Drabble Meme Fic

[gehayi]

Title: Epistle to the Last Marauder
Author: gehayi
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing/characters: Peter Pettigrew, Remus Lupin, Remus/Tonks, James/Lily, Peter/Dorcas Meadowes (implied), Remus/Sirius
Word Count: 1700
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by J.K. Rowling, various publishers including but not

Comments

[lls_mutant]

I've always loved your Peter, and I was delighted to see this pop up this morning! I haven't read an HP fic in ages, so this was a great dip back in.

Dumbledore lying about being a Legilimens was fantastic. He never did use that power, did he? Heh. And I'd thought about the whole James-and-Lily-Inferi thing, too. That was just brilliant.

Peter was such a complicated, interesting character. I really wish JKR had done more with him. Great stuff!

[gehayi]

Peter was such a complicated, interesting character. I really wish JKR had done more with him.Oh, me too. I'm afraid that her perception of cowardice got in the way, for she set up Peter in an impossible situation where

[lareinenoire]

I've said this before, but I absolutely love your Peter -- the fact that he's completely matter-of-fact about it makes all the awfulness he's been through even worse because he's got no reason to expect things to turn out well.

The parallel between Remus and Tonks and James and Lily was one I hadn't thought about at all, but it makes sense in retrospect.

[gehayi]

I see Peter in this as a man whose foot is caught in a railroad track. And the train is coming. He can't move. There's no one who can save him, and he knows he's doomed. And then he sees a former friend nearby, someone who might get killed when the train jumps the tracks. And he removes his red shirt and begins waving it in warning.

the fact that he's completely matter-of-fact about it makes all the awfulness he's been through even worse because he's got no reason to expect things to turn out well.

You're right. He doesn't expect things to turn out well, or to be spared in any way. But he's still trying in his own way--even though he knows Remus probably won't listen.

The parallel between Remus and Tonks and James and Lily was one I hadn't thought about at all, but it makes sense in retrospect.It seemed a bit forced, since I never got the impression that Remus was in love with Tonks, and James and Lily were supposed to be mad about each other. Nevertheless, I do think that this is what Rowling had in mind--one couple echoing

[lareinenoire]

Nevertheless, I do think that this is what Rowling had in mind--one couple echoing another, but with the child of one entering a family where he was accepted rather than rejected.

Yes, that sounds about right, and I did like how you gave that another dimension -- not just echoes in the family structure, but also echoes in the dangerous situations.

And he removes his red shirt and begins waving it in warning.

YES. a_t_rain writes him very much the same way, as do I. It just makes so much more sense than him being a Death Eater to the core.

Your Peter is just marvellous. Although I really should start reading the Dresden Files -- maybe for a post-dissertation treat this summer.

[minkhollow]

Oh, poor Peter. Your Peter at least does what he can, in the face of insurmountable odds.
(And Regulus wants to know where the hell Lupin's good sense ran off to. Complete with comments like 'what, did it die along with Sirius?')
This was lovely, and might have redeemed the last book a little, if it had been in there somewhere.

[gehayi]

This was lovely, and might have redeemed the last book a little, if it had been in there somewhere.

Thank you. I wish it had been; it would have helped if we could have seen Peter as a believable person in a bad situation. Unfortunately, Rowling's hatred for traitors--which also led her to depict Hermione as permanently disfiguring another girl for being a tattletale and as still having the moral high ground--got in the way.

Regulus wants to know where the hell Lupin's good sense ran off to. Complete with comments like 'what, did it die along with Sirius?'I think that's something that Rowling needed to explore--and could have, if she'd just broken from the mindset of "everything Harry does is fascinating, including a camping trip from Hell

[erastes]

*lip wobbling*

Sniff.

Brilliant.

[gehayi]

Awww, thank you.

[ravenclaw_eric]

This really makes me feel sorry for Peter. He was basically thrown in 'way over his head.

[gehayi]

Thank you. Yeah, he really was, poor guy, more's the pity.