Return to Your Roots- Your Questions, Answered
Chapter One Reviews
Oceanfloweroflife: Love it!
Thank you so much! I know to some people this may seem like a dull thing to say, but reviews like this mean the world to me, they really do! It makes my day knowing that I can make someone smile. I hope you've been enjoying the rest of the story, Oceanfloweroflife!
Uzushiogakure: Okay I don't like that Snivilus is their seriously why can't you just kill him off and do the world a favor. Anyway I like so far though I expected Harry to be far more emotional than how he was acting after all he just got to meet his ALIVE PARENTS.
Believe me, I would love to kill Snape off. You know that "the floor is" meme? If the floor was support for Severus Snape, I'd be launching myself into space. I do not like Severus Snape. He makes for a good character, but he is not a very good person. I like to point out that if Voldemort had marked Neville as his equal, making Neville the Chosen One instead of Harry, then Snape wouldn't have cared and would still be a real Death Eater, not whatever it is he ends up being. Snape is the worst and I hate him. I'd love for Severus Snape to be real just so I could punch him right in his hook-nosed face. But there is a good reason for him being here, and it's mostly for me to point out come Deathly Hallows and "Albus Severus, you are named after" blah blah blah that Snape was not a good person, Harry, and you could have named your kid after so many other people. Snape did not end up being a hero, he ended up being a creepy nice guy who loved a woman so much that he begrudgingly kept her kid alive in hopes that in whatever afterlife he might earn brownie points with her. It's disgusting. Snape is disgusting. JKR telling us that Harry names his kid after him makes me want to scream.
I'm glad you like it so far! I do wish that I had written Harry as being a bit more emotional when he realized he'd have the opportunity to get to know his parents, but to me Harry always read as a bit more emotionally reserved unless he was in a life or death situation, so I'm sort of saving that reaction for when he gets more into what's going on, with his life story being read to the people he's…mostly closest to, and when he lets go of enough of the stress and annoyance of it all.
maraudeursHP: This is a really good story :p
I hope it's lived up to your expectations as I've continued it! Thank you!
judotroy: Why does Remus feel that he has the right to demand answers? He's 14 years to late for that.
I've always enjoyed the stories like this one where Remus (and Sirius, to an extent) want to have Harry answer their questions, and it makes me very happy to see Harry begrudgingly give in, despite the fact that they're x years too late for answers, because something about becoming close to people who aren't your family warms my cold Slytherin heart. There's just something about the found family trope that I adore, so I'm trying to write this as that. I'm also hoping to work it in that—spoiler alert, I'm not a huge Dumbledore fan either—Dumbledore wouldn't tell Remus where Harry was/ Dumbledore wouldn't let Remus see Harry because "he's better growing up away from all of it until he's ready". Something along those lines. I do know that down the line, when I do the sequel to Return to Your Roots, where the readers are released and try to change the future, Harry's going to get those letters everyone wrote to him and there's going to be a metric shit ton from Remus. Anyways, I'm hoping to make this work out with tropes and all that without it being too forced. We'll see!
Guest: Do you have an ao3 account?
I really want to make one, and I've considered making one over the years, but I haven't done much exploring of ao3 myself. I'd have to do that first before making up my mind, and if I do, I will certainly mention that either on my profile or in an Author Note.
Guest: Awe no Bill or Charlie? Their my favorites to be paired to Harry... Magic can do a lot... Like mpreg.
I know I've already covered this in the Author Note in the proper story, so uh, just refer to that. But just to reiterate—Bill and Charlie will be making an appearance starting when they read Goblet of Fire. I have plans for relevant characters (Bill, Charlie, Fleur, Krum, Luna, etc.) to show up when they become important to the original texts. I intend to stay with canon compliant couples as much as possible (this is already starting to change because whoops I've started straying towards Dramione).
lupin-lupout: Oh my frick the Potter family reunion is all I've ever wanted... my life is complete now
Really well written and enjoyable! c:
So I've only really just gotten your username, first of all, and I love it. It's hilarious. Second, thank you! I'm glad you think it's well written. Like, incredibly glad, or the four years I spent getting my undergraduate degree and the two years I'm going to spend in grad school will be for nothing.
Also, I totally cried writing the Potter family reunion. Something that tends to happen when I write this fic, I suppose, is that I get very into the emotions of it and laugh when something funny happens and cry when something emotionally impactful happens. I can only hope that to some degree that comes across on the page, so thank you!
malfoyravenclaw555: Great! I love these kinds of stories! Countinue! People always start these stories but never finish
I have every intention of continuing, although I totally fell out of the loop with this story for a long while, during which real life bit me in the ass. It wasn't fun, and there was a lot of things happening all at once. I'm back on track, though, and feeling good! Sorcerer's Stone should (hopefully) be completed by the end of this month, and Chamber of Secrets should follow! I plan on keeping the reading of all seven books in this story, just to keep the title. I really like my title.
WizardingWhovian: This sounds good
Ayyyy thank you my dude!