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Springfic: "Young People for Progress" for curia_regis

Apr 15, 2009 19:12

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Title: Young People for Progress
Author: bluemoon02
Recipient: curia_regis
Character(s): Severus Snape, Lucius Malfoy, Romilda Vane, Lord Voldemort
Rating: PG
Wordcount: ~6,500 words
Warnings (highlight to view): Character death, AU
Summary: After the death of Harry Potter, Severus Snape struggles to find a purpose ( Read more... )

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Comments 31

lazy_neutrino April 15 2009, 18:49:51 UTC

Ooh, that's lovely and brooding and claustrophobic and Romilda Vane is terrifying.

Aching for a drink at eleven o'clock; Father would be proud.

Wonderful, bitter little detail. I loved it.

lyras April 15 2009, 21:24:00 UTC

I really liked the insight into Severus's feelings here; he's such an opaque character in canon. Like lazy_neutrino, the comment about aching for a drink and the reminder of his father really struck me as I was reading.

As for the overall story, woo, that was depressing! But sadly plausible if things hadn't played out so well in DH. I especially liked Lucius's character - he's a slippery one, that Malfoy!

vegablack62 April 15 2009, 22:26:45 UTC

I liked Snape's voice in this piece. I believed what I was reading. Like Lyras, and Lazy Neutrino I liked the line about aching for a drink at eleven and being like his father. There was a nice touch of bitterness in Snape without going to far.

Your picture of the world was well thought out. I liked the youth organization, the fact that V. was willing to accept the appearance of loyalty. You did a great job with Lucius' and Snape's relationship as well.

curia_regis April 16 2009, 00:27:20 UTC

Oh I loved this. *g* You characterised Severus really well! And I really liked your Romilda Vane. And like everybody else, I loved that line about aching for a drink. It shows Severus' personality really well.

And the student organisation! *g*

Thank you so much, mystery writer!

kennahijja April 16 2009, 00:59:43 UTC

That was intense, and very dark too. I liked your Snape, jaded, but not able to suppress his disgust with the 'new world' Voldemort creates and what it does to his (and Dumbledores, I felt) school. It's almost a form of passive resistance, writing down his thoughts, and even that is enough to destroy him in the end. I loved his sarcasm... like
RV is quite the little Death Eater. The Dark Lord salivates over her like an adolescent. He can barely wait to get her into the Ministry, where she can really do some damage.The 'young people for progress' (amazing title there, too) were very chilly and effective, with Romilda the most glaring poster child. It read like HP inspired by 'The Wave', doubly chilling because it had that sort of insidious darkness creep into the familiar wizarding world and infect even characters like Zacharias, or seemingly innocent first years ( ... )