I'm sitting here trying to think of a way to convey how much I loved both of these. I am of course horribly biased toward the second, and I actually got choked up reading it. I know a lot of people say they cried while reading such and such but I do not regularly get choked up by the written word (not counting PMS, then I cry driving to wrk for no reason at all =P)
My stomache hollowed out as I read that because I knew what was coming and wanted it not to come but could not stop reading.
That was amazing. And now, because of that fic, you force me to use the sad Peter icon. ^^
I wanted that to be a light-hearted, happy love affair. (Well, it was...for a while.) Poor Peter doesn't seem to have any luck at all, does he?
I need to do something with Remus and Peter--not as a couple, but as a pair of friends. I think that, like James and Sirius, they were almost brothers--but because they weren't as flashy or extroverted as James and Sirius, no one paid much attention.
I'd love to see that. As much as I have fun with that ship, I do just like them as friends and I'd like to see their friendship delt with. That's why I love After The Rain's stories so much. A lot of them hinged on peter and Remus's friendship.
I've always been surprised at how quickly remus agreed to kill peter in PoA. I guess that does make him look closer to Sirius, but then, someone pointed out that, when he talked to Harry about teh Dementor's kiss, he seemed oppssed to Sirius getting it, so maybe Remus thought death was a better option.
PS It was Dorcas he turned to with the news of his treason--not the friends whom he feared would kill him out of righteous wrath. It was Dorcas who held him tightly as he stared into nothingness, his face burning with shame, his voice barely a whisper as he struggled to describe the unspeakable
This is what got me in the gut. Thes tarng into nothingness and the burning face, wow.
Wow. That last one is just... holy crap. Have you read Harlan Ellison's "I Have No Mouth But I Must Scream"? Dorcas's death by Voldemort reminded me of that and it was gut-wrenching.
Oh, yes, I've read "I Have No Mouth," and it gave me nightmares for years. (Vivid imaginations can be terrible things at two in the morning.) I hadn't realised Ellison's influence had seeped into this story, but you're right...it has.
You know, it occurs to me--it could have been worse. Voldemort could have altered Dorcas, driven her insane...and then left her alive. I suppose he didn't want Peter to have any hope left...even a vain hope.
Yeah, the giant blob creature that used to be human at the end of "I Have No Mouth" scared the living crap out of me. And worse, he couldn't even die and had to spent eternity like that. One of the freakiest stories I've ever read.
No, I'm sorry, I don't sail on the "Against All Odds" (which I gather is the name of the Sirius/Dorcas ship on Fiction Alley; I'd never thought of writing about Dorcas before xdistantsparkle requested a story about her and Peter.
I'm flattered, amused and surprised that our views of Dorcas are similar.
Are you the same person who wrote, "A Fair Fellowship of Young Squires"? Because if you are--that's superb. (I'll restrain myself from saying more until I know if I've got the right person.)
Are you the same person who wrote, "A Fair Fellowship of Young Squires"? Because if you are--that's superb. (I'll restrain myself from saying more until I know if I've got the right person.)
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I am of course horribly biased toward the second, and I actually got choked up reading it. I know a lot of people say they cried while reading such and such but I do not regularly get choked up by the written word (not counting PMS, then I cry driving to wrk for no reason at all =P)
My stomache hollowed out as I read that because I knew what was coming and wanted it not to come but could not stop reading.
That was amazing.
And now, because of that fic, you force me to use the sad Peter icon. ^^
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Thank you, Ani. I'm very flattered.
I wanted that to be a light-hearted, happy love affair. (Well, it was...for a while.) Poor Peter doesn't seem to have any luck at all, does he?
I need to do something with Remus and Peter--not as a couple, but as a pair of friends. I think that, like James and Sirius, they were almost brothers--but because they weren't as flashy or extroverted as James and Sirius, no one paid much attention.
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I've always been surprised at how quickly remus agreed to kill peter in PoA. I guess that does make him look closer to Sirius, but then, someone pointed out that, when he talked to Harry about teh Dementor's kiss, he seemed oppssed to Sirius getting it, so maybe Remus thought death was a better option.
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It was Dorcas he turned to with the news of his treason--not the friends whom he feared would kill him out of righteous wrath. It was Dorcas who held him tightly as he stared into nothingness, his face burning with shame, his voice barely a whisper as he struggled to describe the unspeakable
This is what got me in the gut. Thes tarng into nothingness and the burning face, wow.
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You know, it occurs to me--it could have been worse. Voldemort could have altered Dorcas, driven her insane...and then left her alive. I suppose he didn't want Peter to have any hope left...even a vain hope.
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Am a Sirius / Dorcas shipper (which I gather you aren't), but this is very close to how I picture her.
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I'm flattered, amused and surprised that our views of Dorcas are similar.
Are you the same person who wrote, "A Fair Fellowship of Young Squires"? Because if you are--that's superb. (I'll restrain myself from saying more until I know if I've got the right person.)
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Yes, I am. Glad you enjoyed it!
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