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Sage
lady_rhian378 Reviews | 7.32/10 (378 Ratings, 0 Likes, 283 Favorites )
For nearly thirty years, Hermione and her family have lived in peace and prosperity. When the unexpected occurs, buried secrets of a time long forgotten vie to make themselves known. Confronted by her daughter, Hermione allows herself to remember her past. What she doesn’t expect is to come face to face with it. R/Hr, HG/SS. OWL Awards 2008: Fire & Ice, Order of Merlin 3rd class; Tearjerker, Order of Merlin 1st Class; Nineteen Years Later, Order of Merlin 1st Class. SSHG Awards: Best Novel-Length, Round 3.
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The Tenant of Lyonesse Hall is on a temporary hiatus. Look for an update in winter 2012!
Reviews for Sage
You write a romantic scene very well. I melted when he kissed her in the rain.
Response from lady_rhian (Author of Sage)
*blushes* Thank you, darling! *big sigh* I'm a sucker for the kiss in the rain cliche. It's so good to see that others enjoy such romance (even though Hr/S are anything but storybook romance - the passion is there). I very much appreciate your taking the time to review.
Catching up on my reading of this story with this chapter. Great dialogue overall. I love the French characters' matter-of-fact acceptance of Severus' existence, you can almost see them shrugging. And that's a lot of interesting interplay as Severus and Hermione try to sort out their present selves from their past history. Then he sticks her with the check -- priceless! Well, I'm sure karma runs both ways on this one, so I'm looking forward to the next round.
Response from lady_rhian (Author of Sage)
It's so good to see you! Thank you for the compliments; I am so glad you enjoyed the chapter. I'm rather pleased with it. *grins* I am also quite thrilled that you've noted the cultural distinctions between Brits and the French as well as the difficulty S/Hr are having figuring out where that darned line is.
I have to say that I hesistate to read a WIP, but I just could not resist any longer. I am glad I gave in this has been a most enjoyable read. I look forward to future chapters. Well Done Irish
Response from lady_rhian (Author of Sage)
*blush* Thank you so much, dear! I'm so pleased you "gave in." :-) Sadly I have a bit of work right now demanding my attention, but hopefully I'll get to chapter eleven next week. Thank you so much for leaving your thoughts! Best wishes.
Response from lady_rhian (Author of Sage)
*blush* Thank you so much, dear! I'm so pleased you "gave in." :-) Sadly I have a bit of work right now demanding my attention, but hopefully I'll get to chapter eleven next week. Thank you so much for leaving your thoughts! Best wishes.
Ahh, chivalry has finally won over - he might be hard to get, but it seems a damsel in obvious distress is a case where even Severus cannot help but be a gentleman.
I like the balance you have achieved between Hermione's obsession with Snape and her ability to lead her own life.
Response from lady_rhian (Author of Sage)
Indeed. I've a bit of a weakness for chivalry, as well. :-)
I'm also quite grateful for your mention of Hermione's balancing act. I've been very much trying to convey that well - that it's an inward battle and that their meeting in Florence tipped the scales back a bit, thus her trying to find him at the apothecary.
I look forward to hearing your thoughts on future chapters!
They are really not doing anything but the way that you are writing Severus makes him sound so sensual and hot. I cannot believe she left to go back to the Amsterdam. I am sure they both wanted a good snog.
Response from lady_rhian (Author of Sage)
That's wonderful! Thank you. I'm very glad he comes across as sensual. And if one thing is for certain, Severus and Hermione are not inclined to push things, so the snog will have to wait a bit. :-)
Great chapter - I love how he set the tone with wanting him to call her Severus and she let him call her Hermione. He sounds so interesting with his new life and definitely sexy in his own mannerisms.
Response from lady_rhian (Author of Sage)
Thank you, dear! I hope he will continue to prove interesting as we find out more about him and why he plays poor Hermione the way he does. Thank you for reading and reviewing. :-)
I just *love* "Much Ado About Nothing"! I've always thought it would be fun to see how different authors in the fandom would cast that play.
Another great chapter, though I want to smack Severus and Hermione upside the head. I just don't get why she kept chasing him when he obviously didn't want her to find him again. And I wonder why she isn't questioning how he went from rude and dismissive towards her to friendly and almost flirty.
Response from lady_rhian (Author of Sage)
I love the play as well. I'm currently in a Shakespeare course and am most disappointed that we are not reading it. And all your questions will be answered, rest assured. :-) Thank you so much for reading and reviewing!
