TSA1 posted!

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Finally. TSA1 (not to be confused with TSAp :D) has at last been completed. *senseless weeping* Have subbed to Schnoogle, but in the meantime you can read it at Portkey (here) or my Web site (here).

Please find somehow, some way, to let me know what you think. Review at an archive, drop a line at a messageboard, send me email, comment here, cut up magazines and send MacGyvered letters to my door, scribble a note onto a piece of notebook paper and throw it in my hair, roll up your feedback and put it in a bottle set to sea ... however you choose to do it, it will be greatly appreciated. :D To say that I'm a leeeeeettle nervous about the reaction to this chapter would be an understatement, since I know it can't possibly live up to whatever anticipation might have built up in this long wait between parts, but lay into me anyway. I'm an adult. I can take it. And if I can't, I'll take it anyway.

Comments

[sydney-lynne.livejournal.com]

*Loves you, but not in a Draco/Ginny kind of way ;)*

Eeeeee! I'm so glad that you finally posted the new chapter of TSA and even better to hear that you have quite a few pages written for the next part. I finally figured out what your chapter titles: "After: Winter" and "Before: Summer" meant in context to "The Slow Autumn." Am total idiot, of course.

I love that you can write Draco and Ginny from such a fresh angle that differs from the typical fanon cliches and yet still believable in the context of canon. Also, you write OCs very well (usually they make me retch) and I'm very interested in their developments as well as those of the main players.

*gigglesnorts at Ginny's mental comment to Harry that Molly would probably like to see them get together--that's how I read the canon too, though many an H/Hr-er disagrees with me* Occasionally Ginny's attitude towards Harry is a little wavery to me--I'm guessing she's mostly over him but there's still a residual something she feels that she might want to explore but also kind of doesn't want to deal with? Narratively it feels slightly inconsistent, but when I think about it, it's probably a very human attitude, and you write realism so well. The minor characters are spot on, especially your Fred and George, who were just totally adorable. I'm also very curious to see how that Hermione-->Harry dynamic develops as well, although the Harry-->Ginny makes me kind of O_o.

For me, Ginny has been a hard character to read about post-OotP because it's so hard to reconcil her canon character with her fanon character. Is she brave or isn't she? Especially when it comes to Draco--I guess I see her as being slightly more confrontational towards him given the situation, but that's just my interpretation. ;) For fanfic purposes however, I do definitely favor the more vulnerable Ginny that obviously Harry doesn't understand or see, she's just such a woobie heroine that you can't help but love her.

Draco. He deserves his own new paragraph, I think. ;) I loved how you weaved in the little details from canon and developed them into your Draco--how he's too tall to play Seeker better than Harry, how his attitude has changed since Lucius was entombed in Azkaban. It's not easy to transition canon Draco into romantic lead Draco without falling into cliche and being a bit over the top with words, but you have changed his character ever so subtly and yet enough to make a romance between he and Ginny believable.

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[sarea-okelani.livejournal.com]

*Loves you, but not in a Draco/Ginny kind of way ;)*

Hahahahahahaa. Awwwwww. *masks disappointment*

I finally figured out what your chapter titles: "After: Winter" and "Before: Summer" meant in context to "The Slow Autumn."

Well, it's not the clearest thing in the world, but it was the only way I could do it without making it really lengthy. Hopefully in the future when things get even more dicey as we move back and forth, they'll be more helpful in positioning the time period.

Also, you write OCs very well (usually they make me retch) and I'm very interested in their developments as well as those of the main players.

*feels the pressure* Heehee. I'm also usually not a big fan of OCs, but in this case it couldn't be helped. Not to mention, JKR hasn't given us the name of even one of Ginny's friends in her year (and we know from OotP that she has them, so...). :-l Anyway, I hope they'll continue to be interesting as the story goes on, though the focus is definitely on the main characters.

Molly would probably like to see them get together--that's how I read the canon too, though many an H/Hr-er disagrees with me*

I think you could make an argument that Molly would be in favor/neutral to the idea; I certainly don't think she would be opposed.

Narratively it feels slightly inconsistent, but when I think about it, it's probably a very human attitude, and you write realism so well.

Haha, thanks for giving me an out. The thing is, we learn in OotP that Ginny got over her crush on Harry -- at least enough to start behaving normally around him. But Harry is probably still quite crush-worthy, at least attractive, and even if you were over him, if you had an inkling that he liked you back, wouldn't you waver, just a tad? <g> You might realize that you don't really like him, but I think it would be quite tempting. ;)

The minor characters are spot on, especially your Fred and George, who were just totally adorable.

Yay, thank you! JKR's given all her characters such distinct personalities that it's quite daunting to try and write long fic in this verse, since I really want characters to stay recognizable at the very least. It's a huge pet peeve of mine when writers change a character's personality in order to suit the needs of their story. Interpretation, I'm a big fan of. Outright contradiction, not so much.

I'm also very curious to see how that Hermione-->Harry dynamic develops as well, although the Harry-->Ginny makes me kind of O_o.

Oh, poor SL. Since this story is D/G focused (H/Hr won't even get equal weight), you'll see the H/Hr develop mostly behind the scenes. They will get their moments in the spotlight, of course, but not with the same level of attention.

Ginny has been a hard character to read about post-OotP because it's so hard to reconcil her canon character with her fanon character.

I know. This is partially what took me so damn long to get this chapter out. But Mynuet made some pretty good points about canon/fanon Ginny, and I feel slightly better about the whole thing. I also prefer the more vulnerable Ginny that we see in fanon, but that's not to say that she's not really like that in canon -- Harry's just not privy to it. See? Interpretation, not contradiction. ;)

she's just such a woobie heroine that you can't help but love her.

This is why I barely even thought of her as anything more than an annoying pest in canon, and didn't start liking her until I started reading fanon, when I got to see more to her.

[sarea-okelani.livejournal.com]

(OMG that I went on so long that LJ wouldn't let me post my whole thing. I am too fucking verbose.)

I loved how you weaved in the little details from canon and developed them into your Draco--how he's too tall to play Seeker better than Harry, how his attitude has changed since Lucius was entombed in Azkaban.

<333333! Thanks! Well, the books have made a point of saying that Seekers are small and light, which makes sense. So if my Draco's tall, it's inevitable, then, that he would cease to be as effective a Seeker as Harry, who's arguably always been better than Draco at it, anyway. Yes, and the change from OotP for Draco is the fact that his father's in prison. There are lots of ramifications to this, and many ways a person could take it, but this will be my take on it. At least initially, as I reserve the right to change my mind for another story. ;)

yet enough to make a romance between he and Ginny believable.

We shall see, dear. We shall see. :D

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