complaint; but I do miss them.

It does leave me wondering who Harry's (eventual) love interest will be. Book 3 was when he first started crushing on Cho, after all. So maybe we will see more of Ginny later (assuming you make it to book 5 or 6), or maybe you'll surprise us. After all, it is an AU story, so anything is possible.

Full_Pensieve posted a comment on Wednesday 3rd May 2006 4:52am for Chapter 1

I had forgotten the high level of craft in your work. In this new segment, one particular sentence brings that point home:

"It is so soothing to see children at play," Dumbledore observed, indicating the pageant rehearsal with a nod of his head. Onstage, someone was being stabbed to death. "So long as one does not harbour any illusions about the content of a child's mind."

Witty, sardonic and deep - the essence of your work boiled down into a three-sentence paragraph. Yours are the only fanfics with significant slash that I read. That's not intended to be a backhanded compliment, either. It's a testament to quality.

Cheers,
Mike [FP]

bratling posted a comment on Wednesday 3rd May 2006 12:12am for Chapter 1

LOL! "Not the whole year. Just the bits of it where I follow you to class, bite anyone who's misbehaving, and snag sweets from all the students."

"You'd do that anyway."

Brilliant! Update again soon, please.

Mary Morley posted a comment on Tuesday 2nd May 2006 2:10pm for Chapter 1

"Two of our Dark Arts professors were eaten by things when we were at school!"

How wonderfully silly. If Terry Pratchett had invented Harry Potter, this is what it would be.

God, I love your stuff! I haven't read anything of yours that disapoints and I am incredibly excited to see this crew back.

Galadrion posted a comment on Tuesday 2nd May 2006 10:37am for Chapter 1

"...many people believe him to have drowned in the Black Sea off the coast of Scotland...."

That's an impressive trick; there's several hundred miles between the two locations...

Kat Armstrong posted a comment on Tuesday 2nd May 2006 7:55am for Chapter 1

*does happy dance* Laocoons Children is back, so I am happy. Nothing constructive to add, just glad to see the chapter out and intrigued about what's going to happen next ...

Enero posted a comment on Tuesday 2nd May 2006 7:18am for Chapter 1

Very enjoyable. Looking forward to the next update :)

Gardengirl posted a comment on Tuesday 2nd May 2006 4:28am for Chapter 1

Hurrah! More of this great saga. I love your take on things, it's loads of fun. I'm looking forward to finding out how it goes from here.