Blame It On The Tetons: novembersmith

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Title: Voldemort Can’t Stop the Beat
Author: novembersmith
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Brad/Ray
Word Count: 6400~
Warnings: Violence, but no deaths
Summary: All Ray fucking had were his words, except this time he didn’t even have them.
AN: JFC. So. "Blame it on the Tetons" is a song about miscommunications and how language fucks you up. For some reason I took this

Comments

[swiiftly]

Oh my god, this was SO LOVELY. Like, of course it is super hilarious, because RAY, and CURSED TO TALK ONLY IN SONG (this was a brilliant story idea, just saying), but it's more than that, too. For one thing, you are seriously a master of AUs, and this makes me want to read ALL ABOUT brilliant muggle-born wizard Ray, oh my god. You fit these characters so well into this world, I was so delighted. But then I also love how you switched things up a bit, giving Ray and Brad this slightly different history, being best friends at school (and seriously, again, I would read ALL THE WORDS about them being awesome magical BFFs at school). And then their relationship just felt like it had so much WEIGHT - there was so much there, so much history, and they are so close and so protective of each other and appreciate each other so much, and all of this comes through when RAY CAN ONLY SPEAK IN SONG, and, ugh, you are so brilliant at this, my friend. And your prose always has this wonderful mix of such fucking cleverness that makes me grin and giggle

[novembersmith]

YOU ARE SO LOVELY. And your comment! I HAVE IT PRINTED OUT AND IN MY BRA FOREVER. Comedy is so difficult to nail and this was SUCH A DICKPUNCH TO WRITE, YOU HAVE NO IDEA, so you have basically sent me over the moon.

his makes me want to read ALL ABOUT brilliant muggle-born wizard Ray

RIGHT? I had all this backstory and side story and EPIC OTHER PLOTLINES that I wanted to write, but I had no tiiiiime (and still do noooot why is my liiiife).

Seriously, I am still moon-eyed at this comment. I'm so glad the worlds meshed well for you and that you thought the dorky song-lyric idea was funny and fun and ahhhhh BASICALLY ILU FOR ALWAYS. BE MINE FOREVER, ETC.

[kitsunejin]

OH MY GOD, YOU ARE AMAZING. And insane, and brilliant, and SO AMAZING. I cannot even believe this fic is REAL, it is the most wonderful thing I've ever seen

[novembersmith]

AHAHA, emphasis on the insane, I think! But thank you so much! There were so many stories I could have written for this song, all heartfelt and moving and deep and shit, but my stupid brain would not let this idea go. "HA HA HA IT IS LIKE I AM WRITING A SONGFIC FOR A SONG CHALLENGE I AM BRILLIANT." /o\

I really loved the idea of the HP crossover, though, and it was so fun to play in that universe and imagine what the war would have been like if the Americans got involved and what the equivalent of British Aurors would be, you know? Plus I have such a fondness for backstory and mucking around with magic and so forth.

And YAY I AM SO STOKED TO HEAR I HAVE CAUSED LAUGHTER! Humor is so tricky and, well, I thought it was funny to have them communicate via the Spice Girls, but my taste cannot be trusted.

Just, thank you so much for such a lovely comment! It has brought me great glee and happiness and just, yes, thank you!

[glitterglam13]

This awesome. I love the whole concept, how you mixed the HP 'verse into GK and I love your Ray so much and seeing Brad through his eyes. Fantastic.

[novembersmith]

Thank you! I always love playing in the HP universe, and really, Ray with magic is hard to resist. ♥

[nightanddaze]

Hah! I love stories like this: sound bananas but are actually incredibly well-done. And this is fantastic! Funny and crazy and a bit hot and awesome. Amazing use of the song!!

[novembersmith]

I had other ideas that seemed more appropriate to the tone of the song, but I just couldn't let the opportunity to write a ridiculous HP songfic go. /o\ I'm glad you liked it and that the crazy plotline worked for you! ♥

[timeofnoreply]

This was just hilarious, and spot-on, and amazingly well written. Please say there's more!

[novembersmith]

:DDDD Thank you so much! And oh god, I'll probably revisit this universe at some point, because there's so many side stories and other characters that I didn't get a chance to play with, but, uh, I should probably whittle down my list of WIPs a bit first. /o\