Fic: An Only Child (Petunia Evans)

[inell]

Title: An Only Child
Rating: Any Age
Character: Petunia Evans Dursley
Summary: Petunia finds it surprisingly easy to forget that Lily exists
Word Count: 350
Day 9 31_october_days

Comments

[bewarethesmirk]

This dynamic is one I don't see explored often enough. It's easy to empathize with Petunia here, and that - for me - is difficult to do. :)

[inell]

Thank you! I'm pleased you enjoyed it and thought it turned out well. ♥

[koalathebear]

It took me a moment to realise who Petunia was. This is wonderful and very insightful. You're always so good at bringing colours to characters we don't really know about and also making them more well-rounded. Rowling is wonderful but she makes her baddies very bad sometimes with no redeeming features :D Thank so much for sharing!

[inell]

Thank you, hon! That's such a lovely compliment. I appreciate you reading this! ♥

[inell]

Thank you! Yeah, I can imagine that it wasn't easy to grow up a sibling of a Muggleborn witch/wizard. I've heard that there is going to be more exploration of her in book 7 but we'll see how that goes since JKR doesn't really do much with shades of grey (unless you're Snape. LOL). ♥

[austenrowling]

That was very good. Good characterization of Petunia. Was there a specific prompt?

[inell]

The only prompts for 31_october_days are the name of the character for each day. I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[syrenslure]

I enjoy the way you can take the minor characters and flesh them out so well, it's not really my skill. I think I am more an analytical writer than a creative one. Not that Petunia, is really minor in the same sense as some of the others, but you have a great talent for providing the little details that make the characters real beyond the confines of the books.

[inell]

Awww! Thank you! ♥ That's an amazing compliment! I'm glad you enjoyed this.