Springfic: "By the light of lesser mortals" for miss_morland

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Title: By the light of lesser mortals
Author/Artist: curia_regis
Recipient: miss_morland
Character(s): Dolores Umbridge
Rating: PG
Wordcount: ~3000
Warnings (if any): Bureaucracy? ;)
Summary: The glitter of ambition was an unseemly thing for a young woman, but Dolores had always wanted to make a difference. If she couldn't do it in the Department of Magical

Comments

[miss_morland]

Dear mystery author, I love this! Your Umbridge POV is fabulous -- she's ambitious, yes, but not only on her own behalf; she truly wants the wizarding world to prosper and believes she's helping it to do just that. I love her keen observations of the people around her and the way she's always sizing them up and keeping track of their failings (though the mention of her coworkers not inviting her for coffee made me feel sad for her, too).

"I thought that you could help them book the meeting room. You did such a good job with the nameplates yesterday."

*dies* I guess I can't blame her for finding her first job unsatisfying...

She would rise above them one day. And then they'd realise the mistake they'd made.

Indeed. (Love the title, too.)

It wasn't as though she was prejudiced against them or anything like that. No, it was nothing like that. They were just different.

Deliciously ironic, as is the bit about werewolves working at Hogwarts.

She hadn't planned on getting a promotion this year, but it looked like she would have to

[curia_regis]

♥ Sorry for the uber late reply! (Of course, you totally guessed it was me who wrote the fic. *g*)

I'm really glad you liked it. :)

[minervas_eule]

Your "warning" really is a valid one *LOL*: what a workplace for an aspiring mind - you actually made me feel sorry for Dolores ;-))
Very well imagined indeed!

[curia_regis]

*g* I figured any civil servant reading would need to be warned for that!

I'm glad you liked it! Thank you for your review and sorry for the very late reply!

[lareinenoire]

Wow, you actually made me understand Dolores Umbridge. This fic did an excellent job of explaining her frustrations while still keeping perfectly true to her (horrible) character. I love how she balances her ambitions with her genuine -- if painfully misguided -- desire to change the world for the better. Fantastic job!

[curia_regis]

Yay! I'm glad you found it true to character. :)

Thanks for your review and sorry for my really late reply!

[fannyt]

What an amazing job -- you fleshed out Dolores' character and gave us a the story of how she became who she did, without in any way retracting from her general, canonical nastiness. Her mother was an interesting addition, too. Great story!

[curia_regis]

Thank you! I'm glad you found it in character. :)

Sorry for the really late reply!

[secretsolitaire]

An interesting take on Umbridge's character.

[curia_regis]

Thanks!

Apologies for the late reply!