Destruction Where You Stand -- First Year pt 1

[auberus]

When We That Wore the Myrtle
first year backstory for destruction where you stand
by auberus

"When we that wore the myrtle wear the dust,
And years of darkness cover up our eyes,
And all our arrogant laughter and sweet lust
Keep counsel with the scruples of the wise..."
    -Edna St. Vincent Millay

Minerva:

In all her years, Minerva had never expected to

Comments

[konishi_zen]

Ooooh. This is really sweet and cool and just perfect. It fits in with the rest of the universe seamlessly. It also establishes the relationship between Sirius/James as one of equals with friction and friendliness as well.

Sweet!

[anonymous]

Great as always, of course. I loved the way that Remus handled Sirius and James, who were hilarious. Loved that Remus identified with Sirius's fear. Loved the way James stood up for Sirius against Bellatrix. Sirius and James were better at everything than Remus was, though, according to OotP, but it was great the way he made friends with Remus. Peter knowing James the longest was a very chilling detail. How he could betray James after THAT...brrrrr. It makes it ten times worse. It was one of the best Marauders' first year stories I've read. I love this series to bits.

[curiousity_09]

the second section of Remus PoV was so good, that insightful Lupin boy. James and Sirius's bonding, was perfect.
I love this.

[auberus]

Thank you! I needed to do something a little lighter, I think. It cleared my head out for chapter nine, at least. :)

[serenenuit]

Just saying hello. I followed a link from either Hogwarts Today or Quibbler Report. I don't recall which it was now. Either way, I'm very happy to have found your fics but sad that I've read through them all now. :(

You have a lovely, easy style that's a pleasure to read. I'm sure the IT people at work don't appreciate me taking up their bandwidth reading your fics on the job, but when I find something good I can't stay away. They'll understand. Not like they can fire me. I'm the quasi-boss. :P

Anyway, I wanted you to know that I'm enjoying DWYS. I'm having a little problem though. The first line of every fic, with the exception of When We That Wore The Myrtle, is cut off. I don't know if it's my browser or something else.

I'm looking forward to the updates and I've friended you so I can keep up with your other writing as well. Thanks for sharing this. It's great! :D

[auberus]

Thanks so much for the review/comment. Not sure what the problem is with the first lines, unfortunately -- everything loads properly on my computer -- but if you're still having problems, I am archived at skyehawke.

[myfatbudgie]

Oh, excellent! I love the way you wrote the Marauders, and McGonnagall. Loved all the details (such as James using a prank on Lucius that Sirius used on him), the humor, the way the infamous friendships started, everything. Have you thought about posting this to various other groups to get the attention you deserve? P.S. Sirius's conversation starter was great.

[auberus]

thanks so much!! have honestly forgotten where this is posted, however. (i know it's up at skyehawke, but that's pretty much it)