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May 24, 2010 15:13

Title: The undignified eloquence of Being
Rating: R for imagery
Possible Spoilers/Warnings: A wee bit of angst and some squick-y images.
Author’s Notes: A million thanks to my wonderful beta who has put so much thought and effort in making this story what it currently is (including putting up with much virtual nailbiting and incoherence for the ( Read more... )

exchange 2010, fics

Comments 21

anonymous May 24 2010, 20:54:51 UTC

amazing amazing amazing. very well written. good follow-through of the prompt, interestIng timeline. loved reading it!

anonymous May 25 2010, 13:40:21 UTC

Thank you! I am very glad that it wasn't too confusing and that you enjoyed it! =)

- Mystery Author

venetianglass May 24 2010, 23:06:21 UTC

This is fantastic - the best of the lot, I think. It seemed so very realistic. I could see Draco/Ginny having these discussions, going on this journey, falling like they did. Great job.

venetianglass May 25 2010, 13:39:39 UTC

Awh! thank you! I'm glad that you got the sense of the journey though the bits and pieces!

I'm also glad that the shifting timelines did not cause confusion. To be honest I was kind of experimenting with this fic! So glad to see that its messages got translated across appropriately!

- Mystery Author

jessicakmalfoy May 25 2010, 14:41:31 UTC

I can definitely say I've never read a story where Draco & Ginny go on a religious Muggle-Catholic-journey & it is always nice to read things that are new!

It was a very interesting & touching story. It went much deeper than a lot of the stories I've read. Also, the Ginny\Harry\Draco banter was hysterical!

jessicakmalfoy May 26 2010, 00:39:14 UTC

Thank you thank you! I was going for something a little quirky that hadn't been done before. I'm glad that I managed to surprise! The emphasis wasn't so much on the whole Catholic/religious side of the journey as it was on the spiritual idea of a pilgrimage as a way to connect with yourself better. The pilgrimage that I am describing actually exists and it is, I believe, one of the oldest pilgrim paths in the world. I guess I was living vicariously through Draco with the whole idea of "I will quit my job and go traipsing around the countryside because I can" thing =).

I'm glad that the depth and emotional turmoil of the story was evident through its many fragments. It was very difficult to explain without over-explaining the situation in each one =). Glad to see that it translated fairly well.

Thanks a lot again for the wonderful review and I'm very glad that you enjoyed reading!

- Mystery Author

laria_gwyn May 25 2010, 21:32:14 UTC

This was awesome! The dialogue was so funny (and witty and vicious) and their discussions were so realistic. Your premise was also so unique. I really, really loved it.

laria_gwyn May 26 2010, 00:35:47 UTC

Thanks for the review! I am glad you liked it and ejoyed the thorougly snarky but funny dialogue =)

- Mystery Author

anonymous May 26 2010, 00:11:48 UTC

This was incredible - and such an original twist on the UndercoverSpy!Draco premise! I agree with the reviewer above who said it goes a lot deeper than a lot of stories. I've been lurking around reading this exchange since the very first time it was held and I think this might be the first time I've ever left a review. Well done mystery author!

I did want to ask though - did you mean the country Colombia? The only thing that marred the reading of this for me was my mental image of Columbia University every time I saw it spelled that way. That aside, spectacular work. I would pick out parts I liked a lot but honestly, everything flows so well that I'd have to copy/paste the entire thing.

anonymous May 26 2010, 00:35:04 UTC

Thank you for commenting! It truly means a lot to me that you would leave such a wonderful and thoughtful review.

And the Columbia/Colombia thing was a test =P to see if you readers were actually paying attention. (Hahah, I am kidding. Guh. Thank you for pointing out my incredible moronic-ness and inability to erm... SPELL. Hahaha wow I am reaaaaaaaalllly ashamed of myself now. Georgraphy-Fail!!)

Merci beaucoup again for the wonderful review and for the ever-so precious correction. The more pairs of eyes that look at it the better it will get eventually!! =)

- (a thoroughly embarrassed) Mystery Author