Fic: Turn the Night on Fire for such_heights

[paulamcg]

Title: Turn the Night on Fire
Author: paulamcg
Recipient: such_heights
Rating: PG-13
Highlight for Warnings: *smoking of unidentifiable grass*
Word Count: 1,173
Summary: In December 1978 celebrating solstice according to Lily’s idea means waiting for the sunrise and more.
Prompts: sunrise (and a first time, and a specifically Wizarding winter tradition)
Beta: The

Comments

[leafyaki]

Oh my *g* This is so very rich. The night they share here feels almost magical, but...I don't quite know how to say this, but the details feel very gritty and real. Like the smoke of the leaves, the stiffness in Remus's limbs - I love the details like these, they make the scene so much more sensuous.

In the end I really like the feeling that this is five friends spending a night together. While we're all here for our Sirius and Remus fix, this fic is more than just that, it intertwines all the friends in so well ♥ Much love for their singing, dancing, and spending the solstice together!

[paulamcg]

Oh, thank you so much for your amazing, generous feedback. I’m thrilled you call this rich. I’ve been thinking that I contented myself with writing something truly small this time. Now you’ve made me feel that perhaps I’ve managed to offer something like a piece of reality - in a lot rougher form than stories crafted to include a problem at the beginning, a turning point and a satisfying end. It’s good to hear that you’ve found here something (almost) magical, something sensuous, and some lovable togetherness.

Having written something quite different for you last year, I’m so glad you like this, too.

[such_heights]

eee, thank you so much! Dropping a note now as I won't get a chance to read until I've finished my own (hideously overdue *hides from mods*) assignment, but I can't wait to have the time to sit down with this. :D

[paulamcg]

Thank you so much for the note. I can understand well that you’ll rather read only after completing your story - even though mine is truly such a small gift that it’s not absolutely necessary to sit down to share this moment with Sirius. I’ll be patiently looking forward to hearing from you again.

[leaf_green]

I'm no good with leaving comments, but I just wanted to let you know that I read it and enjoyed it. I love how Lily is the one to have grand adventures-- why should the boys always be the ones to have fun?
Thanks for the treat!

[paulamcg]

Thank you so much! It’s wonderful to get love for my Lily here. She’ll become a devoted mother but never really just a housewife.

[paulamcg]

I’m happy to know you’ve read and enjoyed this - so thank you for being so very good to me and leaving this good comment! I’ve referred to Lily’s choice of career and her pre-motherhood fun in an earlier piece, quite aware of diverging from what I’ve seen in fanfic. It’s good to hear you appreciate the idea - and now you’ve made me think that perhaps I should actually show her in one of those adventures. Thank you for this thought, too!

[werewolfsfan]

I'm always surprised by how few stories there are about the Marauders and weed. You've really hit the '70's vibe here though.
I find it fascinating that Sirius changes to Padfoot involuntarily. Could be really dangerous if James should become Prongs without warning.....
But while the last line is the best of course, this is the image that will stay with me:

I know Remus can’t resist this. He’s the crazy one in Muggle discos. I won’t dance with him in public. But the coloured lights seem to draw movement from him, so he dances by himself, and loves the silliest songs.....

[paulamcg]

Oh, thank you! It’s reassuring to hear you feel I’ve hit the right vibe. I’ve never managed to write about drunken boys, but there’s something irresistibly nostalgic about smoking weed, so I wouldn’t mind finding (or crafting) more stories featuring it.

Oops, I wonder how much sense it makes that the Animagus change can take place involuntarily. In my version the ease and the control of the change varies individually a lot, and the process of developing the skill was different for each of the three Animagi.

I’m so glad you like the last line - although it closes the story just before what could be considered the climax. But it’s particularly elating to know that an image of my Remus will stay with you - and that it’s the one of the crazy dancer. (This idea, too, first came up years ago, when in the middle of a lying-low-at-Lupin’s fic my Sirius remembered one of those silliest songs: Hands Up.)

[missgryff]

I love how disconnected it feels. And I love silly Remus <3

[paulamcg]

Oh, thank you for all that love! I’m so glad to hear that the disconnectedness works for you, and it’s wonderful to share the carefree silliness of my usually tragic Remus.