This was such a great fic. First of all - gameshow AU. And second - CHARLIE/DRACO.

I loved the pacing and the interactions. Lockhart as the host was perfect and I love how Newt got there juuust in time and had no idea what was going on.

I thought the dragonhide thing was very interesting, too - also considering Charlie came from work dressed in it. But maybe the dragons don't care if they're not wearing it.

I'm sooooooo glad I read this!

Okay so because this is so long I'm kind of just going to go down in chronological order because well yeah it seems easier.

So first of all GameShow!AU, intriguing! I cannot wait to see how this plays out. I love it already like the formatting makes it so easy to read, which is going to be super for a 9K fic.

When Draco introduces himself I feel like it would read better as 'I provide places, such as St Mungos, with Potions.' but otherwise I love the careers you've given him and Padma! And I like that Lockhart is the host (he feels very Caeser Flickerman or however tf it is spelt).

Okay cool grooming a dragon. I love that I can imagine Padma like WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING. They all feel brilliantly characterised. Draco just winging it with common sense also felt very Draco. Oh my God I love this fic already. I am gutted I didn't do fanfavs now so I couldn't vote.

YES NEWT. I'm so happy Newt is in this. Tonk's is totally going home. Newt is perfect, my boy is just yeah. You've done him perfect Sam. I feel like I want to write a bunch of GameShow type AUs now. I love and simultaneously hate you for that. 3

Honestly I really love this formatting it has a wonderful flow and I am really enjoying reading this. Without a doubt I already know this is going into my favourites. It is so good and pure and I feel like I'm actually watching the game show. Oh Draco you are so naive you don't want that dragon hide honey! But this even so is gonna be very close! OH NOOOOO CHARLIE! I am so invested this is ridiculous.

Gah I love this pairing. I love this fic. Sam this was honestly wonderful to read like an absolute please. Just yes. pretty much perfect! Thank you xx

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so I was a bit afraid to read this fic due to its length but it was honestly a really fun read.
I've never read a fic set up this way before. Nor have I ever read a Charliedraco. This might be my new Draco ship, next to drarry:3
I loved the hints of charliedraco throughout the entire competition, and I loved the roles that Lockhart and newt played, i think it really matched their characters;) in fact, I loved all the characters you chose for this and the idea for the competition itself
My heart melted when Draco gave up his time with newt for Charlie, it was very sweet and I really liked where you left it off (although it just made me hint for more). I didn't spot any grammar errors and it flowed perfectly. Well done!:3
-Ana

This was incredibly well written!

It's so hard with fics in this style to engage the reader because it's difficult to get right, but you did it! I was worried because there were a ton of line breaks and I was sure the flow was gonna suffer, but no such thing. I like the fact that this was written from the audience perspective because it gave the story more of a realistic vibe; like you were actually watching a show.

The characters you chose were awesome! Like I totally liked that Padma was in here because that was a nice surprise. I also like her kind and (meddling) ways when she got Draco and the soaps. Gilderoy as a host was 10/10—it's like the role was made for him. I think you nailed all of them down. (Newts was fun to read and Gilderoy shutting him down was hilarious.)

On the romance aspect between Charlie and Draco, I like the fact that you kept it tame and it was all these little things that added up, and how it wasn't rushed. Totally liked how they were butting heads in bidding! (I still don't ship them haha. :p)

Great job! :D

SSSAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMMM!

Can I just say I loved this entire thing? Not only did it have Charlie/Draco, but it had dragons and Newt and cuteness and just. :) It was perfection love.

The idea behind this, and the way you had your characters interact was simply brilliant. Lockhart being the host? Newt not really knowing what was happening but not caring because dragons? Charlie losing to Draco?! Just, all of it!

I especially loved the challenges and the small details that you included! Padma being an apprentice to Ollivander's?! Genius! The whole thing where Lavender is a calming scent for humans? Sam!

I am stunned at all the thought and detail that went into this story! Amazing job!

I've never been so glad to have beta'd a story in my entire life.
Anyway...
I have all the respect that you wrote a 9k fic and made it feel like a 3k when reading it. That's skills, Sam. And all the words are brilliant. Every single one of them.
Can we talk about how perfect Lockhart is as the host? Like, uber perfect. With his robes, and his smiles and just all of him. He was fabulous.
The relationship you built with Draco and Charlie was so perfect. I loved the snapshots in between when they were talking about each other, and then the ending, obviously was beyond cute.
Padma and Tonks made for really good sideline characters, and I loved the characterisations of everybody involved.
This is brilliant work love.

