By JBern
Reviews
Abattur posted a comment on Friday 31st August 2007 10:23pm
Yes! The sequel at last!
Fine writing as always.
JBern replied:
Thanks. Next chapter in 2 weeks.~Jim
DiscountNinja posted a comment on Friday 31st August 2007 10:10pm
Yes! Alright! Awesome! Good work =D
He felt weaker going through the wards? Is this some kind of machination of Dumbledores that the oath doesn't cover? Or am I clearly just looking too hard for reasons to distrust the old man? =)
JBern replied:
Ward explanation coming in 2 weeks and you're probably not expecting it.~Jim
ThunderGod posted a comment on Friday 31st August 2007 9:54pm
woohoo...you have ruined me now....I want my own Troll familiar now:}
JBern replied:
Trolls are expensive to feed, so you're probably better off without one! Next chapter in 2 weeks.~Jim
uNople posted a comment on Friday 31st August 2007 9:07pm
woooooo! awesome!
I've been looking forward to this for a while, and it was as good as I hoped. Thanks, and I look forward to a second chapter.
Sorry this isn't full of criticisms, I couldn't find any.
JBern replied:
Thanks. Next chapter in 2 weeks.~Jim
Sturmie posted a comment on Friday 31st August 2007 7:41pm
Glorious
JBern replied:
Thanks. Next chapter in 2 weeks.~Jim
Edem posted a comment on Friday 31st August 2007 7:30pm
Nice chapter, can't wait till he meets his "friends", interaction with Luna will also be intresting ^^
"Identifying a limb dismembered by a spiked daemon club would be sort of like trying to figure out what Riddle had for breakfast by looking at the shit on Malfoy's lips." and "Fate has handed you a size changing demi-human with hygiene problems, gutter humor, and a willingness to put the wood to every female troll who wanders into his line of sight. Ironically, you wouldn’t trade him for a dragon — he’s just that cool." Just great, made me laugh till it hurt
JBern replied:
Credit for the first line goes to Draco664. I'm glad you liked it.~Jim
Fasor posted a comment on Friday 31st August 2007 7:14pm
I like it :)
JBern replied:
Thanks. Next chapter in 2 weeks.~Jim
Musings of Apathy posted a comment on Friday 31st August 2007 6:47pm
Absolutely excellent! I enjoyed it greatly. I look forward to the next installment.
Thank you for writing.
Mike (MoA)
JBern replied:
Thanks Mike. Sorry for the delay in responding, busy busy busy and all that jazz. Next chapter in 2 weeks.~Jim
gaul2000 posted a comment on Friday 31st August 2007 6:34pm
Really good chapter, nice build-up along the chapter and flow from first story to second, a slight abrupt in beginning...yet understandable. I liked the sequence of saving katie, wonders how hack will be introduced to the others, and when the sheep will start calling harry dark, or if they stick with hero, keep up the Good Work , byes
JBern replied:
Thanks for the review. I didn't want to do a huge review of Bungle so I covered it as briefly as possible.~Jim
gadriam posted a comment on Friday 31st August 2007 6:33pm
Feel the love!
Not quite as rock-hard ass-kicking as the later Bungle, but this more confident and measured Harry is a joy to behold. I get this feeling that he's a bit out of his depth, but that at least he knows it this time and is prepared to deal with it. The ministry scene was smooth as a 20y Laphroaig, and the comparison between Fawkes, Nagini and Hack really highlighted the differences in style between the three contestants. I'm staying right here 'til the renion.
Thanx
g
JBern replied:
Glad you enjoyed it. I'm finally trying to clear my backlog. That old promise of replying to every review is sure coming back to haunt me! It's a different kind of jungle with new rules, but I think you'll enjoy where this one is headed.~Jim
Bedrup posted a comment on Friday 31st August 2007 6:30pm
A great start to a story I ´ve really been looking forwrd to. Ambassador? Now that ´s a good idea. Does the magical world recognice diplomatic immunity?
JBern replied:
I'm sure it does to some extent...Next chapter in 2 weeks.~Jim
Fenris Ulf posted a comment on Friday 31st August 2007 6:17pm
YAY!!!! I love this series! Thanks so much for the first chapter of the sequal it was great. Feels like I'm back where I belong fighting evil, befriending trolls, and carving notches in my wand... oh wait no that was Harry.. but I was Harry... no wait Harry is Harry... Bah something like that.
