"Unification" (Minerva McGonagall, Albus Dumbledore, Amelia Bones, Gawain Robards, Rufus Scrimgeour)

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Author: Anonymous
Prompt/Prompt Author: They all worked for the same goal- stopping Voldemort. Sometimes they worked together to do it, sometimes they didn't. / nevrafire
Title: Unification
Characters: Minerva McGonagall, Albus Dumbledore, Amelia Bones, Gawain Robards, Rufus Scrimgeour
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Word Count: 5800
Summary: In times of threat

Comments

[lash_larue]

Splendid!

Marvelous characterizations, and the best Scrimgeour I have seen. The whole thing slots perfectly into canon as well.

I particularly like the "sound of the glasses" device. Very effective and evocative.

"Hurry up!" screeched Amelia's watch from inside the pocket of her robes. Wonderful little detail.

Kudos!
L

[raven_cromwell]

Thank you so much for your comment, it was a wonderful thing to read as a first response!
Very pleased the glass device came off as intended, and that the Scrimgeour scene was apparently worth the hours of frustration and sanity questioning (grin). I Knew if I could read his dialogue and see the man who would later be driven to burn a hole in Harry's shirt, I was on the right track.

[minervas_eule]

How fascinating! I don't think I have ever noticed Robards, but by and by the canon bits about him came back to me with your story - that is the coolest thing about fanfiction: you filled up an empty sheet, I did not even know existed :-)) Thank you so much!
And Minerva and Amelia are very well done, too; and great thoughts on Albus und how the Order might have been viewed by the Ministry.

[raven_cromwell]

You're welcome, and thank you for your thank-you's!
The only thing we know about Gawain Robards is that he was Head Auror since the summer of 96 to possibly Scrimgeour's death on August 1st of 97, so you really don't owe me any credit for bringing up such a tiny piece of canon info! I certainly agree with you though that the best part of fic is seeing these portraits of characters we only get a glimpse or reference of.

[ext_1054020]

"but a month ago she'd had two little brothers." Eek. Very nicely done. I enjoyed seeing the details like working in Percy, and the speculation about Amelia's potential as Minister was something I don't think I've ever seen but felt extremely plausible. The beginning with Minerva's uncertainties about the Ministry was also very well-written. Excellent work!

[raven_cromwell]

Thank you! Working in the details was fun, as was the sense/speculation of Amelia as Minister for Magic. Voldemert had to want her dead for more than her being a member of the Bones family or a "tough but fair" department head. If that was all it took for him to personally murder when she wasn't an innocent but possible obsticle (like Cedric who was one witness too many, or the German family in DH who just made him mad with their answer), the death count would have been higher!!

[anne_arthur]

Beautifully done - the characterizations are excellent and you've given us a very plausible account of the Ministry view.

[raven_cromwell]

Thank you!!

[liliths_requiem]

I loved your Scrimgeour. These four are some of my favorite characters to play with, and I especially love McGonagall and Amelia as friends. Amelia's voice was beautifully written, and I Minerva's strength and grief.

Your conversations were absolutely in character and you were able to make their lives interweave in a way that shows friendship is stronger than the world it's thrown into, even when that world involves Voldemort.

The last section made me tear up. Great story!

[raven_cromwell]

I am probably a little too happy about the fact that the last section made you tear up. The characters were getting quite emotional during the writing of that, and I really wanted all the previous conversations and the friendship that was shown through them to feel very nostalgic by the time you got there--apparently I succeeded to some degree!
Thank you for your kind comments!