Thanks so much for reading tam! When I first scrolled down to the bottom of this to read your comment, i thought this block of text was still part of my story and LJ was broken and not showing my my comment.

Most detailed review ever! I don't even know where to start responding. I hope its not rude to say it but i always find your positive responses to my smutty_claus fic especially gratifying for the fact that i wrote them before i knew you. So its not just because I wrote them in response to your requests and in full knowledge of your kinks lol.

I think you're the only person who picked up on or commented on the reason for the second rough sex scene with Ginny, I mean it wasn't subtle but i was rather proud of it; the implication that he's so gentle with Ginny even after long absence because he's so in love but after a few days with Parvati; rar! chomping on the bit! because she gets his engine running like no one else UST wise.

Glad you still love Harry because he's not really intended to be the bad guy here obviously. His worst crime is an illicit smooch with Parvati he immediately puts the kibosh on and not properly breaking it off with Parvati when they were kids.

Also me blathering on about this fic wouldn't be complete without me mentioning the awesome cheer leading and beta reading it got from hollywoodlawn, Holly as salon kitty on AFF was my first real fandom friend when I started writing in 2010 and someone I greatly admire for basically mentoring my writing and coaxing me through my first smutty_claus. The reason you got this fic and not any other? is because i couldn't decide and kept bouncing ideas and changing them five seconds later until she said 'do this one. This idea is awesome, i see the plot being xyz'.

So yeah I owe her a lot and if by some tiny chance you happen to be reading this Holly, I really miss you being part of the fandom.


Whoops sorry Tam, going off track there. Love you too!