31. PERSECUTION (R) BY IAMSHADOW

[shadowfiction]

Title: Persecution
Author: iamshadow
Ship: Ron/Harry
Word Count: 2,361 + graphic by kath_ballantyne (inclusive

Comments

[redsnake05]

It's so nice you're home, and nice to read this. I have been in dire need of a little gentle angst, and you have provided beautiflly. The art work is great (love the ad), and the response of the Weasleys is so gorgeous. I adore ferocious Molly. I really like the way you can write a story that focuses for well on Harry and Ron and their dynamic, but deals so well with the other characters too.

[shadowfiction]

It's wonderful to be home.

Glad I could cater to your angst needs!

I felt I had to touch on the broader family reactions, because this would affect them all, not just Harry and Ron.

Ferocious!Molly is so wonderful. She's very protective of her family, and Harry is family as much as Ron is.

[animehime]

Wicked! :D I love the Trap, and I loved it near the beginning when Ron took care of/gave Harry what he needed.

This was a fantastic chapter. :D

[shadowfiction]

I rather love the idea of a black box that nukes Howlers, too! I was sort of thinking of bomb disposal when I came up with that one. A heavy-weight secure unit that just mercilessly purges magic from things.

The scene between Ron and Harry was really bittersweet to write. Sex certainly isn't a solution to most problems, but it can be a unique form of comfort that sometimes helps when words or gentle non-sexual affection might just make you feel worse.

[roelliej]

Just love it.
Can't wait to read the next chapter :D

[shadowfiction]

Thank you!

Working on it now, so depending on how well it goes, it'll be up either tonight or tomorrow.

[earth_dragon]

i hope skeeter suffers. SUFFERS, i tell you. ;-) and protective ron is love.

[shadowfiction]

Well, I think she can kiss goodbye to her career, even as a freelancer. She's too much of a liability. The papers and the magazines would just be leaving themselves open for lawsuits if they hired her or accepted her articles after this. Ditto any publishing companies who might have taken on her books. And there'll be questions raised about who knew she was an unregistered Animagus and what she was doing, but turned a blind eye because they liked the revenue from the stories she wrote.

Hermione has effectively destroyed Skeeter with one anonymous tipoff. And short of using some highly illegal curses, there's not really anything Skeeter can do about it, now that her quill has effectively been tied.

Protective!Ron is so huggable. *squishes him*

Love your story!

[suzanne78]

I'm always game for great post-DH H/R stories, and this one I enthusiastically read anytime there's an update. I loved this chapter, and I adore Hermione for protecting her men! Rita Skeeter's such a troll.

Ooh, and the boysex/frottage/Harry hungry for Ron...awsome!

Re: Love your story!

[shadowfiction]

Thank you!

Hermione does protect her boys, and she can be very ruthless if she wants to be (think the hexed list in OotP).

I did get great satisfaction giving Rita her just desserts. It's one of the perks of writing fanfic that you can give a good spanking to whoever you think deserves it.

Writing that little sex scene was trickier than you'd think. I wanted Ron to be reluctant but not unwilling, and Harry to be desperate and distraught but there to be no hinting of non or dubcon. Getting the balances right was difficult.

Re: Love your story!

[suzanne78]

Balance was struck. It came across nicely, a little hot, quite angsty. (Well, really, your H/R have loads of physical chemistry, even if their sex is tinged with that underlying drama...)

Well done.

Re: Love your story!

[shadowfiction]

*wipes brow*

I'm always glad when I get reassurance that something's been successful. I never feel like I'm impartial enough to judge, y'know?