benjo posted a comment on Saturday 10th June 2006 9:06pm for Painful Discoveries

Very surprising chapter. I didn't think that Snape would actually die. I'm sort of sad that he died. After all he is a source of great amusement in this fic.

Hopefully Harry is right about Hermione. Please don't make them really break up. One of the things that I like in the story is Harry having to juggle two girlfriends. With all the trouble he had with his life, Harry deserves two girlfriends. Considering that Harry has Blaise I don't think that Hermione would not to be away for too long.

Please update soon and have Hermione back with Harry.

freakyfinger posted a comment on Saturday 10th June 2006 8:44pm for Painful Discoveries

Oh robbery . . .not good . . . not good at all.

Christina C. Keimig posted a comment on Saturday 10th June 2006 5:46pm for Painful Discoveries

Oh, man!
I love how you're pulling the story along with canon and still maintaining the integrity of your AU. I also like Harry better this chapter. He's almost nastier than I can stomach in some of the others.

Alan posted a comment on Saturday 10th June 2006 10:24am for Painful Discoveries

Nice! I don't mind waiting if it's for quality writing like this. Thanks for sharing.

stephen1 posted a comment on Friday 9th June 2006 11:08pm for Painful Discoveries

I am sorry that even moving out of my parents house has not protected me , once again because of you , and only you i must stress , i am banned from reading at night while my roommates are asleep , the mental sight of Fawkes dripping wet sent me into peals of laughters that left me quite breathless and my roommates quite awake . keep it up this story is one of the greatest .

Crys posted a comment on Friday 9th June 2006 4:25pm for Painful Discoveries

Killed Snape? Huh.

Now, would AD's absently acting as if he lost something be an indication of a long-standing enchantment having been recently broken?

Just loved the Fawkes scene(s).

If I had to guess at the timing of the Gringotts note, I'd have to say that Hermione told someone powerful (Croaker maybe) while under the impression that Harry is evil and needs to be screwed with in any way possible.

The info she has is too important NOT to get out, so she has to decide who gets it. Powerful, good, and not AD (who is less than proactive on many things) or Harry (whom she considers to be evil).

Of course, that's all just assuming that the note from Gringotts doesn't go on to say, "your lowest security vault was broken into and your chocolate frog collection was stolen."

As to Hermione, once she engages her brain with the thought that, "Harry didn't actually intend to kill him," she'll sort it out quickly. Harry's unfortunate comment certainly isn't helping her current opinion.

Lastly, let me guess. Blaise, proving she loves Harry, will go and explain things to Hermione.

Prince Charon posted a comment on Friday 9th June 2006 2:10pm for Painful Discoveries

Very interesting, in a painful, angsty way.

Sort of glad Snape is dead, sad that Hermione thinks it was intentional. Hopefully, Harry will be able to explain himself to her sometime soon, before she does something foolish.

More soon, please.

Adam posted a comment on Friday 9th June 2006 8:50am for Painful Discoveries

Enjoyed the chapter, hope that Hermione come back though. Harry' 'but we got away with it' is a classic case of not engaging braim before opening mouth lol. but shock is like that though.

With how much Hermiones departure has upset Harry and I can see Blaise going to see her at some point.

hedwig_edwiges posted a comment on Friday 9th June 2006 7:58am for Painful Discoveries

The dismiss of Snape came as a surprise to me. I had expect the git to shadow Harry around a bit more. Unless he is truly coming back as a ghost! Not even Peeves could stand that!

Ishtar posted a comment on Friday 9th June 2006 7:56am for Painful Discoveries

Somebody ought to hand Hermione the page of a law book which defines "murder" and "self-defense". Little twit. Good riddance to her.

