Strategic Negotiations or Not Wasted on a Weasley
fizzabella85 Reviews | 6.33/10 (85 Ratings, 0 Likes, 110 Favorites )
A Marriage Law Challenge with a twist. Hermione Granger is really a pure-blood witch, and Severus Snape has the unenviable task of choosing between the Insufferable Know-It-All and two other bachelorettes.
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fizzabella
Member Since 2007 | 10 Stories | Favorited by 47 | 267 Reviews Written | 467 Review Responses
I'm Lynnette. I'm a wife, stay at home mother of 9, with 5 daughters and 2 sons still at home. I have two grandsonz and one granddaughter:)
I LOVE to read, I LOVE to write, and am thrilled to be published here on The Petulant Poetess. I love the Harry Potter books because of my kids, and hope to get good enough to become an accredited beta reader at some point:)
Reviews for Strategic Negotiations or Not Wasted on a Weasley
This story is a riot! I love Marriage Law Challenges, and I like how this one is turned on its head. Keep the posts coming!
Response from fizzabella (Author of Strategic Negotiations or Not Wasted on a Weasley)
I'm so glad you've enjoyed it! I had a BLAST writing it. I would paste bits of it to my friend over Instant Messenger and we'd sit there and chortle and cackle over the funny bits:)Warm regards,Fizzabella
An absolutely ingenious and truly creative take on the marriage law genre. So it’s her books that matter the most to him? I am still trying to recover my breath
Thanks so much for this
Response from fizzabella (Author of Strategic Negotiations or Not Wasted on a Weasley)
I am so honored that you enjoyed it:) We all know how much Severus likes to read:)Warmest regards,Fizzabella
Response from fizzabella (Author of Strategic Negotiations or Not Wasted on a Weasley)
I am so honored that you enjoyed it:) We all know how much Severus likes to read:)Warmest regards,Fizzabella
excellent! but i do wish that there was more to read!
Response from fizzabella (Author of Strategic Negotiations or Not Wasted on a Weasley)
I thank you for that to me ultimate compliment:) I know I love a story when I am sad to read the last chapter:) I'm honored:) Thank you and Happy Holidays!{{hugs}}Fizzabella
that.. was a truly great story, i must say. haha.
Response from fizzabella (Author of Strategic Negotiations or Not Wasted on a Weasley)
I'm so glad you enjoyed it:) And thank you for taking the time to let me know with a review:) Much appreciated:)Warm regardsFizzabella
Response from fizzabella (Author of Strategic Negotiations or Not Wasted on a Weasley)
I'm so glad you enjoyed it:) And thank you for taking the time to let me know with a review:) Much appreciated:)Warm regardsFizzabella
Hilarious! I should have gone to bed awhile ago, but found you with the 'Random Story' button and just had to finish this...
