14%Don't you be doing anything to dangerous to Hope. Her and Matthew are too cute a couple. Another fantastic chapter Imogen.
Author's Response: No one's requested that she gets hurt this time, so she might be safe(r) ;) They are being very cute. I think they're both quite stunned by this.
Reviews For A Pensieve Affair
Date: 20 April 2006 - 01:25AM
Title: Chapter 19: Mending Fences
Date: 19 April 2006 - 10:45PM
Title: Chapter 19: Mending Fences
Author's Response: Glad you liked it :) Taking it slowly is pretty essential; they've both been through the wringer a bit lately, and need time to consolidate. Plus Hope needs time to sort through the feelings she is having, without sex clouding the issue.
Aw, they are very cute in this chapter. Good idea of Matthews, taking it slowly. And I laughed so hard at this line:
"Snape's backside doesn't look anything like mine!" Hope objected.
LOL!
And the bits about the Coven are very interesting. I can't wait to see Kingsley's reaction to her turning up with Matthew!
Author's Response: Glad you liked it :) Taking it slowly is pretty essential; they've both been through the wringer a bit lately, and need time to consolidate. Plus Hope needs time to sort through the feelings she is having, without sex clouding the issue.
Date: 19 April 2006 - 09:45PM
Title: Chapter 19: Mending Fences
Author's Response: I think the stupid grin is kind of inevitable at the beginning of a new relationship, but somehow I think this one is going to take quite a bit of time before it wears off. She's not going to be taking him for granted, that's for sure.
No problems about the car. I thought you'd like the scene with the bruises ;)
Another lovely chapter. I never thought I'd describe Hope as sweet, but it is so SWEET the way she is going around with this stupid grin, finding excuses to call Mathew her boyfriend. She has changed, in some ways, but not so much in others. It's a good thing that Mathew has some restraint. As much as they would enjoy jumping into bed there are a lot of things they need to work out first.
I really liked her relief at retrieving her memories. They are a part of who she is, and it would have been tragic if Mathew through them out, even the bad ones.
Hmm... so the mystery heats up. Something is going on out there. Crystals, covens, and they may recognize Hope. I guess her cover is blown.
Can't wait for the next chapter. Oh, and thanks for the car. :D
Author's Response: I think the stupid grin is kind of inevitable at the beginning of a new relationship, but somehow I think this one is going to take quite a bit of time before it wears off. She's not going to be taking him for granted, that's for sure.
No problems about the car. I thought you'd like the scene with the bruises ;)
Date: 19 April 2006 - 09:09PM
Title: Chapter 19: Mending Fences
Author's Response: LOL I think they're pretty happy at the moment as well. So all is good :)
Thanks for the compliment - it's what I try and do when I'm writing, so to hear I'm succeeding is a real boost :)
ohhh *happy squeal* yay! I'm just so happy!
You really do a lovely job with your characters and everything is so believable, I forget I'm not watching it happen, but reading it. I can't wait for the next update!
Author's Response: LOL I think they're pretty happy at the moment as well. So all is good :)
Thanks for the compliment - it's what I try and do when I'm writing, so to hear I'm succeeding is a real boost :)
Date: 19 April 2006 - 07:01PM
Title: Chapter 19: Mending Fences
Author's Response: Very glad to hear you're enjoying this story more now!
They're not entirely sure *who* is behind this yet. It may be one wizard, it may be a few. The suspicion at the moment is that there's enough disturbance to indicate a few. Some Death Eaters are unaccounted for. Keep your eye on the rose quartz, it's important!
Very nice. I like this new kind of intimacy the two are sharing.
But it looks like trouble is approaching from a different corner now... Let's see if Hope totally creams the Death Eaters (are they DEs? Or just 'normal' bad wizards? I forgot...) And what about the Quartz storne?
Write more soon! ^_^
Quizer
Author's Response: Very glad to hear you're enjoying this story more now!
They're not entirely sure *who* is behind this yet. It may be one wizard, it may be a few. The suspicion at the moment is that there's enough disturbance to indicate a few. Some Death Eaters are unaccounted for. Keep your eye on the rose quartz, it's important!
Date: 19 April 2006 - 06:14PM
Title: Chapter 19: Mending Fences
Author's Response: I think Matthew's wise to have done that. Hope needs a clearer grasp on what's what first. She's very much learning as she goes with this, and sex would complicate things horribly. It remains to be seen whether he can maintain this level of control or not. Sleeping fully clothed is not the most comfortable of pasttims!
Glad you liked the pics of Tintagel. It was brilliant to visit, although getting up there is a bit of a hike. Lots and lots of very steep steps!
