Great chapter as usual. Finally on the way to the earth that was...

Was it a wizarding painting that Antonio had or did he just imagen it?

Also just how many dark lords have harry defeated? First Voldemort, then the one just before the third world war and then the one after he was exiled.

 

If you trust the Prologue, "He defeated five different fledgling Dark Lords and one full-fledged mean-arse bastard who many considered the most horrible Dark Lord ever."

 

Well, after many months of watching this thread and seeing the many compliments being handed out, I figured that I needed to read it. so, about three days ago, I watched the movie, and loved it. I read the story almost imediatily afterwards, needing something more from the movie as much as I need something more from the Harry Potter books, and have to say, the compliments are definitly there for a reason.

I love the story greatly, and my only concern is how you are going to handle the Harry/River thing. I have read the thread, maybe missing a couple posts and I can't see how you are going to keep them the way they are. The teasing Harry can put her through can last awhile, but I just don't see River not trying anything if its truely what she wants after a decent amount of time.

It probably would have been better if you didn't involve any sort of crush into the story if you weren't planning on doing anything with it. It may be just frustration talking, as I hate pent of romance in a story. Could also be my unusual need for some sort of romance...

I enjoyed reading it greatly, even if it took me longer than I thought it would. Anyway, I would just love to see the crush going one way or another, and it would seem unfinished if you leave it the way it is now without any progress through the story.

 

Naw. If you've seen the show (and movie) the Harry/River stuff will be as unrequited as the Mal/Inara. There's plenty of other stuff going on that adding in romance isn't necessary.

Harry's been teasing about it as a way to rile up emotional response from River. And maybe Simon too. Harry's first and foremost goals are finding out about wizards, where they are, what happened, etc... And also finding himself a place and home in the verse. Assuming he's still alive and/or not going back into a magical sleep at the end. :twisted:

 

This is the most interesting part right now; I'm dying to find out what will they find on Earth. Great work at building up tension and hype on your Yahoo group.

 

I just read the update this morning, and like IP I am eagerly awaiting Harry's trip to Earth.

Keep up the good writing nonjon

-Giovanni (who after reading the update drove 9 hours to get home from rural Ohio)

 

Well, I admit that you know more about the series and plotline than me. The Mal and Inara stuff I only had to suffer through a little, and the action was enough for me to ignore it within the movie.

I agree that romance doesn't really seem to have a whole in this story in anyway, I still have to argue that something needs to change. Something that will maybe allow River to get over it, I was hoping that Harry's appearance as an old man would do that. I guess I like River to much and see her to strong to have her pining over someone that seems unreachable, since I know its not going to happen.


EDIT: Replying from below...

I took that as sarcasm, meaning that it was never going to happen.

 

Actually I believe he said that if his story had 35-40 chapters then the Harry/River part would come in the 45th so we wont actually see anything but shes probably not going to get over it, at least not totally.

 

Err... I probably did say something like that. And it is partially accurate. But when the Harry/River romance issues comes up lately, I've been toeing a similar line about how they'll get together in the 45th chapter of my 40 chapter story, if you like. If you don't want that, then you can avoid completely worrying about the squickiness of a 154 year old man and an emotionally underdeveloped 20 year old woman.

Just avoid any complication by not bringing that situation to a boil and any 'resolution' to it past the end of the fic. (But in my mind they'd get along just fine as a couple, you know, if Harry doesn't die at the end of the story.)

River's not really pining over the unreachable. It's closer to a middle-school kid with a crush on their teacher. That whole 'lusting' for the first time confusion. If the middle-school kid were a grown adult who also takes pleasure in kicking her teacher's arse.

And BTW Raven, yeah for fixing the DNS thing! I can reach DLP at work again.

 

I guess so...and your reply did help improve my frustration. Either way, I would read the story. The only thing that would make me stop is if he leaves the crew permenantly, and I doubt you will do that. As for the ending...

I, personally would love to see Harry going back into a deep sleep and leaving the clue to his awakening with someone he trusts, it would seem like the best ending in my view. But, if he truely cares for the crew, I don't see it happening.

 

That and the fact that he might wake up a couple of thousand years later once again and he'd be in a whole new mess that he has to catch up on.

 

Ahh nonjon, you know you wouldn't kill Harry. You didn't even kill him off in your Harry's Last Words response. You won't kill him will you?

 

Considering I've been telling people that Harry and River "could" get together shortly after the end of my fic, I think it stands to reason I won't be killing him.

Of course I never said anything about whether he was still a wizard at the end...

 

hah...one event is revolved...another worrysome idea pops up.

 

blah...sorry about this...can someone delete?

 

He's going to sacrifice all of his magic to become 22 again?

 

Where on earth did you pull that idea from? Considering nonjon said that he has probably a good century left (which would be less if he were a muggle and 22), all nonjon did was hint it was possible that Harry may not be a wizard at the end of this.

 

One reason for going to sleep could be that he discovered that the wizards had been wiped out but that readers and others like them were the first stage of the new wizarding bloodlines. So he goes to sleep and set it so he
automaticly wakes up in a few hundred years when wizards once again exist

 

I honestly think he will stay a wizard. Nonjon just needs to build up some suspense. Now don't go proving me wrong, I rather like Harry as a wizard.