Glad you enjoy her parents! They are fun to write.Albus is brilliant, but sometimes clueless. He gets these ideas in his head, you know! LOL!Thanks for reviewing! I really appreciate it!

Thank you, Inga! I really appreciate your review!There's a lot going on in this story -- as you have no doubt noticed, it's a long one! -- and I'm glad you're enjoying the complex structure and detail.I enjoy trying to add depth to a story through having the minor characters provide some interest.Thanks very much for the review!

Thank you. That was a very emotional chapter, even to write it. I'm glad you liked it.You finished DD, BTW? I was curious . . . I hope you continue to enjoy Resolving a Misunderstanding! I appreciate the reviews. :-)

If I remember correctly, "A Success" takes place when Minerva is a student. At that point, Albus cares for Minerva as a child, as a precocious student, not really even as a friend. You're right, though, in that although we do occasionally have some chapters from Albus's POV, this is really Minerva's story more than Albus's. I'm glad you're enjoying the story. It's divisible into fairly clear sections, so even though it's long, it's got obvious stages and it progresses from chapter to chapter. The current section is the "Minerva-in-school" part of the story. :-)Thanks for the review! I hope that you continue to enjoy the story!

Thank you! I could have easily made a PWP by jumping from the first couple chapters to the "culmination" and the epilogue, but I like plot, too! ;-) And no one could say that RaM was light on plot! haha -- and good to hear you were never bored.

Thanks for reviewing!

Thank you! I could have easily made a PWP by jumping from the first couple chapters to the "culmination" and the epilogue, but I like plot, too! ;-) And no one could say that RaM was light on plot! haha -- and good to hear you were never bored.

Thanks for reviewing!

Thank you very much! I'm very glad that you enjoyed it so much!If I could make a recommendation, I'd say read A Holiday with the Headmaster next, since that takes place between the chapters "The Silent Knight's Tale" and "Back to Hogwarts." Or if you want to read something seasonal, you could try "The Unsentimental Arithmancer" and "A Christmas for Aberforth." They're also both set in the same universe as Resolving a Misunderstanding. I hope you enjoy my other stories. (If you read Death's Dominion, bear in mind that perspective is important and that there's a mystery going on there! )Thanks again!

Hi! I'm glad that you are enjoying the story and that the screen reader does a good job with it! Thanks very much for letting me know you're enjoying it! I really appreciate that!

thanks for righting back i'm still reading on and loveing it more and more i find no flor so far.Michael

Hi! I'm glad that you are enjoying the story and that the screen reader does a good job with it! Thanks very much for letting me know you're enjoying it! I really appreciate that!

thanks for righting back i'm still reading on and loveing it more and more i find no flor so far.Michael

Thank you so much, Esmelle! You just brought a big smile to my face.I adore Malcolm, myself. He's my favorite RaM OC, and I do plan a Gertrude/Malcolm romance -- at least a RaM sequel with a very lot of Gertrude and Malcolm in it! And Gertrude was one of my favorites, too -- I loved the way that, when RaM was a WIP, some people didn't like her or understand her because they were caught up in Minerva's biased POV of her, and then they later came to really like her. (Oh, there's a tiny touch of Gertrude and Malcolm in "Now is Perfect," too.)A number of familiar characters pop up in DD, and I hope you will enjoy that. It's written differently from either RaM of AAoL, and DD has a much more nonlinear structure than either of the other stories. It's important to remember the nature of Minerva's relationship w/ Albus when reading DD, and I mean that in a most positive way. And not to forget that perspective is important. (If you haven't read An Act of Love, I recommend you read just the epilogue before you read DD even if you don't feel like reading all of AAoL -- which is unnecessary to read first, although it directly precedes DD and DD stems from it. In DD, I recapped the most essential bits of AAoL so it can be read by itself.)I know some people hate OCs without exception and won't read stories with them -- and I'm not fond of Mary Sues or poorly done OCs, myself -- but it would have been hard to write a story spanning the years that RaM did without using OCs, not to mention that RaM itself would not have been possible. Anyway, I'm very glad you enjoyed the story and the characters! Oh, and if you like Gertrude, you should read "The Unsentimental Arithmancer," which is a one-shot set when she is young, just after she first becomes acquainted with Albus.Thanks again for the review! I really appreciated it! Hope you continue to enjoy the RaM-verse fics -- I think there are seven of them now.

