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Con-crit Post - Haute Allure

Feb 19, 2014 15:43

My do-me-veela fic posted this morning. :D

I was inspired by firethesound's constructive criticism post that she did at the end of All Our Secrets Laid Bare. I know fests are special and not really the place for less-than-positive feedback about fics, but I'd like to know if there are areas where I can improve for the next fic ( Read more... )

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No con-crit to offer... pierian February 22 2014, 22:13:05 UTC

Gosh, I love everything about this fic. I am actually envious that I didn't write this fic because fashion and HP are both highly relevant to my interests, yet it never occurred to me to meld them together. It's an odd feeling, envy. But it's probably for the best because until you made it happen, it sounded implausible. Whereas you took a kooky premise and made it a stunning reality punctuated with hilarity and poignancy. The twist with male Veela was a pleasant surprise on the handling of this trope.

Also, I absolutely adore the Marc Jacobs man-skirt reference and the deft way you made them all vegan/vegetarian because, hello, fashion world even though it's RON who forces his friends to be vegan, and McQueen is so phenomenal that everyone--Muggles and magical folks alike--should bow down to that fashion house. And the Harry Potter haircut, lol!

The entire time I was expecting Cara Delevingne to pop out from somewhere, but that was just my wishful thinking ;)

I want this to be a full-blown universe with a never-ending flow of fics. Or I could, you know, just read this fic again and again and again...

Re: No con-crit to offer... zeitgeistic February 23 2014, 01:58:47 UTC

omgosh, thank you! I am so excited to be friends because let's talk fashion week?

I am so glad you got the references! I was afraid everyone would hate it because the fashion industry is sometimes...questionable. Cara Delevingne, yessss. Are her eyebrows not the most stunning things in the world?

You should totally write a fashion industry fic! I would read the hell out of it.

Re: No con crit to offer... pierian February 23 2014, 23:53:02 UTC

Lady, I will talk FW with you whenever! Though I've been tuning out MFW a bit because I need a quick break between London and Paris. Are you on tumblr by any chance?

I love all the references. Sarah Burton had me wondering if she was a Muggle, witch, or Squib. My bet is on Muggle, even though her talents are magic of another kind. And then I started wondering about all the other people in fashion and whether they were from the wizarding world. Lagerfeld is a wizard, for sure. All that energy and quirkiness. I know he uses a Time Turner.

Cara can do no wrong in my eyes, so everything about her is amazing, particularly her spirit. You know who is pretty much a younger Narcissa? Nastya Kusakina. See exhibits A, B, C, and D.

You will be the first I tell should I ever write fashion fic! <3

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