Response from fizzabella (Author of Strategic Negotiations or Not Wasted on a Weasley)
Wow, I'm tremendously flattered:) Being a late night reader myself, I know what it can cost to stay awake reading when other duties wait in the morning:) I am so glad you liked my story:) and honored that you took the time to let me know:)Thank you so very much,Warm regards,Fizzabella
Response from fizzabella (Author of Strategic Negotiations or Not Wasted on a Weasley)
Wow, I'm tremendously flattered:) Being a late night reader myself, I know what it can cost to stay awake reading when other duties wait in the morning:) I am so glad you liked my story:) and honored that you took the time to let me know:)Thank you so very much,Warm regards,Fizzabella
what a hoot! esp sev musing that he'd fallen into someone elses destiny by mistake. thanks so much
Response from fizzabella (Author of Strategic Negotiations or Not Wasted on a Weasley)
I'm so glad you enjoyed it:) And I thank you so much for taking the time to review:)Warm regards,Fizzabella
Response from fizzabella (Author of Strategic Negotiations or Not Wasted on a Weasley)
I'm so glad you enjoyed it:) And I thank you so much for taking the time to review:)Warm regards,Fizzabella
Hilarious. I needed an afternoon pick me up and this worked perfect :)
Response from fizzabella (Author of Strategic Negotiations or Not Wasted on a Weasley)
I'm so glad you enjoyed it and it made you feel good to read it:)Thank you for the compliment and the review:) Your taking the time means a lot to me:)Warm regards,Fizzabella
Response from fizzabella (Author of Strategic Negotiations or Not Wasted on a Weasley)
I'm so glad you enjoyed it and it made you feel good to read it:)Thank you for the compliment and the review:) Your taking the time means a lot to me:)Warm regards,Fizzabella
Hihihi. Very cool! :D
Response from fizzabella (Author of Strategic Negotiations or Not Wasted on a Weasley)
thank you very much, so glad you enjoyed it:)And thank you for taking the time to tell me:)Warm regards,Fizzabella
Response from fizzabella (Author of Strategic Negotiations or Not Wasted on a Weasley)
thank you very much, so glad you enjoyed it:)And thank you for taking the time to tell me:)Warm regards,Fizzabella
Many apologies for not seeing the word "parody" at the beginning of this. That's what I get for doing too many things at once. Good show! The last chapter was definitely a great ending with a funny showdown and Hermione being very persuasive. I love that it was her books that 'doomed' him.
Response from fizzabella (Author of Strategic Negotiations or Not Wasted on a Weasley)
I was hearing Alan Rickman's "Marvin" voice the whole time I was writing that part:) And I am so glad you enjoyed the story:) You sharing your enjoyment of my work with me makes my day:)Thank you so much,Warm regards,Fizzabella
Response from fizzabella (Author of Strategic Negotiations or Not Wasted on a Weasley)
I was hearing Alan Rickman's "Marvin" voice the whole time I was writing that part:) And I am so glad you enjoyed the story:) You sharing your enjoyment of my work with me makes my day:)Thank you so much,Warm regards,Fizzabella
Poor Snape, struggling so much over Hermione's new name.
Response from fizzabella (Author of Strategic Negotiations or Not Wasted on a Weasley)
He thought the whole thing was needless fuss, I'm sure. I thought, after the fact, of putting in something about her changing her name to her birth name only to change it again when she married, but the story was finished by then:)Thank you for the review:) Your comments and enjoyment make my day:)Warm regards,Fizzabella
Response from WriterMerrin (Reviewer)
I had a similar thought, that poor Hermione would forever be known as Hermione Snape, formerly Black, formerly Granger. Talk about a mouthful!
Response from fizzabella (Author of Strategic Negotiations or Not Wasted on a Weasley)
LOL scary, isn't it?Fizza:)
Response from fizzabella (Author of Strategic Negotiations or Not Wasted on a Weasley)
He thought the whole thing was needless fuss, I'm sure. I thought, after the fact, of putting in something about her changing her name to her birth name only to change it again when she married, but the story was finished by then:)Thank you for the review:) Your comments and enjoyment make my day:)Warm regards,Fizzabella
Response from WriterMerrin (Reviewer)
I had a similar thought, that poor Hermione would forever be known as Hermione Snape, formerly Black, formerly Granger. Talk about a mouthful!
Response from fizzabella (Author of Strategic Negotiations or Not Wasted on a Weasley)
LOL scary, isn't it?Fizza:)
Oh my goodness! I've always been skeptical of making Hermione a pureblood, but the backstory is interesting, if a bit odd. I'm so glad you told us this story was here.
Response from fizzabella (Author of Strategic Negotiations or Not Wasted on a Weasley)
I tried to come up with something implausibly plausible:) In the context of the Harry Potter Universe, this worked ok to me, I'm so glad you liked the story:)Warm regards,Fizzabella
Response from fizzabella (Author of Strategic Negotiations or Not Wasted on a Weasley)
I tried to come up with something implausibly plausible:) In the context of the Harry Potter Universe, this worked ok to me, I'm so glad you liked the story:)Warm regards,Fizzabella
Hee. I really can't wait to see this insane courtship. Can there be a catfight between Rita and Dolores?