This is a very realistic portrayal of an intense, all-encompassing and passionate relationship heading towards a train wreck. You also do justice to Ron and Hermione`s relationship and reasonings for marriage (and I don`t like Ron, and I am not mainly an SS/HG shipper either). I think many people forget that romantic love is only a very small part of any successful relationship, be it marriage or partnership; true, the main catalyst, but not the main sustainer. You have painted a believable and convincing partnership for Ron and Hermione, one which has brought love, security and joy to its participants, if not heavenly bliss (or hell).Very few people have the kind of long term passionate relationship embodied by what SS/HG has/had in your story. When it is successful, it is the best anybody can hope for, but when not, well, your story showed the results. It is not a pretty picture, especially for those going through it, and personally, I am not sure I recommend it. Severus deserved to be left; he was really a too little too late (not to mentioned uncompromising to the end), and what they wanted out of life and relationship do not line up with each other`s expectations (at that particular juncture in time, at least). So, their relationship would not have worked even if they managed to patch it up. As cliched as it is `sometimes love is really not enough`.The progression of the relationships in your story is very convincing, and both HG and SS certainly needed to grow separately for them to be able to have a functioning relationship later on in their life. You story detailed that believably and beautifully.Thank you very much for writing such a brilliant and infinitely realistic story. It is deeply appreciated.
Response from lady_rhian (Author of Sage)
Thank you for such a gorgeous review - I'm sorry I didn't get to it sooner! You touched on many aspects of the story that are close to my heart - the beauty of Ron and Hermione's relationship, the passionate turmoil of SS/HG - and I'm glad you connected with the story as it was. I know realism isn't really something people read fanfic for, and I've been blessed by the outpouring of support for this story. Thank you!
He warded the apothecary with an alarm spell so he could pop out each time she arrived didn’t he? The cad! I am relieved that Severus’game of cat & mouse appears to be finished all that provoking gets tiresome after awhile. Now on to the good stuff the actually dating and naked parts. College be damned write woman!!!
Response from lady_rhian (Author of Sage)
I absolutely love reading your takes on what may have happened. :-) You make me smile, darlin'! As to dating, yes. Naked, ah, I always do a fade to black - just not something I'm comfortable going into great detail with, so I can't say that naked parts will be coming. And you will be very, very proud of me when I say that I wrote a 7 page (admittedly double spaced) paper in - ahem - less than 3 hours just now (9 to 12). Proud of me? *nod nod* *hugs you*
Response from MollysSister (Reviewer)
Way to go cranking out that paper so quickly! While you were a buzzy bee I was plucking away at my in progress quizes. Tweeked Living Like Muggles, Prof Granger, and vampire!snape. Started travelog quiz, and hurt!Hermione part 2. We are busy!
Really enjoyed this chapter, loved the way Hermione chased Severus out of the conference - a woman on a mission!
I shall wait with baited breath for the next chapter.
Response from lady_rhian (Author of Sage)
Thank you, dear! I'm so pleased you enjoyed it. And yes, she is a woman on a mission. I'd say she's getting perhaps a bit more than she bargained for. :-)
Severus waits two and a half years to even cross her path again? I guess he was not as interested in her as he appeared to be at their lunch meeting. Then he tricks her and drugs her. So far intriguing--yes, dangerous--yes, trustworthy--not yet, alterier motives--unknown but highly likely.
Response from lady_rhian (Author of Sage)
Thank you for reading and reviewing, dear. It's good to see you again.
A few corrections: there are only 7 months between Florence and Amsterdam. Also, Severus did not trick her or drug her - he was not at all responsible for the smoke she inhaled; he saved her from it. He followed her to sport with her, but nothing more. I hope it doesn't come across that he was responsible for the smoke - nothing could be further from the truth.
I look forward to hearing your thoughts on chapter eleven!
Response from Maddie (Reviewer)
Thanks for setting me straight, but I will tell you were I got mixed up. At the beginning of the chapter, where Hermione is talking to Rose: (see italics especially)
Hermione laughed. “Of course I did, though it was quite a while after Florence. So long so that I almost forgot him.” “You could never forget him,” Rose murmured, not noticing her mother’s
eyes glaze over. “So when did you see him next? You left off… when?” “Florence was in…” Hermione tapped her fingers against the table in
consternation. “November of 1999. Almost two and a half years after. I
didn’t see him again until after the three year anniversary of
Voldemort’s downfall.”
back to me
I re-read my mistaking Severus from being responsible for her being drugged and I see that I took a leap with his guilty look. Sorry about that.
The story is so interesting that I keep going back and forth from your livejournal to TPP for the latest update eventhough I get notified of updates. I am so curious as to why, if they did have an affair and seemed to love each other, did he end the relationship? Hermione's love of Ron . . . separate bedrooms, obviously pinned for her lost love, settled for the life she led IMHO because she could not have the life she wanted.
Response from lady_rhian (Author of Sage)
I'll get that two and a half years after part set straight - that meeting was almost two and a half years after Voldemort's downfall, but I'll make sure it's clearer.
And not to worry - your questions about who ended the affair, why Hermione stayed in England, why she married Ron, etc. will all be explained. I so appreciate your taking the time to respond, and I'm very pleased with all the questions being raised. I didn't think of the story as being a mystery/suspense when I started writing it, but people raised so many questions that I did a *headdesk* and went, of course! Anyway, I very much appreciate your reviews and reading. :)
I hope I speak for all your readers, when I assure you that we appreciate the time that you take out to appease our cravings for your story.