Excellent! I'm eagerly anticipating the next chapter.
Hope's mission is very well written. I can see how it helped a lot to visit Tintagel yourself. It is a fantastic place, going by the pictures you posted.
I liked how they have backed off from all the hungry sex temporarily. Taking their time to know each other as boyfriend and girlfriend is so important. Matt is right to see it that way. However, I do hope that it will not take long to grow into a full relationship, including making love. :-)
Author's Response: I think Matthew's wise to have done that. Hope needs a clearer grasp on what's what first. She's very much learning as she goes with this, and sex would complicate things horribly. It remains to be seen whether he can maintain this level of control or not. Sleeping fully clothed is not the most comfortable of pasttims!
Glad you liked the pics of Tintagel. It was brilliant to visit, although getting up there is a bit of a hike. Lots and lots of very steep steps!
Date: 19 April 2006 - 05:36PM
Title: Chapter 19: Mending Fences
Author's Response: I shall do what I can with the button. I don't have any art of Matthew or Hope yet, so it might end up being text only. I know there's one pic on the way, but it's not arrived yet, so...
The case is going to be increasingly important over the next couple of chapters, but it's Thursday lunchtime in the fic now, and Hope thinks the case will be over by Saturday morning. Then we can concentrate on the important stuff ;)
first of all: Author's Response: LOL I'm going to have to do a Matthew/Hope shipper button just for you, I think!
Yes please!! :)
Very very lovely chapter. Unfortunately in my haste to read it in the small amount of time I had that I didn't get a chance to digest. I only have a short amount of time before I have to go to class again too!!
Anyways, I'm totally and compeltely enthralled, especially with the new developments in her case that you put in at the end. Of course, I love the interactions between Matthew and Hope. They're so cute and perfect in their typical muggle tourist act...and it makes me giddy that the lovey dovey stuff isn't an act!
I'll definitely be rereading this one when I have a moment to actually take it all in. And of course, I can't wait until the next chapter....
....and if you find the time to make me a Hope/Matthew shipper button... that'd be nice too 0:-)
Author's Response: I shall do what I can with the button. I don't have any art of Matthew or Hope yet, so it might end up being text only. I know there's one pic on the way, but it's not arrived yet, so...
The case is going to be increasingly important over the next couple of chapters, but it's Thursday lunchtime in the fic now, and Hope thinks the case will be over by Saturday morning. Then we can concentrate on the important stuff ;)
Date: 19 April 2006 - 04:45PM
Title: Chapter 19: Mending Fences
ARRGH! When's the next chapter posting? I love this story!
Author's Response: There's loads of editing that needs to be done in this part of the fic, so you're probably looking at Sunday or Monday for the next chapter.
Date: 19 April 2006 - 04:40PM
Title: Chapter 19: Mending Fences
Author's Response: ROFL - I sincerely hope he hasn't. That would complicate family relationships a lot!
I think Hope keeping her mind out of the gutter as far as Matthew's concerned might be a bit much to ask, but she is playing along... so far ;)
OK - I've only got one thing to say. WELL DONE MATT!
Finally, he's managed to say, and do, the right things. A light touch, nothing to scare Hope off, still bantering well, but firm on the important issues.
Now, just so long as Hope can continue to keep her mind out of the gutter...
And just why would Matt have any problem doing healing work on Ginny, Hmm? Has he taken a second job as a waiter ;)
I am just so happy for them both.
Author's Response: ROFL - I sincerely hope he hasn't. That would complicate family relationships a lot!
I think Hope keeping her mind out of the gutter as far as Matthew's concerned might be a bit much to ask, but she is playing along... so far ;)
Date: 19 April 2006 - 03:17PM
Title: Chapter 19: Mending Fences
Oh, another lovely chapter!! I always feel like I should be adding some constructive criticism for you, but I really wouldn't change a thing--though I do think we might be do for some smut? lol. Really, though, you've created some really full and wonderful characters here, and I'm just enjoying the ride. Thanks!
Author's Response: You always send me away with a smile on my face after your reviews. As for the smut, you read what Matthew said. He doesn't want to rush into things again... ;)
Date: 17 April 2006 - 08:42PM
Title: Chapter 18: Facing Down Demons
:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D I am all smiles and tears right now :D:D That was an absolutely brilliant and perfect chapter. I feel like my heart is abotu to burst out of my chest!:D Absolutely perfect!:D:D: I can't wait for the update!:D
Author's Response: Awww. Thank you. I'm really glad you enjoyed it. Next chapter has just been posted :)
Date: 16 April 2006 - 07:51PM
Title: Chapter 18: Facing Down Demons
Author's Response: Hope's not eating and not sleeping is the main reason why the random magic has become as bad as it is.