Response from fizzabella (Author of Strategic Negotiations or Not Wasted on a Weasley)
I was laughing too hard to do a catfight, but the way Hermione resolves everything is delicious:)I thrilled you're enjoying the story:)Warm regards,Fizzabella
Thank you so much for the update, I am fallinf fast and hard for your story. Not only is it humorous, it is very well written (quite necessary to make humor work in my opinion), and the plot is brilliant!Poor Hermione have given Severus her best cards, now he knows that she sees him as the better solution: no matter if he would prefer her over the two others, he will probably be very Slytherin about it:-))
Response from fizzabella (Author of Strategic Negotiations or Not Wasted on a Weasley)
Ahhh but Hermione out-slytherins him:)Thank you for the compliment and the review:) One more chapter to go:)Warm regards,Fizzabella
I loved the letters! I was a little curious about why Hermione's first letter from the ministry indicated that she would receive a list of witches? Was Umbridge trying to 'get her goat?"
Response from fizzabella (Author of Strategic Negotiations or Not Wasted on a Weasley)
Eeeek! not one of us caught that, but I will look for it and correct it:) I'm glad you enjoyed the story, and thank you for lettting me know about the goof:)Also thank you for taking the time to review:) Much appreciated:)Warm regards,Fizzabella
That was so hilarious! I'm really looking forward to more of this story -- I love all the side comments that are in the text from the characters writing the letters!Good job!
Response from fizzabella (Author of Strategic Negotiations or Not Wasted on a Weasley)
I'm glad you're enjoying it, I have said this before, but it has been a total blast to write:) Humor isn't the first genre I would choose in describing myself as a writer, but this one snuck in and almost wrote itself:)Thank you so much for taking the time to review:) It means a lot to me to see that people are enjoying what I write:)Warm regards,Fizzabella
Delightful! I am enjoying your story immensely. However, I did find it peculiar that out of all the half-blooded/Muggle-born wizards available, Flitwick and Firenze were her best options before such like Dean Thomas or another "human". I guess that makes it your story but imho, a few more human choices might have been nicer...lol.Good job, however!
Response from fizzabella (Author of Strategic Negotiations or Not Wasted on a Weasley)
I'm so glad you're enjoying this:) I have to admit, this story is meant to be fluffy, so I reached for the most outrageous possible matches I could think of:) I think I wanted the shock value:) Thank you so much for the review, and I hope I don't disappoint you with the rest of the story:)Warm regards,Fizzabella
This story is brilliant!I love your character portrayals, Umbridge is so mean and bitter but Skeeter steals the show for me.I can't wait to see how Hermione tempts Severus into marriage.Of course, it would be too funny to have him marry Umbridge - just imagine the fun you could have writing that bedroom scene..........................
Response from fizzabella (Author of Strategic Negotiations or Not Wasted on a Weasley)
Oh, Hermione is very inventive:) and resourceful:) and that vault of rare books is going to help, but at the moment, Severus doesn't know she has them:)Thank you for the lovely compliments, and thank you for reviewing:) I am thrilled that you are enjoying the story:)Warm regards,Fizzabella
I love that Umbridge is holding this grudge and she wants Snape...ewwww. Well lets hope Hermione can talk him into marriage before she gets her claws on him...
update soon!
Response from fizzabella (Author of Strategic Negotiations or Not Wasted on a Weasley)
Heheheh the thought of Dolores with Severus is enough to give me nightmares:) I'm so glad you're enjoying the story:)The next chapter has been submitted, so I hope the next update will be available soon:)There are four chapters in all, so we're halfway through:)Warm regards,Fizzabella
I have to wonder what they were smoking when they came up with this list. -Have to agree with her there... How exactly did a centaur get included in this program, let alone Hermione's list? 
