Gift for MelusinaHP!

[stephanometra]

Title: Final Exam
Author: creepingviolet
Recipient: melusinahp
Pairing(s): Harry/Tonks with mentions of Harry/Ginny and Remus/Tonks as well as Harry/Rosmerta!Tonks, /Angelina!Tonks, /Narcissa!Tonks and /Bellatrix!Tonks
Rating: Adult/NC-17 (maybe just a very hard R?)
Summary: Sex with a metamorphmagus, should never be underestimated, no matter what the circumstances.

Comments

[kethlenda]

There's one little detail toward the end that makes me think I know who wrote this. *giggles evilly*

Anyway. First of all, let me explain that I don't usually like Tonks-morphing-into-other-people fics. BUT, I think that's because they're so often done without any thought to the emotional weight that the changes would carry in a relationship, it's just "Tonks turns into Sirius so Remus will wuuuv her!" and there's no real depth to it.

This is NOT one of those fics. This is one of the best explorations of the morphing I've seen in a long time. She's secure enough to play around with the different faces for fun, yet it ends up cutting deeper than that for both of them when she chooses forms that are heavier with meaning. Love this bit:

"You're so gentle, Harry. So loving and so giving but sometimes...." She paused as they both felt the weight of past lovers fall on their shoulders.

"...Sometimes you wish I was more like a wolf," he finished for her.I think my favorite part is when Tonks changes back from the "original form" and into

[creepingviolet]

yay! the reveal happened so i get to reply!

thanks for all the great feedback. i struggled a bit with trying to remove the gimmick from Tonks' ability. she doesn't strike me as the sort of person would would stick around with someone who just wants her for the parlor trick, but she does seem like someone who would use it when she wanted to.

interesting take on the facade. i certainly have my opinion, but i like it when people can read other things into my writing.

[maidenform]

OMG

I really can't say anything different than what Kethlenda said, so I'll just second. :D

Wonderful job, mystery writer!

[creepingviolet]

yay! thanks for reading and commenting!

[celandineb]

I liked the way that Tonks was always herself even in changing form; and the reasons why she was doing it. Nice.

[creepingviolet]

thanks a lot. i worked really hard on trying to rationalize her motives through the whole piece.

[creepingviolet]

gah, my internet fell down on me, so it's taken a while to get with the commenting.

thanks so much for the incredible challenge you set before me. it allowed me to stretch not only my writing abilities in general, but i had to do some serious character exploration as well.

so glad you liked it :)

[kilted]

Awww, I love this... Harry/Tonks is a lovely pairing. I've never really given it a thought before. You've done a wonderful job!

[creepingviolet]

to be honest, before this prompt, i hadn't really spent much time with it either.

thanks for the feedback!