And can you blame the man for slipping it under the radar? Imagine what would have happened if he'd just arrived and said it outright!
I liked that! Very sweet. I was a little shocked that Hope hadn't eaten for days, but I suppose that it makes sense, given how often she was having issues with random magic going off.
His eyes suddenly glittered with mischief. "Hope... do you... want to?"
"Want to what?" she laughed, grateful that the unbearable tension of the last few days had broken at last. "Want to tap dance on the beach? Want to ride the nearest cow?"
"Or we could levitate lunch in a Muggle restaurant?" he suggested. "Low flying treacle sponge puddings ahoy."
"Or we could go to the aquarium and make the fish swim backwards," she laughed at the endless possibilities of the day.
"Or we could start a relationship..."
I liked this a lot. Both the humour and the way he slipped the relationship question in under the radar, as it were. Very nicely done. :)
Author's Response: Hope's not eating and not sleeping is the main reason why the random magic has become as bad as it is.
And can you blame the man for slipping it under the radar? Imagine what would have happened if he'd just arrived and said it outright!
Date: 16 April 2006 - 07:37PM
Title: Chapter 17: ...Nothing Gained
Author's Response: LOL Well, it's an important thing to remember. Don't you be doing it either!
Took me a while to have time to sit down and read this, but... wow. Talk about your cliff hangers. Happily the next chapter is up, I see.
"Make sure you don't conjure any sperm whales or bowls of petunias to plummet onto Milton Keynes," he added as an afterthought. "That's always a bad idea."
That quote was brilliant, particularly given the casual way in which he said it. :)
Author's Response: LOL Well, it's an important thing to remember. Don't you be doing it either!
Date: 16 April 2006 - 06:34PM
Title: Chapter 18: Facing Down Demons
Author's Response: Yes, those boundaries are going to need a fair bit of working out over the next few chapters. It's so entirely different it's going to take some adjusting to.
Love isn't something Hope would speculate on right off. It's quite an achievement that she's pinned it down as 'feelings' at this point!
Lovely stuff!
Being Hope, of course we don't expect everything to be plain sailing just yet!
They've still got a whole new set of boundaries to explore - they're no longer 'platonic friends', they're no longer casual lovers either! I'm definitely looking forward to seeing how they cope with being together in this whole new relationship.
And of course, Hope hasn't admitted to the 'L' word yet! Quite surprising that she hasn't even speculated on it in her own mind. Hasn't it even occurred to her yet?
Author's Response: Yes, those boundaries are going to need a fair bit of working out over the next few chapters. It's so entirely different it's going to take some adjusting to.
Love isn't something Hope would speculate on right off. It's quite an achievement that she's pinned it down as 'feelings' at this point!
Date: 16 April 2006 - 03:20AM
Title: Chapter 18: Facing Down Demons
Author's Response: Hang on, you want Hope to be injured and then you accude me of being mean? ;)
I think this is one of those chapters that just kind of sucks you in. It's one of the few chapters I've ever read and I ended up grinning very stupidly, being happy for the pair of them at the end. Shoot me now!
*awwwwws loudly*
How sweet was that? This is the sort of thing that could so easily have turned out horribly cringeworthy, but you handled it wonderfully. I loved it (although I think that's pretty much a given with this fic, even when you insist on being mean).
Hope is just ... *shakes head*. But at least she seems to have a bit more of a clue now. I suspect things aren't going to be quite so easy when they wake up, though.
*grins* Any rumours that I read this three times in one day are ... actually, not completely unfounded. ;)
And I, too, loved the references to the plagues.
Author's Response: Hang on, you want Hope to be injured and then you accude me of being mean? ;)
I think this is one of those chapters that just kind of sucks you in. It's one of the few chapters I've ever read and I ended up grinning very stupidly, being happy for the pair of them at the end. Shoot me now!
Date: 15 April 2006 - 08:36AM
Title: Chapter 18: Facing Down Demons
Author's Response: :D I've added a bit about the Muggle car in the next chapter just for you!
I think Matthew handled it well; if he'd fussed or go angry, Hope would have just risen to that. Being firm is the way to go with her in that sort of state - not that he's seen her like that before, but he did get it right.
