Hi, I'm Valentinia, your typical Harry Potter obsessed teen.
I've read the HP books so many times that I've lost count, but I'm guessing most of you on MNFF have done the same!
Otherwise, I'm pretty boring.
My favorite band is Evanescence.
My favorite HP characters are Luna "Loony" Lovegood and Petunia Dursley.
My favorite HP book is PoA.
My favorite HP chapter is "Career Advice" from OotP.
My favorite HP film is probably OotP.
My favorite HP actor is Evanna Lynch. There're a lot of great ones though!
I'm an all-out Ron/Hermione, Luna/Harry and Ginny/Neville shipper. *Sigh*. I know, I know, Canon just sort of ruined those last two. Still, Harry/Ginny was okay. I guess.
I also love stories about Parvati, Padma and Lavender, because I think they deserve some character and depth and they're often deprived of it and made into girly non-humans.
And here some cool things from other people's profiles:
Weird is good, strange is bad, and odd is when you don't know which to call someone. Weird is the same as different, which is the same as unique,so weird is good. If you are weird and proud of it, copy this onto your profile!
92 percent of American teens would die if Abercombie and Fitch told them it was uncool to breathe. Copy this in your profile if you would be the 8 percent that would be laughing your head off.
If you're one of those people who get excited when you see just two reviews, paste this into your profile.
If you've been on the computer for hours on end, reading numerous fanfictions, copy this into your profile
If you don't watch Laguna Beach or the O.C. or The Hills religiously, never have, never will, and are proud of it, copy and paste this into your profile.
You know you live in 2007 when...
1. You go to a party, sit down and take MySpace pics.
2. You haven’t played solitaire with real cards in years.
3. The reason for not staying in touch with your friends is that they don't have AIM/LiveJournal/MySpace.
4. You'd rather look all over the house for the remote instead of just pushing the button on the TV.
6. Your evening activity is sitting at the computer.
7. You read this list, and keep nodding and smiling.
8. You think about how stupid you are for reading this.
9. You were too busy to notice number five.
10. You actually scrolled back up to check if there was a number five.
11. And now you're laughing at your stupidity.
12. Put this in your pro if you fell for it. You know you did.
Ninety-five percent of teenagers are concerned about being popular. If you are one of the five percent who aren't, copy this, put it in your profile, and add your name to the list: Queen S of Randomness 016, Queen B of Randomness 016, AnimieKittyCaffe, The Gypsy Pirate Queen, That Bloody Demon, The Astrology Nerd, Shadow929, Crazy Billie Joe Loving Freak, Yavie Aelienel, Hyperactively Bored, Spymaster E, Shanny-Boo, Gem W, Brown-eyed angelofmusic, piratesswriter/fairy to be, Bara-Minomoto, Em Quagmire, Buffy The Mary-Sue Slayer, Random Little Writer, SamanthaFantasyFan, EdwardAddict, Supergirrl, Elemental-ANimal, Mother Nature's Daughter, Schmerg_The_Impaler, Carmona, Hanabi, Valentinia
Anyway... My fanfics:
Amazing Grace (One-shot) ~ Completed
For Lily (Chaptered) ~ No longer on hiatus. Officially a WIP
Harry Potter, the Half-Blood Prince, and Mary-Sue! (Chaptered) ~ Completed
I Loved Him First (Chaptered) ~ Completed
Just Because of a Stupid Baby (One-shot) ~ Completed
Miss Me (One-Shot) ~ Completed
Never To Be Forgotten (One-Shot) ~ Completed
Only One Lily (One-shot) ~ Completed
So Good (Two-shot) ~ Rather pointless... Completed
Standing Out From the Crowd (One-Shot) ~ Completed
Beautiful banner made by lainie xox. If you're reading this, lainie xox... THANK YOU!
And this lovely banner was made by SiriuslyMental... a big round of applause!! *claps loudly*
And the newest banner:
by the magnificent MissHermioneGranger! Isn't Mary-Sue beautiful?
And lastly, since every profile should have an HP quiz result! :)
Just like "The Love of a Sister" this story is really touching. Things like this really do happen all the time, and it's important that people realize it and try to help. I take my hat off to Susan and to the author.
Poor Graham! I'm so glad Susan was there to save him. This is a very poweful story, with an important message. You've written it perfectly, too!
lol! I love how Lupin is so calm and together about everything that he manages to turn the tables on Narcissa every time. I love that he aks her to say hello to Andromeda, especially!
LOL! Sirius Six... And polyjuiced Voldemorts... oh, I'm sorry, Tom Riddle's! :D Hilarious! Gotta love Rita! Really a fun read!
Wow. I can totally understand every thought Lupin has in this fic. I also don't really think it was more of a depressed!Lupin than we see in the books; in fact I think he seems very in character, And I do like the ending a lot. Did not see that coming, but it worked wonderfully!
Author's Response: Hmm, thank you! Hearing the ending was good is a relief, lol. I appreciate your review.
wow! i just added this story to my favorites!! it's really well written! i love how neville is portrayed not as a complete idiot which is a mistake some fanfic authors make... anyway... i wanted to ask... when in the harry potter series would this be taking place exactly? after third year? anyway, great story!
