Fic: The Boy Who Lived on Death

[rotaryphones]

Title: The Boy Who Lived on Death
Rating: PG-13 for themes no more mature than canon
Warnings: All spoilers
Characters: Harry Potter
Disclaimer: Harry Potter and friends did not come from my head
Summary: This is one part Harry dealing with post war trauma, and one part my own musings on the role that death plays in the novels.  Feedback and concrit

Comments

[author_by_night]

Wow.

I'm sorry, I really have no intelligent thoughts to add. Harry was well written - I was worried this would be too depressing, but it really wasn't.

In short... very good.

[rotaryphones]

Thank you! I'm glad you didn't find it too depressing, since that was definitely not my intention. After all, death is a major theme of the series.

[snegurochka_lee]

I enjoyed that. It really puts the numerous deaths into perspective to list them like that. :( Poor Harry! I like his thoughts about Riddle especially (and that he calls him Riddle, not Voldemort). I also like the image of the dead marching behind him. :)

[rotaryphones]

Thanks! This came about as a means to organize my own thoughts on character death, so I'm glad it helps put things in perspective. And I took the name cue from their final duel, where I thought Harry calling him Riddle was a very nice touch.

[rotaryphones]

:) Why thanks!

[rotaryphones]

*blush* Thank you!

[snowpuppies]

This is utterly brilliant.

but he does sometimes think about his life as though it were written in the pages of someone else’s novel, where every death is wrought with significance.

Love that.

And Harry's thoughts on all the deaths are just spot-on!

[rotaryphones]

Much thanks! I liked the irony of Harry thinking of his life in fictional terms. :)