Comments | gilpins_tales: With a Little Help from My Friends

gilpins_tales

With a Little Help from My Friends

May 30, 2008 22:27

Title: With a Little Help from My Friends
Genre: Humour; drama; a dash of romance
Ratings & Warnings: PG-13 (Mild swearing)
Word Count: 6985
Summary: There’s something the Marauders wouldn’t be caught dead reading in public, but in private it’s a very different matter. After all, it’s the only way to try and come to terms with the complex ( Read more... )

nymphadora tonks, marauder-era, romance, peter pettigrew, sirius black, rated pg-13, remus lupin, james potter, humour, drama, remus/tonks

Comments 25

fthpfthpfthp May 31 2008, 02:20:37 UTC

The Hair! LOL!

This is really fun! I can just picture a bunch of boys gathered around an issue of Redbook, engrossed in 10 tips to drive him wild. The personalities of each Marauder are incredibly vivid and fun! I'd like to know each one of them - even insecure Peter and doofus James. Aunti Siri knows all! Your Remus is incredibly lucky to have such wonderful friends who care about him enough to soothe his fear and shame between teasing remarks.

And Tonks, at the end with her afterglow *snicker*...

What a wonderful and mature Sirius you've written - with his youthful jealous pangs and his conscious decision to be happy for his friends, then taking the mickey anyway. *sigh*

gilpins_tales June 2 2008, 16:06:49 UTC

The Hair! LOL!Did you like my cunning plan to mention Remus' dishevelled hair at every opportunity so that when it came to drawing it again you just couldn't help yourself... Of course, I was going to ask if it had worked, but then I see today it already has ( ... )

katyhasclogs May 31 2008, 06:49:26 UTC

Oh I enjoyed this so much. I love your marauders and this was a great idea, having them secretly reading womens magazines. It was funny and serious in just the right amounts. I totally wasn't expecting the time jump at the end but it worked very well.

Sorry this isn't longer or more coherent but it's very early in the morning. Far to early for a saturday!

gilpins_tales June 2 2008, 16:52:55 UTC

Thank you very much and comments are always welcome, never worry about coherency!

I'm very pleased you enjoyed it as it was a lot of fun to write. I'm glad you thought the mix of humour and seriousness worked; I didn't want to get too deep and meaningful in a light-hearted tale, but then there were some very dodgy jokes that probably needed a bit more meaning to them, lol. Somehow I couldn't resist putting 'glowing' R/T in at the end; I like to think that all the note-taking from those letters did pay off in style for all concerned... ;)

Thanks again.:D

anonymous May 31 2008, 07:05:34 UTC

*Grins dementedly*

The part about the banana and Snivellus bringing grapes nearly had me howling with laughter. As did several other places but there's this serious story at the same time going underneath it all. The bit about Peter getting the cake from the elfs because of KNOWING PEOPLE and Remus being surprised by his astuteness - yes, yes, yes!

I love your young and older Remus's so much, nearly as much as Tonks! And Sirius I want to hug at the end.

Jenny
x

gilpins_tales June 2 2008, 16:48:30 UTC

Thank you; it's great to hear you enjoyed it.

I'm glad you thought the mix of humour and seriousness worked; I didn't want to get too deep and meaningful in a light-hearted tale, but then there were some very dodgy jokes that probably needed a bit more meaning, lol. It's nice to give Peter moments of astuteness and keen observation as I think he was probably under-estimated by all in both areas. As for Remus - I may have got confused in the last scene and thought it was my birthday. ;)

Thanks again. :)

hrymfaxe May 31 2008, 07:57:48 UTC

Oohh, I feel so happy to have this story dedicated to me! What woman doesn't like the thought of four teenage boys reading girls' magazines... ;)

I loved it! A perfect blend between humour and seriousness, which both highlight the other. I do adore your marauders - they are so real and full of their own concerns while relating to each other in complete accordance with their personalities. (I'm hoping that makes sense..)

Now if you will permit - some favourite lines:
Moony!” Sirius strode across the room in seemingly two strides and clapped Remus rather too vigorously on the shoulder. “Looking pale and not very interesting as usual, I see.
LOL! Sirius' lines crack me up! And at the same time you let us know that he actually does worry. :) Oh and I liked how Peter's concern made Remus go on the defensive and Sirius' made him feel included...

Sirius blinked momentarily before obviously deciding to ignore the fact that the last ten seconds of life had happened.
Smart move Mr Black! :D

Should I still be thinking of sex at my age? - you ( ... )

gilpins_tales June 2 2008, 19:32:02 UTC

Am so glad you liked your birthday gift - though I think I got the better deal of the bargain as this was a lot of fun to write ( ... )

mrstater June 1 2008, 15:33:27 UTC

I do always look forward to your Marauder fics, because not only is your teenaged Remus delightful, but you really capture the dynamic between the four of them in a way that makes everything make sense to me. This is why they are who they are all grown up when we meet them -- their humor, their insecurities...it all leads to the choices they make for good and for ill, and I really couldn't imagine it any other way. (So JKR really doesn't need to publish that prequel. ;))

I am so glad you decided to show us the boys reading Witch Weekly. It's hilariously boyish that they go to such lengths to hide what they're doing; and I love that hint of genuine interest into the feminine mystique even though they deny it so profusely. The titles of the articles are so funny, as are Sirius' asides -- I think I'd love to read an entire issue of the magazine written by you, with Sirius' train of thought as he reads it, lol ( ... )

gilpins_tales June 2 2008, 22:16:50 UTC

I am so delighted you enjoyed this. It did set out to be a light-hearted, boys-do-embarrassing-girly-thing (with tea and cake) while pretending to be all manly and jokey about it, but, as always, I seemed to end up looking at their friendship and getting that bit deeper. I find it fascinating to ponder the dynamics and personalities, at least until that prequel comes out and proves I couldn't be more wrong, lol.

I hope there's something to my theory that James was the one who was the most sensitive and understanding to Remus, in the way his son will be later on. It seems to make the most sense to me because Sirius is so black and white in how he sees and deals with everything, Peter is wrapped up in how Remus' problems relate to him first and Remus only second, but I like to imagine that, when we get to Prank time, James may have saved Snape as much, if not more, for Remus and Sirius as he did for Snape himself who he hates so much. Which suggests the kind of mature thinking neither Sirius nor Peter have got at this point, and ( ... )