- welcome to the garden of destruction

[oudeteron]

Why, yes, Dir en grey lyrics work wonderfully as titles. And remind me of the chills I got at the concert whenever Kyo broke into the part of Clever Sleazoid beginning with "the dark - dark - Sunday" and everyone sang along with him

Comments

[mustntgetmy]

Oof, you're really going long for what sounds like a very excellent fic in the making. But I understand the struggle. If you ever feel like you need to talk out the details of the Remus/Tonks relationship or pretty much anything else up there, you know I'm up for a discussion :)

Also, I do believe JKR knew what she was doing. I can't honestly say she was promoting R/S here (even if it came out that way), but I do think she was showing us that not all marriages are happy ones. And also that Remus is really fucked up.

As for HP fanfic...I'll have a think on it, but if you're putting slash in it, why not hp_slash?

[oudeteron]

Aww, glad you approve of the idea. I'm a bit angry with myself because I know I could get the revision/rewrite done faster, but this fic really is exhausting. And actually, I do have one little detail I'd like to know your opinion on: I'm thinking I should describe Tonks as 'uncomplicated' somewhere in this story, which isn't exactly a flattering term and I wonder if I'd be justified in using it. I do see her character that way, but I might be too harsh since I just can't sympathize with what seems to be her idea of a perfect life. I'd really appreciate your take on this

[mustntgetmy]

I would agree with uncomplicated with reference to Tonks. For me, it's always been that Tonks is very much an innocent and she's attempting to take on Remus, who is a very fucked up individual who cannot respond to someone who has such a normal perception of things/love as her. So yeah, uncomplicated works really well.

I doubt Remus would've EVER been in the right state to be a doting husband. As I said above: very fucked up individual.

Hey, nothing wrong with wanting to widen the net of readership. Maybe daily_snitch would have some comms you could post at.

[oudeteron]

Thank you! This is more or less my analysis of her, too. Now I know I can use it as a defence for not writing something more...politically correct. xD

Yes, you're probably right. And about the very fucked up individual - that's why we love him so much, I guess!

Oh, thanks very much for bringing such a useful comm to my attention. I'll go explore! ; )

[mustntgetmy]

Eh, what you said about her isn't so bad in any case. "Boyfriend stealing bitch" would've been crossing the line :)

And that's why the R/S relationship is so great too - cause they're both so fucked up.

Enjoy!

[oudeteron]

Hahaha, that's true. I suppose Tonks herself wouldn't mind my description of her all that much. Though I'd be thinking more along the lines of "selfish immature brat" if I really wanted to have a go at her. xD

Seriously, though, R/S must be the most screwed up 'ship I've ever seen, or one of them in any case. But as you said, the fucked up factor is wonderful in the way it brings them closer together...and here we have that understanding again.

^_^

[mustntgetmy]

I'd say R/S was the most screwed up ship with canon backing in HP. Because then you get into stuff like Harry/Snape and to me that exceeds R/S in screwed-up-idness.

[oudeteron]

Right, I forgot about non-canon ships. Of course some of those would top R/S, but then again, I can't really get into pairings without enough canon backing. (Read: I'm a canon snob. ^_^;)

[mustntgetmy]

Hahaha, yeah I'm a canon snob too. Though for whatever reason I am able to shelve that for a good pr0n ^_~

[oudeteron]

Heh, I can do that occasionally...when I really feel like I need a break from constantly fretting over canon bits and pieces. xD