This summary seriously lured me in and seeing it’s about Rodolphus Lestrange I just had to read this. I love minor characters and I just love the Lestranges. I seriously loved this. A lot!!! This was exceptionally unique and so Slytherin. They were both the epitome of being a Slytherin. I loved the way you characterized them. I’m disappointed this was only an one-shot. Okay I’m saying love love love so many times but I seriously have no other words to describe this. I’m speechless actually. There are two things I’m sure of 1 I’m so glad I read this and 2 this going in my favourite list asap !

Author's Response: Oh, me too! Minor characters all the way! Black/Lestrange/Malfoy/Tonks family all the way too! They're just so interesting - and they are very Slytherin, aren't they? Calculating love... Thank you so so much - honestly, I'm gobsmacked as well right now! Thank you!

Aph xx

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Amazing! I love rodolphus,cant find any decent rodolphus stories, AMAZING

Author's Response: Thanks! I love Rodolphus too - he seems to be somewhat neglected in fanfiction :(

Thanks for the review!
Aph xx

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Hi there! I've never read a Bellatrix story before, but I found about this through the Review Tag thread on HPFF and I'm really happy I found this. It's a great story- you capture the personalities and thoughts of your characters. The banter between Rodolphus and Bellatrix is spot-on, and it keeps the reader intersested. Your writing flows really nicely, and your work choice is excellent, but the best feature of this story is how perfectly you portrayed Rodolphus and Bellatrix. It's exactly how I imagined them in the books. Wonderful job on this story, and I'm really happy I found this! 10/10

Author's Response: Hey there! Wow, I'd almost forgotten about this one-shot, lol. I really, really enjoyed writing it. I actually wrote it in a three hour stint one afternoon. Rodolphus and Bellatrix fascinate me particularly, so I'm glad you like them and their banter.

Thanks for the wonderful review - and the 10/10!
Aph xx

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Wow this is really good! I liked the way you built it up. You started by introducing the characters and their difference from the rest of the House. You kept up the theme of kings and pawns and made the interest between the two characters seem completely real. I love how in character Bellatrix is and the character you have given Lestrange. This is a really good piece of writing that is developed really nicely and gives wonderful insight into the forming of that relationship and the personalities of characters that end up so devoted to Voldemort.

Author's Response: I really like the two of them so I'm glad you like their characterisation - it was so much fun to write. It worried me a little when I first wrote it, being my first one-shot, but I think it turned out okay.

Thanks for the lovely review!
Aph xx

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Another great one-shot. I enjoyed the way you used to Shakespeare quote and made it fit effortlessly into your story. I also like the way that you have kept them in character and made them likeable.

You certainly have a great way with words. I really liked 'He just shakes his head. Marriage is for those who only think about power - he doesn’t need power, he already has it.' - So arrogant, which is perfect for Lestrange I feel.

I believe these too were definitely a match made in Death eater heaven.

Very enjoyable, Silverstarletworld :)

Author's Response: I loved getting the quote. It was brilliant. Plunnies were running around my head from the moment I got it.
Making them likeable... a weird concept with Death Eaters. And yes, he's extremely arrogant. It tends to be a generic flaw with these people.
Death Eater heaven... O.o :D

Thanks for the wonderful review; I'm really glad you liked it!
Aph xx

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This was great!

I loved the way you characterized Bella and Rodolphus. It's definitely strange to think about someone falling in love with Bella, but you captured those reasons perfectly. Since we know almost nothing about Rodolphus, it makes sense to me that he wouldn't want an air headed girl, and that he'd fall for Bella. And she was strong and harsh, as we see in her later years, but Bella was also slightly toned down, which I really liked. I've seen early versions of Bella where she used the cruciatus curse from age 11, which just isn't believable :P Your idea of her was much more accurate, in my opinion.

I also loved the tone of the piece. You really had the "proper" sentence constructions and such. It felt like these were the thoughts of some high class family, which it was. For the most part, you managed to retain it really well, even during the banter, which I think can be hard.