That did not feel like 9k words, so that I approved of muchly.
This is so creative! A game show is not something you see often on HP fanfic (or any, honestly) and I'd be interested in seeing more such things *pokes* But no pressure.
Lockhart as the host...too perfect :p
The slow, but sure ease into Charlie/Draco is making me feel slightly guilty about my other Draco ships. Great job :)

This is just utterly perfect. I'm not sure where to start with how much I loved this story. The bit where Gilderoy claims to be the leading expert on DADA as Newt is on creatures and I'm like 'Lockhart, no...' but the surprise appearance by Newt was wonderful. I love that meeting him was the prize and just the challenges you included in this story and that Charlie did well because of his experience whereas Draco did well because he actually thought things through and thankfully wasn't eliminated earlier on.

I like that the pair were distracted by each other and the rivalry between them which ended with Draco winning (I was surprised) and then finally turning the prize over to Charlie. It was really nice that he did that.

Your characterisation here was perfect, the story - though it was 9k, went by really fast because I just couldn't stop reading. When I reached the end, it didn't feel like I'd gone through that many words.

The flow was nice and though there were a lot of scene changes, it didn't mess with the flow.

A great and inventive game-show idea and I love this so much. I can't really offer con-crit because I couldn't find a single thing wrong with your wonderful story!

Okay Sam this is one of the longest fics I’ve ever read in a while and it absolutely flew.

From a concrit standpoint, well sometimes jt takes me a while to get to grips with present tense, that threw me a bit but I readily admit that’s personal opinion.

Then there was a really tiny SPaG thing with: “I would be a terrible date” at the end, it should be “It”.

But honestly I was really scraping the barrel trying to find things. This was beautiful, engaging, so well thought through! I’ve never seen a gameshow where contestants can sabotage each other, I think that’s a wonderful idea.

I love how it was AU with Lockhart & Newt and people around, it made it feel somewhat timeless which I really liked.

Your descriptions of dragons were beautiful, the whole set up with the clips of people talking directly to camera, the scenes, everything was just meticulous and so vividly described I could picture it all perfectly and was absolutely enthralled.

Considering the fact that I was really intimidated by the word count, I’m so so overjoyed I finally decided to read this. It was absolutely fantastic and inspiring.

Thank you for the pleasure,

Abby

Of course, my phone killed my first review about 3/4 of the way through.
I love the idea of Lockhart as a game show host, and it suited him hilariously well. At first I thought he was the host and was wondering why on earth everyone wasn't bidding as much as possible, but then lovely Newt appeared :3
They characters were all very well characterised. Newt was gentle, Padma was logical, but a bit rubbish, Tonks was... Tonks, and Draco and Charlie were great. I have to admit that I was sceptical at first. It was obvious that Charlie outclassed the rest, and it didn't really feel like a competition. The way you made one person not be able to use fire was ingenious though, and of course it would make the saddle impossible to create.
I find it cute that Draco gave up his time for Charlie in the end, knowing how much it would mean to him, and I love how openly brazen Charlie was. This was a really long fic, but such an easy read, so congratulations!

Well I have to say you wrote that really well Sam. It's not an easy set up to get right but I enjoyed the whole game show vibe. I really enjoyed Draco/Charlie as a pairing - to be honest I love Charlie in general.
It took me awhile to get through it because it's just so detailed but I honestly really enjoyed that. I thought the detail you went into with each section showed a lot of thought and to be honest I was just really impressed.
I spotted a few SPaG mistakes, just misspelled words really nothing extreme, your commas were very good especially.
Over all, I thought that you did a fantastic job and I really, really enjoyed it.

Wow, this is amazing! Seriously. When I first opened this, and saw the word count I was in awe and a bit in disbelief. Usually, when I see such a large word count in a one-shot, i usually feel like there is way too much crammed in, and it's more details then plat/storyline. But you've done this perfectly!

Starting with the whole story, I absolutely love that it's a game show. You have this beautifully written, and it works. [Usually I can't stand pieces that are written in TV show/Play style but you made this work!] I was enthralled with the entire piece, and I was still left wanting more. [seriously, are you gonna do another episode?]

With Round One, and the Intro, I love the characters you chose, and how you added their backstory of careers. It adds so much depth to their characters. I admit, at first I did get a bit confused about the 'Time Chips,' but my confusion cleared up later on.

