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Thae charm bracelet was a lovely gift - so thoughtful and personal! Aw the slow development of Ginny's own feelings - and Luna, omg she's such a darling! And smart - her perception never fails to amaze me and you've written that so well to boot. This was such a happy, light, lovely story and I thoroughly enjoyed it!
I can't wait for the next chapter! Good luck with the inkys!
~Ysh XOXO
Aww - I can understand Ginny's confusion about Harry! On one hand she was trying to understand the strings of fate and on the other battling with her feelings for Harry and what it was. OMG I so pictured this "Ginny in dress robes and Luna wearing her silver PJs swaying in the undecorated stone archway" and absolutely love the image you'd painted!
I'm excited to see how this moves forward!
~ Ysh *snowball hugs*
Hello!
I'm reading for the inky's finalists - congratulations!
This is such an interesting concept! I love how you've included canon details in here and tied it all together. Ooh I especially love the concept of different colored strings - and the concept that romantic interests and soulmates could overlap but not exactly be the same. Love how you've set the stage here by explaining the different theories for the chapters to come. Also, can't believe I haven't said this till now - yay Ginny/Luna!!
~ Ysh XOXO
Hi there!
Ahh, that was so sweet, I loved the ending. I guess Ginny finally listened to what her body had been telling her for so long. All those nervous feelings definitely just meant she had feelings for Luna. That was a very cute way for them to realise things though, that was a very sweet moment between them. I'm excited to see where they go from here.
I love the way you have Ginny think too, she's so feisty and proud of who she is and I love it. I'm glad she's not ashamed to have Luna over at the Burrow and it must have taken her ages to make that bracelet, she put a lot of thought into it and I'm sure Luna appreciates it. The fight with Draco was also very Ginny, even if I would have loved to see her hex him.
Shaza
Written for the winter in fairyland review event.
Hi there!
That was a very cute chapter. I loved how she's trying to figure out what being joined to Luna means, it must be confusing if she doesn't feel romantically attracted to her but she's supposed to be her soulmate.
I love the characterisation of Ginny and Luna. You can really see Ginny's determination and her ambition to get on the Quidditch team and Luna is so supportive. Even though it's hurting her, she's still willing to help Ginny in any way she can.
The dancing at the end was so adorable as well, and it felt like things had gotten clearer with Ginny and what Luna means to her. I'm excited to see where this goes next.
Shaza
Written for the winter in fairyland review event.
Hi there!
What an interesting concept for a fic, I love the idea of being connected by lines of fate, especially since they're different colours.
I'm not sure I'd have the patience to wait and see who I was connected to, I'd try to follow the line to see who mine was. I love the idea of Ginny and Luna being connected as well, that's very cute. I can see why she would think it would have been connected to Harry, the crush she had on him. That was very cute but I'm glad she realised it wasn't meant to be and was okay with it.
A really cute start to this fic, I'm excited to see how their relationship develops.
Shaza
Written for the winter in fairyland review event.
WAIT THERE’S GONNA BE MORE? Please update this again soon! This chapter ended on such a cliffhanger it’s not fairrrrr :( I mean, I guess this actually works decently well as an ending to the story too if you choose to end it here, but I want more :P I like that you did end up covering Ginny’s romantic exploits with Dean in this chapter (even that one awkward time with Luna catching them in the broom closet, lol) as it shows she’s also half-ignoring what her soulmate string is probably trying to tell her about Luna. Her interaction with Malfoy outside of the Slug Club party is great and so feisty, I love it! And then we get that sweet sweet resolution at the end during the Christmas holidays, and all is right with them, and it’s lovely. :)
~Madi
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HI this is still so great and I love it so much still!! I like that you’ve chosen to have some significant time pass, but within that time frame have Ginny and Luna acknowledge their strings tie to each other. But, the underlying confusion Ginny had earlier about what a golden string really means in the grand scheme of romantic options remains, and Luna doesn’t really have any ideas either. I like your perspective of Ginny still thinking possibly that Harry could be a romantic interest for her, if he’d only get his head out of his butt :P Luna and GInny dancing together outside of the Great Hall at the start of the Yule Ball is super cute and such a fun way to end this chapter. On I go! :)
~Madi
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Hey there! Yes hi hello I LOVE soulmate AUs SO MUCH I hosted a Soulmate AU challenge a couple years ago on FFT so this is just like, SO WONDERFUL to happen upon!! Also with the rare-ish pair of Luna/Ginny, this is so great already! The lore you’ve come up with for how these soulmate strings work is very cool, and I like how it’s entwined with being magical. I wonder though, if you’ve thought about it at least, what happens if a magical person’s soulmate is a muggle? Ginny having so many questions about her own string and its golden color, which is obviously not the norm by any sense of the word, and worrying about what it means is so valid of her. Also she’s only eleven, love shouldn’t even be a worry of hers yet! :P Great first chapter, though, I’m excited to read on! :)
~Madi
Fairy foxy review event
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Aww, very cute last chapter! I love how you depict Dean as being in denial of his string. I mean, I don't want him to be in denial and clearly he's meant to be with Seamus, but it was an interesting detail that made their relationship fit well into this AU. And it was also a reflection of Ginny, who was also in a type of denial without knowing it.
