faint indirections (neville/percy, snape/potter - sort of)

[girl_tarte]

note: second (and final) bit

Comments

[secrethappiness]

Oh Tarte, I really do love this fic. I wish I could be more coherent than !!! but I doubt it. You've done an amazing job with characterization and subtlety and attention to detail.

Pour yourself a large g&t, you deserve it.

[girl_tarte]

thank you, hon.

Pour yourself a large g&t

if it were not now long past my bedtime, g&t would be a given. :)

[buckle_berry]

i am sick as a dog, tarte. nothing could make me smile tonight but this. your neville voice is just perfect, i can absolutely hear him saying all the words you've put in his mouth.

That’s it. For a bitter, misanthropic, pessimistic, dead bastard, he sounds - happy.

i'm like *gigglesob*.

i love it. an interesting, original, gentle, bittersweet, funny, gorgeous story. loveliest.

icon is super appropriate for all reasons :)

[girl_tarte]

omg, b. GO TO SLEEP. and don't get out of bed till saturday morning. *fret*

but you told me it was rubbish and it didn't make any sense, and and... KIDDING. *alfonso icon*

[girl_tarte]

thank you! (i liked the applejack roses too.) also thank you for the v. generous rec, which berry kindly showed me. i'm flattered. :)

[rexluscus]

Wow, this is so outstanding. So subtle and beautiful. The crayon portrait was a stroke of genius. I could hear Snape in my head like he was right there, and all the other character voices were so distinct and wonderful too. Percy, a character I've never had any special regard for, was so perfect - grown up quite a bit, but still unmistakably himself. The disgorged wishes were wonderful. And then Neville. His generous, observant, forgiving worldview permeated the whole thing.

[girl_tarte]

oh, i'm really pleased you liked the crayon portrait. i really struggled for inspiration with this fic, and that was the first thing that really hit. also i have to admit, i've never been particularly interested in percy before, but i persuaded myself to love the idea that he might just be waiting for someone a little bit kinder and more patient than the average. thank you for reading this.

[svartalfur]

Excellent. Snape and Neville's voice are spot on. I love the Boggart, the wishknots vomiting Neville's name, Harry caressing (cleaning) Snape's portrait. A wonderful story, beautifully written.

[girl_tarte]

thank you! all writing angst aside, it was a fic i really enjoyed putting together, and it's lovely to have people pick out the details that really struck them.