I look forward to more updates to this and your other stories. I am currently reading my way through what you have of to fight the coming darkness.
JBern replied:
Aren't you getting tired of getting emails from me today. This is what the 4th one as I clear out my backlog of review replies. Glad the use of second person gives you a slight identity crisis.~Jim
mastapsi posted a comment on Friday 31st August 2007 5:53pm
Very nice! The whole second person thing has really grown on me. I hated it at first, but now it is fun. Keep it up!
JBern replied:
Thanks. Next chapter in 2 weeks.~Jim
Renzo7 posted a comment on Friday 31st August 2007 5:36pm
Great work, as always. Thanks for not forgetting your faithful readers :D. Enjoyable duels and events so far, and upcomming chapter has great potential, too. Keep up the awesome work, I hope you update soon.
JBern replied:
Thanks. Next chapter in 2 weeks.~Jim
glorfy posted a comment on Friday 31st August 2007 5:05pm
WHOOOOOOOO YEAAAH!
and thats the good stuff.
JBern replied:
Thanks. Next chapter in 2 weeks.~Jim
Wolfric posted a comment on Friday 31st August 2007 4:53pm
I am quite pleased to have this group back on the front burner. They seem to make for good story telling. It should be interesting to see Harry try to manage his proclivity for trouble and his public relations profile. I certainly look forward to Harry and Albus thrashing out their differences. Someting tells me their concepts of the greater good don't exactly coincide. Thanks for writing. W.
JBern replied:
Glad you liked it. Next chapter in 2 weeks. I'm trying to finish up my other big story, otherwise, we'd be diving headlong into this one.~Jim
JoFarries posted a comment on Friday 31st August 2007 4:38pm
Oh my goodness. At the NAFOW all day, listened to some fantastic music (all in Welsh, so I could only understand about every 10th word), came out to a car that wouldn't start and an alternator gone bad, clenched my teeth all the way home to the point I have a headache, and what do I find? This! How fantastic is that?
Good start here, I can't wait to read more!
JBern replied:
Sorry to hear about your rough day. I hope things turned out for the best. Next chapter in 2 weeks.~Jim
MarinePotterfan posted a comment on Friday 31st August 2007 4:36pm
And now the next adventure begins. I can't wait for the next chapter that when the real fireworks begin. I hope he wakes up with the weasley's that should not be named and Hermy funbags wondering why Luna is there.
MPF
JBern replied:
Glad you liked it. Next chapter in 2 weeks and yes there is the start of fireworks in that chapter.~Jim
Viridian posted a comment on Friday 31st August 2007 4:28pm
What a great start! The character development of Hack and his relationship as Harry's new 'familiar' is hilarious as well as touching. Of course this Harry is going to have a distinctive ally - his luck just means that it's something outrageous that will make everyone completely uncomfortable. Sort of like Harry, now that I think about it.
Minor quibble - it's implied that this necklace is the same one Draco used in canon. If the curse was that deadly, how did Katie survive in canon?
All the stored up anger and outrage from Bungle means I'm *really* looking forward to seeing Harry let some people have it. How will Hack react if he meets people he discovered were trying to rape his friend? (I don't use that word lightly, but what they were doing with those potions was exactly that.)
I suppose Fawkes was reacting to smelling 'demon' on Harry, but if the flaming chicken is supposed to value loyalty so much (and is cognitively aware enough to understand such an abstract concept), how will it react when loyalty is betrayed by it's master? I imagine you were trying to play against the trope of 'Fawkes chooses Harry over manipulative!Dumbledore', but given what is stated in canon, the behavior seems hard to argue against. Of course, you may have something up your sleeve explaining this, and that reaction was just foreshadowing that I'm overreacting to.
By the way, if Hack is Harry's familiar now, what happens with Hedwig? Did the infusion of demonic bodily fluids (yeuch!) break that bond as well? Or can Harry maintain both bonds?
And lastly, I'll say that I feel truly sorry for anyone trying to break into Harry's room at Hogwarts. (Insert Evil Grin(TM) here...)
JBern replied:
I made the necklace scene more interesting. Snape could have already know what to do, Katie could have had more exposure to it, either way, I wanted to jazz it up a bit so to say.
I'll work in a Hack and Hedwig scene somewhere down the road just for you! Next chapter coming in 2 weeks!~Jim
DAMNED posted a comment on Friday 31st August 2007 10:27pm
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