peki wrote 'And With My Childhood's Faith' for sue_bridehead

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Title: And With My Childhood’s Faith (Part 4)
Author: peki
Rating: R
Possible Spoilers/Warnings: Umm, all six books?
Summary: Everyone deserves a second chance.
Author's Notes: A huge ‘thank you’ to my wonderful beta for being so incredibly patient when the fic kept getting longer and I messed up all the commas :-D You rock

Comments

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[twiddlekinks]

Wow. This story was absolutely amazing. It had a wonderful sense of realism that followed canon, with exactly enough angst and resolution. Absolutely awesome.

Re: !!

[peki]

Thank you so much! I always try to stick to canon as much as I can, so I'm very pleased it had that 'sense of realism'. :)

While I was writing, I wasn't sure if I should flesh the ending out a little more, but finally I thought the story had to end where it did - with faith that they'd be okay (because that is the overall theme of it), so I'm also glad that you said there was enough resolution. :) Yay!

[carrie_leigh]

Just wonderful. Wonderul, fabulous, mesmerizing. So good! I enjoyed the reality of it all, and the details; how they didn't trust him and put restrictions on him. Most especially, I liked that Draco's room at Hogwarts wasn't pristine and neat like in every other story I'd ever read, and that the room of requirement turned in to his room, and his reaction to both. I liked that you let Neville kill Bella. I liked that good triumphed over evil and I like the way your story made me feel: light, happy, refreshed, and relaxed. Thank you so much for a lovely morning of reading. :)

[peki]

I like the way your story made me feel: light, happy, refreshed, and relaxed

That's what I love in a story too, and I'm so happy mine made you feel that way. :) Thank you! Also for letting me know what you liked about it in particular, the details are always most fun to write.

I lol-ed so hard when I saw that your ongoing fic at FIA has a similar setting - Draco returning to Hogwarts for a purpose, and having to work with Ginny. Great minds, huh (though the idea came to me via the prompt, so it's the great mind of the requester *g*). It's an intriguing scenario I think, and I so wished I could tell you I had written this when it was finally posted. I'm so curious to see where yours will be going - any chance of a sneak peek? ;-)

Oh, braintwins!

[carrie_leigh]

I laughed hard when I saw that you'd won. Congrats. I loved it, truly. You want a sneak peak? Honestly? I'll send you what I have, if you'd like. I'm all typed up through chapter 11, and have handwritten stuff through chapter 16. I'm a little stuck at Christmas. Perhaps you could help? That's what you get for asking, right?

Re: Oh, braintwins!

[peki]

Ha, that made me laugh too. Incredible. And yes, I definitely want a peek at what you're writing! I'd be thrilled to help if I can :) You still have my email address, right?

[tamethestars00]

Wow, there were so many parts of this story I liked, I don't know if I can even remember them all. The transition from hating, to tolerating, to liking and then loving Malfoy for Ginny was done so well, I can't imagine it happening another way. It seemed like a completely natural sequence for things. Even the part where Harry, Ron and Hermione figure out what is going on between them is perfect. I especially liked that through most of the piece you left Draco and Ginny being mean to one another, even at the intimate moments, and that they threatened to curse one another for being nice! Thank you so much for writing such a wonderful story and giving me something to read this morning. You truly did a fantastic job!

[peki]

I'm pleased you thought the transition was done well, that's the hardest part about D/G, I think - making the initial attraction plausible while retaining their characteristic behaviour (i.e. the meanness *g*). Thank you so much!

[rhina]

This is a great fic and really wonderfully written to show the exchange between Draco and Ginny. Very very nice job.

[peki]

Thank you so much! So happy you liked it!

I loved it!! :-D

[sue_bridehead]

Thank you so much for writing such a wonderful fic for me! It was romantic, angsty, suspenseful, funny, dramatic - everything a good D/G fic should be. You just took the prompt and ran with it. The characterization, dialogue, narrative, and pacing were all very good. The plot was believable and definitely holds the reader's interest. I loved the whole theme that Dumbledore would have wanted Draco to have a second chance, because I think he would have insisted on it. The whole fic was just fantastic, and I really appreciate the work you put into it.

By the way, if you sign up for next year's exchange, you can write for me again - I wouldn't mind. ;-)

Re: I loved it!! :-D

[peki]

You're very welcome, I loved writing this prompt! Right when I saw it, I knew I had to have it :) I hope you didn't mind that it made for such a long fic in the end, but it evolved and took on a life of its own and finally I just couldn't do it justice without writing all of what the prompt evoked for me.

I'm happy you enjoyed it! Dumbledore very much wanted Draco to have a second chance I think, so it's only right that Ginny learn that and give it to him *g*

Thank you so much for your comment! :)