[My confusion was on who the judge was, cause I didn't really se any of them [other then maybe Padma] wanting to spend time with Lockheart. But, when Newt showed up, it cleared my confusion up. But, I admit, that was probably just me not thinking.]

With Round Two, you've made me feel bad for both Padma and Tonks. Starting this, I kind-of knew that they had no chance with this being a Draco/Charlie story. But, you still added them in wonderfully. [I do hate in gameshows how someone always goes home in the first round, I think they should at least get a warm-up round, to know how they would do. I know if I was ever on a gameshow, that would be my downfall, I wouldn't know what to expect, nor be in any kind of groove.] I do wish there was a bit more detail, but, I do realize that this is written in a Tv-esque style, so you can't be as descriptive as you would be in a normal story.

With Round Three, I absolutely loved how you had Draco win. It came as a shock, especially since Charlie is the one who works with Dragons. But, you didn't over-do it, and make the reason Charlie lose over something he should have already knew. I did notice a few small piece's of SPaG mistakes, but, it didn't detract from the story or really distract me. Also, the same with Round two, I do wish there was a bit more detail in some spots. but it's just me wanting more most likely.

On the Conclusion, I absolutely loved this bit, you really tied up the story well in my opinion. The only problems I had with the end was that I feel Draco would have been interested in his bit's on the Telly, and he would've remembered when it aired. The second problem I had, was I wanted more juicy details on Charlie and Draco's date.

But, I realize that this was probably already long enough! xD Seriously, great job! I absolutely loved reading this!

[Sorry for the monster review, but, with this amazing epic of a story, I had too! If you're anything like me with reviews though, I hope it makes your day and at least puts a smile on your face!]

Aww, I love this pairing :p And the idea of a magical TV game like this was so amazing! I can't believe how well you made it work, and your character choice for it was so interesting! (and of course, Lockhart was the perfect choice to present the show :p) I loved Newt as the expert
I loved the competition between Draco and Charlie, it was perfect. I could just picture them glaring at each other, and smirking as they kept giving each other the handicaps :p I'm just in awe of the way you managed to make this story so interesting when it's so long and so many little parts :')
I had a bit of a hard time understanding what the 'time with the judge' thing meant at first - that's probably just me tho :p - but you cleared that up nicely late in the fic :p
I spotted a handful of SPaG mistakes - you wrote 'noe' instead of 'now' once, and there was also you wrote "I wish it isn't" instead of "wasn't".
This was a very nice story! :)
Cheers ;)

I've been sitting here for an hour reading through this masterpiece with a bag of chips, yelling at the characters for making bad choices like I do with Cutthroat Kitchen. This is amazing and better than I could have hoped for.

Bringing Newt in was a surprise and I really loved how excited and at ease he was with the dragons. I love Charlie's confidence in handling the tasks, and how he openly admired Draco. It's a welcome change from all the stories I read where people try to hide their attractions, and there he is announcing it to the world!

I like how you managed to give everyone a reason to be interested or to have worked with dragons. Wandmaking is such an underutilized profession in fanfiction! The sabotages were so creative and I liked seeing how each of the competitors overcame the obstacles.

I can't gush about this story enough. It's beautiful! :D

The tone of this was brilliant. It really gave me the feel of a game show. I loved how each of the contestants were introduced. You included little bits of their personalities known to us and added more to them as well. The instructions and explanations about how it worked were very simple to follow and it wasn't confusing or complex. The descriptions were also very easy to follow and picture and although there was a lot happening, it wasn't difficult to follow. (Basically signs of a great writer and why I idolise you yup.)

I loved that you even had those little individual interview sections that reality shows have. That was fantastic. This story is so well written and I could literally see it like it was happening on TV. And Charlie's little tangent about Draco being his type before he remembered what he was supposed to be doing was great xD

What I loved most about this is that although the contestants are the ones explaining what they did instead of you showing us what actually happened, you still managed to show us what happened through them telling it and I just... brilliant. I dunno if it was intentional, but I love how you described all of their hair in the interviews xD I also loved how Charlie's like if Draco gave me the timer cuz our family's don't get along well, I wanna change that. SO GOOD.

Newt was his usual, adorkable self and I loved it &hearts he's such a cutie. And Draco winning was the best thing ever because I really thought Charlie would win since it's his job xD AND THEN HE GIVES HIS TIME WITH NEWT TO CHARLIE! Ugh considering my OTP is Drarry I'm feeling guilty shipping these two right now. Why do you have to be such a terrific writer sobs T_T I really love how you kept them all in character from beginning to end. Loved it.