Merry Christmas, KELLYCHAMBLISS!

[katmarajade]

Title: Let Down Your Hair
Author: katmarajade
Written for: kellychambliss
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Minerva McGonagall/Wilhelmina Grubby-Plank
Rating:PG
Summary: It's become a ritual for them over the years, timeworn, comfortable, perfected.
Word Count: 376
Author's Notes: I was delighted by the challenge of writing some older characters, and I hope that you enjoy this

Comments

[kellychambliss]

Kat, this is fabulous! Thank you so much. I have such a long-hair kink, you can't imagine. And two of my very favorite characters -- well, this is a holiday gift to treasure. I love the way you weave together the comfortable feel of an established relationship with believable, realistic hints of the darkness that might be coming.

Lines I love:

With her close-cropped, no-nonsense, low-maintenance hair, few would guess that she loves playing with long, luxurious locks
Great contrast

marvelling at the way the creamy strands of grey glint as they trip through the antique bristles and catch the candlelight.
Lovely image

Wilhelmina wonders, not for the first time, whether one day every tress of this familiar head will be lightened by time. Whether, amidst all the danger and uncertainty in the world today, she'll get the opportunity to see it. Whether it will grow greyer without her. Whether its slow transition will be cut short before the process is finished.
The power of these lines is quite striking -- so much meaning contained within the trope of hair. Really well done.

I love this, my dear! Thank you, thank you!

[katmarajade]

YAY! I'm so pleased you like it so much! I am really happy with how it turned out. Though it's by far the shortest piece I wrote this round, I also think it might be some of my best writing this round. And I always feel like good descriptive writing makes a piece seem longer than it really is. I love long hair too! And I have always enjoyed stories about hair brushing; it's such an innocent yet intimate thing to share. I loved the idea that popped into my head of Minerva practically purring when she let down her long hair and bam, story was born.

You picked out a few of my favorite bits! I was really happy with how those sections turned out. I don't often write the older characters, but I do wind up really loving the pieces I write when I do! Thanks for the prompt and for pushing me oh-so-slightly out of my comfort zone. I really am glad I wrote this-- I'm proud of it and I'm thrilled you like it! *beams*