Sam- I spend most of my HP time on another ship, but I discovered Stealing Harry & Laocoon's Children this past week, and I have fallen in love with this alternate universe you've created. The twists from and parallels with canon are so interesting and compelling. I love the rich characters you've built on top of the think sketches JKR gave us, of Remus, Sirius, the Tonks family, Neville, Draco, and Padma. I am a huge Snape fan, and I love your Snape: the loving, mentoring relationship he has with Harry (that he wishes he really was a nephew named Parvus), the scenes where we get to see his POV on Quirrell and Pettigrew, and his sweet relationship with Tonks. Snape really needs love (well, they all do), and he gets it! Yeah! I love Remus & Sirius's beautiful, caring relationship and the way they build a family with Harry. Plus eight-year-old Harry is absolutely adorable. (Yeah, Frog!) And the villainry! Your bad guys are even more inscrutable than canon! Peter truly creeps me out.
We will have to agree to disagree about Hermione.
I could go on with the praise, truly. You've really enriched the HP universe by creating this alternate path. I hope you'll continue on with Laocoon's Children. In the meantime, I'm so glad to have found your LJ and look forward to devouring the rest of your stories.
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I spend most of my HP time on another ship, but I discovered Stealing Harry & Laocoon's Children this past week, and I have fallen in love with this alternate universe you've created. The twists from and parallels with canon are so interesting and compelling. I love the rich characters you've built on top of the think sketches JKR gave us, of Remus, Sirius, the Tonks family, Neville, Draco, and Padma. I am a huge Snape fan, and I love your Snape: the loving, mentoring relationship he has with Harry (that he wishes he really was a nephew named Parvus), the scenes where we get to see his POV on Quirrell and Pettigrew, and his sweet relationship with Tonks. Snape really needs love (well, they all do), and he gets it! Yeah! I love Remus & Sirius's beautiful, caring relationship and the way they build a family with Harry. Plus eight-year-old Harry is absolutely adorable. (Yeah, Frog!) And the villainry! Your bad guys are even more inscrutable than canon! Peter truly creeps me out.
We will have to agree to disagree about Hermione.
I could go on with the praise, truly. You've really enriched the HP universe by creating this alternate path. I hope you'll continue on with Laocoon's Children. In the meantime, I'm so glad to have found your LJ and look forward to devouring the rest of your stories.