Great chapter, can we have some Back in Black action again soon, there's been a bit too much pink, we need relief, and we need Severus!

Urgh, how horrible, can you imagine that ghastly woman popping into your home whenever she wanted?! Poor Hermione, she can't even realx at home, she is I feel on the brink of madness! Another great chapter, it's such a great story, I'm loving it!

brilliant, as usual.  Just what I need before going off to a morning of classes. 

hmm.. there's no mention of Ron and Harry... I think.. did they die?

How much more terrifying this can get? You picture each layer of this mostrosity of society with such utter terror of pink. I've hated pink all my life, but now I might start to openly revolt every time anything pink comes to my vicinity - vicinity meaning within-sight.Give me some black Snape, laces and embriodery deserve him.

We need the "good guys" plan to show up pretty soon.  All this "pink" stuff is making me ill! 

That explains what she needed that forbidden ingredient for. I daresay Umbridge has thought of a way to bar a Muggle vasectomy too.Banning books?! I'm not really surprised, but if anything will incite Hermione to rebellion, that's it. Oh, and injustice to the underdogs, but Hermione seems to be one of them herself... along with the rest of the miserable pink populace of wizarding Britain.

In France we say "barbie pink" or "petit cochon rose = little pink pig" or "rose anglais" (sorry) or "rose bonbon mal sucé" ... or " envoyer quelqu'un sur les roses".= to send somebody packingBack in black !

Gonna be a classic, girl!

Ehm. Er. I suspect Hermione needs a little comfort...maybe a few hours in the arms of the Man in Black.

:flees:

P.S. Pink is my favorite color and even I am becoming oppressed! 

I love the Hufflepuff character. Nice chapter, even without Severus.

Every time I come to the pp and see three little words, "Back in Black" on the top of the recent fanfiction list, my toes curl up and I clear the vicinty to keep from breaking things as I jerk about in hysterical laughter.  Thank you, little else brings me as much enjoyment as a great fanfic--and yours is absolutely wonderful.  Poor Marion--that's really rough.  I'm glad you included her and those few details of her life.  It makes everything seem more real.  I know I am becoming redundant, but great job!

We need some centaurs, Stat!  Or are they wearing pink? 

Good Lord! This is getting to Orwellian proportions... HELP!  Someone has to do something and soon!  Sc*ew the perfect smile and hello snarky smirk.  *evil grin*

you're evil.

beyond that....

you're evil.

and if there's anything I've learned from reading your work....

You're Evil.

That said, you know I love your stuff. You're channeling George Orwell and Ayn Rand and Edith Wharton at the same time.... (must be tiring!).

Which of course makes you my favorite author in the universe right about now.

Jo would turn over in.... her bed???... if she could see this.

hemhem

Great job!
Naomi

Author's Response: Thanks!  I'm really glad you enjoyed the chapter!  I'm really channeling Orwell and Philip K. Dick and some movies, but I'll take other literary allusions, too!

I hope that's evil in the very best of senses!  (evil grin)

Absolutely awful, appalling!!!---The situation, NOT your chapter.  Your story is funny, but it is so terribly gut-wrenching to know this is how things have happened before in human history--the Jews in the Holocaust.

Down with Pink Lord!!!!  Go Hermione!

Hermione plotting.....hmmm wouldn't Severus have some stuff to make that certain potion with???

I love the Big Sister overtones.  I can't help but wonder what happened to all those nasty half-breeds like Hagrid, not to mention the centaurs.  Keep up the good work.

Like the chapter before it, this one is touching on some pretty serious territory, albeit in a very amusing way. I'm really  impressed by how uneasy the atmosphere is, even though the story is genuinely funny.

I'm loving this story. Thanks so much for writing it, and for updating so frequently!

Ah, so that's why she was in search of contraceptive ingredients.  Very devious conversation.  I love how it really is a job Hermione might have loved if it weren't forced on her, and how she keeps her Proper Smile in place during the bizarre Two Minute Handshake.

It's ... to much! I can even find words to tell you how traumatic the new  pink lady regime is getting, and not only for your characters but she's making me hate the color more so then before. Nice chapter. Please more and make it black!

Have I ever mentioned that I absolutely love this fic. or that I can't wait to see what happens to that Toad? I feel for poor Hermione and Sev though...pink is such a nasty colour!

Incidentally, I read "Fahrenheit 451" at the moment, and it's interesting to see that while your story includes many more comic elements, it's still as chilling as Bradbury's novel.

I like the Watch Witch -- her poster seems right out of 1984.  Granted, a very frilly 1984... This is a pleasant diversion, indeed, and I commend you on your ability to take a humorous concept, and add undertones of gravity.  I'm not sure if this exactly qualifies as satire, but it's certainly absorbing.

Those private conspiracies are typical of oppressive regimes. I'm amazed at the parallel you've drawn between them and this story.