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Fair Exchanges
Fawkes_07909 Reviews | 6.76/10 (909 Ratings, 0 Likes, 358 Favorites )
Hermione wants to learn Occlumency, but Severus Snape is not known for his generous nature. Both may learn more than they bargained for before the tale ends.
This is canon-compliant with books 5 and 6 and provides a behind-the-scenes story that JKR never even guessed...
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Fawkes_07
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Someone who really, REALLY ought to be doing something else, but just keeps on writing.
Wondering why my stories take forever? Have a look at My Other Time Devourer: www.willametteartcenter.com I'm both the webmaster and the president of the Friends of the Visual Arts, a 501-C3 nonprofit in Salem, Oregon. We Put The Fun Back In Art.
Having 2 sweet little boys tends to drag things out too.
And what the heck, as long as it's self-pimpage time: If you just can't wait for the next chapter of Fair Ex, you can always go buy my book. It's not HP or fanfic but it's got that Fawkesy snark (in spades) It's here: www.turondo.com Warning: there's a bad word in the title.
Reviews for Fair Exchanges
Oh, yes ... go with the cliffie, she said! ... More will follow!
YEP, There it is, more cliffies.
This isn't the typical cliffie where you are dragged to the edge of the precipice and are pitched over the side to dangle by a thin thread of expectations and promises. Noooo. This is where the evil, vile author indicates a possible direction and in our gullibility we run a merry chase to the same edge of the same precipice only to be presented with an abyss, a yawning vista of what-might-be.
What we needed at the end of this chapter was a Verbal Visual! An eloquently written picture, something solid to enjoy while the fiendishly horrible creator of this fiction trips off to renew her knowledge of the next phase of the story… by reading. But, Noooo, [again] she leaves us with, “kiss me as though there won't be any tomorrow?"
Response from Fawkes_07 (Author of Fair Exchanges)
Sniff...Sniff...boo hoo hoo. These readers, so callous and demanding...aw, never mind. The fact is, gosh, you guys are all going to collectively kill me for this, but: I feel kind of funny dishing out the NC-17 rated dirt on these two. I mean, they've been through so much, it's become such a thoughty kind of story...I feel like it would diminish it, rather than enhance it, to add a bunch of run-of-the-mill moaning and slurping, you know?Sigh. I'm open to suggestion. To smut, or not to smut?
Response from Darque Hart (Reviewer)
Well, I wasn't expecting them to rip off each other’s clothes and go at it like bunnies! After all, Hermione is only 16 ... not that being 'only 16' doesn't stop a lot of young women ... but still [...am I sound like an older fuddy duddy now?] No. Having been a girl in love, and having raised a daughter, I do not think a girl of 16 should be NC-17ing with her 36-year-old teacher. I do not think the hormonal teenager is necessarily in touch with the common sense they were born with when dealing with heated sex. So any such activity between them would have to be controlled by the [hopefully] mature Snape. Regardless of his general nastiness, if he cares for HG then he should treat her and her feelings with care.
Do not let the demands of your readers dictate what you write. I truly was not demanding a scene of raw sex, just a little more emotion maybe. You had Severus uptight and asking her to run away with him at the top of the chapter and then teasing each other about it at the end... It just seemed to end a little flat, abrupt.
And remember, you’ve never seen a story by
Response from Fawkes_07 (Author of Fair Exchanges)
… she doesn’t write fanfiction, she reads it. [I’m more of a poet who hates the term, poet.]
Response from Fawkes_07 (Author of Fair Exchanges)
Well, I took a poll and so far the demand for more detail is universal. I'm working on it...
Oh!!! This is so much like to serials at the silent movies that they would play before the actual movie. Will the hero be able to untangle the web? Why is Severus upset at Black's death? Will the toadesse be pregnant and spawn a new species? Will Hermione ever just tie him up and shag him to death? What about the Dark Lord comment on Hermione being one of the Centuaressea (sp)? Tune in next week for more riviting questions and super cliffhangers......
Response from Fawkes_07 (Author of Fair Exchanges)
EXACTLY! I'm a huge Charlie Chaplin fan--so there it is! My Vaudeville influences are showing. *pulls down petticoat*
You are so mean with these cliffhangers!! Argh I just can't stand it anymore you cruel mean mistreater. P.S. I love this story. You so rock!
Response from Fawkes_07 (Author of Fair Exchanges)
Guilty as charged, and proud of it.
OK I normally review at the end of a story but I must telll you now I am completely Gobsmacked!Kudos to you!
Response from Fawkes_07 (Author of Fair Exchanges)
*grin* Thanks!
This must have been one of those chapters that you didn't post on MNFF because I don't remember reading this! It was hilarious! I loved it <3
Response from Fawkes_07 (Author of Fair Exchanges)
Yep, Malfoy's language was considered too extreme. Go figure.
