Fic: Sisterskin (Harry Potter, Ginny/Bellatrix for neneboomerwing)

[lilacsigil]

Title: Sisterskin
Author: lilacsigil
Recipient: neneboomerwing
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Ginny/Bellatrix
Rating: NC-17
Wordcount: 4000
Summary: Ginny is on a mission, inside another woman's skin.
Disclaimer: Characters belong to J.K. Rowling, not to me. No profit made.
Thanks: Thank you to st_aurafina who bravely read this for me.

Comments

[neneboomerwing]

. . .I am almost at a loss for words. I love seeing Bellatrix like this: desperate and almost waif like in her need to be loved. Or even to prove herself. A proof of what family means in her book vs. Ginny is especially nice to see. It makes it that much clearer.

I like to see how this one encounter changes Ginny in the future, how she would look on her own family now.

All around, I really loved it. I loved the idea of the Horcruxes leaving imprints (so brilliant I wish I had thought of it at some point!) in the space around them. with that much dark magic weaved into them I can totally see it and I think played off the idea nicely.

Which brings me to this: I love Ron bursting into Hermione’s explanation--like look, look I have great ideas too! See! It's so. . .Ron. It's him showing off in a way that makes sense--came from a big house, lives inside Harry's shadow, etc. It works so well here though.

And of course this line:

Ron snapped, "No!" just as Harry and Hermione said the opposite, and Ginny somehow resisted the

[lilacsigil]

I'm so glad that you liked it! You gave me lots of interesting potential pairings to work with, and Bellatrix/Ginny was the one that I thought I wouldn't be able to write, because I couldn't work out how they'd get together. I was never very interested in Bellatrix until that section at the start of Book 6, where we got to see the fascinating dynamic between the two sisters. I thought where Ginny (also the youngest sister) fits in her family, and where Bellatrix fits in hers, and then I was writing

[neneboomerwing]

I love that you went with the couple you weren't sure if you could write. I think some of the best inspiration comes from trying something new and totally bizarre.

I am pleased! I like to leave more than simple replies when I can get my brain to work and since this was for me it was appropriate!

Thank you again for being one of the ones to get it in on time and everything too! Yay!

[zapsflake]

wow!
I thought this was unbelievably good. Of course they would have incestuous sex... like Lucius would be able to please Narcissa in bed! I loved it. And I loved Ginny, with her freckled hands. And I liked how things felt differently in Narcissa's thin body. I LOVED this.

[lilacsigil]

Thank you! I think the Black family has an awful lot of problems, and tend to take refuge in each other and their secrets - Narcissa doesn't forget where she comes from. Ginny is such a strong, expressive, athletic girl that it just seemed right to contrast her with Narcissa's tightly controlled body. It was really interesting to think about how the Polyjuice worked, and what would happen to someone in a different body (especially during sex, where response is so involuntary in many ways), so I'm really thrilled that you enjoyed the fic.

[tacky_tramp]

Wow. Wow wow wow. This is so insightful and well-constructed and sexy and touching. Really amazing portrayal of the characters.

[nature_saphique]

Brilliant. Seriously brilliant! I adore this Bellatrix...this Bellatrix with Cissy. Great writing!