Crossing The Line
ladyofthemasque32 Reviews | 6.19/10 (32 Ratings, 0 Likes, 120 Favorites )
On the eve of battle, is it permissible to cross certain lines? Is it forgivable?
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ladyofthemasque
Member Since 2005 | 37 Stories | Favorited by 1,485 | 368 Reviews Written | 1,311 Review Responses
I have to apologize to everyone, period. Real life swallowed me whole, as I have been struggling to make a living writing original fiction over the last 8 years. It has not been easy, & has been complicated by health issues. I hope people can forgive my long silences. Trying to make enough money to live on from writing is a lot harder--waaaay harder--than it looks. (At least I didn't leave any posted fanfics unfinished.)
Anyhoo...
These stories are works of parody (& thus are allowable under US law), and are not written for profit. Just for fun. I'm not making any money off of any fanfics, nor will I ever. I'm just playing around in other writers' universes.
...I am, however, making something of a living off my own stories. (If anyone wants to play around in my universes, you may visit my website, www.jeanjohnson.net, and look up my policy on Fanfics & Fanarts. It's reasonable enough and fairly easy to follow, too...)
~Lotm
Reviews for Crossing The Line
Very well written, short but nicely put, angsty and lustfully plot...
Oh how very much I love this story, it was one of the first I read, and have reread often but never reviewed. It has moved me so deeply that I have struggled to find the words to do it justice. I still can not find them. so let me just say thank you so very much.
This story was brilliant, like all of your work.Loves you, Sonia :)
Response from ladyofthemasque (Author of Crossing The Line)
*cuddlehugs* Thank you!...Wait, you hadn't read it yet?~Lotm
This is briliant, but I do wish you'd ended it, as in they both survive and have lots of 'love maiking' and babies! LOL.
Great Fic!
I'm surprised that I have not read this sooner. I love your stories. In fact In Annulo is my favorite fic of all times. I have read it as much as I have read the actual HP books. I had finally decided to try my hand at a fic of my own, so I ventured to the challenge forums. After deciding the current challenge was probably not the best for me I glanced at old challenges out of curiosity. Which led me to this story.This was an incredible story. It touched my heart deeply, and the ending made me cry. It was wonderful from start to finish. The sense of foreboding at the end was really what the whole story was about. Everything between Severus and Hermione happened because they did not know what was going to happen the next day - and in my opinion it could not have had a better ending.However, the challenge still plagues me. I swear I now have a rabid plot bunny gnawing at my mind. So, with your permission of course, I think I might have a go at the challenge. Knut for your thoughts?
Response from ladyofthemasque (Author of Crossing The Line)
Go for it...and my deepest, deepest apologies for not getting back to you sooner than this. I have been buried under a mountain of voracious original plot-bunnies which distracted me so much, I literally forgot to check for unanswered reviews before now.(On the plus side, omgsquee, I'm published!! It's been two years, and I'm still squeeing every time I think about it!)...I hope you went ahead and wrote the story, or if you didn't, can locate that errant plot-bunny and give it another go anyway, yes?~Lotm
THe reality of mortality.... a horrible real life theme that makes amazing stories. This is fantastically written, well thought out, and exceptionally smutty.Elura
Response from ladyofthemasque (Author of Crossing The Line)
Thank you.~Lotm
I've read this one before. I seriously LOVE it. wow! You really are quite an amazing author.
What a great story! Did anyone ever take up your challenge?
Response from ladyofthemasque (Author of Crossing The Line)
I heard that a few tried writing their own versions, but no one sent me any links to anything that actually got posted...~Lotm
Response from chyara (Reviewer)
*sigh*that's disappointing...lol
Response from ladyofthemasque (Author of Crossing The Line)
I heard that a few tried writing their own versions, but no one sent me any links to anything that actually got posted...~Lotm
Response from chyara (Reviewer)
*sigh*that's disappointing...lol
I love this story but I love to read you reviews too. Sometimes your responses are just priceless. Someone could write stories with you in them. You are such a character. Tamara
There is some many out there who cross that line all the time but the funny part is he knows that and stays as far away as humanly possible. lol Tamara
excellent!
I liked this story. I wanted to make sure that I didn't read ahead, so I kept the current line at the bottom of the screen. I'm happy that you left the ending out. It's perfect as it is. I'm a big fan of yours. Keep up with the good SS/HG smut!
Response from ladyofthemasque (Author of Crossing The Line)
Thank you. Of all my reviews, whenever I get one for this particular story, wherein the person says the ambiguous ending is just right...it pleases me the most. Mind you, I want to know "what happens next"--and I'm still a little vexed with my plot-bunny for not finishing the story! ...But it is perfect to end this one story just like it did, isn't it?Really, it couldn't have ended any other way, and not somehow betray the feeling of the story...~Lotm
Response from ladyofthemasque (Author of Crossing The Line)
Thank you. Of all my reviews, whenever I get one for this particular story, wherein the person says the ambiguous ending is just right...it pleases me the most. Mind you, I want to know "what happens next"--and I'm still a little vexed with my plot-bunny for not finishing the story! ...But it is perfect to end this one story just like it did, isn't it?Really, it couldn't have ended any other way, and not somehow betray the feeling of the story...~Lotm
Not that you didn't already know this Lady, but you are absolutely evil...so any chance of you letting on to the secret of what you think happened after?... ... ... Eh, didn't think so, but had to ask.So yeah. I likey. I likey a lot!~Amanda Rose~the T-Fang Faeriewho evens signs posts here.
