Anima Mea
Proulxes433 Reviews | 6.39/10 (433 Ratings, 0 Likes, 37 Favorites )
Archaeologist Hermione Granger has survived the Great War. She has a life, a career and friends who love her. She has also spent the last eleven years trying to locate something that she does not know she has lost. Could the answer to her restlessness be even further away than she thinks?
Nominated for Best Drama/Angst in the HP Fanfic Fan Poll Awards Fall/Winter 2013.
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Anima Mea has been a featured story on TPP, and All Hallows' Reckoning was a featured story on The Petulant Poetess Quiz in July and November 2013!
Anima Mea has won Third Place in the Best Drama / Angst category of the HP fanfic Fan Poll Awards for 2013 - thank you so much to everyone who voted for it!
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Hmm, methinks that little bit of Severus' blood may be important later....
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
*Wiggles eyebrows* Could be...? ;) thanks for your review! Pxx
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
*Wiggles eyebrows* Could be...? ;) thanks for your review! Pxx
I have been away for a while and had forgotten how RICH this story is. I am sick and I think this is just the 'chicken soup' I need!
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
Hello
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
! Thank you for your review! I'm sorry to hear that you are poorly. Glad you are enjoying the story. It's nearly finished now - just a couple of chapter's to go.... Pxx
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
Hello
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
! Thank you for your review! I'm sorry to hear that you are poorly. Glad you are enjoying the story. It's nearly finished now - just a couple of chapter's to go.... Pxx
I love you for bringing ancient Egypt, Pompei and Severus and Hermione together in one story. I can't even begin to guess what you are going to do but if you bring in the Goddess Ammut into the picture. There will be fangirl squeeing. LOTS.
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
Hi,
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
! Thank you for taking the time to review. All will be revealed in the next two chapters. I am delighted that you are enjoying the story. The answer to the big mystery may well be closer to home than it appeared.... Pxx
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
Hi,
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
! Thank you for taking the time to review. All will be revealed in the next two chapters. I am delighted that you are enjoying the story. The answer to the big mystery may well be closer to home than it appeared.... Pxx
...one hundred points to the House of your choice if you’ve worked out what is going on...
Oh, my aching brain! I don't know what's going on, but if I make a list maybe I'll gain enlightenment. LOL!=====
•Who built the original skeleton mosaic and why? I think Nasica built this as part of his personal shrine to seek the help of Isis and Thoth so he could acheive eternal life. There was a Temple of Isis in Pompeii, and it would be reasonable to assume that Nasica would be a member of the her cult. She was revered as a compassionate goddess who offered adherents eventual salvation and a relationship that lasted throughout life and even after death.
Thoth was seen as a god of wisdom and magic. He was responsible for writing, the measurement and regulation of events and of time, and played an important role in the judgment of the soul and whether someone who had died would be granted eternal life.
More than anything Nasica wanted eternal life, and was willing to do whatever it took to acheive it. He kept a huge snake and somehow learned to talk to it. When Marcus showed the house to Conviva and Restitutus, they found the remains of sacrificial animals, bones, and lots of blood. Everyone thought that Nasica had escaped the earlier earthquake and gone to Egypt. But I think he had already become Sabazios and left Pompeii.
•What is the meaning of the skeleton mosaic? We often think of the skeleton as an omen of death, but in the Thoth tarot deck it symbolizes change– that for every ending there may be a renewal and a new beginning. It could signal someone's physical death, but there are many kinds of "death." The scythe that is often pictured with the skeleton has been changed to a wand. Both of them are symbols of power, and I believe Nasica's interest in magic would have given him the notion to have wanted a wand instead.
•Why was the scrap of papyrus buried beneath the skeleton mosaic floor? The first thing that comes to mind is that Nasica wanted to have the Book of Thoth sealed in his shrine just like a Book of the Dead would have been written on the tomb walls or placed in the coffin of the deceased.
•What is the significance of the papyrus being from the Book of Thoth? This outlined a spell that determined whether or not the deceased's heart was pure enough to deserved to spend eternity with the gods. If he could "do everything just right," Isis would have compassion on him and Ma'at's feather would outweigh his heart. Thoth was the god who oversaw the judgment and recorded the result of the "weighing of the heart." =====
He thought of Dumbledore again. What now, old man?" he asked wryly. "Will love save me this time? As Hermione and Severus await their fate, I'm praying that love will save both of them.
