Comments | amanuensis1: FIC, HP: The Baron of Brackley (Draco-centric, PG, ~3500 words)

amanuensis1

FIC, HP: The Baron of Brackley (Draco-centric, PG, ~3500 words)

Feb 24, 2011 07:08

Hey, I sat down with an HP plot bunny and wrote it! Hope you guys think it was worth the wait even if it's not as explicit as my usual. This story wanted things left more to the imagination, go figure.

Title: The Baron of BrackleyAuthor: Amanuensis ( Read more... )

fic, hp

Comments 38

leni_jess February 24 2011, 19:52:05 UTC

One of the worser things about the wizarding world: the corruption that exposes innocents, and relative innocents, to action like Moody's. I like the way you had it a deliberate attack on Lucius's self-esteem - and that Narcissa knew it would probably come to that, and that Lucius gave her carte blanche to protect herself and their child where he could not.

Yes, a good return to the fray!

amanuensis1 February 24 2011, 20:43:21 UTC

Using the child's POV made it all the more interesting to me, trying to translate all that awful into little Draco's eyes. Thank you so much! *hugs* (Ha, your icon's awesome.)

leni_jess February 24 2011, 22:26:32 UTC

That indirection, that veil of ignorance, did, indeed, make it more affecting, though Draco has an excellent nose for danger and distress. Challenges are good.

The Lucius icon is one of my very earliest, when CoS was the latest film and we didn't know nearly enough about canon Lucius's character! Have another, from more recent times…

amanuensis1 February 25 2011, 01:50:35 UTC

I imagine Draco's going to be a proper little worrywart after this. Mmm, more lovely icons!

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amanuensis1 February 25 2011, 01:47:19 UTC

I admit I liked playing with Moody this way. What we see of Moody in canon text is mostly Crouch-Moody, and I wondered if Moody was really every bit the black-and-white zealot Crouch made of him. Thank you!

themostepotente February 24 2011, 22:28:27 UTC

Oh, Amers, it's good to see you writing HP fic again. Loved ALL of your characterisations and am having trouble deciding which one I liked best. Moody should not be this sexy, and he is because you blur the lines of black and white and make him deliciously grey. Oh, and Narcissa! Yummy. And wee fierce Draco. It's so good to see him fighting and not cowering in some corner. Loved this, bb <3

amanuensis1 February 25 2011, 07:08:26 UTC

It was great fun to have these familiar faces to play with. Even if the take I went with might not have been so familiar to me, particularly Moody's. So happy you liked this, darling!

lobelia321 February 24 2011, 22:36:10 UTC

This made me so sad. And heartbroken for Draco.

Fabulously written, sparse and lovely.

amanuensis1 February 25 2011, 07:26:57 UTC

Oh, what amazing compliments, thank you so much! *hearts*

scarletscarlet February 24 2011, 23:42:23 UTC

"I am that, lad. But your father's a different kind of bad man. Don't expect you to understand the difference yet."

Wah, Narcissa :(. I would not have expected that particular flavour of deal-making from Moody. It was fascinating reading it from a child's perspective.

amanuensis1 February 25 2011, 16:33:00 UTC

That seems to be the line that caught the most attention! Yeah, what we know of Moody in text is mostly what Crouch played him to be, and Crouch might have failed to show us Moody's not-so-noble traits, mightn't he? And I enjoyed writing it from the young child's perspective, who boils it down to "you're a bad man."