Polyandry and Other Problems
ayerf862 Reviews | 7.05/10 (862 Ratings, 0 Likes, 500 Favorites )
A magical plague strikes the wizarding world, decimating the female population. The Wizengamot sees a revolutionary new marriage law as the only way to repopulate their dying world. Hermione, Severus and Lucius Malfoy get caught up in the consequences.
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Jumped on the Harry Potter bandwagon in 2000 (when Goblet of Fire was out in hardback). Prisoner of Azkaban is my favourite in the series, followed by Order of the Phoenix. I read and write in the SS/HG corner of the Potterverse.
Reviews for Polyandry and Other Problems
This story was nothing like I thought it would be oh so long ago when it began, but I really love this twist.
Response from ayerf (Author of Polyandry and Other Problems)
I'm glad to hear it! I hope that the way this differs to your expectations is a good thing, too!
God I love sneaky Slytherins! I wonder what the Ministry will make of Severus' sterility ... and how Lucius will react to the situation as well.Great update, more please, soonest!
Response from ayerf (Author of Polyandry and Other Problems)
Sneaky does seem to be the way that suits them best! We shall see...Thank you! I wish I could do soonest. Real life interruptions unfortunately mean delays. The next chapter is in progress, though.
Goodness, but he's a sneaky bastard, isn't he? Thanks for the update. Wondering how Lucius will take the news....
Response from ayerf (Author of Polyandry and Other Problems)
Indeed he is!We shall see...Thanks for reviewing!
Oh! Why can't they try to fix her? At least try! Poor, poor Hermione!
Response from ayerf (Author of Polyandry and Other Problems)
Poor Hermione indeed.Thanks for reviewing!
thank you for updating wonderful chapterhugs and chocolate
Response from ayerf (Author of Polyandry and Other Problems)
Thanks for reviewing! I hope to start writing the next chapter soon.
Oh what an evil place to leave off...this story is wonderful and I excitedly look foreward to future chapters.
Response from ayerf (Author of Polyandry and Other Problems)
Absolutely! I'm glad to hear it. I hope to begin writing the next chapter soon.
How sad! Does Severus' potion hold any hope for Hermione?
Response from ayerf (Author of Polyandry and Other Problems)
All the potion Severus invented could do was perhaps make it more likely that Hermione would conceive a girl, unfortunately it wouldn't do anything to reduce or eliminate the miscarriage risk. This being Severus, potions master extroadinaire, he might be able to help in other ways.Thanks for reviewing!
OH MY GOD NO! CLife hanger! ack ! wow I feel so bad for Hermione !
Response from ayerf (Author of Polyandry and Other Problems)
Sorry! I sometimes just can't resist cliffies.Thanks for reviewing, I hope to be able to escape the demands of real life soon in order to write the next chapter.
“How does you, me, and the library sound?” He wrapped his arms around her, lips by her ear. “Kinky.”best and funniest lines I have ever read!I can't stop reading this story :) You amaze me
Response from ayerf (Author of Polyandry and Other Problems)
Thank you! I'm quite fond of that line too, glad you liked it.Thanks for reviewing!
an interesting twist to an interesting tale! Thanks for this update. I am really enjoying this story. I feel sanguine that Two such brains as Hermione and Severus will figure out something!
Response from ayerf (Author of Polyandry and Other Problems)
Thank you! I hoped it would be, and I'm very glad to hear how much you're enjoying this.They certainly will do their best! I hope to start writing the next chapter soon.
Looks like you may be in some deep water... I love the story but having dealt with miscarriages myself it's not hard to be a bit upset about all this... However, I am trying my hardest, I've dropped my pitchfork and am extending an olive branch. Peace? You know your story is top-notch when the emotions run high, right?
Response from ayerf (Author of Polyandry and Other Problems)
Sorry, it is a difficult and upsetting issue. I'm glad you think that this story is top-notch despite the emotions it provokes.Thanks for reviewing!
Oh, wonderful! more complications and stipulations! soon the populace will rise up in revolt, I hope!
Response from ayerf (Author of Polyandry and Other Problems)
Thank you! I'm sure Hermione hopes the same thing.
Hmmm scary chapter from Hermione's P.O.V. However, between having a Potion Master for one husband and a Political Shark for another husband I think she will be O.K. either Severus will cure her of Lucius will poor money into the problem.
Response from ayerf (Author of Polyandry and Other Problems)
Certainly not pleasant for Hermione.Severus will do his utmost to help her, but there are some things that magic can't fix. As for Lucius... there are some things that money can't buy.Thanks for reviewing!