Now that both of them know that the runes on the skeleton mosaic are similar to the ones around the mosaic of Severus that brought Hermione to him and to the runes around the portrait he'd had painted of her... and Harry has realized that the runes around the skeleton mosaic in the "painting" in the Headmaster's office are like the one's around the "painting " itself... well I hope like hell that they will all know what to do. I think that the blood in Severus' Horcrux has connected them to each other in mind and in spirit. I don't think it's because of Dark Magic but because she had loved him before the Shrieking Shack, and he has longed for her for the past eleven years in Pompeii. And I think that they can get back to their own place and time through the skeleton mosaic in Severus' bath.
I know that Hermione's mother has a snippet of her hair in the locket she always wears. I remember that some of Severus' blood entered the perfume phial cum Horcrux when Hermione went to shower after the Battle of Hogwarts. And although I am far from certain, I think that both of them are going to somehow have touch the skeleton mosaic at the same time and that their blood will figure into it.
Beyond these convoluted musings, I haven't a clue what is going on. But thank you for another thrilling chapter and lots to think about!!!
Beth (of the House of Slytherin)
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
Dear Beth, first of all Happy Christmas! It's great to hear from you again! What an epic response --you've outdone yourself this time! I'm going to award you additional points for the thoughtfulness of your comments, regardless of their accuracy (I can't give away the answers just yet). I love your reviews... You give me as a fledgling writer just as much to think about as you say I give to you! Thank you once again for getting in touch. Next chapter is in production and should be up next week if Christmas doesn't get in the way too much!! Best wishes, Pxx (I will happily respond in more detail to the points you make once the cat is out of the bag in the next two chapters!!)
Response from braye27 (Reviewer)
Happy Christmas to you, too! I would never have guessed that you're a fledgling writer. You weave such a beautiful and intricate tapestry.
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
Thank you! Pxx
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
Dear Beth, first of all Happy Christmas! It's great to hear from you again! What an epic response --you've outdone yourself this time! I'm going to award you additional points for the thoughtfulness of your comments, regardless of their accuracy (I can't give away the answers just yet). I love your reviews... You give me as a fledgling writer just as much to think about as you say I give to you! Thank you once again for getting in touch. Next chapter is in production and should be up next week if Christmas doesn't get in the way too much!! Best wishes, Pxx (I will happily respond in more detail to the points you make once the cat is out of the bag in the next two chapters!!)
Response from braye27 (Reviewer)
Happy Christmas to you, too! I would never have guessed that you're a fledgling writer. You weave such a beautiful and intricate tapestry.
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
Thank you! Pxx
Well, I admit to a tiny feeling of relief that Sabazios and the Aedile have been dealt with, leaving just, you know, the volcano. I am glad they are alive and together at least. Biting my nails...
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
I feel so responsible for your nails. My grandmother used to glare balefully as me if I bit mine and say: "Don't stop until you get to your elbows." She was caring like that. And not at all terrifying. Mostly. Next chapter up soon, although Christmas stands between you and it, I'm afraid, so it may be a little longer than a week.... Will the nails survive???!!! Pxx
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
I feel so responsible for your nails. My grandmother used to glare balefully as me if I bit mine and say: "Don't stop until you get to your elbows." She was caring like that. And not at all terrifying. Mostly. Next chapter up soon, although Christmas stands between you and it, I'm afraid, so it may be a little longer than a week.... Will the nails survive???!!! Pxx
Gosh, I just don't know. So many mystical ideas floating around -- blood magic, the power of love, portals between universes ...and who gets to be the ferryman, anyway? As you see I am reduced to muttering aloud to myself over this one. So I'll just have to resume nail-biting until the next installment.
