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Fic: You can call me Al for snorkackcatcher

Dec 04, 2013 13:10

Title: You Can Call Me Al
Author: flaminia_x
Written for: snorkackcatcher
Rating: PG
Length: 2800 words
Character(s): Hagrid, Albus Severus, background trio/Ginny
Warnings: none
Author's Notes: Okay, snorkackcatcher, I tried to surprise you with some of your requests/scenarios! Slightly more of a character study than a plot-driven story, but I hope the result is to your ( Read more... )

!2013, !fic, character: albus potter, character: rubeus hagrid

Comments 13

author_by_night December 5 2013, 10:32:37 UTC

I liked the interaction between Al and Hagrid. :) I also like how you ended it, with Al just wanting to be Al, not Albus. It was a very nice touch.

evening12 December 5 2013, 14:05:03 UTC

Oh my. This story is just great. I loved how you wrote Hagrid. His speech pattern! And he is just so much...well like Hagrid. It reminded me of HP and the Philosopher's Stone, and how Hagrid just kept on talking and saying things that he might not have meant to. But at the same time, he's such a great tie to Harry and his parents, and to Harry's kids. It's just great to see him so well written.

hikarievandar December 5 2013, 15:37:36 UTC

This was really sweet. I liked seeing the evolution of Harry and Ginny from Hagrid's POV, and I like the way you wrote his speech pattern. It wasn't too overbearing and it sounded just right in my head. Your characterisation of Al was great as well. I liked that he was nervous about going to spend time with Hagrid alone - it struck me as being a very realistic reaction.

psyfic December 5 2013, 19:44:01 UTC

That was lovely. I like how it is presented, with young Albus Severus trying to find his footing as a firstie, from under the shadow of famous father, being named after famous and infamous men, as well as the shadow of his older, more boisterous brother. The first tea with Hagrid was a nice way of both showing and reminding us his parents' days at Hogwarts and from an entirely different perspective. Nicely done!

lyras December 6 2013, 13:54:30 UTC

Ooh, I really like the idea of Albus wanting to emulate his mum, rather than deal with the burden of living up to his dad (not to mention Albus and Severus). I like the way you've done Hagrid's dialogue, too - it's so hard to get that right, but I read it almost without thinking about it, so IMO you struck just the right note with him. Lovely!