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"Walls Fall Down" by BeccaFran

Mar 19, 2006 20:37

Author: BeccaFran, aka r_becca
Title: Walls Fall Down
Challenge: Post-Hogwarts #42, Hadrian's Wall
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Adventure/Romance
Length: 9,590
Summary: Harry and Ginny parted years ago, but now they'll be forced to work together as Aurors. Can a common goal help them put aside their troubled past?

Author's Notes: Thank you to aibhinn and fearthainn for the ( Read more... )

author:r_becca, 4th wave:fic, 4th wave

Comments 37

miss_eponine March 20 2006, 17:11:32 UTC

I liked this. The jumping around was nice, and I liked the way you slowly explained how their relationship came to this point. Very nice.

flyingcarpet March 20 2006, 17:20:59 UTC

Thank you!

mickawber March 20 2006, 18:31:03 UTC

Wonderful--romantic, mythic and it does a wonderful job of jumping off from canon. A lot of "they meet years later" fics somehow ring false--as if the scene at Dumbledore's funeral were enough to explain a seperation lasting past Voldemort's downfall. I loved the backstory here, and the evolution of the relationship within the present of the fic.

And of course Ginny has to be there with Harry saying "Don't die. Please don't be dead..." at some point!

The introduction of the Touchstones threw me at first, because I wasn't sure whether they were simply going to be a McGuffin--something there simply for the characters to angst over. But you integrated them beautifully into the smaller-but-larger story of Harry and Ginny healing their relationship. Nicely done!

flyingcarpet March 20 2006, 19:45:46 UTC

Thank you very much for the kind words. I'm not sure what a McGuffin is, but I'll accept your word that my fic didn't have one. :P

mickawber March 20 2006, 23:27:16 UTC

:-D

"McGuffin" was a term invented by Alfred Hitchcock to describe the thing in a story that gets everyone all excited--the plans, the bomb, the magical stone--but that doesn't itself actually have any impact on the plot, except that everyone needs something done to/about/with it.

And your touchstones were not McGuffins, not really. :-)

ladytory March 20 2006, 20:26:54 UTC

Wow!
Plot and everything! Impressive! I loved it. Just the right amount of flash back stuff in my opionion and no cheesey "they have to do it on the stone for the spell to work" ending. Wow. Great work.

flyingcarpet March 20 2006, 20:33:26 UTC

Next time, I will write a fic where they have to do it on the stone for the spell to work. Just for you. *grins*

But this time, thank you for the compliments -- I'm glad you liked it.

ladytory March 20 2006, 20:39:20 UTC

Well if anyone could have written the "they had to do it on the stone for the spell to work" ending and NOT had it turn out cheesey, I am sure that you could have pulled it off with the utmost grace. ;-)

flyingcarpet March 20 2006, 22:21:13 UTC

*blushes* Aw, how sweet!

Let us hope we never find out.

ex_pixystick865 March 20 2006, 21:45:29 UTC

This was really quite wonderful! It's such a great look at what could happen after the war is over, and what they would each be doing. One of the best parts of this is that it seems as though almost every sentence draws them closer together, and that's just a perfect feeling. My favourite bit was Harry and Hermione running in different directions because Harry's pain at not being the one to go to Ginny was so tangible. I adore this, completely. :)

flyingcarpet March 20 2006, 22:24:45 UTC

Thank you -- I'm so glad you liked it. :)

good one anonymous March 21 2006, 07:26:31 UTC

this is a great story! very creative plot and i love how you used hadrian's wall. spent last year touring england and i now have a new kind of appreciation for the places i visited there because of stories like yours. thanks!

theresa

Re: good one flyingcarpet March 21 2006, 13:01:56 UTC

Thank you. :)