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
Thank you for your review,
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
! Lovely to hear from you again. Hope the nails survive the wait for chapter 28. I'm hoping to have it up soon, but it may take a little longer than a week because of the Christmas break. Happy Christmas! Pxx
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
Thank you for your review,
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
! Lovely to hear from you again. Hope the nails survive the wait for chapter 28. I'm hoping to have it up soon, but it may take a little longer than a week because of the Christmas break. Happy Christmas! Pxx
Not a clue. :P
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
Lol!! Okay. I have clearly been horrendously obscure. My bad! All will be revealed in the next couple of chapters *cue witchy fingers and undead moaning...* Pxx
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
Lol!! Okay. I have clearly been horrendously obscure. My bad! All will be revealed in the next couple of chapters *cue witchy fingers and undead moaning...* Pxx
you're not making this easy for us or them! How about, - at Hogwarts they have to add Snape's blood--as they can only save both together? - S&H have to defend their case to Thoth, and call upon Harry to confirm it? If that's the case then I desperately hope that they do not need Ron. Do we enter Hades through a vulcano? - Justin will stumble over a mosaic of a sceleton?well, now there are so many options that itys hard to assign points even if one is close... but if you can spare some, then to Ravenclaw, please. Thanks again for this absolutely thrilling story!
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
Ah-haaaaa.... Interesting ideas, very interesting... Love the idea of relying on Ron. I'm trying not to be a Ron badger in this, and he has actually given Harry an important clue in this chapter. Ravenclaw's getting plenty of recognition today...! Pxx
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
Ah-haaaaa.... Interesting ideas, very interesting... Love the idea of relying on Ron. I'm trying not to be a Ron badger in this, and he has actually given Harry an important clue in this chapter. Ravenclaw's getting plenty of recognition today...! Pxx
Alright, so it sounds as though they're both stuck in the Underworld - Thoth might have found it funny to use Pompeii as the testing grounds, as it seems? But Severus, would have been "mostly dead" to paraphrase Princess Bride movie - so Hermione just got dragged down with him, but how did she fall into the mosaic? Was there some kind of "gap" in his timeline that allowed her to fall through?
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
Thank you for your review,
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
! We'll see how close you've got over the next two chapters... Just for the sake of accuracy, to which House would you wish any points you may have accrued to go to...? :) The Princess Bride... What a film!! Pxx
Response from Severus49 (Reviewer)
Yup! Princess Bride is a big hit when you're a mom to three daughters! LOL! I'm in Gryff, btw!
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
Noted, ma'am -- thank you! Happy Christmas!! Pxx
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
Thank you for your review,
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
! We'll see how close you've got over the next two chapters... Just for the sake of accuracy, to which House would you wish any points you may have accrued to go to...? :) The Princess Bride... What a film!! Pxx
Response from Severus49 (Reviewer)
Yup! Princess Bride is a big hit when you're a mom to three daughters! LOL! I'm in Gryff, btw!
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
Noted, ma'am -- thank you! Happy Christmas!! Pxx
There's no way on earth I'm smart enough to work out what's going on. But I'm pretty sure it has to do with the skeleton. I'm just amazed that Hermione can even think clearly under this pressure - she's an amazing witch.
I'm enjoying this story immensely. Thank you!
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
Thanks
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
. On a good day, when she hadn't been battling monsters, avoiding death by fiery volcano, dealing with drugged up psychos, saving her friends, and (generally speaking) having a very stressful visit to 1st century 'Pompeii', she'd have nailed it. Answers sooooon! Pxx
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
Thanks
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
. On a good day, when she hadn't been battling monsters, avoiding death by fiery volcano, dealing with drugged up psychos, saving her friends, and (generally speaking) having a very stressful visit to 1st century 'Pompeii', she'd have nailed it. Answers sooooon! Pxx
I haven't worked out what is going on.. Arrggh!!
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
Hi - thank you for your review!! Don't worry, the truth will be revealed in the next two chapters :) I am glad you enjoyed the chapter! More soon Pxx
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
Hi - thank you for your review!! Don't worry, the truth will be revealed in the next two chapters :) I am glad you enjoyed the chapter! More soon Pxx
The mosaic tile floor should have the same capabilities as the portrait that Hermione came through. Harry noticed the change in the scene, which meant that either they could use their blood to pass through the portrait and retrieve Severus and Hermione, or Severus and Hermione could come to them through the floor. They just had to figure out how with the use of their blood.Now I can read the other reviews and see if I get any points for Ravenclaw (that's where Pottermore said I would end up after I took the test). If my answer is wrong, does that mean that Pottermore was wrong about me?You already know how much I love this story. I will be sad to see it end. I just hope the ending is happy.
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
Don't doubt Pottermore... That's like... shaking the foundations of reality.... *shudders in fear and alarm*. It put me in Ravenclaw too, even though I've never been able to do a cryptic crossword answer in my life and I hate Sudoku. But still, i belieeeeve. We'll see how accurate you are very soon, C! Thank you as always, for your review! Pxx
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
Don't doubt Pottermore... That's like... shaking the foundations of reality.... *shudders in fear and alarm*. It put me in Ravenclaw too, even though I've never been able to do a cryptic crossword answer in my life and I hate Sudoku. But still, i belieeeeve. We'll see how accurate you are very soon, C! Thank you as always, for your review! Pxx
Oh, honey. I have my suspicions how this plays out, but my brain is too fried by pre-holiday preparations and performances to venture a coherent theory. I'm happily enjoying the ride, though, and look forward to your next installment. Thank you so much for posting!hm88
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
Hi heartmom! I don't want to fry your brains before Christmas -- and I'm not going to let on who is right and who might not be, until the story plays itself out! I am so pleased that you are still enjoying the mad tale. I'm hoping that the next one will be up next week (although Christmas may well get in the way of that ambition!!). Thank you for your review! Pxx
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
Hi heartmom! I don't want to fry your brains before Christmas -- and I'm not going to let on who is right and who might not be, until the story plays itself out! I am so pleased that you are still enjoying the mad tale. I'm hoping that the next one will be up next week (although Christmas may well get in the way of that ambition!!). Thank you for your review! Pxx
I loved the tension built, Hermione's cleverness and fast thinking to convince Fiducius that the others must be included--loved how she remained behind:-) And her and Severus' dilemma, each taking into account the other and their lives, the poignancy of her by his side as they sit reclined and waiting for the inevitable is very moving... The sweetness of all of those back at Hogwarts contrasts the swelling dire situation of Hermione & Severus, mirrored in the portrait, as well as the Aurors being derailed continually- hehe! - lovely contrasts! (and no, I still haven't any idea what's going to happen and am waiting in *anticipation* ) Just wonderful dynamic work!xx
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter, nag - I was trying to get the contrasts right between the different characters' scenes. Nearly there... nearly there...! Pxx
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter, nag - I was trying to get the contrasts right between the different characters' scenes. Nearly there... nearly there...! Pxx
Such a compelling story....will both of them get out of this alive and together? I sure hope so...can't wait for the next installment...Bravo!
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
Hello! Thank you for your review!! It's a bit of a nail biter, but I'm a big fan of not wrecking people's Christmases.... Next one will hopefully be up next week... Pxx
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
Hello! Thank you for your review!! It's a bit of a nail biter, but I'm a big fan of not wrecking people's Christmases.... Next one will hopefully be up next week... Pxx
Good God, that's no place to leave a story!! What a gripping facinating adventure, I havn't been able to leave it. Absolutely brilliantly researched story.Now I will have to wait for more
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
You won't need to wait too long - the next chapter is approved and will post tomorrow! I am glad that you are enjoying the story. We are nearly at its end! Pxx
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
You won't need to wait too long - the next chapter is approved and will post tomorrow! I am glad that you are enjoying the story. We are nearly at its end! Pxx
You can't just leave us with such a cliffie!!!!!! I'm so excited to see what happens next. Thanks for the update!
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
Hi there,
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
! Thank you for reviewing! Welcome! Next chapter's just back from the cleaners and is now going for a final polish. It's due this Friday! I hope you like it. Pxx
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
Hi there,
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
! Thank you for reviewing! Welcome! Next chapter's just back from the cleaners and is now going for a final polish. It's due this Friday! I hope you like it. Pxx
Ripping Yarn: n. 1. Colloquialism denoting an especially exciting or suspenseful story. 2. A fanfic called "Anima Mea" by Proulxes, replete with cliffies and designed to cause readers to be late to concerts because the latest chapter just won't wait.
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
Ha ha ha! Loved the review,
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
! Hope you weren't too late for your concert. A Ripping Yarn is EXACTLY what I was going for, well, to be completely specific I followed the guidance on this website (Action/Adventure, Mystery/Suspense, Humour, Romance) :) I am chuffed to bits that you like it! Pxx
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
Ha ha ha! Loved the review,
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
! Hope you weren't too late for your concert. A Ripping Yarn is EXACTLY what I was going for, well, to be completely specific I followed the guidance on this website (Action/Adventure, Mystery/Suspense, Humour, Romance) :) I am chuffed to bits that you like it! Pxx
Oh - oh - NOOOOOOOO! Marcus Fiducius! He's not my friend!(That's a reference to Mr. Bill from Saturday Night Live, in case you are not old enough to remember).Boy, when you complicate things, you REALLY complicate things!!!This is a most evil cliffy. I hope the next one comes up soon.If there were six stars on the rating, I would give it seven!
