Fic: 'Who Is R.L.?' (or 'Poor Bundy')

[foulbeggar]

This is in response to robofrog's request:

Set during POA. I imagine many girls would've had rather big crushes on Professor Lupin. How would McGonagall, who of course had noticed the closeness of Mssrs. Black and Lupin during their time at Hogwarts, react to their giggling and note-passing during her class?This was meant to be an entirely happy fic, but

Comments

[foulbeggar]

Gee, thanks. Compliments ahoy!
Ecstatic that MCGonagall was right and that you liked it because ... well ... HUZZAH!

[wickedevra]

This is fantastic; I loved your characterisation of McGonagall, and the story succeeds in being amusing and bitter-sweet at the same time.

[foulbeggar]

amusing and bitter-sweet at the same time
That's wonderful because I did want it to be, dare I say it, multi-faceted (sounding like a hair commercial here). And bitter-sweet is the perfect word. Now I can describe it properly (it has been in the back of my mind and I just couldn't get it out).
Thanks immensely for the kind words.

[lilith_boy]

Hmm...very accurate depiction of McGonagall. For a little constructive criticism, your writing style seems a little stilted and "personal", i.e it seems like the narration is projected directly towards the reader. I'd love to see more work from you.

[foulbeggar]

Glad that McGonagall was accurate for you and also thanks for the comment because I do tend towards 'personalising' third-person, mainly because I've been working a lot in first-person. Generally I prefer it that way because it does make it more personal to the reader and I suppose it's an attempt to draw the reader in and make them more involved

[aura218]

This is lovely. I'm a sucker for McG-Marauder interaction, I've even got a fic in my mind sort of along these lines. I like fics that show that McG has a deep capacity for caring; Harry may see her as stern, but I think she cares a great deal more than her position allows her to let on.

I like that you keep that outsiders'-pov sense, yet you show that even someone who isn't part of the inner circle can care about what's going on. It was a small war and a small Order, so of course everyone knew everyone else's business.

[foulbeggar]

I completely agree with your view of McGonagall. She does what she does (ie. detentions) because she cares about them and doesn't want them to get into anymore trouble than they're already in. She is stern, but rightfully so because Harry (and everyone else) need that to teach them a lesson (though they don't seem to listen that carefully, do they?).

It was a small war and a small Order,
Exactly. They must have been close and understood each other to some degree, and that was what I wanted to express.

Thanks for the wonderful and thoughtful comment and I'm more than glad that you liked it.

[aura218]

She does what she does (ie. detentions) because she cares about them

*nod* She's dedicated, and I think she has faith in her students. Someone like Snape, for instance, may be a good classroom teacher (and I *do* think he's a good teacher in that his students *learn*), but he's probably a lousy head of house. McG nurtures her students, even if that means being strict, and the Gryffs are more or less well behaved because of her presence; Snape controls kids through fear.

[robofrog]

O GOOSEY YOU MAKE ME SO HAPPY.
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, and not just because I requested it, heh. I especially adored the scene where Minerva visited young Remus in the hospital wing; so many memorable lines there (and throughout the rest of the fic, of course). I think you got McGonagall spot on, by the way. With the biscuits and the stern-but-not-really-that-stern-ness. And squee! to the Dumbledore-love.
I have tried drawing your Remus playing chess with a monkey. There are two half-finished versions, both of which look like complete rubbish. Wish me luck for the third attempt!
Love it, goose. Z.

[foulbeggar]

I'm glad I make you happy. It's part of the job description, isn't it?
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
Really? Wow. That makes me all glowing and gushing and blushing and terrifically happy.
And thank goodness McGonagall actually worked, especially with the biscuits. She is fun to write and she comes pretty easily, so I like her for that almost as much as for her character.
Oh, Dumbledore-love. That amused me, when I thought to put it in. Teeheehee. Maybe they'll be my new ship, she says in a decidedly joking manner. Don't get any ideas, lassie.

Huzzah! for Remus and the monkey. I do wish you luck for the third attempt and I am looking forward to it.

So immensely, immensely happy that you loved it, because it was all for you. :)

The Goose-Meister

P.S. I love your icon (and I've seen about one-and-a-half episodes and I can certainly sense the subtext (slightly feel like screaming at the screen, 'Just kiss him!', but I do not, because that would be weird) ).

[robofrog]

Awwww. Warm-and-fuzziness all around.

P.S. I love your icon
Why, thankyou. I made it myself. Ehee. (Someone on the bronskibernstn comm pointed out that Bernstein licks his lips an awful lot whenever he's looking at Bronski. Yeah. Subconscious eh.)

Also, your Remus jacket is love.