Comments | hp_holidaygen: fic for <strong class="lj-user"><a href="/read/user/pumpkinpasty">pumpkinpasty</a></strong>: L'Etranger (Harry, Ginny, Ron, Hermione, Neville, Luna, PG-13)

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fic for pumpkinpasty: L'Etranger (Harry, Ginny, Ron, Hermione, Neville, Luna, PG-13)

Dec 16, 2007 10:38

Title: L'Etranger
Author: reverdybrune
Recipient: pumpkinpasty
Rating: PG-13 for some swearing
Characters: Harry, Ginny, Ron, Hermione, Neville and Luna
Warnings: DH spoilers, angst
Summary: "If people could see me the way I see myself-if they could live in my memories-would anyone, anyone, love me?"-John Green, An Abundance of Katherines. The picture we have of ourselves ( Read more... )

character: luna lovegood, character: harry potter, character: ron weasley, !2007, character: ginny weasley, !fic, character: neville longbottom, character: hermione granger

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reverdybrune January 25 2008, 23:21:07 UTC

Thank you! I'm glad you like Harry's first one. I could just imagine how much Harry would enjoy sitting through political prostrating after having died and come back to life. I would think that what he's been through would give him even less patience with insincerity than he had before. Thanks again.

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penguingeek December 18 2007, 02:08:14 UTC

(Not a member but here via hogwarts_today.)

This is excellent. I particularly loved the syntax, if you will, in Ginny's part, and also "Harry Potter is everywhere, but you'll never find him." ♥

reverdybrune January 25 2008, 23:24:11 UTC

Thank you! I'm glad you liked the syntax. It was deliberately done to make her sound slightly hysterical in that way you are when you're upset and scared and just want to scream.

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shiiki December 18 2007, 05:39:36 UTC

♥ I love this! The way you organised it, with all the quotes which fit so perfectly, and the different perspectives and how you managed to get into every character's head so well. I especially like Luna's.

Well done!

reverdybrune January 25 2008, 23:25:24 UTC

Thank you! I have a weakness for framing things with quotes, so I'm glad it worked for you. I had a good time writing Luna, though she's hard for me. Her way of looking at the world is nothing at all like mine. Thanks again.

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madderbrad December 18 2007, 11:35:22 UTC

Excellent, really excellent. The structure of it, going back in time; Neville's worrying about his ability to stand up and be a leader (when we know he's going to succeed), Luna's torture - funny how I hadn't thought about her time in the mansion until now - Ron's shame and rationalisation, and so forth.

But it was the Hermione piece that really stopped me in my tracks. you know that you've failed. -- that is *exactly* what Hermione is! Great piece!

reverdybrune January 25 2008, 23:27:19 UTC

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Hermione's was one of the first moments that I knew I wanted to write, because while the shock of seeing Harry's body had to fall to Ginny, I could only imagine what it must have been like for Hermione to realize what Harry was going to do, and not be able to do anything about it. And I think she must have realized at some point; it was such a Harry thing to do. Thanks again.

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slam_girl December 21 2007, 00:09:28 UTC

Each perspective was really good, and said so much in so few words. I particularly loved Harry's parts, and Luna's line about Harry being everywhere. And I liked the use of the quote in Hermione's pov. Excellent job here. :)

reverdybrune January 25 2008, 23:30:06 UTC

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Luna's line is one of my favorites as well, because it really is the point of this fic. Each of them carries around this idea of what it means to be Harry so that even if Voldemort had managed to kill Harry he'd never be able to wipe out what Harry meant to all of them.

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