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Merry Christmas, Jenny!! I'll be leaving you a few reviews over the next day or two. I was excited to see this story by you, first of all because Hugo is one of my many HP loves, and also because gambling is such a unique topic to explore, especially in HPFF.

Hugo seems to be written similarly to the common Hugo characterization (which isn't a bad thing, since it makes sense given that he's the second child) - but I liked the fact that he's strong at math. You can't really be stupid and be good at math, so he's obviously very smart. The math also explains the draw to gambling, since it's a numbers game.

I thought it was really interesting how you switched the most common Ron and Hermione next gen characterizations. Usually Hermione is the strict parent who gets disappointed with her underachieving children, and Ron is the laid-back one. Switching them is an interesting idea, and I can see how that could be realistic. I always thought Hermione would be a nurturing mother anyway. I personally like to think as Ron being less negative when it comes to his children, but I also see how your way of writing him makes sense. I could actually relate to it, because my stepdad wasn't a super high achiever when he was in school, but he was really strict with ME when it came to my grades and everything else.

So when I read about a gambling hall popping up in Diagon Alley, it got the wheels in my head turning. Made me wonder about the general wizarding attitude towards gambling, whether casino-type gambling is a relatively new addition to the wizarding world or whether they've been secretly gambling in dark, smoky parlors for centuries.

I did want to point out, though, that "Russian roulette" is the game of chance played with a loaded gun. o.O Slightly more dangerous than regular roulette in a casino. XD

I'm looking forward to reading on! Keep your eyes out for more reviews!

Ho ho ho!

xoxo

Author's Response: Hehehehe, merry Xmas!! Sorry for the late reply :(

I'm glad you liked it! I randomly had the idea for a gambling fic and thought it would be lovely and scandalous for one of the more "forgotten" Next Gen characters to be the main character in it ;D

I wouldn't normally write Ron and Hermione that way round, it was weird actually ... it sort of just fell into it. Ron is perfectly lovely to Rose who's fulfilled their expectations as it were, whereas Hugo has never been particularly friendly and more bookish like his mother in this story. I dunno, it just kind of made sense at the time. Still, I'm glad you like it!

Yes, it's interesting to think about whether wizards did have casinos or something similar in the past - I bet they had a few cheeky games of poker! And yes, just to clarify I did my research and appeared to have misunderstood the concept of Russian Roulette. LOL, fail.

Thank you for your wonderful review!

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