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The Page of Wands

Mar 01, 2007 12:56

Title: Night Crossings
Author: Gatewaygirl
Type: Fiction
Length: 10,001
Pairing: Regulus/Harry
Card: Page of Wands
Card Interpretation: (Waite) "Dark young man, faithful, a lover, an envoy, a postman. He is unknown but faithful, and his tidings are strange."
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: These characters and setting are not mine, and I wrote this purely for fun ( Read more... )

pg-13, regulus/harry, round 1, card: page of wands, fic, by: gatewaygirl

Comments 28

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gatewaygirl March 2 2007, 05:46:44 UTC

Yes, you can take Regulus in various directions. I think of him as the dutiful son who didn't have time to grow out of it; he can't have been more than twenty when he died, and may have been younger. In this case, I wanted a characterization to match the card, of course, so things went in that direction.

Thanks for commenting! I'm glad you liked it.

merry1978 March 2 2007, 11:34:09 UTC

That was absolutely amazing! It's so good to meet Sirius again, even as a soul... And Regulus is agonizingly alive here, despite being a ghost. Thank you very much for such a treasure!

gatewaygirl March 3 2007, 00:17:38 UTC

Thank you!

painless_j March 2 2007, 21:46:29 UTC

Oh, it was INTERESTING! And lovely, and clever, and perfectly balanced. Thank you!

gatewaygirl March 3 2007, 00:20:12 UTC

Thanks! I'm glad you liked it. I had a horrible time getting the story started, but once I did, it all clicked into place.

lotrwariorgodss March 3 2007, 07:56:09 UTC

This plot was so original, and ended up being one of the more interesting ones I've read! Regulus trying to convince Harry not to be a Death Eater was amazing, lol. Nice job!

gatewaygirl May 28 2007, 13:10:22 UTC

I thought I'd replied to this! Thanks!

ex_pixystick865 March 11 2007, 00:18:31 UTC

This was wonderful! Very original and clever, and such a fascinating read. And I couldn't get over how Regulus believed Harry to be a Death Eater - it was so completely ridiculous to us, reading it, but it made sense that he would be touched by Voldemort, so of course Regulus would assume that. And this flowed so well; I absolutely adored the way it ended. ♥

gatewaygirl May 28 2007, 15:21:49 UTC

I realized last night that I'd never posted this on the Archive, so I checked back here and was embarrassed to find that I'd never finished responding to feedback, either. I'd just joined an RPG, and I think I lost the rest of March -- how's that for a lame excuse?

Belatedly, thank you for your comments. I had a lot of fun with Harry the supposed bastard pureblood Death Eater, and the thought process Regulus goes through helped define his character for me (and hopefully for the reader) as well as keeping that section from being too dismal.

Cheers,

Gg