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Reviews for Waiting

By : SpiralBreeze
  • From xXDasXGoochXx on October 07, 2014
    This....is amazing.
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  • From Redkenja on December 23, 2012
    Hi!

    This was really fascinating to read and I hope that you post some sort of sequel. Perhaps one where he somehow wanders into a magical place and is recognized, or maybe Ron and/or Hermione find him.

    Later
    -Red
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  • From lordoberon on October 03, 2012
    I agree with you that it was too sugar coated! Your PTSD Harry is intense as fuck and very well written. I loved it. Great fic! Sad, but great. Real.
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  • From lordoberon on October 03, 2012
    poor Harry!! I want someone to save him!!
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  • From lordoberon on October 03, 2012
    This fic is quite intriguing and sad and mysterious...I hope it's not finished at chapter 5? please write more!!
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  • From JayDee on May 12, 2011
    The truth - as may have been obvious - was that I put the request up as a jokey parody of some of the requests, following another joke about HP fans reading anything. Thank you kindly for taking the request, but it's clear this story is so much more than that little joke.

    That you have taken that and produced a five chapter exploration of Harry with PTSD is nothing short of wondrous. This site is very lucky to have you returning to writing upon it. The final chapter is absolute icing on the cake, feeling more extreme in describing sources of Harry's PTSD and reactions, is a fine way to end.

    I hope you don't mind that I added this to my recommended list on my profile.



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  • From SalonKitty on May 11, 2011
    I did enjoy that, even if I felt that last chapter was a little too quick for an ending. But I do think that Harry would certainly have experienced some pstd after it was all over, although I don't know that he'd go so far as to abandon everyone for a time.


    I liked that this was a very unique piece, contemplative and soulful. Very nice job on the writing.
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  • From Daye on May 07, 2011
    Well you've done a good job with Harry's PTSD in this fic and the waiting theme and Harry;s mind set it well played out. I'd take issue with the idea DH should have explored this issue. In the end JKR's writing a kid's book and an archetypal coming of age/heroes' arc story. How do these end? 'and he lived happily ever after' The hero doesn't end up in a ditch, burnt out after a brief moment of glory. Not unless his name is Jason anyway.

    Not dissing this fic, though. It's a superb exploration of the topic. One quibble I would have though, is where the hell are Ron and Hermione in all this? They're just letting Harry suffer? Not trying to find him and get him help or anything?
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  • From SalonKitty on April 03, 2011
    I love this traumatized vagabond Harry.

    The flow of your prose is exceptional. And even though your chapters are short, they are succinct. I like the various hints we get of what life is currently like for our hero. The youth hostel and the drugs make total sense. I can see him having a penchant for coke easily. I'm not even surprised by the self-harm.

    He needed to heal too. He wanted his wounds licked.

    I love that line. You suggest that things went a bit different, though, when you imply that Harry might get arrested if he were to go back. And his thoughts are so understandable. I like how he's questioning whether the wizarding world was even real, if it wasn't some grand psychosis on his part.

    Oh, my angsty Harry. Great, thoughtful piece. Keep going.
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  • From JayDee on April 02, 2011
    over 1000 hits! HP fans really will read anything! And some of those must be returning folks who still didn't review. For shame! I held of reviewing to see if anyone else was going too, becuse I figured you'd be hoping for someone other than the person who knocked out the original request. Chapter 3 stays true to the original idea, good stuff.
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  • From JayDee on March 17, 2011
    I don't check enough - Just saw you wrote a second chapter. Nice to see it's gone past the 750 word mark in hits, Looks like the people who enjoyed the first chapter rushed back for more... come on and review, folks, the water's lovely!

    You've built well on the first part in the second. Harry seems to me more like a delusional person who thinks they're from a world of wizards, living hand to mouth, than a true wizard. It's almost like he doesn't want to raise the 'wand' and summon the bus because the failure to arrive would shatter the fantasy. Then again, that attitude also comes as a cover for extreme trauma... It's mysterious, and good with it. I'd feel bad for the hipster, but I think we've all wanted to batter them at one point or another.
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  • From JayDee on March 13, 2011
    First of all: Thank you most kindly for taking the request and doing something with it! It was an off the top of my head thought in the forum shoutbox that just about anything would be read in the Harry Potter fandom, including quietly waiting for a bus - 337 hits so far does prove it :D

    Second of all: Good job! Waiting quietly considering to call the bus Harry is an angst-ridden mess, and that comes across very well. Harry seemingly gripped by PTSD seems a realistic follow on from the novel canon too.

    Hope this leads to you getting back into writing a lot more again!
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