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Beneath Boundless Skies - Team EWE

Apr 22, 2008 07:41

Title: Beneath Boundless Skies
Team: EWE
Author: blamebrampton
Prompt: Death
Wordcount: 29,800
Rating: M
Warnings: Character death (not H/D), homosexual activities, rampant Australianisms
Summary: The end of one journey is the start of another. No matter how hard it is, nor how long it takes you to make the first step.
Author's Note: Many thanks to my betas, ( Read more... )

pg-13, round i, fic, team ewe, prompt: death

Comments 164

calanthe_fics April 22 2008, 12:55:21 UTC

Never have a I read a fic more suited to the personality of the person who most definitely wrote it. It’s honest and fun and full of the best one-liners anywhere, ever. I could start listing them but I’d like to get some sleep tonight so I won’t bother. Just know that I am in awe of your bouncy banter and optimistic outlook ( ... )

blamebrampton May 27 2008, 09:16:23 UTC

Oh you darling!

I have to tell you that the Australian sections represent everything I love about Australia, too. The first time I went tramping, my brain nearly exploded.

All the mythology bits are either true or have a basis in fact. The smoking is a common cleansing rite, and there are bunyips in all the most reputable waterholes. Let me tell you about dropbears some time ...

You may move over as soon as you like. In many ways it's a lot like England, but with more humour, sunshine and seafood.

i_autumnheart April 22 2008, 13:32:09 UTC

Love your work :)

The places, the people - the way you managed to write Harry and Draco so well and yet still do the best development I've seen yet on Neville and Hannah, Kingsley, Minerva and others...

You've set up so many interesting threads in the space of a one-shot story that I'd truly love to see an expansion of this universe if you should ever feel so inclined... but this also stands well alone as a completed piece, so either way is good.

blamebrampton May 27 2008, 09:22:18 UTC

Thanks, matey!

(And thank you very much for providing the model for your eponymous OC!)

I hate to say it but there will probably be more, which only adds to the huge pile of unfinished work that glares at me daily. But I will cry if I miss the chance to see Draco try surfing or look with horror at a Chiko roll ...

ms_worplesdon April 22 2008, 15:13:51 UTC

I can't contain myself. I've just gotten to them sitting down for the first meal in the RoR and I can tell that this is just one of those stories that I am going to love to pieces. Already! This is gonna be GOOD.

*goes to continue reading*

EDIT: Just wonderful. Gorgeous. I loved this so much. And I know that some consider it bad form to shout sequel, but this left me breathless and I'm sure I won't be alone in saying that a teensy epilogue someday would be most welcome.

Did I mention I loved this??? There was so much subtle humor, and the post-battle details were so well thought out and seamless. Completely believable. Draco's transition was fantastic. I loved this.

blamebrampton May 27 2008, 09:28:27 UTC

Thank you so much for your kind and supportive comment! I had a terrible time of life while I was writing this story, and literally had no time to read over the completed piece as a single unit, only feeding in edits section by section as they came back from my beta and I quickly proofed it. Thus I was horribly nervous when I submitted it. Yours was the first comment from someone I don't know, and I believe my response can best be summed up in the words singing and dancing.

There may have been the tiniest amount of jumping.

And yes, at some point there will be a sequel. Not soon, but eventually. I'll try very hard to remember to come back and drop you a note when it's done. Thanks again!

ms_worplesdon May 27 2008, 13:17:13 UTC

Well yay! No worries about the note. You're funny, so I'll just friend you and pad out your flist. ;D

blamebrampton May 27 2008, 13:33:42 UTC

Well, you're lovely, so I'll just friend you back! ;-)

lickingbeads April 22 2008, 16:59:05 UTC

You made me tear up, and laugh out loud. That's pretty much all I crave in a fic. This was beautiful, and touching, and *believable* and hot and interesting. Love it. Thank you for writing.

blamebrampton May 27 2008, 09:28:52 UTC

Yay! Thank you so much for commenting, and for doing so with such generosity!

tomatoe18 April 22 2008, 17:10:02 UTC

You are a genius ( ... )

blamebrampton May 27 2008, 09:57:16 UTC

I was going to ask if I was who you thought I was, but then I cyberstalked you in a loving and genteel fashion instead, and I was! Which of course led to me friending you because you are so bubbly and bookloving and all things good ...

SO GLAD you lived again, I could not have had your death on my conscience. I had a horrible few months when I was meant to be writing this, and yours was one of the comments that made me feel as though I had not wholly wasted my time. By the end of reading your comment I was smiling broadly and feeling as though I had really spoken to someone exactly as I meant to. Thank you so much for your generosity in taking the time to leave this comment, I cannot tell you how appreciated it really was, and is!