Fic: "Of Heroes", for anemonesque

May 03, 2007 22:38

Title: Of Heroes
Author: wanderlight
Recipient: anemonesque
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Regulus, Sirius (appearances by Narcissa, Bellatrix, Andromeda, Remus, and James)
Warnings: None
Summary: Regulus has always wanted to do great things, and perhaps he could have, in some other time and place - but this is not that time, or that place, and this is not that story.
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hibernater May 3 2007, 19:53:38 UTC
Wonderful, wonderful characterisations- you used detailed physical descriptions to better effect than I can remember reading in a long while. And the relationships- Narcissa and Regulus, Sirius and Regulus, Andromeda and Bellatrix- are excellently crafted!

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wanderlight May 18 2007, 03:32:16 UTC
Thank you so, so much for this lovely comment. Physical descriptions and the relationships between all of the characters were things I really tried to focus on, in writing this; I'm glad to know that I did at least a little justice to them. :)

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lyras May 3 2007, 21:53:45 UTC
Ah, that sorting section makes my heart hurt. All those deflected possibilities!

Regulus is left with the vague feeling that the world just shifted on its axis and no one bothered to tell him.

And suddenly it's the OotP and the Death Eaters. I really like the way you polarised them.

I like your use of Narcissa's smile in section 8. And then that last section is beautifully done - heartbreaking, and I love your use of the firelight imagery. That last line is gorgeous.

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wanderlight May 18 2007, 03:34:25 UTC
*nods* That's exactly what I was trying to get at with the Sorting section -- I'm glad it came through all right. And thank you, hugely for the rest of the comment; as always, comments coming from you mean a lot. ♥ And hee, you guessed me correctly! :))

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lyras May 24 2007, 15:56:09 UTC
I think you were about the only person I guess correctly in this exchange! I didn't think about it at all when I first read and reviewed the story, but when I remembered that you'd received a gift, this seemed the obvious story for you to have written. And it is a lovely one!

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lyras May 24 2007, 15:56:35 UTC
Ahem: "guessed", not "guess". *sigh*

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jiazho May 4 2007, 04:59:56 UTC
This made me cry. I don't cry for short stories - fanfiction or otherwise. And not even just once! Multiple fresh tears for different sections! A blubbery mess! I'm not even sure what happened but somehow the combination of failed possibilities and neglect and being forgotten just hit something some place and I completely lost it. I hope JKRowling does half as good a job as you did in giving us R.A.B's backstory. (and watch her pull one on us and it turns out not to be Regulus.)

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wanderlight May 18 2007, 03:33:10 UTC
I just -- I keep trying to respond to this and can't find sufficient words. In short, this is one of the best pieces of story-feedback I've ever received; thank you so much. ♥

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visoka May 4 2007, 05:54:42 UTC
That's beautiful. I love the continued tainted innocence and desperate naivety you gave Regulus throughout all the horrors.

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wanderlight May 18 2007, 03:36:19 UTC
I'm so glad that you got that out of the fic -- because it was exactly what I was trying to convey. Thank you so much. ♥

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tehlime May 4 2007, 18:03:46 UTC
This is fantastic. I love your Regulus.

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wanderlight May 18 2007, 03:35:08 UTC
Thank you so much!

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