By Going On

[gilpins_tales]

Title: By Going On
Rating and warnings: R - please note deals with death and grieving.
Prompts: Cauldron, Day of Promise, Alternate Universe
Word Count: 8202 words
Summary: She dimly heard Remus’ voice. “It’s just confusing because we’ve…” His voice faltered, then went on. “Because we’ve lost a day. Dora. Don’t you remember?” Remus and Tonks have

Comments

[calyndra]

That was lovely. There's so much to be considered about the "happy ending" and I think you've hit it right on. This is terribly sad, but still manages to capture the hope the future holds for the survivors. The secondary characters were very powerful, particularly George and Minerva. I also liked Hermione's little cameo and her new "crusade."

When I get married, will everyone send me a cauldron??
Not that there's much hope of my getting married...

Thank you!

[gilpin25]

Aw, thanks so much. It's nice to see you back again and still watching the dancing, I see, from your LJ!:D There's so much rowing currently going on in our version of SCD here, but I'm digressing, lol.

I'm very glad you liked the story - I wanted to say something about the cost of winning, both in terms of loss of life and in what it does to those who are left to carry on. Though I feel a bit guilty at having been given AU as a prompt and still giving poor R/T such an angst-ridden time! I'm not sure my explanation for how they survived stands up to much scutiny (or logic), but some of my favourite parts to write were those featuring George and Minerva so it's great to hear you liked them.

When I get married, will everyone send me a cauldron?? Not that there's much hope of my getting married...

I said that myself once... I'd better go out and order a cauldron, ready for you! ;)

[kuri333]

Long live this sort of AU. Honestly, this is the best... nay, the only good (did I say good? I meant grand!) fic about them surviving

[gilpin25]

I didn't really like AU before the events of Deathly Hallows, at least not writing it myself, but even now it still feels terribly unjust that Remus and Tonks didn't get a very hard won happy ending. Especially once I heard that JKR originally hadn't intended to kill them off, which rather begs the question: what would have happened if she'd stuck to her first plan

[kuri333]

Thank you very much for writing back. You're really kind!

Yours is a very good (and terrible) question. What would have happened if she'd stuck to her first plan? I've read somewhere that she said she sort of "traded" them for Arthur Weasley's life... I'm about to write the cruellest of things. Was it really necessary for him to survive? *bends down to duck the rotten tomato flying her direction*

Ok, ok, nevermind. I love Remus and Tonks together but above it all I love the idea of them together. Of two persons apparently so different having so much to share and so much to fight for... so I'm going back to Land of Denial, and I think I'm staying there for a while.

Cheers!

[iluvrt]

you've voiced the dream of every r/t fan out there! they really did survive!!! this was just so beautiful & full of feeling & emotion. the part w george just broke my heart. but i loved it all all the same. :)