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
HI
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
! Lovely to hear from you again. Lol the SNL reference!! I do like a good cliffie, I find.... The next chapter will be coming soon - promise! (*blushes about rating comment*). I am so made up that you like my story! Pxx
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
HI
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
! Lovely to hear from you again. Lol the SNL reference!! I do like a good cliffie, I find.... The next chapter will be coming soon - promise! (*blushes about rating comment*). I am so made up that you like my story! Pxx
Oh no! What a terrible cliffhanger. What was S thinking, releasing the wards, or was he just too exhausted to maintain them? Thanks for the comic relief via the aurors and the touching moment between Ron and Helen Granger. I'm happily (and anxiously) awaiting the next chappie!
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
Hi snapify! Next one is written and on its way, promise! Releasing the wards could be because a) he's dying or dead and so the wards are breaking b)he is exhausted and knows that he needs a sneaky Slytherin plan to deal with Marcus and enable Hermione to escape with the Pompeiians... ;) I'm so glad you like the light relief -- I just feel the story needs it! THANK YOU so much for your review! Pxx
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
Hi snapify! Next one is written and on its way, promise! Releasing the wards could be because a) he's dying or dead and so the wards are breaking b)he is exhausted and knows that he needs a sneaky Slytherin plan to deal with Marcus and enable Hermione to escape with the Pompeiians... ;) I'm so glad you like the light relief -- I just feel the story needs it! THANK YOU so much for your review! Pxx
You take them from one bad situation to a worse one, you evil author! :P
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
(*Hangs head - but twinkles*) Sorry, sunny! Just can't help myself! :) I can't even promise that it's going to get better for them. Next chapter is an emotional rollercoaster. THANK YOU for your review! :Pxx
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
(*Hangs head - but twinkles*) Sorry, sunny! Just can't help myself! :) I can't even promise that it's going to get better for them. Next chapter is an emotional rollercoaster. THANK YOU for your review! :Pxx
Well, gee... that was a cheerful note on which to leave us for the holidays! Have a little pity and post again soon, please?hm88
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
Ahhh, "T'is the season to be... er... buried under a mass of superheated rubble..." yesss... it doesn't quite work, does it? I'd better do something about that, then. Can't ruin anyone's holidays, can I? Next chapter up soon! Pxx
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
Ahhh, "T'is the season to be... er... buried under a mass of superheated rubble..." yesss... it doesn't quite work, does it? I'd better do something about that, then. Can't ruin anyone's holidays, can I? Next chapter up soon! Pxx
Whoa. Incredible chapter! Each chapter is so rich in detail, I find myself unable to pck things out... like the reappearance of the Aedile -- yikes! And Severus... Damn it! He just HAS to be ok!
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
Errr... define "ok"... (*coughs*) SOOO glad you liked the chapter - Marcus couldn't have just vanished, could he? He's my favourite 'baddie' and far too much fun to write! More on its way soon. Pxx
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
Errr... define "ok"... (*coughs*) SOOO glad you liked the chapter - Marcus couldn't have just vanished, could he? He's my favourite 'baddie' and far too much fun to write! More on its way soon. Pxx
You really like these cliffhangers, don't you? I do hope you plan to update soon, because this one is a doozy. I really hope that that wink means that Snape has a plan....
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
... Or perhaps it was an involuntary muscles twitch...? Thank you for your review,
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
!! Next chapter up soon (it's currently with my beta). Pxx
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
... Or perhaps it was an involuntary muscles twitch...? Thank you for your review,
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
!! Next chapter up soon (it's currently with my beta). Pxx
You do write the most terrible cliffhangers ... It is a wonderful, truly gripping story but I am not sure whether I will sleep well tonight.
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
Oh, I hope not, Ezther! Try milky drinks, calm music, a quiet read before bed... and counting Snapes of course! We are very close to the end now. Thank you for your review!! Pxx
Response from Proulxes (Author of Anima Mea)
Oh, I hope not, Ezther! Try milky drinks, calm music, a quiet read before bed... and counting Snapes of course! We are very close to the end now. Thank you for your review!! Pxx