Response from lady_rhian (Author of Sage)
Thank you, honey! I very much appreciate the time you and other reviewers take to leave your thoughts at the end of a chapter - the feedback truly feeds the muse, let me tell you. Hopefully I'll be able to get thinking about chapter eleven soon. In the meantime, I have a paper due by 4 PM today - eek! Better start on that. Thank you again for sharing your thoughts.
That was a lovely story of a good meeting.
Response from lady_rhian (Author of Sage)
Thank you, dear! I am so glad you enjoyed it.
It's funny to watch Hermione trying to explain Snape's personality to her daughter. How could she possibly understand the appeal? ;-) I hope you get a chance to update again soon.
Response from lady_rhian (Author of Sage)
Yes, it is. He's a bit difficult to describe, yes? :-) Thank you so much for consistently reading and reviewing - it's very appreciated.
Hermione's daughter is smart as a tack, not that I am surprised. I'm enjoying Severus's flirting....I don't care what any one says you may of taken him out of slytherin, but never the slytherin out of him.....hmmm I like that line.
Response from lady_rhian (Author of Sage)
I'm very glad you enjoy Rose. And that's quite a line about Severus, and a very true one at that. Thank you so much for reading and reviewing!
nice to see another update so soon. and so now we're getting to the good stuff. i did kind of want to slap severus for playing so hard to get, but at least he seems to be coming around now. finally!
Response from lady_rhian (Author of Sage)
Thank you, dear! He's not so much playing hard to get - he just is hard to get. :-) And yes, they're both finally coming around to each other.
Response from kittylefish (Reviewer)
oh, i guess you are right. there's a difference between "playing" and "being." but that thing where he was following her, though - i think that's what made me say "playing."
Good Snape dialogue
Response from lady_rhian (Author of Sage)
Thank you very much. :-) I'm glad you enjoyed it!
I'm so glad your muse returned and you've continued your story.
Response from lady_rhian (Author of Sage)
Thank you, dear! It was never abandoned but shunted to the background as I had a difficult semester at uni in the fall. The Muse, however, is well with me, and I couldn't be happier! I very much appreciate your leaving a review - thank you.
The master Slytherin in action - suave, subtly manipulative, and sneaky. Hermione never had a chance!
Oh, but I do like the promise of "not tonight". I suppose he didn't find Hermione's company too intolerable, then.
Response from lady_rhian (Author of Sage)
No, she didn't! He gets what he wants, when he wants it, as per the "not tonight." ;-) Thanks for reading and reviewing, dear!
I didnt catch the Casablanca reference but I did catch the line from When Harry Met Sally: "Of course, you’re right, I know you’re right.”Severus sending his glass flying to the bar for a refill was brilliant! Way to make up a bit of magic. Its the little touches like that I adore. Go have some peanut butter toast and think about chapter 10
Response from lady_rhian (Author of Sage)
Good eyes! Yes, When Harry Met Sally is definitely in there. I should put that along with the Casablanca part...
I'm very pleased you liked the little touch of Severus sending his glass back. Would you believe that Shug said just about the exact same thing, word for word? I had to do a double-take at the screen!
I'm so glad you liked it, honey. And I literally just posted chapter 10 on my LJ... it's in the queue here at TPP. :-) *hugs you*
Response from MollysSister (Reviewer)
Really ch 10 is ready to go? How exciting! I am going to sit on my hands waiting for it to pop up here. Oh the agony!
This story is brilliant and I can't wait to read more!
Response from lady_rhian (Author of Sage)
Thank you, dear! I'm very pleased that you like it, and thank you for the review. They mean a lot! Chapter ten is in the queue, so check back soon. :-)
Oh, I had hoped I wasn't imagining him saying that, or reading too into the "not tonight" part. Besides, he still owes her a meal after sticking her with the cheque!
Response from lady_rhian (Author of Sage)
You're good at picking up on details, dear. Don't discount yourself. :-) Thank you for reading and reviewing, again - I am so glad you're still with the story.
Interesting meeting. Severus appears to be very attractive as a free wizard.
Response from lady_rhian (Author of Sage)
Thank you for reading and reviewing, dear. And yes, he's quite attractive as a free wizard. Unencumbered by other masters, as it were. What kind of master he will be for himself is the question.
i somehow missed the last chapter when it posted, and wouldn't you know that's when she finally met him again! and literally fainted in his arms - but who can blame her after all. i enjoyed their dinner together, but i can't believe he left her with the check! i liked the hand kiss, and i look forward to MORE interactions between them, now that they've broken the ice.
Response from lady_rhian (Author of Sage)
Oh! Well I am very glad you're caught up now. :-) I'm pleased that you enjoyed the chapter. Thank you for reading!
That was quite enjoyable.
Response from lady_rhian (Author of Sage)
Thank you for reading and reviewing. I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter.