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Fic: "Guttering," Merope, PG

Dec 31, 2005 14:17

Title: Guttering
Author: kethlenda
Character/Pairing: Merope
Genre/Warnings (as applicable): Gen. Childbirth, non-explicit. Character death, canonical.
Rating:PG

Written for the New Year's contest at 30_hath. Beta by sionnain. Word count is 600something.

( the myths should have taught me no one can escape her doom. )

merope gaunt, titles: a-l, kethlenda

Comments 10

azurelunatic December 31 2005, 16:05:21 UTC

Well, she got the wish.

kethlenda December 31 2005, 16:09:00 UTC

Exactly. Though probably not in any way she could have foreseen.

*loves playing with ideas of fate, etc.*

mafdet December 31 2005, 18:15:11 UTC

Terribly sad, and very well written.

kethlenda December 31 2005, 22:46:53 UTC

thank you!

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kethlenda December 31 2005, 22:48:43 UTC

Thank you!

When I remembered that Voldemort was born on New Year's Eve, I just couldn't resist. I love exploring Merope and what must have been going on in her head. I always see her as being less obsessed with Riddle Sr. than we think, and more obsessed with getting the hell out of her house and her family at any cost.

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kethlenda January 1 2006, 08:25:06 UTC

Eh, not the heritage per se, but the particular people who were left of it. She may have been proud of Slytherin, but her dad and brother were a different matter entirely. ;)

Niiiice jazzypom January 1 2006, 00:28:34 UTC

December. The sweat of Merope’s exertion turns chill in a moment on her skin, and the lank strands of her wet hair are like icy fingers on the back of her neck. The wind batters the flame of the candle, but still it dances bravely on, staying alight despite the draft.

Nice lines, you have such nice lines here. Hmmm... tasty. I also like your nudge to archetypical (sp) forces, like Janus and railing against the Gods, and the whole notion of a sort of fatalism, despite everything.

Ah well.

*scurries off*

Re: Niiiice kethlenda January 1 2006, 08:25:48 UTC

Thank you so much!

a_t_rain January 1 2006, 14:48:53 UTC

Yow, poor Merope. Those last three paragraphs are just chilling.

kethlenda January 5 2006, 11:13:42 UTC

Thank you.