What Comes Down [PG-13] for withdrawnred (2/3)

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Title: What Comes Down
Author: paranthelion
Rating: PG-13
Recipient: withdrawnred
Disclaimer: The characters and situations portrayed in this story do not belong to me. No money is being made and no copyright/trademark infringement is intended.
Warning: swearing, minor sexual situations
Author Notes: Post-Hogwarts. Epilogue cheerfully thrown out the window.

Comments

[phloxness]

Is it true that in Gryffindor boys can’t get into the girls’ dorms?”

What a wickedly compelling question! Loved the comparisons of their houses and experiences at Hogwarts.

[jenjou]

We get a very one-sided view of Hogwarts from Harry, so it's always a lot of fun trying to picture the castle from a different quarter. Glad you like it!

[withdrawnred]

Still lovely. They are each growing less irritating -- love that: growth. I'm wondering what his particular business with Mr. Ogden is, apart from blackmailing a lifetime supply of his firewhisky from him ... hmm.

The bit with Daphne was powerful - it really put Pansy's choices post-war in perspective. I wonder why she's hiding from her family and old friends and shacking up with the guys.

Also, I feel like we should all do a victory dance for dear Draco: the wand is back! (I had to stop myself from quoting parts of his reconnection with his wand as it was just too good to miss the double entendre there -- but I resisted, miraculously.)

“No,” Pansy said after a moment. “What would we have changed? It’s not like anybody ever asked for our opinions. It all just kind of built up around us.”My favorite thing about this is how much it says about how little choice they ultimately had. There was actually a recent conversation at the Hawthorn&Vine shoutbox about the fact that this generation's lives were basically determined by the

[mrs_helenesnape]

I am really enjoying all of your insight into everyone's various relationships post-war. It's obvious that not everything is smooth sailing and even people who have been friends for years & share the same beliefs can have problems moving forward after a series of traumatic events.

*onward*

[jenjou]

I think not even friends always have the exact same way of looking at things. I imagine it would be particularly difficult for draco, who was a lot closer to the war than any of his friends. Glad you liked! Thanks for commenting

[rzzmg]

A brilliant character development chapter! It's interesting to see how the side characters (his friends v. her friends) really influence the both of them without them realizing it. But then, I suppose it's true that who you befriend says a lot about you, and the fact that both D & H are beginning to distance themselves from the people they'd grown up with says a lot about their transformation into adulthood. You've done an excellent job highlighting that fact without it being in your face. I really like that writing style!

Yes, and whoever you are, mystery author, you have Britishims down pat. THANK YOU FOR THAT! :)

Again, a grammatically clean chapter. Excellent!

Favorite line: “Next time you should listen to your resident pure-blood expert.”

*snarf*

Next chappy...

[jenjou]

I love the Slytherins, but i think it would probably be difficult to move on when you're surrounded by people who knew you the way you were before. it's probably the best thing about leaving school.

I appreciate the comment about the Britishisms! I'm South African, so it can be kind of hit and miss. Also, I find it interesting that you use American spelling ;)

thanks for commenting!

[rzzmg]

I turned on my computer's spelling preferences to American English, since ~90% of my readers are from the United States. My auto-corrector kicks-in in Word as a result.

Also, there is a transformation happening with British publishing - they're moving more and more towards American spellings in order to open up the market and hit a larger viewing audience (= more sales). It began in the mid-2000's, and has been slowly picking up steam, I've noticed. My agent recommended then that I adopt the trend, and thanks to my online friends and my "hip" teenaged daughter, I keep up on the American slang (which is popular over here right now). I'm learning a lot of words I'd never heard before!

My favorite: "knock up" = to make pregnant in America; in Britain, it means to knock on someone's door to wake them up or visit them.

:)

[jenjou]

tbh, I've never really understood that. I mean, it's not like an American wouldn't figure out what "realise" with an "s" could possibly mean. And I've read over a hundred American books and I can still spell the way I was taught (and know what they mean when they talk about a "gas station" etc even if I've never used the word myself). So I never really understood why "Philosopher's Stone" had to become the "Sorceror's Stone" and that sort of thing.

I guess the spelling makes sense, actually (it is pronounced realize after all). But it's the word usage which bugs me. Call me old fashioned :) Are you encouraged to use Americanisms in your writing as well? (obviously I don't know what kind of writing you do, so I don't know if it's really relevant).

I didn't know the British meaing for "knocked up" - I can just imagine the misunderstandings that could cause!

[jenjou]

:D thanks!