Ginny is right that Harry should "get to have her" just because his string is broken and her's is (theoretically) platonic. Although, I do think she's a bit hard on Harry. He never pressures here or anything. But the important thing is that she doesn't cave into Hermione about dating someone she isn't interested in that way.
The charm bracelet sounds like a beautiful gift, and and got a little emotional when Ginny said she couldn't make a patronus until she'd seen Luna do it. Sometimes we need to do something in order to realize we wanted it in the first place, and I guess that's what's happening for Ginny here. Thankfully, Luna is patient and didn't mind the wait.
This was such a cute soulmates fic! =))
xoxo Renee
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Hello! Back to read more of this adorable story.
This was really sweet. I appreciate that you didn't linger much on the diary and her trauma from that, because while it's important to acknowledge, Ginny derserves her life to be about more than trauma.
Their innocence as they navigate what it means to be soulmates - not maybe not romantic soulmates - is touching. I cannot fault Ginny for wanting to go to the ball, but it does seem like she's tugging at the string a little, trying to figure out what it means and what it doesn't mean. Meanwhile, Luna clearly already knows. Because of course she does. Their dance at the end was so lovely and sweet.
I'm excited to see how this wraps up and how Ginny learns to understand her relationship with Luna.
xoxo Renee
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Hi Melanie!
I haven't read many soul mate fics but oh my gosh! I love it so far!
The way you have the connection as a string within you is so interesting, and I like the idea of different types of soul mates in different colors. Not to mention, this is a brilliant use of the song lyric!
Ginny's thoughts about her string are so sweet. Of course she wants it to be Harry, and it's so cute that she feels for tugs from Harry's emotions when Ron and the twins are off rescuing him. But life isn't that simple, is it :P
Luckily, she's able to move past it and enjoy starting her first year WITH LUNA. They are so cute and I need it, but I shall have to wait for a future chapter apparently.
I thought you did a great job characterizing both the girls and showing how they are compatible, in the way that they're both honest with their opinions. But how do they not realize they are soulmates yet? I wonder how long it takes to figure that out.
This was really cute and I'm excited to read the rest of it!
xoxo Renee
This was really sweet. I wonder who Dean's string is tied to *cough* Seamus *cough*
Poor Harry.
Their first kiss was so cute.
Ok, so I had to read onward! Also this sums up a lot of my feelings about Ginny/Harry as a ship: "The hint was that because Harry didn't have the tie, Ginny was supposed to fill the empty hole in his heart, as the girl who'd always just been there." I love that we see Ginny's frustrations with how everyone perceives her and Harry. She is so much more than just his eventual partner, and you show her reclaiming her sense of self so wonderfully in this!
Oh and they can feel one another's distress with the string! I love that. I love their agreement to check up on one another whenever they sense something wrong. And LOL at Luna not feeling the slightest bit awkward at walking in on Ginny & Dean in the broom closest. Such a Luna thing.
