The Balance

[bratanimus]

Title: The Balance
Author: bratanimus
Summary: Her legs felt like tree trunks. Her toes were gnarled roots, not meant for walking, not meant for carrying her somewhere where things would end rather than begin. My take on one of the final scenes of Deathly Hallows. Remus/Tonks, Harry/Ginny, Neville/Luna, Ron/Hermione.
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Talk of death

Comments

[phe_o]

This is amazing--a *right and proper* ending to Deathly Hallows!

God, I love how you did the innocence lost atmosphere, especially with Luna and Neville. Your lead in with Tonks' marching was unbelievable. It felt like a war movie! Darkness, gray, everything muted as they trudged on... amazing.

Remus' realization at Tonks being her and not Snape was so emotionally-charged and wonderful. Tonks' skills and plan were marvelous, a fantastic credit to her Auror-hood, and definitely one of the reasons why I'd see the Order needing a Metamorpmagus.

Excellent, excellent, excellent. I utterly love this story.

[bratanimus]

a *right and proper* ending to Deathly Hallows!

Thank you so much! :D

I'm very pleased that you liked no-longer-innocent Luna and Neville; their emotional journey was something that I'd wished I could write more about, but was pleased that I got to work it in here, at least.

Glad that the sense of darkness and suspense worked for you at the beginning. That was something I really wanted to convey, so I'm happy that it worked for you! I'm also pleased that you liked Auror Tonks and her quick thinking. I'd imagined that her morphing would play a huge role in DH somehow; hence this fic.

I'm tickled that you liked the R/T reunion scene, and glad it hit all the right emotional notes for you. :)

Thank you again! I'm very happy that you enjoyed this story! :D

[phe_o]

Oh, I love your Ivy icon! I'm mad for her. Checked out your others too--you have quite a cool arsenal. ;)

[bratanimus]

Rawr, your Ivy icon is a bombshell! :D

Useless trivia of the day; My Ivy icons are actually me. I posed as Ivy for the DC comic Cast Shadows back in 2002. The artist, John Van Fleet, took photos of me for his storyboard, then painted from that. It was a lot of fun! I got paid $10 an hour, so $40, lol.

[phe_o]

OMG... you have no idea how weird this is, for this reason-- My Ivy that I use for my default (here) is one I drew of myself as her with my sister as Harley for Halloween one year! (Which is why there are so many differences between them and the 'real' versions. :D) Granted, no payment involved :) but still odd how that's sort-of related..! You can see the whole thing with my sister in it at my Deviant Art gallery.

[bratanimus]

Oh, I love it! Thanks for the link! :D

It's fun being a villainess, isn't it? ;)