Response from fizzabella (Author of Strategic Negotiations or Not Wasted on a Weasley)
When the Ministry decides to up the magical population of Britain, they leave no stone unturned? Seriously, rushing headlong into a program like this without thinking of the outcome is a hallmark of THIS Ministry, is it not?:)Thank you for the comments:)Warm regards,Fizzabella
Books Hermione, books: that will entize Severus just as much as it does you:-) Besides, his selection of suitors are just as "tempting" as yours; I guess our dear Umbrigde is behind his selection of suitors and firmly believes that she will be the best choice? One migth claim that the "Centaur-affair" adled her brain, but that brain was non-existing before that:-) I would not be surpriced if Severus, after reading his selection of brides, are wondering how he can persuade Hermione to marry him:-))
Thank you so much for the update, I am sooooo looking forward to read more!!!!
Response from fizzabella (Author of Strategic Negotiations or Not Wasted on a Weasley)
Hermione has a few more tricks up her sleeve, as you will learn in the last chapter:) I am so glad you're enjoying this:)Thank you for taking the time to review, also, it makes my day to know you enjoyed it:)Warm regards,Fizzabella
Ooh, lucky Harry has a few options hasn't he! Very funny, I like all the unspoken vicious nasty, ahem, thoughts!
Response from fizzabella (Author of Strategic Negotiations or Not Wasted on a Weasley)
I was so glad when I saw someone using the strike through in posted stories. I couldn't think of another way to indicate those not-to-be-spoken-out-loud comments that all of us doubtless have floating around in our heads:)I am glad you are enjoying the story, and thank you so much for taking the time to review:)Warm regards,Fizzabella
Hee. Dolores is not going to be happy.
Response from fizzabella (Author of Strategic Negotiations or Not Wasted on a Weasley)
No, but then she wasn't before. This merely changes the cause of her unhappiness:)Thank you for the comments and I hope you will enjoy the rest of the story:)Warm regards,Fizzabella
The first time I read this sentence In closing, please bear in mind that you have thirty (30) days from receipt of this letter to contract and solemnize your marriage. I thought it said "sodimize your marriage" That is not at all the all the same thing.
Response from fizzabella (Author of Strategic Negotiations or Not Wasted on a Weasley)
Clerk
Response from fizzabella (Author of Strategic Negotiations or Not Wasted on a Weasley)
LOL definitely NOT the same thing! I hope you are enjoying the story, though:)Thank you so much for the review:)Warm regards,Fizzabella
lol. I couldn't help it, I read the next chapter. Rita?? Editor's Note?? Hilarious! I especially like Dolores' little notes in Hermione's letters. She's something else, doesn't mind putting it down does she? Lol about her warning Hemrione off Snape. The strikeouts are funny as hell too. This is going to be so much fun, and yes, it really does show you're having a good time with the story . . . just the entire tone of it makes me smile.
Response from fizzabella (Author of Strategic Negotiations or Not Wasted on a Weasley)
I'm so glad you're enjoying this:) I had the idea a long time ago, and thought it would be fun to do but then I put it aside till one day I was chatting with a friend on an instant messenger and a snarky comment came into my mind. I wrote it down and shared it with her, she said something funny...another snarky comment came into my mind...The next thing I know, I had the first draft done, and it sort of took on a life of its own, as more and more funny bits occurred to me:)Thanks very much for the review:)Warm regards,Fizzabella
:::wiping tears of laughter from my eyes::: oh my god, that last handwritten line "I know you're on MY list" nearly KILLED me! lol. Oh, you've set this little AU story up quite nicely, although I had to do a bit of rereading to get the parentage thing down pat (retention issues) but you have a wonderful sense of humor. I'm going to try to get to more of this story soon. Thank you for the laughter.
Response from fizzabella (Author of Strategic Negotiations or Not Wasted on a Weasley)
LOL:) I actually had to draw myself a pedigree chart to make sure I had the elationships right, I got confused myself:) I'm so glad you enjoyed it, and thank you for taking the time to review:) I had a blast writing this one, and I think it shows:)Thanks again,Warm regards,Fizzabella