Thank you so much, Esmelle! You just brought a big smile to my face.I adore Malcolm, myself. He's my favorite RaM OC, and I do plan a Gertrude/Malcolm romance -- at least a RaM sequel with a very lot of Gertrude and Malcolm in it! And Gertrude was one of my favorites, too -- I loved the way that, when RaM was a WIP, some people didn't like her or understand her because they were caught up in Minerva's biased POV of her, and then they later came to really like her. (Oh, there's a tiny touch of Gertrude and Malcolm in "Now is Perfect," too.)A number of familiar characters pop up in DD, and I hope you will enjoy that. It's written differently from either RaM of AAoL, and DD has a much more nonlinear structure than either of the other stories. It's important to remember the nature of Minerva's relationship w/ Albus when reading DD, and I mean that in a most positive way. And not to forget that perspective is important. (If you haven't read An Act of Love, I recommend you read just the epilogue before you read DD even if you don't feel like reading all of AAoL -- which is unnecessary to read first, although it directly precedes DD and DD stems from it. In DD, I recapped the most essential bits of AAoL so it can be read by itself.)I know some people hate OCs without exception and won't read stories with them -- and I'm not fond of Mary Sues or poorly done OCs, myself -- but it would have been hard to write a story spanning the years that RaM did without using OCs, not to mention that RaM itself would not have been possible. Anyway, I'm very glad you enjoyed the story and the characters! Oh, and if you like Gertrude, you should read "The Unsentimental Arithmancer," which is a one-shot set when she is young, just after she first becomes acquainted with Albus.Thanks again for the review! I really appreciated it! Hope you continue to enjoy the RaM-verse fics -- I think there are seven of them now.

Oh, I don't think any writer could tire of hearing those words! LOL! *blush*It seems understandable that Minerva is upset with having a different classroom but I think perhaps Albus is just trying to make her feel as though her teaching style would not being compared to his and be a fresh start.Very perceptive of you -- a pity that Albus didn't think to mention it!Thanks for the review!

Oh, I don't think any writer could tire of hearing those words! LOL! *blush*It seems understandable that Minerva is upset with having a different classroom but I think perhaps Albus is just trying to make her feel as though her teaching style would not being compared to his and be a fresh start.Very perceptive of you -- a pity that Albus didn't think to mention it!Thanks for the review!

Glad you liked the lists! And Albus does remain clueless for a good while -- usually endearingly so! The story covers a good many years, though the "primary" story line is set in the summer of 1957. It's always a good thing to remember how many days or weeks have passed, since it is a long story, and sometimes it can feel to the reader as though much more time has passed than really has, if that makes any sense. *grin*I'm glad you liked student Minerva. I don't usually write anyone as a student, but I enjoyed writing her very much.Thanks for the review!

Glad you liked the lists! And Albus does remain clueless for a good while -- usually endearingly so! The story covers a good many years, though the "primary" story line is set in the summer of 1957. It's always a good thing to remember how many days or weeks have passed, since it is a long story, and sometimes it can feel to the reader as though much more time has passed than really has, if that makes any sense. *grin*I'm glad you liked student Minerva. I don't usually write anyone as a student, but I enjoyed writing her very much.Thanks for the review!

Thanks! And your review was fine. Writers always like to know what a reader liked about the chapter. It's a long story, so pace yourself! LOL!

Thanks! And your review was fine. Writers always like to know what a reader liked about the chapter. It's a long story, so pace yourself! LOL!

