fic for kyfairie: Acclimatisation (Remus, G)

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Title: Acclimatisation
Author: builtofsorrow
Recipient: kyfairie
Rating: G
Character(s): Remus Lupin
Author's Notes: As much thanks as possible goes to my wonderful betas. I have a terrible fear that I haven't stuck quite to the request as much as I'd planned (I do believe I held my muse back from a suicidal jump off the Cliffs of Angst, but my hopes for outright

Comments

[lyras]

Oh, this is lovely. You do a great job here of controlling the prose so that we see plenty of insight into Remus's life and thoughts despite the relatively short wordcount. Thank you - I enjoyed this!

[kyfairie]

Oh, yeah! This is beautiful, and I adored the poignancy of the prose. Have know fear that your muse might have lead you wrong, for my Moony is often morose.

The self-imposed exile, as you put it, into the other worlds was wonderfully written, and I am in awe how you captured his voice for me. In this piece you can see how the broken boy that was Moony became the Professor that Harry knew.

"Little by little, he fills his room and other rooms in the house with books, and he grasps at the words on pages and pages and stuffs them into the gaps of his dreams. He reads instead of travelling (ignoring the cliché inside of that), and every time the moon changes, he changes location, and every several months, he changes eras or centuries."

Just had to point out how much I adored that line.

Thank you, Mystery Writer!

[slam_girl]

Excellent look at into Remus's life in his self-imposed exile. Lovely writing.

[randomisedhabit]

Fuck yeah, this is a story written for me. (Well, obviously not, but, y'know. Just like this.)

First off, the almost distant manner with which Remus delivers (delivers what, exactly?) is just so very asdfghj (no words, seriously). I love the quiet intensity of it; I as the reader can really feel the exile (from his own head). And how you fast-forward; it's like going through the motions and works so incredibly well for The Years Between. I also love how you've come full circle, in the end. Then, the writing itself. OMG, I think I'm in love with you, mystery author. Parentheses! And god, it all gets so very jumbled but it's all so very crystal-clear, somehow. The timeline is fuzzy, the setting is fuzzy, the thoughts inside Remus' brain are fuzzy, but inside the fuzziness there's purpose: the fuzziness. And it works excellently.

I don't know if I'm actually making sense here (probably not), but let me assure you that I'm somewhere in squee!land right now, because this?

Is perfection.

[mindabbles]

This is so evocative and the writing style makes it very interesting. I like Remus' way of encapsulting when his world fell apart and his re-entry into the world is very well done.