Damnant quod non intellegunt

Title: The Bloody Feather
Author: batsutousai
Rating: M/R
Pairings: Tom/Harry, others
Warnings: Clearly AU, OOCness, child abuse, anti-Dumbledore, pro-Hermione and Ron and Ginny
Summary: Even heroes need a saviour, and when an unknown admirer starts sending Harry letters the summer before his sixth year, it's time for Harry to meet his.

Disclaim Her: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.

A/N: So, I haven't really felt like writing in a while – got out of the habit when I couldn't find enough time over the summer with a computer to actually try and type. People have been reviewing this fic again and I was like, 'Oh, yeah, I know where that notebook is. I saved it out when I moved, 'cause I was using it, or planning to...' So I pulled the notebook out and carried it around for a while and now I'm typing again. Off and on, but at least I’m doing it?

( Chapter Four )

So, I've always considered doing NaNoWriMo, but never actually participated. This year, my girlfriend is going to do it, and I thought it could be fun to finally participate.
So, I'm probably going to be posting what I'm writing both here and at my LJ, unless I get a serious outcry against it.
I'm going to be writing an original that I originally tried starting some years ago. I've since lost that notebook, so I'm starting over. Some info about it:

Tentative Title: At Good's End
Genre: Fantasy
Summary: Elspeth Rowan wants to read a book where the bad guy wins, and her mother suggests she writes it. The only problem is, once she sits down to write this book, it becomes her life. Literally.
Can Elspeth survive a world of her own making?
Main Characters:
Elspeth Rowan/Gwenonwyn Lasaír Kerry - Main character/author of story. She gets sucked into her book. Gwenonwyn is kidnapped at the beginning of the book and travels with Finlay to get home.
Finlay Saoirse - "Good guy" of the story. Book originally meant to be from his POV. Gwenonwyn travels with him.
Lonán Tierney - Finlay's best friend. Travels with Finlay and Gwenonwyn.
Lorcan Emrys - Head captain of the "bad guy's" army. In charge of the search for Gwenonwyn.
Setting: The Land of Kerry. The lord in charge has made a lot of enemies because of his tendency to war neighbouring countries into joining his country.

-~/^\~-

On other news:
I'm working on the next chapter of The Bloody Feather off and on. I probably won't get any of it done in November, so I'm going to try and finish the next chapter before that. I am, however, behind in my classes because I keep getting sick - first an upset stomach, now tonsillitis - so I make no promises. Sorry!!

~Bats ^.^x

Title: The Bloody Feather
Author: batsutousai
Rating: M/R
Pairings: Tom/Harry, others
Warnings: Clearly AU, OOCness, child abuse, anti-Dumbledore, pro-Hermione and Ron and Ginny
Summary: Even heroes need a saviour, and when an unknown admirer starts sending Harry letters the summer before his sixth year, it's time for Harry to meet his.

Disclaim Her: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.

A/N: A reviewer inquired as to why Harry wanted to return to the Dursleys after what happened with Vernon – it was on HP Fandom or I would have just PMed back – and the simple answer is that Harry doesn't really trust Voldemort. While Vernon's acting weird, Voldemort's acting even weirder. And Vernon he can threaten into leaving him alone. (Or, well, Harry thinks he can...)

A lot of people also asked why Tonks didn't notice the scar on Harry's eye – and how he adapted so quickly to only being able to see out of one eye. The easy answer to the first is that Tonks wasn't looking. The more in-depth answer is that, after a few weeks under Tom's care and a few potions, the scar isn't as noticeable as it had been.
The second question's answer is that Harry had a lot of time in his room with only his owls, so he had a fair bit of time to adapt to working with only one eye. Aiming and depth perception, specifically. (Alternately, cover one eye and go about your daily business for a bit – it really isn't all that difficult to adapt. Or, well, it isn't for me. *sweatdrop*)

Sorry for the wait. At least it wasn't as bad as last time? *sweatdrop*


( Chapter Three )

Title: The Bloody Feather
Author: Batsutousai
Rating: M/R
Pairings: Mmmm... Not telling, though I'm sure you can guess.
Warnings: Clearly AU, OOCness, child abuse, anti-Dumbledore, pro-Hermione and Ron
Summary: Even heroes need a saviour, and when an unknown admirer starts sending Harry letters the summer before his sixth year, it's time for Harry to meet his.

Disclaim Her: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.

A/N: Your reviews – and my boredom – made me want to stop procrastinating. See. Reviewing DOES work. (Eventually...)

Pretty much all your questions are answered in this chapter.


( Chapter Two )

Title: The Bloody Feather
Author: batsutousai
Rating: M/R
Pairings: Mmmm... Not telling, though I'm sure you can guess.
Warnings: Clearly AU, OOCness, child abuse, anti-Dumbledore, pro-Hermione and Ron
Summary: Even heroes need a saviour, and when an unknown admirer starts sending Harry letters the summer before his sixth year, it's time for Harry to meet his.

Disclaim Her: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.

A/N: I have been writing this in a notebook for quite some time now and am only now actually sitting down to type it up. As I'm somewhat notorious for how long it takes me to type things up if I've already written them down somewhere – look to Salir for an example – this won't have an update schedule. It's also not finished in the notebook, so eventually I'll get to that spot and have to start thinking about what's going to happen from there. When I get to that point, I'll let you know.

I'm not going to have a beta for this unless it looks like I really need one. If it comes to that, I'll probably turn to magickmaker17, unless college life looks to be too much for her, in which case I'll beg help of my LJ f-list.


( Chapter One )