Now, I find myself thinking the robbery at Gringotts is just too coincidental. Dumbledore and Hermione were the only people that knew of the RAB locket. Dumbledore decided to pass this information along to Harry, figuring that would send him off looking for it - he may even have figured out where it was and that Harry was the only person who had access to it. He wouldn't have had any reason to arrange a robbery. But Hermione also knew of it, and may have come to the same conclusion, and I don't believe in coincidence to the point of chalking up to the workings of random chance the break-in just after she had a massive blow-up with Harry. So ... either she arranged the burglary herself, which seems wildly OOC even for a ticked-off Hermione, or somebody got the information from her (possibly Snape's swan song?) and whoever that info was passed to decided that he/she/it had to act immediately in order to get the horcrux before Harry/Dumbledore figured it out. I'm looking forward to finding out.

Loved the image of the soggy Fawkes, BTW.

Renzo7 posted a comment on Friday 9th June 2006 7:46am for Painful Discoveries

excellent chapter, thank you for killing snape :D
Nice reaction from Hermione, and overall awesome chapter.
keep it up!

Quizer posted a comment on Friday 9th June 2006 7:11am for Painful Discoveries

Snape dead! I should have seen that coming! Journeyman!Harry isn't one to make idle threats... ;)
The goblins should work on their vault security. This is already the second successful break-in; the Stone wasn't stolen solely for the reason it wasn't there.
Liked the scene with Fawkes. Wonder what the old bird's opinion about the old man is right now...
Wonder when Hermione will come around again. When she isn't engaging that brain of hers, she's startlingly prone to jumping to conclusions.

Great story! I'm looking forward to more of this! See you soon!

Quizer

nonjon posted a comment on Friday 9th June 2006 6:33am for Painful Discoveries

Wow!

Killing Snape! Didn't see that one coming.
Hermione leaving, not as suprising, but certainly didn't see that one coming either.

"But we got away with it!" I can't even imagine how that seemed like something he wanted to say, but moments like those, brainfarts are standard. And you never know what'll come out of your mouth then.

Nice twists. Cute way to roast marshmallows too. Very enjoyable as always. More please.

Meteoricshipyards posted a comment on Friday 9th June 2006 5:32am for Painful Discoveries

Too bad about Severus. Not that he's dead, but that he can't be bashed and beaten by Harry any more. And Albus will probably never look for the Imperius curse on himself.

Good chapter. The robery just as Harry figures out that the horcrux might be there is a little far fetched; It does mean several things, though - that someone knew that the horcrux in the cave was stolen, and that they either knew of the note signed by RAB or had a way of tracking the horcrux without that information. If the later, then Harry would be able to do it, too.

Good chapter. Thanks for updating.

Tom A.

amulder posted a comment on Friday 9th June 2006 3:04am for Painful Discoveries

Well, that was unexpected...

Re: Hermione. This is one instance when your chosen writing style for this story is a negative. I say that, because I think it probably would be best if Blaise were the one to go an try to find Hermione and talk to her. Beneath her snarky exterior is a caring girl. Now, I know she'd rather have Harry to herself, but I do think she cares that Harry is hurting a lot right now.

The timing of the note at the end was almost too perfect. We'll just have to wait and see what you mean by it.

thanks for sharing
...art

t_gebhardt posted a comment on Friday 9th June 2006 12:06am for Painful Discoveries

to mangle a few proverbs:

speaking is silver silence is gold.

or

If Harry had kept silent, Hermione would have through of him as a sage.

So I guess both Harry and Hermione were in shock. Hermione more so since she almost laughed about the possibility of Snape dying as he was already dead.

ridmania posted a comment on Thursday 8th June 2006 10:17pm for Painful Discoveries

loved it keep up the stupendous work!!!

Hannah3 posted a comment on Thursday 8th June 2006 10:15pm for Painful Discoveries

How?

Could the day get worse, I mean. I like this story, can't wait for an update.

AzureSky posted a comment on Thursday 8th June 2006 9:04pm for Painful Discoveries

Nice chapter. Yay, dead Snape = good.

Alex00 posted a comment on Thursday 8th June 2006 8:44pm for Painful Discoveries

Wonderful chapter.