Comments | dudley_redeemed: Fic. Prompt 31. Nature Girl Rocks.

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Fic. Prompt 31. Nature Girl Rocks.

Oct 06, 2010 11:51

Title: Mixing worlds
Author: naturegirlrocks
Prompt: #31
Pairing: Dudley/Pansy, mentions of Harry/Draco
Rating: PG-13
Warning(s): none
Word count: about 3400
Summary: Pansy meets a Muggle at a pub, it changes both their lives.
Disclaimer: Harry Potter and all associated characters and settings remain the intellectual property of JK Rowling and her associates. ( Read more... )

rating: pg13, *het, dudley/pansy, !fic

Comments 9

masteroftrouble October 6 2010, 12:34:12 UTC

This was really sweet! I love how the encounter changed both of them. And it was completely believable that Pansy first liked him because he reminded her of Crabbe and Goyle. I could totally see that. Loved it!

wwmrsweasleydo October 6 2010, 13:07:56 UTC

I love the way these two come together and then face their prejudices and end up staying together. It's lovely that Dudley makes Pansy forget her frustrated feelings for Draco, and the way that it all brings Dudley and Harry closer.

Also - Pansy wearing the wedding dress! Priceless!

A gem. wemyss October 6 2010, 14:57:12 UTC

And the perfect sting in the last line.

katmarajade October 6 2010, 15:49:14 UTC

This brought such a smile to my face! I really love Pansy's reactions to the Muggle world. A lot of times in fic, I find the wizarding reactions totally snobby or just that they don't ring at all true to me, but hers totally did. I loved her aside about soap operas and her being freaked out by the girly drink at the pub and her glee at figuring out what a tea bag was.

Her dynamic with Dudley worked really well-- surprisingly so! I would never have thought to put these two together, but I liked that you touched on how they both had pushy, interfering parents and had been spoilt brats making bad choices as children and were now coming to terms with that. Dudley's vulnerability and his genuine awe that a beautiful woman would pick him out made me want to cuddle him forever.

Oh my goodness, that last line KILLED me! SO funny and a perfect way to wrap this up. LOVED it.

songquake October 6 2010, 17:32:01 UTC

Oh, that was brilliant. I was going to say "lovely," and then I said "no, that's not strong enough!"

I love the last line, of course. But also the trip to Mme Toussaud's, and the way they just acted so cute together. The idea of Dudley! Trying on silly hats! And the ice cream, and the fact that Dudley was snooping around in Pansy's things and that she Accioed her purse, thereby giving away that she was a witch, which is probably what she was hoping to prevent! Not that the snooping is okay, but the exchange was )priceless. Tea bags! Wedding dresses! (of course only those familiar with Muggles would know that it was a wedding dress...

Well done!