Hope being Hope, once those walls have come down, they won't all go back up again. The hard bit's been done :)
Argh... So I had this nice review all typed up and then I managed to lose it. You know, seeing Hope like this, simply admitting she needs Mathew, made her current state sink in in ways that even her accidental magic, car accidents, and general behavior couldn't. She is not the type to let herself be vulnerable, yet here she is being so open with Matt (finally). It really has been a bad week; she just no longer has the strength to keep up all those defensive walls. In the morning however... it would be nice if this was it, but I guess that's just not too realistic. They still have a lot to work through. I do find it amusing that she can beg Matt to stay and hold her but she absolutely can't let him know that the big bad muggle car got her.
As for Matt, even after his talk with Cora seeing Hope in this state must have come as quite a shock. Others would've had a fit, but instead, being such a Slytherin, he gives nothing away and starts force feeding her.
I'm glad they get a nice peaceful night though, before they have to face what this all means. A beautiful chapter. Enjoy your holidays.
Author's Response: :D I've added a bit about the Muggle car in the next chapter just for you!
I think Matthew handled it well; if he'd fussed or go angry, Hope would have just risen to that. Being firm is the way to go with her in that sort of state - not that he's seen her like that before, but he did get it right.
Hope being Hope, once those walls have come down, they won't all go back up again. The hard bit's been done :)
Date: 14 April 2006 - 07:51AM
Title: Chapter 18: Facing Down Demons
Author's Response: I laughed out loud at that last part. You have a good point there! I agree, it worked better after the accident than it did in the first draft where the accident didn't exist.
The torture will continue on Tuesday ;) Have a good weekend ...
The plagues line was hilarious. And what great timing; Passover just started last night!
It's an excellent time to take a break. Matthew's back, hurrah! They're happy again, yay! I'm content to leave it there for a bit, before you start in on yet more ways to torture them.
The car accident last chapter was needed for the psychology of this chapter. Without it, I don't think Hope would have slammed the door on Matthew. As it was, I think she was doubting her own sanity when she saw him at the door. ("Look what happened to me LAST time I hallucinated Matthew....")
Author's Response: I laughed out loud at that last part. You have a good point there! I agree, it worked better after the accident than it did in the first draft where the accident didn't exist.
The torture will continue on Tuesday ;) Have a good weekend ...
Date: 14 April 2006 - 02:44AM
Title: Chapter 18: Facing Down Demons
Author's Response: LOL I'm going to have to do a Matthew/Hope shipper button just for you, I think!
A few of the ideas you've touched on in your review are coming back next chapter. They've a lot left to discuss, but I think they were both pretty exhausted. Seemed kinder to let them sleep for now ;)
Ahh!! I couldn't wait to look at the other reviews...I'm too excited to wait! Absolutely Perfect. I can't believe THE moment has finally come. And they didn't have to have sex to get together; I love that they just rationally decide on it and then fall asleep in each other's arms. It felt so right the way they went about things. I'm so glad that the talk with Cora totally diffused the bomb that was Matthew. He was so perfect in how he completely crumbled the walls that Hope had erected around her. It was just slight push after slight push and I think that he had to push her to the breaking point, where she fainted, to really break through to her.
Spectacular, fantastic...I'm completely in awe and so giddily happy...finally, Matthew and Hope are officially a couple....you better not do something crazy like break them up before anyone finds out so they can stop them from making a big mistake!
If this is the last update before Sunday, Happy Easter everyone...eat a Cadbury Egg for me ;) (not just a silly product placement...they really are my favorite Easter candy...I only eat them once a year haha )
Author's Response: LOL I'm going to have to do a Matthew/Hope shipper button just for you, I think!
A few of the ideas you've touched on in your review are coming back next chapter. They've a lot left to discuss, but I think they were both pretty exhausted. Seemed kinder to let them sleep for now ;)
Date: 14 April 2006 - 01:17AM
Title: Chapter 18: Facing Down Demons
Yay!!! Finally! Please tell me there's more, because I would love more! Great chapter btw... Cheers!
Author's Response: There's definitely more coming - I'm not done yet :D
Date: 14 April 2006 - 12:06AM
Title: Chapter 18: Facing Down Demons
Yea! You didn't "torture" us and got Matt and Hope together the next chapter. Loved all the accidental magic. The lines about the frogs, plague, and the killing of the first born were a hoot! Very touching scene with Hope having to try and put her feelings into words. Notice, though, that she hasn't discovered that what she feels is love, or at least, she hasn't verbalized it yet. I loved how you ended the chapter with Hope falling asleep in Matthew's arms. *sigh* I loved the tenderness that Matthew showed to Hope. What a guy!
Author's Response: Hope struggled a lot to explain how she was feeling - it definitely wasn't something she found easy to do. The 'love' word isn't there, but she's made a start. Glad you like him ;)