I also love the parallels between Luna in her pajamas during The Yule Ball and Ginny with her bunny slippers when Luna's all dolled up for Slughorn's Party. I am a sucker for whenever writers do things like that <3
And awww I loved the Christmas scene! Everything from the gift giving to the moment until the mistletoe was just so perfect! Luna's fixation with Nargles and Ginny gently finding a way to kind of shut her up so they can just enjoy the romantic moment...it was sweet and humorous and lovely! Thank you again for another lovely chapter, Mel!
<3 Courtney
Author's Response:Courtney!
Thank you for coming back to read and review more of my work!! Personally I can vibe with Harry/Ginny as a ship, but writing from this perspective it also makes a whole lot of sense for Ginny to rage againt that pressure from others and work through her own feelings. The string is kind of giving her an alternate path here is the way I see it. I've had Ginny and bunnies all through this story as one of her many little ties to something I kind of associate to Luna, like with the song listing off the ways Taylor was linked to Joe before they even met.The Christmas scene has been my Favorite so far, so thank you so much for reviewing!!
Mel, I absolutely loved this chapter! The concept of the string is really intriguing and I love how you kind of developed it further. In spite of them being attached to someone else, I love how you've still given them free will or shown that they can consider other options as well.
Ginny and Luna's bond as friends is already so sweet and you can feel it being on the precipace of moving towards romance. I am absolutely here for it! You also are doing a wonderful job of capturing their characters through these distinct, little details that make them recognizable to us as readers. I loved how aggressive Ginny was with playing pick-up Quidditch, to the point of kind of alienating people. And how Luna looked at the Quaffle like it was a three headed creature, and how she probably wished it was. I just thought those little things were brilliant!
And I love how you portray Ginny's perception of the Yule Ball and the stress and anxiety that comes with being asked or doing the asking. She's determined to enjoy herself with Neville and is grateful that he isn't her last resort. I kind of secretly ship them *smiles awkwardly*, but I love the Ginny/Luna ship that you're going for in this as well. And that moment of them dancing in the entrance way of the hall was just gold! I can't wait to see how they fall in love (more so than they kind of already are :)).
Now that you brought up the image of the younger students lingering outside of the Great Hall, I want that to have been a canon thing haha! It's totally believable that that would've happened, and I don't know why that wasn't explored more in canon (or maybe it was and I can't remember LOL). Anyway, I am so looking forward to reading more of this! Thanks for taking the time to write this!
<3 Courtney
Hi Mel! I am here with your review request! (Also, I feel you on the formatting...it IS weird and some of the first things I uploaded on here look a little wonky too. I thought it was just me LOL.)
So first of all, anyone who can write Ginny Weasley well are like the unsung heroes of the fandom. I am always intimidated when it comes to writing Ginny, so I love reading about her through other's POV. Anyway. I think you capture the essence of her character at age eleven particularly well! Also, some of your imagery really makes you feel like you're in the scene. This line here, I just loved and found so humorous! "When she woke up the redhead frantically thrashed her legs to free herself from the tangle of her blankets in the summer heat, almost tumbling out of bed."
Also this was another well executed line: "She didn’t need to fawn over someone famous who thought of her as just some kid. If she wanted that, her brothers were right there." This is one of the reasons why I struggle with shipping Harry/Ginny, so I think it's a believable thought considering the direction you are going with this. And Luna declaring that Helga and Rowena were lovers feels like a very Luna thought. You captured her character well in this. I look forward to see where you take these two! :)
I think the whole concept of soulmates and people attached by different colored, invisible strings is really intriguing. I like the different meanings associated with each color that you created. And the meaning that gold is everything or could have multiple means...I love that. Love happens at various degrees and evokes different feelings between people, so I like the idea that Ginny and Luna being attached by a gold thread could also suggest their love and relationship changing shape as they grow up. I don't know if that's what you intended, but that's kind of how I took it.
A really great start! Looks like I have another multi-chaptered fic to add to my reading list now. ;) Thanks so much for writing!
<3 Courtney
This was rather cute. I liked the scene where Ginny tossed the Quaffle with Luna. I like the talk about the Yule Ball.
I loved the scene of Ginny and Luna dancing.
This seems really cute so far. I like Luna and Ginny together.
I'm curious about what the gold string means too. It's not surprising she thinks it refers to Harry.
This was well written too. I think you characterized the two girls well.
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