Day 2 - Fic: Team Time: Recto Verso

[rsgamesmods]

Team: Time

Title: Recto Verso

Rating: R

Warnings: Racism, sexism, homophobia, violence, HIV/AIDS, drug use

Genre: Alternate Universe, Drama

Word Count: 7800

Summary: Love in the time of the 1984-5 coal miners' strike. Remus is a geologist working for an independent assessment of a disputed coal mine in his hometown in south Yorkshire during the

Comments

[museinabsentia]

Wow. What a heavy story to tell, and so well handled. It was so painful to see them all so fractured. James and Lily not married. Sirius and James at odds. The things conflict can do to people, the way it changes them. You did such a marvelous job showing that, and yet keeping them all recognizably themselves. That's a difficult feat, and I'm incredibly impressed. There was this lovely detached quality to the story telling that actually made everything that much more poignant. As if it were all felt so much that there wasn't a clean way to tell it, so it was pulled back from. Truly remarkable story telling. Truly remarkably story.

[bearshorty]

This is an impressive piece of writing. Very immersive in this world. From description to language to characterisation, to the heaviness of the topic - just so well done. Wow.

[bookgrrrl2006]

wow. i feel like i learned something. though the style is very different, it gave me the same feeling as reading a lot of barbara kingsovler novels - the feeling that i emerged more knowledgeable about something i should have known about and i feel better for knowing. that is very powerful storytelling, my friend.

[clovenbuttercup]

This blew me away.  I'm a sucker for atmosphere, characterisation, and use of language and this delivers on every level.  Brava!

[huldrejenta]

One of the - many - things I love about Remus and Sirius and the Marauders in general is how they're characters that somehow fit so well into an infinite number of settings; they have this quality that makes them translatable to various situations while, if done well, still remaining true to their canon counterparts. And wow, this was such an inventive and clever (and well-executed) use of exactly that. This story was so vivid and felt so true from the first word. The way you've captured the atmosphere of this part of history impresses me - a lot. Your language and your storytelling aims hard, and it hits the mark. There's an almost resigned quality to Remus' pov even from the beginning, or maybe detached is a better word, that makes me feel the frustration even more. And your prose is remarkably rich and beautiful, of the kind where you keep finding new twists. Yet this line: James was correct, on both counts. Independent did not mean independent; he was what he was. And no mistake. may just be my favourite, in the way it says so