Response from dancergirl117 (Reviewer)
Yeah, it was a bit too dirty for MNFF. I liked it, though. Added a bit of comedy to the story. It was a nice touch ;)
Phew! I actually thought he meant to kill himself. But really the line about a Severus getting a deadly sunburn was so funny! I cannot imagine him on holiday on an island and if I picture him in a tropical top I may wet my knickers. This chapter was very good though. As always Hermi was right and she did an excellant job of helping her darling snarkypoo out. He would soo kill me if he knew I called him that!
Response from Fawkes_07 (Author of Fair Exchanges)
As above, one word: Speedo.
Response from Celtickiss (Reviewer)
Speedo thong? Whole lot of lol! ;p
Response from Celtickiss (Reviewer)
Speedo thong? Whole lot of lol! ;p
Hahaha... Snape wants to recieve bedtime stories in return for his teachings. ~snicker~I've been seeing this story on the updated list for ages but I've just had so many other stories in toe that I never got a chance to read it. Glad I'm making time now. Probably won't review every chapter (or he already posted ones) but I'll defintiely stop to add my thoughts when I have them. :)
Response from Fawkes_07 (Author of Fair Exchanges)
Cool. Welcome aboard, and enjoy!
LOL, I can just see Severus under an umbrella with shades and a drink in his hand.
Response from Fawkes_07 (Author of Fair Exchanges)
One word: Speedo.
Response from ancientgirl (Reviewer)
LOL, ewwww. Don't even go there!
P.S. from yesterday, excellent banner! It was sort of overshadowed by the unspecified "end of all we know" trick you pulled, but it's really a good one!
"I see. I was ambiguous. That was my fault." Ya THINK? Sheesh! (Or rather, YOUR fault--I mean PLAN!)
Well, you certainly pulled that out of the fire. A very satisfying denounment for this particular situation, but if you think you can just jerk me around emotionallly like that for 31 chapters... well, you're right. Mean, brilliant, talented, but right. Well done, F7, yet again. Read fast, write faster, we are waiting impatiently.
Response from Fawkes_07 (Author of Fair Exchanges)
I'll do my best. I need a babysitter. And a maid. And a cook...hell, can someone just send me a house-elf, so I can finish this fic??
She almost comes across as too old in this, but I love the way she gets him to do things.?
Response from Fawkes_07 (Author of Fair Exchanges)
Yeah, I know--but Herms has always come across as too old/too wise in the books to me, so I don't feel too bad applying it here.
thank you for a new chapter. i'm glad he didn't spill the beans too her. i think she would have been very upset and sad and fled to another country far away from the south seas. waiting for more
Response from Fawkes_07 (Author of Fair Exchanges)
Yeah, some secrets are best kept, I think, when you're a Snape.
Response from pickles (Reviewer)
I think she realises it too. ;)
This was a sweet chapter, at last! I will tell you, though, that if Severus EVER gave me the option of a South Sea Island, I would be packed before he finished the sentence...
Response from Fawkes_07 (Author of Fair Exchanges)
LOL! Well, with Snape's luck, he'd settle on one that was designated for nuclear weapons testing...
Response from Severessa (Reviewer)
No, Dear, that is more MY luck.....
My god... I thought he was talking about The Ultimate End too. Thank goodness not! I'd like to go to the south pacific with Severus. lol. *dreams* anyways... hee hee
Response from Fawkes_07 (Author of Fair Exchanges)
I don't think he'd tolerate sand in his britches very well.
Response from togspled (Reviewer)
who said he'd be wearing britches?
Response from Fawkes_07 (Author of Fair Exchanges)
Good point.
"It's all right, Severus; I think I'm far better off not knowing all the secrets you keep." Too true! I wonder if Hermione's argument that it'd be cowardly to scamper off to the South Seas will have anything to do with Severus's reaction to Harry calling him a coward at the end of HBP in your telling of events?Having read your replies to the previous chapter's reviews, I know you mentioned the cessation of daily posting. Hope to see more of this asap (tomorrow would be very nice!).
Response from Fawkes_07 (Author of Fair Exchanges)
Well, I gotta write it--but several fun chapters are already forming in my head.
ok, so I was going through the reviews for the last chapter and saw that you will be postponing the next chapter in favor of re-reading half blood prince. Well I thought I could help you along so the next chapter can get to me sooner, so here it goes. Unbreakable vow, Dumbledore has a crusty hand, but why, it must be a horcrux hunt, let's get Harry and his cohorts involved, Draco is trying to kill someone, although it is hard to tell who because he keeps hurting other people in the process, Slughorn is a coat tail riding fraud, uh oh, Draco did something right the vanishing cabinet works, look out kids (and professors), Snape kills Dumbledore on the tower, there's a funeral, fawkes flies off like a fart in the wind and Harry sulks about going to the Dursley's just one last time, I think that about covers it now get back to writing, please.
Response from Fawkes_07 (Author of Fair Exchanges)
*sporfle* Nice try. I think I need to incorporate a TAD more detail than that, though. Thank goodness for the Lexicon...
