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narcissa_malfoy

Marauder Era Timeline

Jul 14, 2012 01:54

As the new information about the Malfoy family has finally lured me to sign up to Pottermore my interest in Harry Potter has resurfaced again. I have long thought about making some sort of timeline for the generation that attended Hogwarts during the first war.

This is written mainly as a resource for those who write Marauder era fic, in which I try ( Read more... )

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chthonya July 17 2012, 05:08:35 UTC

Interesting ( ... )

narcissa_malfoy July 17 2012, 23:29:52 UTC

Heh, yes, it's not the easiest job, is it?

Which one was this? Surely there isn't one of yours that I haven't read? :)

This may be a bias on my part, perhaps an age difference kink, or now that I think about it I believe it is because that in every single fic I have ever read that has had Narcissa in the year under Lucius, she suddenly, Tada!, appears as if from nowhere in the common room in and he suddenly notices her for the very first time. I suppose I prefer them to have had some sort of relationship beforehand, even if it just a conversation about the way to the common rom *g ( ... )

chthonya July 20 2012, 22:32:21 UTC

Which one was this?

It's my entry for springtime_gen, here. I hadn't linked from my LJ because I made a massive error in it that I need to fix, and I hadn't fixed it because I was working flat out making glass for Ascendio. It's Lucius' first term at Hogwarts so doesn't feature Narcissa.

I prefer them to have had some sort of relationship beforehand.
I think they would have had a relationship beforehand, whatever year they were in - they would undoubtedly have encountered each other at pureblood social gatherings. My personal headcanon has some tension between the families though, so Narcissa has to do a little work to persuade Lucius that she's not insane or rebellious like her sisters, and Lucius has to... well, I've not got that far yet, but I rather enjoyed writing 1st-year Lucius so I might return to it at some point.

JKR has removed a lot of information from her websiteAnd removed the fun interface, from what I could see, which is such a shame. I wish she'd left it as a historical record; I have good memories of playing with magic ( ... )

narcissa_malfoy July 21 2012, 00:52:37 UTC

That would explain it! What a wonderful story. I am glad I got to read it now. I wouldn't worry about the error. Just post about it in a footnote and nobody will worry about it.

Yes, I quite agree, it is mostly the way people who choose this option has dealt with it that has soured me on the idea. But I would be quite happy to be proven wrong. *nudges* *g* I see tension there, too. Makes it all the more interesting, no?

Yes, I just went there and saw that you are right. I will miss it too, it was very well done. She really doesn't seem to know when she should just let well enough be, does she? Le sigh.

chthonya July 21 2012, 01:59:25 UTC

Well, some people will worry. ;) I felt bad because Bellatrix was a favourite character of the person I wrote for (it was a pinch hit so I had to go with the inspiration I had). Glad you liked it, anyhow!

I think JKR shot herself in the foot somewhat by using her name as the domain name for the website in the first place - made sense back in 2004 or whenever she started it when she was immersed in HP, but now she is working on other things I can see that she would want her personal website to look a little more 'grown-up'.

narcissa_malfoy July 21 2012, 21:32:59 UTC

That was a pinch hit? That makes it even more impressive! I forgot to say on the review that I left on the fic itself that including Arthur's younger brother Bilius as the original point of contention between them was a stroke of genius.

All right, now I'm confused! I assumed that the error was placing Andromeda in Ravenclaw? Was there another, more-directly-related-to-Bellatrix problem that I missed?

Yes, but I suppose she could still have "hidden" the old design behind the Harry Potter link. And wasn't it much later than 2004? It felt like it was after the heyday of fandom. Maybe I'm confusing it with when Pottermore opened.

chthonya July 23 2012, 18:13:21 UTC

It was a pinch hit, though it took me a little over a week to write. I'm just not able to churn words out quickly.

Thanks for your endorsement of Bilius! He seemed like a good way to make the two aware of each other. From Arthur's point of view I think it was the risk to Molly involved him more personally.

And yes, the error was placing Andromeda in Ravenclaw. I'd always assumed she was, for some reason - I though that's how she freed herself enough to get together with Ted. But Slughorn does say at the start of HBP that all the Blacks were in Slytherin. Somehow I missed the implications of that.

I suppose she could still have "hidden" the old design behind the Harry Potter link
Agreed.

And wasn't it much later than 2004?I think it was late 2004 - I remember the door opening to give a clue to the HBP title, and HBP came out in 2005. Also, the fan site awards were a while back; she fell out with the Lexicon 2007-2008 so the award she made must have been a year or two before that. (Just checked the Lexicon and it said that ( ... )

narcissa_malfoy August 6 2012, 14:00:14 UTC

I find LJ more fragmented, too. I used too hang out in the fanfiction.net messaging boards until they were taken down. After that I felt a bit lost, fandom-wise. I think I spent some time on mailing lists, but they were hopeless to get to know people. I have my very own were-insulted-by-friend-of-Cassie-Claire-as-wee-newbie story *g ( ... )

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