I hope this story isn't finished. I'm really into it.
Response from ayerf (Author of Polyandry and Other Problems)
Nope, not finished! It is approaching the end, but it's not there yet.I'm glad to hear that you're into the story, and hope it keeps your interest until the end.
As we're very close from new year and every wish is possible, I can only hope Sev will find a way for them to stay together.
Response from ayerf (Author of Polyandry and Other Problems)
He'll certainly do his best.Thanks for reviewing! I hope to begin writing the next chapter soon.
Oh my poor Hermione. Hopefully she could become pregnant with twins. A soap had a woman get pregnant by two separate men at the same time. Maybe that could happen to Hermione. Or twins to the Professor. Isn't Luc looking for another while using Hermione as a decoy? I need to read this from the beginning. Will the "MOM" let her try for the one year or will they make her divorce now since the chances are so small.
Response from ayerf (Author of Polyandry and Other Problems)
Poor Hermione indeed.Lucius does have his ulterior motives, but using Hermione as a decoy while looking for another wife is not one of them.Hope you enjoy the earlier chapters if you read them.The powers that be will probably act sooner rather than later, but not before Severus has his say.Thanks for reviewing!
Thanks for the update with a twist! I thought for sure that she would already be pregnant and either Severus or Lucius could have been the father. Looking forward to hearing Severus and Lucius reactions/thoughts about this new development.
Response from ayerf (Author of Polyandry and Other Problems)
Thank you! Glad the twist was a surprise. I hope to start writing the next chapter soon, which should include those reactions.
I was on the wrong track with my review from the last chapter wondering about multiples wasnt I? What a terrible twist for Hermione to have infertility. I can only hope that Lucius' money and Snape's expertise can help. Its quite touching the way Hermione is worried she will lose Severus. The next chapter is going to make me cry isnt it?
Response from ayerf (Author of Polyandry and Other Problems)
We shall see. Some things even magic can't fix.The delay before the next chapter might result in tears even if the content doesn't. I wish I could say that chapter 17 will be posting soon, but all I can say instead is that I hope to begin writing it soon.Thanks for reviewing!
Hereditary infertility. Now there's an oxymoron. Sounds like she could have one child perhaps.
Response from ayerf (Author of Polyandry and Other Problems)
It is quite an oxymoron. Technically it's hereditary fertility problems... the wizarding world just isn't as forgiving as the Muggle one when it comes to classifying such problems.Perhaps she will.Thanks for reviewing!
That is truly tragic. I hope you find a way for them to get around this.
Response from ayerf (Author of Polyandry and Other Problems)
I do have something up my sleeve...Thanks for reviewing!
Very touching, poor Hermione. Nice job with the talk with her mum.
Response from ayerf (Author of Polyandry and Other Problems)
Thank you! I hoped it would be.
severus would never willingly leave her. great update and so sad. thanks so much
Response from ayerf (Author of Polyandry and Other Problems)
Quite so, he never would.Thanks for reviewing!
whoa! now that took me by surprise. well, let's see what Severus can do to heal her infertility. hmm... but if she can only carry one child (like her mother did) and no more, the Ministry can't dissolve the marriage, but they could dissolve the threesome if the first and only child is from Severus... ooh, I'm tying myself in knots! please hurry with the next chapter!!
Response from ayerf (Author of Polyandry and Other Problems)
Thank you! It sounds terrible, but this is the sort of reaction I was hoping for. Real life is rather busy at the moment, but I hope to start writing the next chapter soon.
Oh hell. I can just imagine that Severus will get up to something about *that*. But wait, are they forcibly dissolved, or no? Severus will be happy with one child by Hermione, and Lucius didn't want to marry anyone else, so maybe they could petition to keep her? It's not as if there are an abundance of women to go around. And SURELY Severus and Lucius and Hermione (who are quite intelligent individually; the three of them together I wouldn't wager against!) can concoct something to prove to the Wizengamot that Lucius is also sterile, so with Severus' one child, and Lucius unable to have more, why not leave the three of them be?
Response from ayerf (Author of Polyandry and Other Problems)
He certainly will.Their unions haven't been forcibly dissolved yet. But they will have to do something to ensure that it doesn't happen. I like the way you think.Thanks for reviewing!
Wah! 
Poor Hermione!Wonderful story. Lots of twists and turns for the characters to navigate.Hope to see more soon. 
Response from ayerf (Author of Polyandry and Other Problems)
Poor Hermione indeed.Thank you! I wish I could post some more soon. Unfortunately, real life is such that I can only hope to start writing the next chapter soon.