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Fic: For Remembrance

Apr 23, 2006 19:57

For Remembrance
by minnow_53

Disclaimer: The Harry Potter characters belong to JK Rowling and various corporations.
Pairing: Remus/Sirius
Era: December 1981-April 1982, some MWPP.
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Remus is hazy about the events leading up to his long stay at St. Mungo’s.
Thanks: To astra_argentea for a quick beta.
Warning: Not a happy fic ( Read more... )

through_era, angst

Comments 116

ida_pea April 23 2006, 12:52:12 UTC

Oh, this was so bittersweet and beautifully written. *cries*

minnow_53 April 24 2006, 00:28:49 UTC

Thank you very much! ♥ But sorry about the crying... :(

^_^xx

intotheaether April 23 2006, 12:55:30 UTC

Eek! That was very painful to read (but, you know, in the best way possible). It took a few reads to fully understand, as well, which is a really, really nice thing.

minnow_53 April 24 2006, 00:30:09 UTC

Oh, I'm sorry about that! I was a bit worried about how clear it was, but it wasn't the sort of fic you can simplify, sadly. Thank you very much for perservering and for commenting. ♥

^_^xx

adria_harrison April 23 2006, 12:56:39 UTC

My parents are in the next room, and they keep looking in and asking, "Why do you look so sad?" It's all I can do to keep saying, "Nothing". I don't know how they'd take it if I started balling over a story about people who don't even exist ( ... )

minnow_53 April 24 2006, 00:36:25 UTC

Oh, gosh, thank you for another amazing comment! ♥ I'm so glad you liked it: I was a bit anxious about posting this as it's been ongoing for some time and when you get that close to a story it's a bit hard to tell what it's like. So you can imagine how lovely it was to get such a wonderful comment early on!

Your comedy fics, while wonderful, are almost about different characters.

I think the characters remain pretty similar in my head, actually, but they're obviously a lot happier when they're allowed to be fluffy and let out their inner frivolity! Still, that's an interesting point. Suffering definitely changes people, that's for sure.

Sorry to babble on like this.

You can babble on my journal any time! ♥ I love your comments.

^_^xx

roz_morgan April 23 2006, 13:01:01 UTC

This was utterly, heart-breakingly beautiful. It's probably one of your best pieces of work, the way it paces back and Remus's innocence about everything, and how things are slowly reveled to us and the characterization of Remus's parents and Lucy. It was all amazing, and actually reminded me of a book I just finished reading - although I liked it a lot more than the book.

minnow_53 April 24 2006, 00:38:23 UTC

Thank you very, very much! ♥ That's a really lovely comment, and I'm so glad you liked the story. I've been working hard on it for some time, and it's always nerve-wracking posting one of the long-term babies...

What was the book, out of curiosity? Though I probably won't have read it, in which case I must!

^_^xx

roz_morgan April 24 2006, 10:27:09 UTC

Regeneration. It's a three part series following the lives of a group of First World War soilders (some real, some made up) in Craig LockHeart Militery Hospital. Very sad, rather odd descriptions of sex but still rather addictive.

minnow_53 April 24 2006, 10:48:48 UTC

Hang on... Is that the series by Pat Barker? If it is, I've read it. Very powerful books.

^_^xx

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kurasuperson April 23 2006, 13:25:33 UTC

Hello you,
See the tear tracks. But I also loved the light touches of humour.

"He hears his own voice, though he isn’t actually speaking. ‘I’m not sure what you say in a situation like this.’ He’s nervous too, but trying to keep the words light. ‘I mean, should it be something like ‘You look very elegant in your pyjamas’?’"

What is it about doomed love eh? Us S/Rs are a rather morbid bunch really aren't we?

I've been thinking about what you said about MWPP being very fifties. I think the style of the books is very old-fashioned in a way. There's a radio but no telly. The food is very old-fashioned. There seems to be a certain amount of moral certainty that I think even children's books don't tend have anymore. There are definitive good guys and bad guys. And then the language is very clean and the kids very innocent and clean living. Well obviously not in fanon. ;-)

Anyways how do you keep writing these wonderful stories?

xoxo

minnow_53 April 24 2006, 00:47:49 UTC

Hello! *waves* Thank you very much for an amazing comment! ♥ I'm so glad you liked the elegant pyjamas: that was one of my favourite bits, and it was good to get a bit of humour in there.

Yes, we are morbid. I wonder whether any of us would ship them if they were still living happily in Grimmauld Place. Perhaps MWPP wouldn't be so popular in that case.

The old-fashioned style is one of the things I love about the books. JKR sometimes reminds me a bit of Enid Blyton, though she isn't so prolific, sadly. She's a bit denser, I suppose, but I always think EB is very underrated. But there's the same tone to the books, the moral certainly, as you say, and that's really attractive.

There's a radio but no telly.I never thought of it in those terms, but of course that would have a huge effect on Wizarding society, wouldn't it? Perhaps if they'd had Sky news, the war against Voldemort would have been fought more in the open and been more even-handed. Hmm. Food for thought there. And your 'old-fashioned food' reminds me of the ( ... )