KateHC posted a comment on Monday 23rd February 2009 3:57pm for Chapter the Last

Great and original story! I've missed reading what you write.

Kokopelli replied:

Yeah, well I've missed writing it too.

J

Hamilton Wrye posted a comment on Monday 23rd February 2009 2:12pm for Chapter the Last

Gaack! That is so wrong on so many different levels. I have enough problems with the whole 'Ginny looking like Harry's mom, so of COURSE she is the best person to share his bed' bit, but actually having Lily inhabiting Ginny... Harry better spend some of his massive fortune on some quality couch time for the whole family. He and Ginny could go in for marital counseling, Ginny could do group therapy by herself, and the future kids can have an early breakdown because they won't know if they should be chewed out by Mom or spoiled by Grandma...

Other than that, great story:)

Kokopelli replied:

Occam's Razor - the simplest explanation is the most likely.

So, which is more likely?   Lily's Horcrux, after being blasted apart (quite violently) somehow rehomes itself in a different body, several yards distant from the body it was residing in   (said host being essentially undamaged) or a teenager adopting a mannerism from an adult that they admire?

Ginny has a few fragments of false memory (Lily's memories) left over from the blood bind (as does Harry) but no hidden Horcrux or possession.

I like my mom, but I never wanted a girl just like her.

J

Sheepdog posted a comment on Monday 23rd February 2009 1:41pm for Chapter the Last

You can`t leave it like this is part of Lily in Ginny. You have`t write more on this please

Kokopelli replied:

Ginny has a few of Lily's memories inside her skull (as does Harry) but no Horcrux, no possession.

Ginny liked the wand trick and practiced it until she could do it too.

DrT posted a comment on Monday 23rd February 2009 1:21pm for Chapter the Last

Thanks for the story! Who knows . . . is there really retirement from fan fiction?

Kokopelli replied:

Retirement?   I certainly hope so!

I'd much rather get paid for this scribbling.

J

Carol Layland posted a comment on Monday 23rd February 2009 1:20pm for Chapter the Last

What lovely way to end this story. I even cried a tear of two. I shall enjoy rereading this story in its entirity so that I can get a real good idea of where it went. I enjoy reading the chapters but it does tend to fragment the story for me so when an author finishes a story, if I have enjoyed the chapters, i reread the entire story because it tends to increase my understanding of the whole picture.

Kokopelli replied:

Yes, reading them straight through helps, although it also allows you to catch continuity glitches when the author loses his way while writing chapters several months (or a year) apart.

Thanks for reading.

Wonderbee31 posted a comment on Monday 23rd February 2009 1:05pm for Chapter the Last

Wonderful wrap up to this story, aand have to wonder, just how much of Lily may have survived if she is still around, and what that could have meant in the future for Ginny and Harry there. A very interesting way to see how Harry was able to withstand the power of the horcrux inside his scar, something which didn't seem to make sense to me in the canon.

Kokopelli replied:

When Harry and Ginny join on their marriage bed, there will be only two souls there.   Because of the Horcrux, the blood bind, and the Horcrux smashing, there are bits of Lily's memories in both Ginny and Harry, but no animating soul.

I'm strange, but not kinky.

Wolfric posted a comment on Monday 23rd February 2009 12:42pm for Chapter the Last

Congratulations on finishing your most enjoyable story. I hope that you will be inspired to more writing at some point and I thank you for what you have done. W.

Kokopelli replied:

Thanks for reading.

Aberforth's Avatar posted a comment on Monday 23rd February 2009 11:12am for Chapter the Last

I've both desired and dreaded you updating this story, as it was clearly your only unfinished one. I hope that it's not your last. Early in the summer of 2004, your Letters of Summer and CTS' Reign O'er Me were two of the first fanfiction stories I read. TLOS convinced my wife that I wasn't insane to enjoy fanfiction. Thanks again for all the joy your stories have given us since then -- and will again.

If you choose to share more stories, I know you'll have many eager readers. If not, I wish you and yours much joy and many blessings.


Bob

Kokopelli replied:

80% or more of the HP fanfic that I've read is pathetic scribbling that should never see the light of day - but then there are some stories that are well told, gripping, and quite worth the time.

Glad you've enjoyed my little hobby.

Jim_xinu posted a comment on Monday 23rd February 2009 10:57am for Chapter the Last

Many, many thanks for this, and all your other works over the years. I've truly enjoyed your stories.

Kokopelli replied:

Thanks for reading.

J

Anthony May posted a comment on Monday 23rd February 2009 10:21am for Chapter the Last

Thank you for the many wonderful hours of joy and entertainment that is Kokopelli. It will be sad to see you go. By the way that ending with Ginny was wicked!!!

Kokopelli replied:

Yes, yet another chance to tease my faithful readers.

Thanks for reading.

J

Iunee posted a comment on Monday 23rd February 2009 9:21am for Chapter the Last

Hi!

That's definitely a fic worth reading! I usually don't read much Horcrux fics, but this one got me.

Some thing I noticed in the last chapter: Why does Bill suddenly recognize the ward as Lily's? Just a few sentences above it's said that he isn't cleared for that information.

But otherwise, superb!

Greetings,
I.

Kokopelli replied:

I fixed that glitch - which created another - the perils of posting without the assistance of my usual betas.

Thanks for reading.