FIC: "Fortune" by Antosha

[mickawber_fics]

To: elysianflowers

Title: Fortune
Author/Artist: Antosha/antoshevu
Pairing: Harry/Ginny, Lily/Lysander (off-screen)
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: ~3800
Summary: He wanted the best for his daughter. He wanted her to have the wedding of her dreams-he knew that, once the Scamander boy had taken Lily’s hand from his, she would be Harry’s little girl no more. So never mind that

Comments

[mickawber_fics]

Thanks so much-simple and elegant is all the reaction that I could ask for!

[birlan]

Very nice. Harry off the tracks financially is a unique idea--but how he got there is amusing. It makes sense that he never worried about money and is surprised when he notices. Great little details--not sure how Parvati and Dudley came to be connected but will be interested in seeing how they do.

Great garden.

[mickawber_fics]

Thanks! I think I'd gotten a bit bored of stories where Harry was super-wealthy, and-being of an age and living in a time when money worries are a bit of a constant-I thought I'd share them with Mr. Potter.

I don't think he enjoyed them much. ;-)

But he did seem to enjoy the garden, and I'm glad that you did too!

[lyras]

1. Yay, I get to read your fic while mine sits in the moderation queue. Excellent timing!

2. You and your f words. :P

On to the story!

He took Ginny’s hand and kissed it, and Harry remembered for a flash why he had disliked Roger when they were young. Roger chuckled again, and it was quickly forgotten.

I love this - it's such a good description of the way emotions flash through our minds.

They unsqueezed into the West Country landscape

Lovely wording!

Scorpius had turned out to be much more pleasant company than his father, who seemed, it pleased Harry to think, even more uncomfortable with the whole arrangement than Harry himself.

Heh. This strikes me as very true to character all-round.

I loved the description of Lily and Lysander's relationship - really sweet, especially as it's from Harry's POV.

spring wildflowers that Aunt Petunia would never have allowed in her garden, but that Ginny had taught him to recognize, back in the days when they’d gone hiking and snogging on the moors after her quicker Quidditch matchesI

[lyras]

I just recced this here, btw.

[mickawber]

Thanks!

[mickawber]

1. And I got to read yours too! Lucky me! :-)

2. Yup. Me and my f words. :-)

I'm glad that you enjoyed this; glad too that you picked those particular moments, which are among my favorites. As I was writing this, I was aware that I was writing a story set ten years or so after the epilogue, a story about memory, and the way it thickens and solidifies as you get older, and so I started to worry that it would ALL be infodump. I mean, a middle-aged person's mind tends to think in multi-layered clumps, you know? So I'm glad that it remained compelling.

And I'm glad that the rose garden worked for you. Dunno where that image came from-part "Fountain of Fair Fortune," part Secret Garden, I guess. But I'm pleased with it, and I'm glad that it worked for you!

[lunalovepotter]

This is absolutely gorgeous. Thank you so much for writing it. :)

[mickawber_fics]

Thank you! I'm glad that you enjoyed it!

[almond_joyz]

this was absolutely beautiful

the garden was a portrait in words and I saw every bit....

[mickawber_fics]

Thank you so much! The idea for the fic-and the garden-sort of snuck up on me; I'm glad that it worked for you.