My apologies - I don't believe it was, but I've been getting Lurker's
replies to other things? I have a hard time tracking, since all of my
my posts are automatically set to reply privately and I do usually do
that, but I found this very interesting, and I was hoping to
stimulate discussion.

's no biggie--we've got a good discussion going here, and a good discussion
is always a welcome sight on the FFML. ^_^

I think Sakura's and Harry's dreams run some interesting parallels
which might have some fic potential, should ELL choose to explore
them. However, this is a very sound grounding of a fic which can go
in multiple directions. The fact that I was wrong about the Syaoran
aspect has totally made me lose direction - I have no clue where this
is going, since I got distracted by something minor. It's a fault of
mine, since I fixate on details and miss what may be a "larger
picture" item.

I'm going to take that as the highest possible praise for this story, since
it means that my emulation of Jo Rowling is as close to flawless as
possible. ^_^ As a writer, I am horribly envious of her ability to
completely throw the reader off and yet not rely exclusively on red
herrings--she puts enough real, valid clues in the writing that when you go
back and re-read the book, you realise everything was there from the outset,
you just weren't looking in the right place for it. That kind of writing is
very tricky to pull off, and Rowling has a natural talent for it. She's
become my new personal role model as an author.

Agreed. And the tone of this piece... well, I can see killing off one
of the characters who IS in the piece (ONE mind you, ONE!) but not
killing off one of the off-screen characters unless it's a "Voldemort
Attacks and Sakura wasn't There" thing.

Shan't be any killings; that's as much as I'll say about the future plot of
this story.

But I do believe the other characters should be worked in as a
"missing you, owling you." I DO NOT believe that working them in as
other students would be a good idea, though Eriol would probably be a
reasonable choice if that's going to happen (we know he's back in
England)... However, I've seen him in fics as the DADD prof, which IS
stretching it.

Agreed. Sakura's world is taking a backseat to Hogwarts for this story, end
of file. That's not to say that now that she's at Hogwarts everyone she
knows will mysteriously vanish, it's just that the focus here is on her life
abroad, and even for someone as unique as Sakura, leaving home to school
abroad usually means you leave your regular life behind you for a while.

HP fandom is a scary, scary place. You thought the Ranma fiancee
argument was bad?

You ain't seen nothing yet...

Don't open that can of worms. We do NOT need a discussion of Harry/Draco
slash, or Harry/Ginny shipping, or Harry/Snape slash...

The Eternal Lost Lurker
www.lurkerdrome.com


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