[Kaleidoscope update] Taking Leave

[shimotsuki]

Well. When I first started plotting the HBP section of Kaleidoscope, I did not think it would take six whole chapters to get rid of Remus. ;) But as it turns out, from mousy hair to Remus's history with Greyback to tea and sympathy to Patronus changes, there were a few things that needed to be pulled into the story

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[shimotsuki]

There's no such thing as a late comment, you know -- and anyway, this was perfectly timed for a birthday present! :)

I'm really happy to hear you thought this felt like a complete story, because it started life as a timeline problem. ;) There are more than two weeks between the tea-and-sympathy scene and Harry's birthday party. But I didn't want to just write two weeks of "I don't care" arguments, and I wanted to give Remus a way to delude himself into thinking he's going back to "just friends" while keeping with the HBP Kaleidoscope theme that he's trying to avoid letting Tonks touch him, ever. Hence the Cornwall mission and the owls.

I actually thought Tonks would have to show Remus her Patronus before his mission, so he would recognize it if she had to send him a message. But it's very true that -- as you say -- at this point in the story Tonks thinks she has to do everything she can to win Remus over now. She's throwing everything she's got at him, all at once...which may not have been the wisest approach, heh.

Thanks so much for the thoughtful comments -- and for sticking with this series for so long. ♥