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The Mutual Deal
Southern_Witch_69182 Reviews | 5.68/10 (182 Ratings, 0 Likes, 212 Favorites )
Hermione and Draco pretend to be dating in order to dodge realtionships with Ron and Pansy. Will they truly develop feelings for each other?
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I adore the world of HP.
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Well that fixed my fluff craving. Good reading!
Response from Southern_Witch_69 (Author of The Mutual Deal)
LOL thanks!
As part of my review challenge on Potter_Place, you're about to get a Review with a capital LONG. Hope you won't mind!Now, I'm too practical to gush praise enough for a long review, so instead you're going to have to settle for concrit.The speed with which the plot developed was a bit fast for believability, but forgivable given the fluff content (mmm... fluffy). The thing that pulled me out of total absorption though took me a while to pinpoint. You have a very dialogue-heavy writing style, which is all to the good, but it seems as though you don't use contractions as much as people usually do in day-to-day speech. Firstly I thought you were just doing this for Hermione as she is smart, but pretty much every character says "can not" instead of "can't" or something similar at some point in time, which can make the story feel kind of stilted.Another dialogue point is that you quite frequently have the characters spelling out their current feelings and motives. Perhaps it's part of what makes fluff-fics so easy to read, but generally I prefer writing a little more opaque. Perhaps my favourite character interaction in this fic was when Lucius drops Draco off at the Granger house and is his usual arrogant self. We know why he's being a git (gee, you know you're reading too much Harry Potter fanfic when words like 'git' beome part of your vocab), but Hermione's parents are a little unsure... and then we get furthur insight later on when Draco explains Lucius' approval. Most of the other character interactions weren't as complex. Perhaps though, that was an issue of time. Personally I would have liked to have seen a couple of extra scenes that weren't that important to the movement of the plot. More classroom scenes (I loved the Snape stuff - classic BTW) so we understand how HG/DM relate when not kissing or staging kissing etc. I quite liked the other relationships covered in the story - not only did I get to see how other characters turn out it also slowed down the breakneck main romance just a tad.Well, that's enough concrit for me... All this is just my opinion of course, so feel free just to chalk another number on your review tally and discount the advice. I did enjoy reading your work and I'm glad you took the time to write it.~Tiddlywinks
Response from Southern_Witch_69 (Author of The Mutual Deal)
As I stated at the beginning of the story, this was one of the first stories that I ever wrote over a year ago, and I edited it up some and added a bit more. Of course it's not up to standards, even in my opinion, which is why I warned people off in the beginning. And if you want to complain about fast, haha, this was 5 chapters before I edited to make it eleven. It was quite fast.I see nothing wrong with using words and/or contractions. Admittedly most people do not take the time to say / spell out the words, and in my later stories, I have shortened most.You are opposite of me. I hate when I read a story and their feelings are never made known. It makes me want to pull out my hair and ask, "WTF?" So in writing, I make certain that if I am using someone's POV, it will truly be from their POV, thought process and all. It's getting their feelings out and interacting with others that makes the difference to me. I also adore dialogue.When re-editing I had as much time as I needed, but the point of this story--for me--was a quick, chaptered bit of fluff. I didn't mean for it to be some great novel, especially not when this is no longer a favored ship and I have another WIP to tend to. I simply intended to dust it off for those who do enjoy this ship for a bit of entertainment.Trust me. I am not discounting your advice. I just feel that it's a bit moot because I warned readers that this was an older story, and I would also like to think that my writing has been developed now that nearly a year and a half has passed. And I am quite pleased with my heavy dialogue, characters with open feelings--aside from when I am being sneaky on purpose--and so on. I am of the mind that we write the way we like to read. Hope that doesn't sound rude or anything. I promise that I say this with a smile. You must not be reading my current story. Hehe. Snape's not exactly spelled out in that one--purposely of course.
Response from Southern_Witch_69 (Author of The Mutual Deal)
I just noticed the Snape face. Hope you don't think he was fussing. It's the only Snape icon we have. Let me put this one.
Ohh I enjoyed this VERY much! Great job!
Response from Southern_Witch_69 (Author of The Mutual Deal)
glad you liked it! :)
*sniffs* Cute ending ^_^ Fluff-ness is gooooood!!Thank You!! I've really enjoyed reading it. Lux.
Response from Southern_Witch_69 (Author of The Mutual Deal)
Thanks. I had much fun with it. Glad you enjoyed.
Cucumber huh? Lovely metaphor for such a wonderful appendage. I don't think the cliffie was that evil. You could have stopped the chapter after the wedding and before the wedding night. As it was delicious, I will just humbly ask for more. Soon!!! -- B
Response from Southern_Witch_69 (Author of The Mutual Deal)
LOL... I'm looking for a bit of cucumber now... for my salad of course. Cheers!
that was very sweet and well written. heats to you, sw69! hearts to you!
Response from Southern_Witch_69 (Author of The Mutual Deal)
Thanks, sweets. I'm looking for some more draco/hermione from you, you know.
This story is charming. I really love what you did with the characters of Hermione and Draco. And your Lucius and Narcissa are perfectly horrid social climbers, just as I picture them! Ha!It is good to see Draco act like a man truly in love. I think you did well to have Hermione unexperienced. It is about time Draco practiced a little self-control!I think your Pansy was delightfully straight-forward and cool. I always picture her that way ... not as a Malfoy sycophant. And I am glad you gave Ron someone to love. He is always getting the short end of the stick. He is not my favorite character, by any means, but everyone deserves someone to hold. Right?Too bad about Lavendar. She is a little bit of a trollop, isn't she? Well, I guess she shouldn't be such an exhibitionist. She's only herself to blame for her bad reputation. Hahahaha!All and all, this story is a very pleasant, sweet little read for a snowed in stormy New Year's Day. Thank you.Blessings,E.
Response from Southern_Witch_69 (Author of The Mutual Deal)
Thanks! I appreciate the comments. I wrote this before book six came out, so when Lavender turned out to be a little... flirt? in that one, I was like ahahhaa! Yeah, there we go. :)Snowed in, eh? Sounds like you're nice and toasty though.