The Outcast
Title: The Outcast
Genre: General/Angst
Rating & warnings: PG for mild swearing
Word Count: 6045
Summary: "Sometimes I think Remus must always feel a bit of an outsider, even amongst the four of us." Peter knows the best thing in the world is having friends who care about you. And Remus needs a friend right now. (Suggestion of possible R/L; James ( Read more... )
Genre: General/Angst
Rating & warnings: PG for mild swearing
Word Count: 6045
Summary: "Sometimes I think Remus must always feel a bit of an outsider, even amongst the four of us." Peter knows the best thing in the world is having friends who care about you. And Remus needs a friend right now. (Suggestion of possible R/L; James ( Read more... )
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But your writing is so good. This situation says so much about the characters of all 5. I love the wealth of detail too. About the walk back from the shack, the potions, changing time and of course the runes.
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I'd agree that Peter is quite fascinating and tried very hard not to demonize him at this stage where, if circumstances and his own nature had been just a little different, he might well have carried on being the loyal friend and 'brother' the others assumed he was. But perhaps the key word there is that they did a lot of assuming. It must be hard being friends with two geniuses, you're always going to be in their shadow, and Remus I see as the glue in the middle that gave them all a common purpose and bond. But that leaves Peter tagging around after them, as Madam Rosmerta put it in the books. I've always had the impression that, whatever the faults of the other three, they had an unconditional friendship and loyalty to each other, whereas perhaps his wasn't when it came to the crunch ( ... )
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And that's very kind of you; I really appreciate it. I don't know if you know the redandthewolf community already, but if you do particularly enjoy reading Marauder-era fics, centered around Remus and/or Lily normally, though they've had challenges featuring all the others as the main character too, there's some excellent ones to be found there. :)
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I think what Peter is in is quite representational of a lot of friendships in the world, especially when it comes to groups of friends - undeniably, there's a power structure that causes a constant tension in the way some members would act around each other. That, I felt, was written very very well. <3
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I always feel Peter could have gone either way - that if there hadn't been such a set of circumstances, and if the other Marauders and his own nature had been just slightly different, they might all have continued to be the friends they once were. But I do wonder if there was a lot of tiny incidents that were magnified in his mind, and ignored as irrelevant in the minds of the others - a power struggle, as you say - and he came to realise that he was always going to be fourth of four in terms of importance, affection and in his own head. And this story was trying to show one such possible moment.
I wasn't sure how much I'd enjoy writing Peter, but he was fascinating once I got going. So it's great to hear when people enjoy the story.
Thank you very much for such nice comments.:D
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