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Thank you very much for your kind words! In some world somewhere, perhaps the plot does go on forever! There will be other MMAD stories set in the RaM universe, I hope, in addition to those already written. Thanks again! I'm very glad you enjoyed the story!

LOL! I have to admit that as soon as I had Albus talk about Aberforth's failed virility potion made with goathorn, and that it had unfortunate side-effects, that side-effect sprang to mind. Combine that with Minerva's expletive, and what do you get? Yep, that is one strange set of associations! Anyway, it's nice to be unique! I am especially happy, naturally, that you are a MMADfan now, too! You're welcome for the the eight hundred thousand plus words! I have notes for other stories about Albus & Minerva, and we'll see if I can find the time, energy, and creativity to write them once I'm finished with DD. I may take a bit of a break. But I do have ideas, and I may find I have to write them, just as I had to write RaM. In the meantime, I may be able to catch up on some of my fanfic reading!Thanks again for all your reviews. I've really enjoyed reading them.

You and Di are both sooooo funny! (Yeah, "cheers for breathing," too!)I'm very glad that you liked the full-circle the story took. As for more ADMM lemons, I might write a few, you never know!Thanks very much! We'll see what else may come!

Cheers for Breathing!!! Oh that's a good one. I'll have to remember that one for the next time you write a long story for ADMM.

"and fix me an Albus ice cream sundae!"Well, we don't know what they might get up to when fixing their snack, do we? If you want to create a PWP, go with the first chapter and the epilogue, and with a few minor changes, voila! A PWP. But I didn't want to write a PWP, so I added a little bit of plot. Hee!I am certain there will be more than a few lemony moments between the epilogue and "Obliging Minerva"! And a few of them may actually get written!Very glad you enjoyed it! And you are still VERY amusing! (CFP, indeed!)Thanks much for reviewing! (And I love being da Bombe!)

Ben and Jerry's new "Albus flavored" ice cream:  Lemon stick!  Of course, we could always go for a UK Ben and Jerry's...calling it Lemon spotted dick.  But that would be naughty...  I am trying not to disturb my students while they are taking their exam...rather difficult that.

Oh, yes, that would be naughty! And we are never naughty, are we?

"I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way"  Jessica Rabbit*snerk*

Thank you!

Yes, it was about remaining Deputy. She changed her mind and agreed to stay on one more year. She and Albus had a conversation about it in "Collision" -- I don't remember offhand which chapter that is -- and she signed a new contract for a year. She and Minerva later have a conversation about it in one of the chapters about Pretnick's death. Minerva never asked Albus about it again, so it never arose in precisely that sort of context. Albus also saw it as being nothing that needed mentioning since the status quo wasn't changing; it would have been more of an event if Gertrude had decided not to continue and Albus had to decide what to do about a Deputy at that point. I'm glad you enjoy the story so much!

Thank you; it was driving me mad!  So kind of you to detail it for me!  I particularly recall the Gertie being deputy conversations, but do not remember if I ever fully connected them to the letter & answer - certainly not when I went back to check if I remembered something else.  Thank you, and good luck with DD. 

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Thank you! I'm very glad you've enjoyed it!

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He was taking her on dates even when neither of them would call them that! :)Thanks!

She remains very fond of him their whole lives, doesn't she? Given how she felt about what happened to Hagrid, it didn't seem any kind of sacrifice to buy Hagrid a broom he could actually ride.Thanks for the review! Or "cheers"!

She was her professor. It is also her duty, as well. And she was much nicer to her than I would have been -- I probably would have sent her home! (Well, maybe not, but I sure would have been tempted.)It is the responsibility of a teacher to teach, and that includes the creative discipline that Gertrude used in this chapter. She wasn't audacious; she was doing her job, and offering some very wise advice to Minerva. It did work out -- and now my cats are telling me I'm late with their supper! Better go before they rampage! Haha!

I know! The blood, sweat and tears that go into posting! Yep, you sure do think you're funny, don't you! (LOL!)Glad you enjoyed the chapter, too!