Ha! Sic Skeeter on them all! I like it.

Melania and Cassiopeia do a delicious "good cop/bad cop" (Good Black/Weird Black?) routine. Very nice.

Pirates! And cartographers! Well done, Gred. Well done, Forge.

And getting two fingers on a fist is an accomplishment, Little Miss Hermione.

Susan is an instigator, isn't she? lol

Loved seeing all the House-Elf action.

Isla and Filius...? Ahhh...will there be more?

And I get why Isla is doing the roundabout route, but...egads. Cassiopeia's charts and boards are far more informative. lol

And...breathe!

I was wondering when the meltdown would happen...

Fantastic story! The characters are wonderfully done. The flaws are adorable, the interaction is spot on! Love every word!

Wow! At times quite serious and truly hilarious at others! Delightful!

I'm eager to discover just what Narcissa and Andromeda discovered during their 'tour' of Fumbleduck's mind! ;)

Hoo-hoo! I'm so pleased to see the use of 'Family Bonds'! Too cool!

Thank you!
See you tomorrow! ;)
MelJ :D

"Leave that to me." - I so hope this bears proper fruit! (I cannot abide Dumbledore. I sometimes wonder if Rowling knew what kind of character she was painting when she wrote him in the first book...extending his character arc and development...how that would LOOK as the series moved on. UGH. Anyway. I digress...

So Cassiopeia pulls a tortoise (with biscuits!) when she's had enough. Classic introvert behavior. :)

ROLMAO! ;D
MelJ :D

Your portrayal of this Black family...dinner?...confab?...assembly? is gorgeous. Love the energy and the personalities you've displayed.

Oh please Cass, please be stronger than the MOB?!

MelJ :D

I'm enjoying the progression of the story thus far; though I could have done with a little less of Narcissa's petulance, I understand that her obstructionism serves to demonstrate the Black obstinacy and perhaps a glimpse of a possible future plotter against Cassiopeia's Stewardship of the Family. I kind of hope not as I believe that the Family will have need to be fully united against the twin dangers presented by Tom Riddle and the Dork Lord Dumbledork. (I hate that MOF worse than any character I believe I've *ever* read!)

As much as I'm loving little Hermione, Blaise, and Susan I can't help but feel anxious for baby Harry and how he's being mis-treated! I'd kind of hoped that Cass's restoration of the Family Tree might have through the 'Black Family' magic, reinstated the connections with ALL Black family members in good standing. Thusly allowing the Materfamilias to feel the health and well-being of ALL the familial connections.

Couldn't Cassiopeia then *feel* that Harry's in pain or in distress?

Sorry, but unless you've turned the Dursleys AU (not averse, just doubtful), I just want lil' Harry out of the house of horrors!

Thanks again!
MelJ :D

Cassiopeia and Isla are really the A Team.

Absolutely *brilliant*! Oh, ye gods how I *love* smart, logical, and intelligent story telling!

Among other failings, the utterly abysmal lack of cogent rationality made the attempted reading of canon an effort in futility! There was a decided absence of the intellect behind the storys' main arc and a dreadful shortage of enthusiasm for either the characters or the plot!

When one's *only* original contributions to the sadly mainly *stolen* plot elements are unmitigated, unremedied, unaddressed, and *unacknowledged* child abuse, bullying, racism, and speciesism ALL directed at the unsophisticated, uneducated, and ill-prepared psyche of *children* one begins to wonder just how intelligent and supposedly educated parents *allowed* this garbage to go unchallenged!

Your story, thus far, is the greatest reason *I* read HPff and would never allow Rowling's filth in my house!

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for giving me such delicious intellectual stimulation AND for *not* having drank the Rowling 'kool-aid'! ;D

Bless you!
MelJ :D

Oh, my.

This is SO fun. Cassiopeia reminds me of Luna Lovegood, in her own wonderful way.

This is a GOOD thing.

I think I love Pip. I feel for her in a lot of ways.

Missy has messed with her cheese. BUT I'm betting (ha!) that Pip is a great elf and will continue in awesomeness.