Author's Response: Thanks! It\'s set between the trio\'s third and fourth year during the holidays.
after the last review i feel really bad leaving such a short one.... but i can't really think of anything to say except for that this story is great. really great. your writing is excellent; especially the way you portray colin searching so desperately for "life" but actually hiding behind a camera and not even giving himself the chance to live. really intriguing...
after the last review i feel really bad leaving such a short one.... but i can't really think of anything to say except for that this story is great. really great. your writing is excellent; especially the way you portray colin searching so desperately for "life" but actually hiding behind a camera and not even giving himself the chance to live. really intriguing...
Cute. I love stories about Petunia, and I think you've done a good job of capturing her feelings of inadequacy and of wanting to please everyone in this one. Also, I like the idea of making the stars fall, and Petunia's mixed feelings about Harry. Vernon is an... I mean, a... pig... though!
Wow. I love the idea of Hermione showing him all that in order to help him understand. It's such a natural thing, really, to show him how people he accepts to be
"his kind" are treated with the same terror people he used to think were "below him" are shown. A very powerful story about racism and acceptance.
When Hermione says "no black and white," though, I would add something like "no pure and unclean," to show that both of "their kinds" have been wronged, but that they still have the hope of reconciliation.
great story!! you - and harry- are absolutely right! tom did need a friend and it really shows the compassionate side of harry that he realizes that!
A powerful story of loss. I like how Harry, in all his guilt tries to blame Dumbledore for leaving him, and I'm sure this just makes him feel more guilty. You've really conveyed the real emotions of someone who has lost someone close to them. I'm not sure if the scene with the locket is really neccessary, though.
Also, when you say:
"His mother had left him.
His father had left him.
Cedric had died.
Sirius had left him.
Dumbledore had left him."
it sounds a bit odd to have Cedric be the only one who hasn't "left him" - but it would still be strange if you said "Cedric had left him."
My suggestion would be something like:
His parents had left him to life with the Dursley's
Cedric had left him alone in that graveyard.
Sirius had left with no one to take care of him.
Dumbledore had left him alone in a war with Voldemort.
Something sorta like that. Otherwise, great story, great emotions!
Author's Response: The scene with the locket was sneaky. It\'s very importantto what follows after, but that\'s okay - only a few people have picked up on it, sadly. Since this is only a one-shot, I won;t be writing about what follows after... so suffice it to say that the locket is a very useful little tool for Harry.
Yeah, I know those lines are awkward - but I wanted the power of short, stacatto lines and couldn\'t really say Cedric \"left him\" - they were never close, were they? So even though it\'s awkward (and your suggestion is a very good one) I\'m leavin\' it alone...
Glad you liked it. :)
Cheers,
~*~LIZ
Cool story. I like that James had to be dared to ask Lily to marry him (he owes Sirius forever!... or would have...) It's also good how you have the word "yes" be sorta ambiguous (the answer to the questions of both of them). Well-written, too.
really, really good. it was so realistic and i agree that snape is a really interesting character... there should be more stories like this one (though i don't really think that this brilliance is achieved easily!)
Author's Response: Aww...that's sweet of you. I do love writing Snape, though, so I think I'll just have to thank JKR for inspiring me with such a great character. Thanks for the review!
cool story!! i've just read all 11 chapters, added u to my favorites and can't wait for more updates!!
Author's Response: Thanks so much, Valentina! Chapter 12 is in the queue now and Chapter 13 is ready for submission as soon as the other is posted. Glad to have you on board!
Aww. Cute! I think Kingsley tells Maureen about his being an auror a bit too soon, though, since he can never know who's a spy and who's not. Otherwise, a nice story about an inter-muggle-magical romance... I hope they have a happy ending... :)
Aw. It's great how this fic really shows how right Hermione is to believe that! I love the idea of something so small being responsible for part of Hermione's determination! Plus, I really enjoyed your portrayal of Kingsley! :D Sweet tooth and all, he was very realistic and this fic was very sweet!
Remus is perfect! You've written him just the way I imagine he would have felt. I really love how he blames it on fate, but then can't really accept that answer. I don't think it's very like Remus to have forgotten Peter, though. I got the impression that friends were everything to him (because he had so few I guess) and he would never think more of one than of the others. Also, I don't think Sirius' betrayal would hav been in the news. After all, in PoA, Madam Rosmerta didn't know about it...
It's especially great how he feels that no one is there for him - but doesn't seem selfish at all, when he thinks it. The last marauder... or so he thinks... Anyway... you did a great job of portraying Remus' feelings in this short one-shot!
Author's Response: Thanks Valentinia, for the nice little review! Remus hasn\'t really \'forgotten\' Peter, he just is so worried about James/Sirius/Harry/Lily that he doesn\'t have time to think a lot on Peter, besides he doesn\'t really ignore Peter; he does spare him some thought.
Regarding Sirius\' betrayal, it\'s possible it couldn\'t have been in the news, but also, Madam Rosmerta could have forgotten about it, it\'s been thirteen years after all.
Anyway, thanks for the superb review!
Wow. This story, though short, was quite moving. I really like the message it sends, and also the way it is very to the point. Not much happens, of course, but that just makes what the old man (btw, is it Neville?) says all the more meaningful. The ending was really great, too!
Author's Response: Yep, it was Neville! I\'m glad you caught that, and that you got the meaning of the piece. Thanks!
Awww. Though this isn't a pairing I usually ship, it was a very sweet fic. I liked to see both Ron and Luna stay IC and yet feel such a connection - Luna's healing really was rather touching. Plus, I love the way you wrote this, with bits of the letter as interludes. Brilliant!