Perseverant Aberforth
MMADfan9 Reviews | 6.67/10 (9 Ratings, 0 Likes, 0 Favorites )
A series of drabbles looking in on Aberforth Dumbledore at various points in his life. Includes the tale of the "inappropriate charms."
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Reviews for Perseverant Aberforth
I love stories that go back and fill in the missing bits of canon.“If I must choose?”Albus grimaced. “Harry.” “Hope I don’t have t’ choose.” “So do I.”So sad!
Response from MMADfan (Author of Perseverant Aberforth)
Thank you!I'm glad you liked that exchange between Aberforth and Albus.
Response from MMADfan (Author of Perseverant Aberforth)
Thank you!I'm glad you liked that exchange between Aberforth and Albus.
Nicely done. I love the explanation for inappropriate charms on a goat. that was a good one.
Response from MMADfan (Author of Perseverant Aberforth)
Thank you! Glad you liked that one! :-)
Response from MMADfan (Author of Perseverant Aberforth)
Thank you! Glad you liked that one! :-)
Nicely done, especially explaining the 'goat incident'. You have such a knack for these. Really they seem like snapshots that belong in canon. Would love to see them for more and more characters. Thank you for sharing them.
Response from MMADfan (Author of Perseverant Aberforth)
Thank you for reviewing them! I'm glad that you enjoyed the little fics. I figured that Aberforth loved goats, so the "inappropriate charms" story always intrigued me. I'm glad that you liked this explanation! :-)
Response from MMADfan (Author of Perseverant Aberforth)
Thank you for reviewing them! I'm glad that you enjoyed the little fics. I figured that Aberforth loved goats, so the "inappropriate charms" story always intrigued me. I'm glad that you liked this explanation! :-)
In this series Aberforth comes across as an honest man,with a kind heart that has been broken a time or two.
Response from MMADfan (Author of Perseverant Aberforth)
I see him as an honest, down-to-earth man of few words whom many underestimate because he's quiet and has simple interests. I'm glad you liked him here!
Response from MMADfan (Author of Perseverant Aberforth)
I see him as an honest, down-to-earth man of few words whom many underestimate because he's quiet and has simple interests. I'm glad you liked him here!
I just love the series of drabbles. All of them, and I do so hope to read a lot more.The explanaiton of Abe's love of goats was brilliant!And so was the exchange with Albus in "Summer Persuits".
Response from MMADfan (Author of Perseverant Aberforth)
Hi,
Response from MMADfan (Author of Perseverant Aberforth)
! I'm glad you liked these snapshots of Aberforth's life. I was happy to be able to present the "inappropriate charms" incident from Aberforth's POV, and sympathetically to him.Thanks!
Response from MMADfan (Author of Perseverant Aberforth)
Hi,
Response from MMADfan (Author of Perseverant Aberforth)
! I'm glad you liked these snapshots of Aberforth's life. I was happy to be able to present the "inappropriate charms" incident from Aberforth's POV, and sympathetically to him.Thanks!
This has me sitting here, sort of hoping that you're going to post a Drabble series for everyone who didn't get explored enough. I liked this. Your Abe seems a very simplistic, hard-working, honerable man.
Response from MMADfan (Author of Perseverant Aberforth)
Thank you -- that was the Abe I was trying to get across. I'm glad you liked him.I've enjoyed writing these drabbles. I began writing them primarily to keep me writing even when I don't have time or energy for my longer fics. However, although I'd planned to do them only through the month of May, I think I may continue longer. They've turned out to be interesting explorations of these characters -- I'm deliberately writing ones I either haven't written or haven't written much of -- as well as being excellent exercises in parsimony, so to speak.I will take your review as a vote to continue them beyond May! :-)
Response from MMADfan (Author of Perseverant Aberforth)
Thank you -- that was the Abe I was trying to get across. I'm glad you liked him.I've enjoyed writing these drabbles. I began writing them primarily to keep me writing even when I don't have time or energy for my longer fics. However, although I'd planned to do them only through the month of May, I think I may continue longer. They've turned out to be interesting explorations of these characters -- I'm deliberately writing ones I either haven't written or haven't written much of -- as well as being excellent exercises in parsimony, so to speak.I will take your review as a vote to continue them beyond May! :-)
Very nice. Kind of sad. Not enough is written about Abe.
Response from MMADfan (Author of Perseverant Aberforth)
Thank you! Glad you liked it! I agree that it would be nice to see more of Aberforth.
Response from MMADfan (Author of Perseverant Aberforth)
Thank you! Glad you liked it! I agree that it would be nice to see more of Aberforth.
I think there is a lot more to Aberforth than we were shown, and now you have filled in some of those gaps. I like the character you have made him into here!
Response from MMADfan (Author of Perseverant Aberforth)
Thank you! Glad you like him!
Response from MMADfan (Author of Perseverant Aberforth)
Thank you! Glad you like him!
I love the progression we see in Aberforth here; he starts as a perhaps rough young man of ideals, and as people and ideals fail him, he becomes the Aberforth we see in canon, gruff and bitter. And yet... he still cares about people and ideals. The glimpses of Albus's evolution are also telling--the cavalier way he treats the off-screen girl is painful, because we know it's both very like and unlike the Albus we see later. It isn't that he doesn't care; it's just that there are things besides individual people that must take precedence.
Response from MMADfan (Author of Perseverant Aberforth)
Doing a series of drabbles has been unexpectedly enjoyable, and being able to give snapshots of a character over time, like here with Aberforth, and showing the development of the character while maintaining consistency in him (or her) at the same time, is a large part of the reason.I'm glad that you like the bits and pieces that add up to a bigger picture, and the intersection with Albus's story with Aberforth's, and how that illuminates both characters and their growth as well as some of their more essential traits.Thanks very much for the review. :-)
Response from MMADfan (Author of Perseverant Aberforth)
Doing a series of drabbles has been unexpectedly enjoyable, and being able to give snapshots of a character over time, like here with Aberforth, and showing the development of the character while maintaining consistency in him (or her) at the same time, is a large part of the reason.I'm glad that you like the bits and pieces that add up to a bigger picture, and the intersection with Albus's story with Aberforth's, and how that illuminates both characters and their growth as well as some of their more essential traits.Thanks very much for the review. :-)