The one insult I didn't like was this: "Attention? If you want attention from a bunch of overindulged, whiny children you'd do better finding a creche. At least they would have greater brainpower," he scoffs." You were doing an amazing job with fresh and new insults, keeping the pureblood tone of voice in there as well, and I felt like this broke that. It didn't sound quite the same as your voice for the rest of the piece, and I think the whiny children thing is a bit overused. That's very minor though, and I loved everything else!

Overall, you wrote a really great piece. It was believable, flowed well, and I couldn't find any spelling/grammar issues :) Lovely job!
-Naida

Author's Response: Thanks so much! I absolutely adore these two so I'm glad you liked it.
Oh god, the sentence constructions killed me. It was so hard to do and make them sound like teenagers but high class teenagers.
Yeah, I'm not too happy with that insult either, but I spent so long trying to think of something else that would fit and couldn't so it stayed there.

Thanks for the lovely review!
Aph xx

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It really surprised me how much I enjoyed this story! This is one of the most realistic teenage Bellatrixes I've seen written here - you've managed to retain some of her canon traits while still making her your own, and that's extremely admirable. :) She's more believable as a character that way. And both Rodolphus and Bellatrix were a good mix of what one might assume to be typical Slytherin characteristics, and it's refreshing to see you didn't just plop them into a House without cause. :D

Your quote integration was, I thought, rather brilliant. It fit well in your scene - the whole atmosphere seemed to meld right into it, and writing in modern language while using a Shakespeare quote isn't such an easy thing to do.

Keep it up - this story was very good! You write extremely well and I predict you'll go far. :)

Author's Response: I absolutely adore Bellatrix so I'm glad you thought she was realistic! Honestly, I didn't give much thought to characteristics, they kinda wrote themselves, but it was so much fun to do.
As I got further and further through the piece I kept wondering if I would ever manage to fit it in, lol, so it's good that it seems to have worked. I guess I was lucky my quite didn't include 'doth' or 'thy' ;)

Thanks for the lovely review!
Aph xx

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Nice! I've never read a story about Bella and Rodolphus before! You really captured the way I've always thought Slytherins would behave. 10/10 :). I can understand why you won.

Author's Response: I really enjoyed writing it so I'm glad you liked reading it! It was fun mocking the other Slytherins, lol.

Aph xx

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This is a amazing piece of writing. You really have a thing with words, and you made the whole story so belevable.

Author's Response: Thanks so much! I'm glad you like it!

Aph xx

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Wow ! That was brilliant ! I've been looking for a FF to see how Bella would re act ro Rodolphus, and yours was the best yet !

Author's Response: Thanks! I do love them both *huggles* and I enjoyed writing it a lot.

Aph xx

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I love it! I'm almost disappointed that it's only a oneshot, it could be great as a short story, or novel even! I think your characterization and plot are wonderful, and I love how you've had him analyze everything. You'd done an amazing job!
~Lily

Author's Response: Thanks so much! It was my first challenge so I was a bit worried, not to mention they're my favourite pairing. I've been debating on-and-off about doing a Black sisters story, but never got round to it. Maybe sometime... :P

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Hello There, I'm ElysiumJayne :)

Thank you so much for entering my challenge. I really love how you've fit the quote in there, it looks just as if it would be something that would easily roll off Rodolphus' tongue, so well done on that!

I really enjoyed how you perceived Bellatrix and Rodolphus' relationship. Simply amazing.

Thank you once again for entering my challenge.

x Ely

Author's Response: I really enjoyed entering your challenge and writing it - it was my first challenge ever so it was all a bit new.
Thanks for your comments, I'm really glad you liked it!
Aph xx

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Fabulous story! The quote was integrated beautifully. I love reading stories about Bellatrix, but this one from the perspective of Rodolphus was exceptionally unique. You described them both wonderfully, with the perfect amount of edginess, and challenging dialogue. It seems no one was meant to be together more than these two :)

Author's Response: Thank you very much! Bella/Rod is my OTP so I'm really glad you liked the way I wrote them.

Aph xx

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