Comments | harmony_bites: C'mon, Take a Look, I Dare You!

harmony_bites

C'mon, Take a Look, I Dare You!

Aug 21, 2009 00:32

Yeah, yeah, I know, Ron/Pansy isn't your thing. But hey, if I can't get you to read even an awesome story like Selling Spring that started the ronpansy_fest and other lovelies posted since, as well as some exciting stories to come, can I at least tempt you to take a look at a short comic strip, Auror Games as clever as any art you'd seen on an exchange? (Unless ( Read more... )

fic recs, ron/pansy

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lillithj August 21 2009, 18:37:05 UTC

I shouldn't read at work, because I'm so very tempted to look.

harmony_bites August 21 2009, 21:58:22 UTC

Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. Well, once you get off... Good to know I tempted you.

And seriously, the story linked to? I really think its one of those rare ones that transcends the ship--it's that good.

autumnmist August 26 2009, 16:50:31 UTC

I just read your most recent KIA rec (the Draco/Hermione one with Ron/Hermione in there).

I was unimpressed by the writing/grammar quality (at one point, the author wrote something like "she and Draco were..." and it completely knocked me out of the story), and the attempts to back what was happening in actual science were pretty poor. However the ideas in the story were interesting and unique.

Hmm...

harmony_bites August 26 2009, 21:55:46 UTC

The style wasn't what impressed (and I'm willing to overlook a lot of grammar oopsies for a good story). What impressed in that one was the ideas. I think two things in particular were what impressed. First, after all the gazillion MLC dribble, to read a fic that turned the basic premise behind it inside out. Second, the whole way that Wizarding/Muggle relations were presented. I found that both unique--and credible.

I also liked a lot about the characterizations. So many Hermiones I read are sweet little things. I rather liked this ones ruthlessness mixed with a willingness to sacrifice things personally. Yes, the second is part of her--but so is the first. And when she does sacrifice, its not for people who hate treated her like shite.

I also had to give snaps to Gravidy--that in a D/Hr on a D/Hr Exchange, she was so willing to give the Ron/Hermione part its due.

autumnmist August 26 2009, 22:02:33 UTC

I think I liked the ideas in the story much more than how it was actually presented/written in the story itself, if that makes sense.

For example, I agree on the appeal of the ruthless elements of Hermione (but I disliked how it was written--the part where she has Draco use the emotion-less spell on her just seemed rushed, writing-wise and, well, as it turns out in the story too, Hermione rushed into it and never even talked to anyone else about possibly telling Harry it was ok to let go )

harmony_bites August 26 2009, 22:08:32 UTC

I think I liked the ideas in the story much more than how it was actually presented/written in the story itself, if that makes sense.

It does--I agree the writing could have been stronger, but the underlying story still impressed and moved me. I liked, for instance, not just that she cared about Ron but Harry, that that was central to it. Lots of people seem to forget or gloss over that in D/Hr and SSHG, and I think its at the center really of HP--the trio.

For example, I agree on the appeal of the ruthless elements of Hermione (but I disliked how it was written--the part where she has Draco use the emotion-less spell on her just seemed rushed, writing-wise and, well, as it turns out in the story too, Hermione rushed into it and never even talked to anyone else about possibly telling Harry it was ok to let go )That strikes me rather Hermione-ish though--she's rather like Dumbledore that way--taking things on herself without consulting others ( ... )

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