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Reviews for The Wages of Going On

By : Lomonaaeren
  • From ANON - Clau on March 10, 2014
    Harry is being a pain. I mean, there was progress 2 chapters ago, and a sort of acceptance. The minute he stepped in friendly territory and remembered that he had allies, the kind Snape and Malfoy would never be, he just dropped his tolerance act around them and went right back to being a jerk again. He didn't even see how Ron and Hermione were accepting the progress of his views on the bond, and the closeness he developped with his bondmates. He just reverted.

    Harry is a pain to read about. He's a source of great frustration while I read because I can't see real progress without pretence in his character. He's in an infinite loop of self-pity-avoidment and Draco seems to have tried everything he could to make things better. Yet, Harry still believes the only true victim is himself, while rejecting the idea entirely. He still believes his bondmates are truly responsible for what they did and holds them accountable when he knows the ritual had been compelling them to do things they never would have imagined doing in a million years.

    He's a walking contradiction, a pain in the ass and he's gotta change his tune and soon. I feel like I'm reading the same chapter over and over again. It is not an enjoyable read.
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  • From ANON - ChelseaPlume on March 07, 2014
    I have to say I'm with Draco in this. I am getting sick of Harry throwing blame, blame, blame everywhere but at himself. He wanted to live and he wanted to complete his Auror training and he was the one that devised the manufacturing of the bond and yet it is everyone else's fault what happened to him and what the end result turned out to be. I never thought I see a story where Draco is turning out to be the sensible one, but wow, is he ever in this one. Towards the end of your chapter when Harry was sniping and sneering I wanted to just yell 'shut up and deal with it, already!' at him, for he is the architect of this whole edifice that he hates so much. It was that, or die, and he made his choice to live. Rape isn't easy, and it isn't something you forgive or forget in a hurry, but he made them do that to him in order to survive and Harry needs to suck that up and deal with it, and grow up!
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  • From ANON - moodysavage on March 06, 2014
    I agree with Draco...they are being big babies
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  • From ANON - SP777 on February 27, 2014
    about #21...

    Boy! When will they EVER see eye to eye???
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  • From Ciara_D on February 25, 2014
    I didn't realize until this chapter that the roads were actual roads to actual places. I thought it was to places in their head. Nice surprise. These three still have a long way to go before they're anywhere near working well together... Looking forward to it.
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  • From ANON - ChelseaPlume on February 25, 2014
    Another really strong chapter. I like how Draco and Severus were trying to be the reasonable ones in this, even if the resentment still did flow between them. Severus is right about Hermione and Ron, of course, Harry should tell them. His trying to protect them in this manner has never worked before, and the other two parts of the Golden trio do have a way of working it all out anyways.
    Thanks for updating. I was very impressed by your depictions of just how the travelling part of the bond worked and by how you're getting the bond to change and mature between the three men.
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  • From ANON - SP777 on February 16, 2014
    Okay, explain it to me...what is the purpose of the 'road' exactly?
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  • From ANON - ChelseaPlume on February 11, 2014
    Holy moley! This is a huge step for Snape, for he's a very private man, so for him to let someone else into his mind is a very huge show of trust for him. I'm in awe of his ability to take this on and do this for the betterment of all of them. I only hope that Harry understands all of that, and takes it for the sign of a willingness to succeed that it is. This, at least, is a good thing, for Harry learning to start to trust his bondmates is a necessary step for them to all make it work. Good for Severus! And good for Draco, too, for being such a diplomatic intermediary. I'm glad to see them all acting a bit more like mature wizards now.
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  • From ANON - sp777 on February 10, 2014
    About 18...i have to ask...when does this get updated?
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  • From ANON - SP777 on February 06, 2014
    about #18..

    As I was reading towards the end, I couldn't help but think of them as equivalent to a triangle.
    Though Harry has control of the bond, I see Draco at point & Harry and Severus at the base of the
    triangle. I guess Draco would be like an conduit? While the others whose powers are stronger would
    channel their powers thru Draco at certain given times.

    Also, if I were to compare them to elements & the earth, Harry would be the ocean, Severus would be wind and
    Draco would be the result of the two...a typhoon. Okay, moving on...

    Anyway, it would be like you to break the peace. :-)
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  • From ANON - ChelseaPlume on February 05, 2014
    I've been thinking carefully about this, because I know that this is an odd way to think about it...but it is nonetheless true. If you consider it truthfully, Severus and Draco weren't just the rapists in this story, but they were also raped. Not in the penetrative sense no...but they had no choice in what happened to them, and they were forced to do it to survive. It would be no different from a woman forcing a man to have sex with her against his will. Just because he's the stronger of the two, doesn't follow that he wasn't raped, even though most men would never claim that they had been. If Draco and Severus hadn't been at the mercy of a bond that forced them to do this than they might be rapists, plain and simple, but that's just not the case here.
    I don't know if that helps or hinders your story, but it was a fact that was distracting me and so I thought I might put it out here.
    Thanks for another challenging chapter. I am very glad to see the men all working together. To see Severus trying to be the mature man that he should be is very reassuring, and Draco has been more surprising still. They're giving Harry very good advice that he'd do well to listen to. I've enjoyed this story very much for its complexities and intrigue. Great job!
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  • From ANON - moodysavage on February 05, 2014
    You are such a meanie not to tell us the sentence! Loving this story. Harry and Snape are having the hardest time adjusting but with their personalities they feel things the strongest...the negative especially.
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  • From ANON - SP777 on February 02, 2014
    about #17..

    I just got to say..[and excuse my rough French], but yo' azz be showin' off now!!! :-)

    Look at you! You've gotten better at writing ACTIVE action scenes, damn and to think I remember
    when you wouldn't touch an action scene with a ten foot pole!

    Now if only I can get you to do a Quidditch scene...and don't say you can't do it. You can...you
    just need to flesh out the scene as you write it. :-p

    But this was a good scene and I swear Harry acts like he'll fall for Draco before Severus. Also, I
    feel Severus understands Harry a bit more, after that emotional scene.
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  • From ANON - ChelseaPlume on January 31, 2014
    That was a hard road for Harry to travel. A road full of huge bumps and pitfalls, and the constant confusion of not knowing what direction he wanted to go in, but I think that he managed to reach a destination of a sort all right. Even if this is only the first stop in the journey, he's at least made it this far, and he's brought his travelling companions along with him. That's good. I was so glad to see Harry confront those conflicting emotions and learn to deal with them, and to learn that Severus and Draco aren't necessarily his enemies even if they snarl and fight at each other.
    Thanks for a chapter that accomplished so much and brought a sort of complicated peace to their bond. They've a long ways to go, but at least it's a start. You have a wonderful ability to get to the heart of that emotional and mental conflict and express it in an immensely understandable way. It certainly makes it easier to understand the process Harry and the others are going through, and it makes you story that much more intriguing.
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  • From BAFan on January 30, 2014
    Ch. 17

    Wow. That was one hell of an emotional storm; poor Harry. Maybe now he can begin to heal, though it will be a long, hard road to travel.
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