karekid2006 posted a comment on Tuesday 16th September 2008 2:24am for Chapter Twelve - Chatting with Hermione and Thunderfire

i like the last bit alot good cahpter

GryffindorDragon posted a comment on Friday 3rd August 2007 3:34am for Chapter Twelve - Chatting with Hermione and Thunderfire

A monger is a seller, like a peddler, not a maker. A fishmonger sold fish; an ironmonger sold iron goods (pots and pans, etc). Your use of the term is spot on when you have the Spell Monger sell his spell creation, but is off when you use mongering to refer to the creation of spells. An ironmonger may have made some of the iron goods he sold, but he wasn't called a monger because of that. The Blacksmith analogy does work well, so perhaps it should be Spellsmith. Or at least smithing should refer to the creation of the spell; he could still be called a monger because he has to sell it.

Donald McLeod posted a comment on Saturday 27th January 2007 12:54pm for Chapter Twelve - Chatting with Hermione and Thunderfire

I like it. Your Spell Mongery idea in the story line is fresh and help give harry dimention as a real person of magic and not a super magic person. So all and all your story is great looking for more updates. Thank you.

Prince Charon posted a comment on Friday 26th January 2007 9:54am for Chapter Twelve - Chatting with Hermione and Thunderfire

Forgot to ask:

If Harry sells a spell he's mongered to another Spell Monger (perhaps Ginny or Hagrid), could that Monger then sell it to others, or would they have to re-monger it?

If he sold it to an Arithmantic Spell Crafter, could that Crafter modify it to be taught to others?

If someone - Hermione, for example - were both a Monger and a Crafter, could she Monger/Craft a spell that could be taught by others?

Prince Charon posted a comment on Friday 26th January 2007 9:45am for Chapter Twelve - Chatting with Hermione and Thunderfire

Interesting. Very, very interesting, in all aspects.

Thank you for the update.

More soon, please.

atlantis-rob posted a comment on Wednesday 24th January 2007 2:37am for Chapter Twelve - Chatting with Hermione and Thunderfire

Awesome chapter, I totally loved the mongering harry did while explaining and the different reactions of the watchers. Great dialogue on how ron and herms talked and harry and ginny. And father martin rocked the church as usual! Cheers!

TxA_GunFighter posted a comment on Tuesday 23rd January 2007 2:20pm for Chapter Twelve - Chatting with Hermione and Thunderfire

Another fine chapter in a ine story. Good writing.

gunny

Lufio posted a comment on Monday 22nd January 2007 9:11am for Chapter Twelve - Chatting with Hermione and Thunderfire

Those bits of magical history you dangle to us readers in your stories are quite fascinating. I'm glad to see you connect the Thunderfire charm with your Ollivander story, but it's a shame that you couldn't squeeze the background info into the story proper.

a_wanderer posted a comment on Monday 22nd January 2007 5:51am for Chapter Twelve - Chatting with Hermione and Thunderfire

One diplomat diced, baked and served on toast!

I like.

Gardengirl posted a comment on Monday 22nd January 2007 4:03am for Chapter Twelve - Chatting with Hermione and Thunderfire

Yippee, an update! I really enjoyed this. I like how you have Harry interacting with both Ginny and Hermione. The bits with the Goblins were fantastic, very respectful of differing cultures. I look forward to more as your muse permits.

loralee posted a comment on Monday 22nd January 2007 3:09am for Chapter Twelve - Chatting with Hermione and Thunderfire

petty little men need to be taken down a notch or three, go Harry.

Also loved the authors notes with the added info.

Wonderful chapter thanks for sharing

DrT posted a comment on Monday 22nd January 2007 1:31am for Chapter Twelve - Chatting with Hermione and Thunderfire

A fun-filled chapter. I really enjoyed it.

"T"

UdderPD posted a comment on Sunday 21st January 2007 9:02pm for Chapter Twelve - Chatting with Hermione and Thunderfire

Brilliant.

James Barber posted a comment on Sunday 21st January 2007 8:51pm for Chapter Twelve - Chatting with Hermione and Thunderfire

This is just an amazing story. I first remember reading this I believe in phoenixsong.net I guess couple of years ago but it had ended right after the grangers were safe, with the main objective of mr. granger and his duty with sas and his knife fighting skills.

But then I found it here on this site last year sometime and been reading up on it ever since.

You have definitely progressed this into one hell of an outstanding story. I love every minute of it and whats amazing is you have this in just a slightly differnet version too. not much just slightly. Hopefully this will go on for quite a while and nothing ever happens that will stop you from actually finishing this great epic!

Crys posted a comment on Sunday 21st January 2007 1:37pm for Chapter Twelve - Chatting with Hermione and Thunderfire

Fun theory on why Hermione is so damn obsessive. Okay, five didn't kiss. Harry became the ultimate dueller. Hermione is Harry's ultimate protector/worrier. Ron thinks things through better. Neville . . . long distance runner?

Who was the last one? Huh. I just re-read the passage in both chapters that recounted Neville's situation. The lady in question is NOT named. She was on a stationary bike (strange thing to find in a wizarding home, come to think of it), but is skillfully never named.

That overview of Mongering was absolutely fascinating to read. You've clearly put a huge amount of thought into this and it's showing. Kudos to you, sir.

I spotted that thing with Lee's sister coming from a mile away. BUT you went into a great deal more depth with it than anyone else has ever done. Those boring yet very real details are the kind of thing that makes this story such an incredibly good read.

Almost expected Lee to offer to do her books, though. *shrug*

F&G's points about having to have a whole network of people working toward the same overall goals . . . Interesting to see if that idea makes it into the story again in a meaningful way. It's aboslutely true, but such things make for difficult storytelling.

The whole Goblin / business subplots are fascinating to read.

> I'm just tired of the Ministry acting like I should be grateful for how they've treated me.
*cheer* You tell 'em, Harry! That entire scene with the ambassador was brilliantly done.

Great idea on what to do with the money, BTW.

If I understand what you said about Thunderfire correctly, I think you've painted yourself into a corner. Nobody new has learned Thunderfire since the last Monger died. This means that anything Harry Mongers can be sold by him, but cannot be taught to anyone except by him, correct? So any spell he makes can't be added to the curriculum and used forever after?

Excellent, excellent story. Eagerly looking forward to more.

Jim_xinu posted a comment on Sunday 21st January 2007 12:20pm for Chapter Twelve - Chatting with Hermione and Thunderfire

Very good. The concentration on setting up a new business was unexpected, but all the new bits about mongering were great.

Thanks for sharing this with us.

vl100butch posted a comment on Sunday 21st January 2007 10:36am for Chapter Twelve - Chatting with Hermione and Thunderfire

I'm just glad to see both stories moving forward...just want to know what Harry finally does to Fudge :-)