Serpents: Epilouge

[mrstater]

Eight hours to Deathly Hallows! Are y'all all rarin' to get your mitts on your books? I'm in Group E at my Barnes and Noble, which means only something like 100 people in front of me in line. As I was waiting to get my ticket this morning (in the blazing Texas heat, wearing jeans, stupidly drinking a hot toffee nut latte I'd bought for caffeine

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[phe_o]

Wow!!

Oh, thank you, thank you for this lovely read. I adore Tonks' last little Muffliato and outburst--kind of a parallel to the one that follows in HBP--and then Remus' BANG! kiss in front of the whole Order. Love it, love it, love it!

This entire story has been so wonderful on so many levels, and I can't recall the tags you've used but there had to be ever genre included; it read like a true HP novel, which is no surprise--but the depth covered behind the entire dynamic, all of the trials and background, provide such a satisfying fill to the gaps JKR left behind with our teeny peeks into the R/T world. You have truly given them a story, and I wholly look forward to more that you will undoubtedly--and hopefully, with dearest hope!--have in store.

In this final installment, my favorite part was hands-down the ending but I also really, really love the part where Remus looks at her in full confidence, as well as how Albus distinguishes them from the Death Eaters, which is something that sounds so Dumbledorian.

Regarding the last couple of chapters (which I regret not fully reviewing but sailing through full-speed, breathlessly, to each new chapter!) that gift idea...inspired! I know Tonks morphing into something-or-other has been done a limited number of times for a gift--but not as a gift as far as I know, and what a completely brilliant marry-me-plan, as far as I'm concerned! I love the all of the parts at Remus' home and how they've developed a routine over the years, and chapter 6 completely made my heart pound with apprehension; you've just completely outdone yourself with this whole story. Lovely, lovely, lovely. Thank you so much for sharing it with us all. :)

[mrstater]

I didn't really mean to jump out of order in the Magical Creatures universe, but I'm glad I did because it helped me get a better scope for where the relationship comes from and where it goes with this POA start, and I'm just glad you liked it on its own for this challenge, because once the idea took hold, it wouldn't let go. And I'm glad you liked the end so much, too. I didn't know where it was going to wind up for the longest time, but always I intended Dumbledore to say something, using my prompt quote, and I liked the idea of doing a kind of pre-post hospital scene for them that would later jog Remus' memory and conscience later.

Thank you so much for your lovely words. I cannot tell you how appreciated they are. :)