Response from ladyofthemasque (Author of Crossing The Line)
The secret is, "...", exactly as you said it would be. However did you know? Did you read my plot notes behind my back?~Lotm
Response from AdamiRose (Reviewer)
Of course I didn't read your notes...Shell wouldn't give me the permit to snoop about and read behind your back.~Amanda Rose~
This story is BEAUTIFUL!!! And this end made me cry 'cause it seems to me that he really is going to die... Great, amzing stroy ;)!!
Response from ladyofthemasque (Author of Crossing The Line)
We don't actually know that. He might, he might not. It's the pain of not knowing that makes this tale so captivating.~Lotm
Fabulous story!! I should have been in bed at least an hour ago (I am a terribly slow reader) but couldn't pry myself away. Severus leaving was heartbreaking but obviously a great finish to the story.
Response from ladyofthemasque (Author of Crossing The Line)
...You'd laugh to know how long it takes me to read my own stories. I almost write faster than I read. (Then again, my reading time is usually interrupted and thus short and sporadic. *sigh*)I'm glad you liked this one. I'm particularly proud of it.~Lotm
This was wonderful. Thanks for inspiring me to be late for work! It was worth it. Now I have an appointment with a small electrical appliance . . .
Response from ladyofthemasque (Author of Crossing The Line)
Um...that's niiiice... I am NOT responsible for lateness, missed meals, missing pets, whatever. Or appointments with small electrical appliances. (Make sure they're properly grounded and not used near water if they're not meant to be!) lolGlad you enjoyed it!~Lotm
*Sigh* Awesome...I especially love their good-bye to each other. *Sigh* Aww... :)
As normal, lovely lovely smut, wonderful cast of Severus. And just perfect writing and description!..
I noticed on the yahoo site and on here that you have some new fan fics up. You know me, I love your long ass ones were there is so much romance, angst and drama that I want to pull my hair out, have a heart attack, scream, cry and fall in love with Severus over and over again. But this is almost just as good even though it so short so I give you mad props for that. You know I love all that you do, and this just proves to me more, that you are the best SS/HG writer out there.. (Though I'll still always love the long winding roads you have always put me through)Julianna
Response from ladyofthemasque (Author of Crossing The Line)
Hey, so long as I don't make you carsick on those long, winding roads...! (That was a real-life problem for me as a child; my grandparents lived many miles away, part of which involved traveling on a long and winding coastal road...*urp*...)I really liked this one, too. Most stories are like most songs; they come to a conclusion of melody and harmony...but there are a rare few songs that trail off on an odd (if beautiful) note, and leave you angsty-hungry for more--you know, the kind of operatic moment wherein the hero sings about how much he loves his lady, how much he loves his country, and how much he knows he's going to die, if he goes ahead and meets his fate on the battlefield stuff...and then goes off to meet his fate. This is one of those sort of stories.I'm verrrrrry much a proponent of the Happy Ending™ school of writing...but sometimes you just NEED a pernanent, angst-riddled cliffie like this one. The sour tartness of a (non-smutty) lemon in contrast to all that sweet, fluffy meringue...I will never 'finish' this story. It IS finished. It's like Mercedes Lackey's story of Herald-Mage Vanyel; she never tells exactly how he dies, save for the earliest bits of that final confrontation. We know he does die, but not the how of it, never the how. It drags tears to the readers' eyes, clutches at their hearts, digs a lump into their throats...Sometimes you just need that, like you need pain to remember what pleasure is. You need sorrow in your life to understand joy. You need uncertainty, to understand surity....Okay, okay, I'll stop waxing poetic. I just feel really strongly about how this story 'ends'. It's perfect. Just perfect, as-is. And every time someone tells me they love this tale, I'm vindicated, validated, victorious, and verrrry grateful for the reactions I wanted to evoke in my readers.Hugs,~Lotm
awesome ... wonderful!
You know, I almost didn't read this, thinking that perhaps I would not be able to bear an ending that left me hanging. I gathered my Griffindor courage about me though and I'm so very glad that I did!You were right to leave us wanting more - it lingers in the mind like the bouquet from a fragrant and rich wine. Unforgettable.
Response from ladyofthemasque (Author of Crossing The Line)
*hugs*~Lotm(kidnapped and held ransom for the last year by plot-bunnies and house-buying elves)
I loved this. So touching, I could almost see her running into his arms as he left begging him to stay. Wonderfully written. Thank you little plot bunny for gracing us!
I couldn't sleep tonight so I went to my computer to read some entertaning sleezy fanfiction and you made me cry!!!!!!!!! Its not a bad thing at all but I'm in fecking tears poring an ocean out of my eyes at your story. You did a truly beautiful job with this one.
Response from ladyofthemasque (Author of Crossing The Line)
Erm...thank you? *hands you two boxes of extra-soft facial tissues, and a bottle of water*Yeah, this one is rather intense, especially how it ends. Or rather, doesn't. *contemplates kicking petrified plot-bunny-turned-lawn-ornament, sighs and spares her foot* My suggestion? Go read Frogs In Winter as a pick-me-up. Or maybe the Herovillainy series, if you're not in the mood to giggle, just yet...~Lotm
Jeez, so... much... angst... fantastic! You can never have too much suffering. :D
Response from ladyofthemasque (Author of Crossing The Line)
Muahahahahahahahaaa... Thank you! *hugs*~Lotm
Damn, he’d better die soon--I’ve got to figure out what goes into this stuff, and replicate it the proper wizarding way…Hahaaaa!
Response from ladyofthemasque (Author of Crossing The Line)
...Sometimes it's the littlest of things that we long for the most, when locked in an untenable war...*snerk*~Lotm
Response from ladyofthemasque (Author of Crossing The Line)
...Sometimes it's the littlest of things that we long for the most, when locked in an untenable war...*snerk*~Lotm