FIC: ...Before the Truth Has a Chance to Get Its Pants On for fullmoon_dreams [Pt 2 of 2]

[midnitemaraud_r]

Title: A Lie Gets Halfway Around the School Before the Truth Has a Chance to Get Its Pants On
Author: midnitemaraud_r
Recipient: fullmoon_dreams
Rating: R

Comments

[brighty18]

This is bloody brilliant, my dear. You are one of the rare few that seems to have such a Rowlingesque grasp of magic that you can make this scenario work just as well as if would have in canon.

This bit totally made me laugh:
"A bit, yeah. I feel like I'm drunk. Bugger that, I wish I was drunk right now."

"And it's not even noon, yet. You're quite the marvel," Sirius said.

"Oh, right. As if. Face it, Lupin, you're just a pathetic failure of a sod who talks to himself too much."

"Well, yes, Moony, we know that, but we still kind of like you anyway," Sirius said, and Remus glared up at him.

as did this: With a little luck, this will wear off on its own in a day or two and you won't even need another antidote, but if you should begin to feel any other adverse effects, like sudden memory loss, or should you find yourself suddenly unconscious, please go see Madam Pomfrey immediately." (Because, surely he could go right away of he discovered that he was unconscious

[midnitemaraud_r]

Your compliments will never cease to make me blush

[inksheddings]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

It's so freaking GOOD. I was laughing at Remus' thoughts from the beginning, before everyone else could hear them. I love it because it's so true, thoughts are random and ridiculous and we'd all die of embarrassment if others could hear. Poor Remus! Except he was well rewarded in the end, now wasn't he? *G*

Peter, James, Lily, Slughorn -- they were all awesome as well as Sirius and Remus.

Wonderful story! You dun good! *hugs*

[midnitemaraud_r]

I think we'd all be screwed if people could hear what we were really thinking! (Which is why, despite the fact that I love Deanna Troi, the notion of a mind-reading species, if it existed, would totally creep me out! :-P)

Thank you so much for pretty much holding my hand as I wrote this, and listening to me whinge when I hit a dead end or a snag. And for being my sounding board when I needed it. I'm so happy that you liked it! Yay! ♥ ♥ ♥

[fullmoon_dreams]

Oh thank you thank you thank you for this fic

[midnitemaraud_r]

Oh, yay!! I was SO happy when I saw your comment! \o/ \o/

I started writing the first section - McGonagall's class - about five minutes after I claimed your prompt! It just kind of came out, and I realised that I wanted to write something that was a bit more ... elaborate, I suppose, than a straightforward truth spell/potion, but I didn't want to stray too far from what you'd asked for either. Of course I couldn't just get right to the point with it, because the journey is part of the fun, and I had to set it all in motion! I finished that first section and thought - okay, now what? - and had to let it stew a bit so I could see the shape it wanted to take

[magnetic_pole]

Aw, this is such a fun variation on the potion-gone-wrong plot! I love seeing Remus loosen up against his will sometimes. And a really lovely stuffy cameo by Slughorn. Enjoyed thoroughly! M.

[midnitemaraud_r]

I rarely seem to do anything with these boys in a straightforward manner. I can't help it; they bring out the mischievous teenager in me, which I suppose it rather germane, considering! (Really, how old am I? :-P) I thought Slughorn would be difficult for me to write, and I wouldn't say it was easy, but I certainly had a lot of fun with that section.

Thanks so much, Maggie! I'm really glad you enjoyed it! ♥

[sambethe]

Dying laughing here. I'd feel bad for Remus, except I'm sure he can hold his own.

[midnitemaraud_r]

I felt a little bad for Remus when I was writing it, but it was far too much fun for me to get that worked up about it. And he did hold his own with James, which was also rather fun! :)

Thanks so much, K! I'm so glad you liked it! ♥