Amiable Dorsai posted a comment on Friday 16th February 2007 12:01pm for All Good Things . . .

Hah, a delicious, quirky end to a delicious, quirky story. Though I am not at all religious, I've rather enjoyed the religious backround you've put into this story (I think of TLOS and these vignettes as being basically the same story), it gives a unique flavor, I think, and gives Harry an extra, and interesting, dimension. I especially enjoyed Harry barging in on the biblical Creation story.

I also was tickled (way, way back) by your introduction of Snik Paprikash, War Witch, cook, and NPR correspondent.

By the way, Madison and Abelard are a bit too strident about the plurals of Horcrux: We have no particular reason to think that Rowling intends the word to be latinate, she's certainly told us about Magical traditions that would not have used Latin--as have you, yourself. ;-)

Even for English words of latin derivation, they aren't necessarily correct: for example, "cruces" is not the only proper plural of "crux", "cruxes" is accepted as a plural by the American Heritage Dictionary and by that Brit classic, Chambers Dictionary.

Thanks for a terrific story!

Amiable Dorsai

Kokopelli replied:

Horcruces versus Horcruxes is a bit of an inside joke for me   -   it was the first issue I got in major trouble on at PhoenixSong.net, which let me know that I really needed to leave there.   Things went downhill from there.   So whenever I can, I spell it Horcruces, just to hear the screams coming from Texas.

Ken Warner posted a comment on Friday 16th February 2007 11:27am for All Good Things . . .

Since you seem to have a sort of Midas effect on any story you touch, either as writer or beta, thanks for not quitting on us, and if my ticket in the Georgia lottery next week is drawn - we might get that longer story earlier (as I am a H/HR sailor - non rabid variety)
Your TLOS seemed complete, then you come in with a new addition that adds wings to the house that seem inevitable and necessary. thanks again
warm regards

Kokopelli replied:

I'm not a shipper of any variety - I saw before HBP that JKR was moving towards H-G, but I wasn't a fanatic on the topic.   There are major hermenutic problems with H-Hr as a notion in canon - Harry not showing any attraction for the character, for a start.   Hermione, as a friend, is already totally devoted to Harry, so what's the point of throwing them together as a romantic interest?   Also, there is the theme of friendship - can a boy and a girl be friends without wanting to jump each other's bones?   I certainly hope so.

Thanks for the Midas comment - I get a big kick out of polishing rough writers and helping them become better - I don't know about my own stories, though - I can still write a dud.

KateHC posted a comment on Friday 16th February 2007 9:54am for All Good Things . . .

Oh John, Thank you. It was lovely to have everything (well, almost everything) tied up. Hermione and Harry as an older married couple will still take me some time to get used to. But several of my contemporaries married friends quite late in their lives, so it could happen. My third husband happens to be thirteen years younger than I am, so I can't complain about any unusual couples.

jilumasam posted a comment on Friday 16th February 2007 9:11am for All Good Things . . .

Nicely done! A fitting way to tie up the TLOS universe. Like you say, there are still many questions that could be answered, it is a matter of whether you'll ever need to answer them.

Thanks for the fantastic world of TLOS and hope to see some more of your writing one day. In the meantime, I suspect I'll see more credits as beta writer than anything else...

Cheers, Lizzy

fuddledone posted a comment on Friday 16th February 2007 8:30am for All Good Things . . .

Thank you for such a nice story and hint of more good things to come.

The Resident posted a comment on Friday 16th February 2007 8:22am for All Good Things . . .

Thank you for another wonderful look into the HP world you created. You took JKR's world and bent it around your own ideas and ended up presenting us, your readers, with some very excellent prose. Keep up the great work and, even with the ability of not having to work beyond your current grasp, I am entreating you to continue to write. You're damn good at it. I'll take whatever dribbles you post whenever you post them. May the future be good to you.

amulder posted a comment on Friday 16th February 2007 6:32am for All Good Things . . .

The pleasure was all mine, John.
Blessings on you.

Thanks for sharing.

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