Burnt Offerings
Ladymage Samiko12 Reviews | 12 Ratings, 0 Likes, 0 Favorites )
Hermione accompanies Snape to a very important—and very personal—ceremony.
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"It's great to be known, but it's even better to be known as strange."
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I picture in my mind that he's very old here (which may not be what you intended I think), but it made me wonder, if he is old now, why did he take so long? Anyways, I like it. Short and sweet little moment in time.
Nice. Vivid, carries the somber ceremonial tone while still conveying a calm, steadying, comforting relationship between the two--which balances out the dramatic emotion so that everything feels real, not over done. Loved your choice of tensing and its consistency throughout. It worked well with the material, which seems both a rarer form and hard to pull off, from what I've found in my travels. Thanks for the good short-fiction experience :)
Good riddance, I say! :)
Wow! that is one giant load baggage, gone up in smoke. 
That must feel wonderful! Good riddance to those items.
Beautiful. Short. Elegant. Cleansing. Im still lost at what time after the war this may be happening, but I like it anyway!
Response from Ladymage Samiko (Author of Burnt Offerings)
Thank you. It's something I left deliberately open-ended, so that (like Jane Austen) the reader could choose a time that felt 'right' to them.
Response from Ladymage Samiko (Author of Burnt Offerings)
Thank you. It's something I left deliberately open-ended, so that (like Jane Austen) the reader could choose a time that felt 'right' to them.
Excellent, as always.
It is amazing what emotion and meaning we can imbue into inanimate objects. The objects themselves are just a combination of materials; we give them meaning. Whether it is baby's first shoe or a KKK hood. I often wonder how it would be for archeologists if when they found an artifact they could discern what it meant to the person who had made it / used it. Things seem so dead when they have only functionality and not meaning.
Response from Ladymage Samiko (Author of Burnt Offerings)
I admit that I can't quite agree with your interpretation of an archaeologist's work. We appreciate the object we remove from the ground because we know they have meaning; the trick is discovering what that meaning is. We must, from necessity, do a great deal of guesswork and extrapolation, so it is rare that we can be sure, but we know that it is there.
Response from Ladymage Samiko (Author of Burnt Offerings)
I admit that I can't quite agree with your interpretation of an archaeologist's work. We appreciate the object we remove from the ground because we know they have meaning; the trick is discovering what that meaning is. We must, from necessity, do a great deal of guesswork and extrapolation, so it is rare that we can be sure, but we know that it is there.
Very well done!!!
Lovely! I really enjoy post-DH scenes, and this was very well done. Your images came through very clearly, as did the emotions. Thank you for posting all of your work; I really enjoy it.
Wow...I love it! WELL DONE!!! 
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