The Middle of the Story

Oct 08, 2007 13:01

Title: The Middle of the Story
Author: bratanimus
Rating & Warnings: PG-13 for talk of death, gross slug activity
Prompts: Day of screams, flesh-eating slugs, horror, and location #18 (the tree)
Word Count: 2,254
Summary: A ghost story that started with an ending, and finished with a beginning.
Author’s Note: A big THANK YOU to ladybracknell for her beta and ( Read more... )

horror, bratanimus, all hallows' moon jumble

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bratanimus October 9 2007, 21:06:55 UTC
*shudders at the spooky guys from Hush* ;)

I'm so glad that you thought Remus' voice was believable in this, even though I deliberately tried to keep it confusing for a bit as to who exactly was speaking and who was reading. ;)

And I'm very pleased that you liked the unwelcome haunting; I figured this Andromeda would still be angry at them for leaving, and the hurt would still be too fresh, for her to want to see them. And of course Remus and Tonks, once they'd seen Teddy again, would have a hell of a time leaving. Thanks for pointing out the theme of parents' wants versus child's needs; I think it's a mark of a good parent who can put the child first, which of course R/T had to do here, even though it was horribly painful (and of course Remus would want to be honest and yet shield Teddy as much as he could from the knowledge of just how painful that was).

Hee hee, I thought the decomposing, slug-eaten corpses would provide comic relief a nice counterpoint to the emotions flying around, plus ground it solidly in the horror/ghost story genre, lol. Glad you liked it. ;)

Thank you again for your help, and for your very thoughtful review. :D

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