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HAPPY H/D HOLIDAYS, TARADIANE!

Dec 30, 2009 08:47

Author: annafugazzi
Recipient: taradiane
Title: And I'll Tell You No Lies
Pairing(s): Harry/Draco, Ron/Hermione, past Harry/Ginny
Summary: It all started with a stupid interrogation. Or: Don't ask a question if you're not prepared to hear the answer.
Rating: R
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/ ( Read more... )

ewe, round: winter 2009, [long/chaptered fic], rated: r

Comments 157

lotus_lizzy December 30 2009, 18:01:26 UTC

I really liked this fic! I loved the details and the Auror simulation. A very non-typicl Auror fic combined with Quidditch :) Wonderful job!

annafugazzi January 19 2010, 18:36:03 UTC

Thanks! So glad you liked it. Hadn't attempted Auror training before, so I'm glad it seems to have worked out OK :)

dornfelder December 30 2009, 18:23:28 UTC

Wonderful!
I loved the whole interrrogation part and the way Harry outed himself under Veritaserum.
And the way Draco behaved was marvellous.
Brillant, thank you!

annafugazzi January 19 2010, 18:50:42 UTC

Yay! So glad you liked it! Thanks for your review :) :) :)

moxie574 December 30 2009, 18:34:49 UTC

This was a wonderful read.... very interesting and cool plot and wonderfully written!

annafugazzi January 19 2010, 19:00:15 UTC

Thanks! So glad you liked it!

sesheta_66 December 30 2009, 18:46:35 UTC

Eeeeeeeeeee! I loved this story. So good. The whole idea of the simulation and interrogation and the Aurors and Unspeakables working together. Great story. And I like that, as uncomfortable as they might be at first, Harry's family and friends are still supportive.

And yay for Draco not being under the spell!

annafugazzi January 20 2010, 03:03:39 UTC

Thanks! Glad you liked it :) :)

Also: there should be way more interrogation in fics, IMHO ;)

Thanks for your review!

elsa12790 December 30 2009, 19:56:46 UTC

Oh, oh, oh, SO MUCH LOVE FOR THIS. One of my absolute favorites of the fest, and, truthfully, of the year. The way you wove the emotional development of the characters through the plot was masterful. And I can't tell you how much I loved the plot. It was inventive, and superbly realized, and your OCs seemed organic to the canon surroundings. I've read a terrifying amount of H/D, and so I often feel that my enjoyment of it is less from being surprised by plots or characterizations that are new, and more about taking pleasure in how well it's done. But your set up--the simulation, with all its well-worked out details--felt fresh and imaginative and delighted me so much ( ... )

annafugazzi January 20 2010, 21:27:58 UTC

Oh, oh, oh, SO MUCH LOVE FOR THIS.
SO MUCH LOVE for your review, too - it had me grinning like an idiot for about an hour :D :D

I've read a terrifying amount of H/D, and so I often feel that my enjoyment of it is less from being surprised by plots or characterizations that are new, and more about taking pleasure in how well it's done.
LOL! That's so cool - I feel the same way about the terrifying amount of H/D out there.

As a reader, I loved being kept off-balance throughout the interrogations, not knowing exactly what was fully true, and Harry's reaction when Draco said "Leeds" made it even more so.
Yay! Was very much hoping to keep readers off-balance, rather than confused & annoyed ;)

It's difficult for me to read coming out stories where the reaction is disapproving or humiliating, but you did it without making me cringe too much, I think mostly because you made me trust in Harry's (and Draco's) strength, even when it wasn't much more than stoic resignation.Cool! Yeah, I've never written a story where the coming-out part was a ( ... )