You know what ? I think you're a perverse woman to torture Sev' as this. And plus I think you like it. But I will also thank you for not pausing the story with another cliffhanger that you so love. And most of all I adore this phrase : "Surely there must have been something...by the Goddess, how can I feel so bloody vulnerable in her presence if I HAVEN'T said anything?"It's that I was talking earlier, poor Sev' Well now I will expect the next and pray every day for having an updating mail of this whole fantactic story
Response from Fawkes_07 (Author of Fair Exchanges)
Guilty as charged. I really hope to be able to update fairly quickly--I just won't be able to do the daily updates for a while.
Evil, thy name is Jeanine!! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh to infinity I say, you with your 'gift' of the dreaded cliffie. Oh who am I kidding? This was flippin' brilliant on so may levels. This man is truly the Master of Subterfuge and can definitely work a sitation like no other. I'm beginning to wonder if our Potions Master isn't part cat as he continues to skate the edge of that knife that I mentioned in a previous review. Not just the balancing act but the realization that he must have nine lives.The glimpse of emotion we saw here made my throat catch. I hope he doesn't tear down what they've worked so hard to build.I love this story and will say the words I'm sure you will hear many times more. Update soon!!
Response from Fawkes_07 (Author of Fair Exchanges)
*Phantom of the Opera music* Muhuhuahuahuahua! Glad you're having fun with it!
OMG! Why do you always end with these wicked cliffhangers?? Why? How can you be so evil?! The only mitigating factor is the speed of your updates. I can always count on that ;)
Response from Fawkes_07 (Author of Fair Exchanges)
*clears throat* Actually, ahem, we're caught up now to all that was previously written, and I have to start catching up on HBP to finish the rest. *sheepish face* The holidays really cut into my writing time...
evil, evil, evil, that's all I can say about a cliffy like that. The only thing that is making me hold my tongue is the fact that I know another chapter will be waiting for me tomorrow night. You know your stories are well written when people can hardly wait a day to get the next chapter, as always good work, and maybe an early morning post is in order this time, pretty please.
Response from Fawkes_07 (Author of Fair Exchanges)
awwww...LOL. I post as soon as I can get the kids out of my hair in the AM, I promise.
Galloping goblins, you're wicked! ~
Response from Fawkes_07 (Author of Fair Exchanges)
Response from Fawkes_07 (Author of Fair Exchanges)
Guilty as charged.
I am so many things for so many people, but I cannot not be myself for her. Okay, that's a redemptive thought in my book. He does have guilt and remorse.
Okay...so what the hell does that mean? End it today? After all this silence, when all either of them wanted to do was see the other, he's going to END it? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!
I'm hoping he has something else in mind. Surely he can't be so delusional as to believe that ignoring it will make it go away?
Response from Fawkes_07 (Author of Fair Exchanges)
Well, there are a lot of things he could be referring to.
I know that following cannon is a challenge that many writers cannot resist, but I dread your following HBP. What do you plan to do after the end of HBP? Nobody knows yet how that will turn out, but I have a seriously bad feeling about it....
I guess that I could understand how someone would want the end of things after the day or two that Severus has just experienced.
I bet that, if Snape was able to see what his future was going to hold, he really would consider jumping off of the Astronomy tower...But, I hope he does not go that route.
Anyway, AU rocks!
Response from Fawkes_07 (Author of Fair Exchanges)
I already have the end of this story written and it goes right up through the last part of HBP. I wrote an epilogue that obviously might not work with Deathly Hallows, but we'll see...Considering how close this followed OOTP, what about following HBP are you dreading? Just curious...
Response from Severessa (Reviewer)
The ending, where Snape kille Dumbledore, and the subsequest escape, is what I dread. Most of the really good authors that I really liked either quit writing or pulled their stories after book six. I am afraid that this 'ship will sail off into the sunset never to be seen again if Snape is killed off in book 7. That would be a real shame for those of us who live in an AU world.
Ah well, remember my favorite motto: Reality bites.
Response from Fawkes_07 (Author of Fair Exchanges)
Ah, well, I can set your mind at ease. I got an inspiration months ago for the last 2 chapters of Fair Ex and they KICK BUTT, so it doesn't matter what happens in Deathly Hallows, this story has its own universe after HBP.Feeling better, I hope?
Response from Severessa (Reviewer)
Yes, thank you! You are the BEST!! Now, if you could just convince JKR....
I hope he means dragging her off, and not offing himself!? A lovely chapter.?
Response from Fawkes_07 (Author of Fair Exchanges)
Could be either...
Aaahhhhhhh at least I can read this chapter that I was waiting for so long. and as ever you are so brillient. But I'm worried about something. PP can validate so fast every chapter. have you enough others to continue this or will we have to wait for each new (don't take it for criticism I know everyone has a life me first and I know you're writing somme other so brilliant things ;))
Response from Fawkes_07 (Author of Fair Exchanges)
Actually, I have 31 ready, but I was planning to make a rather sad announcement tomorrow--that I have to catch up on HBP before I can write more of this story.
WHHHHAAAAT!!!??? Gah! Another cliffy! I wonder what he will do? Or actually, what he will propose to do...hmm...
Response from Fawkes_07 (Author of Fair Exchanges)
Lots of possibilities...