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"Strange Ways" by Applecede

Mar 13, 2005 18:01

Story Title:
Author: applecede
Word Count: 2,609
Summary: People have strange ways of coping with the trials in their lives. A look at how Sirius and Harry deal with loss.
Disclaimers for Squicks: Character death, PG/PG13 rating overall

( Strange are the ways of the grieving. )

Comments 4

fungus_files March 15 2005, 00:09:21 UTC

Thanks for this - liked it a lot. I loved the pacing and rhythm of the narrative, with the shifts in time and your ability to capture so much emotion in subtle detail. Your prose is lovely. I especially like your deft touch with Harry's emotional state. Have read too many fics where that post-Sirius state of mind is handled predictably or clumsily and it ruins the whole thing for me. I found your evocation of it credible and affecting.

Off to find more of your fic now. :)

applecede March 15 2005, 05:44:42 UTC

Gee, thank you! That was really reassuring because I had such a hard time with this, and I ultimately just gave up and worried afterwards that it would sound incomplete and left hanging at some points *sheepish* But anyway, thanks a lot for your comments! :)

Well, I write mostly Draco/Ginny, but I've tried my hand at a bunch of ships (D/Hr, Bellatrix/Rodolphus, Harry/Draco, etc.)

kisthenightwind March 16 2005, 05:07:23 UTC

Very well done.
I echo the 1st poster on the pacing, you just pulled me along.

applecede March 16 2005, 06:10:37 UTC

Hey, thank you! That was what I struggled most with, so that was good to hear :)