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katmarajade

Happy Holidays, RAGDOLL!

Dec 11, 2014 07:28

Title: The Perks and Perils of Loving a Weasley Man
Author: katmarajade
Written for: ragdoll
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Charlie/Alicia, Bill/Tonks (but it's more gen featuring the ladies)
Rating: PG-13
Summary: When Charlie brings Alicia home to meet the family, Tonks "rescues" her from the boys for a bit of girl time. There they discuss all the good and bad ( Read more... )

hp: bill/tonks, fic, char: hp: alicia spinnet, char: hp: nymphadora tonks, genfic, fandom: harry potter, holiday drabbly bits!, hdb 2014, hp: alicia/charlie

Comments 10

gelsey December 11 2014, 13:42:01 UTC

Yay, I'm so glad you got it finished, and it went really well, too! Good job, I enjoyed their series of toasts!

katmarajade December 12 2014, 13:11:59 UTC

Yes! I wound up being really happy with it. Thanks again for your help-- it totally got me back on track.

gelsey December 12 2014, 13:16:53 UTC

Any time!

thimble_kiss December 11 2014, 15:33:59 UTC

Aw, what a lovely tribute to Weasley men this turned out to be! I think Alicia and Tonks summed them up very well, and I loved the part about needing to get on with the whole family, because... well, yes. That's probably a plus if a girl's to maintain her sanity.

I love Tonks taking Alicia under her wing and knowing just what it's all about. Yay for female solidarity! (And I think Bill will probably be on his best behaviour next time they meet... especially after Tonks has had a word with him. :)

katmarajade December 12 2014, 13:17:26 UTC

Thank you! Yes, I enjoyed writing this one very much. It was fun to play with all the "good" and "bad" things about the characters, which is something I always like. (I never care for descriptions of characters that ignore all the faults and foibles that make him/her a real human being! Perhaps this is why I'm drawn to Zach ... :-P)

I am glad you liked the bit about the family, because I definitely thought that was important, and making this a scene featuring just the ladies was intentional and I'm glad people liked that. I definitely did!

sdkshelly December 11 2014, 16:42:55 UTC

Oh this is great! I love the female bonding and Tonks looking after Alicia and giving her hubby what for. I imagine it must be really intimidating to be joining such a huge close-knit family and that comes across so well with Alicia's POV. And I love the toasts to the Weasley men! So much fun. :D

katmarajade December 12 2014, 13:20:00 UTC

Thank you! I'm so glad you liked it. I really wanted to make this one a scene featuring just the ladies, so I'm glad that others are enjoying that too. I loved Tonks here and totally agree about the intimidation factor of joining a family like the Weasleys!

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katmarajade December 12 2014, 13:20:45 UTC

Thanks! I really liked having the ladies star in this one and I really enjoyed coming up with all the toasts! :)

ragdoll December 12 2014, 01:05:47 UTC

Aw, sweetie, this is wonderful! Thank you so much! I'm fine with it not being something extremely couple-centric or smutty or whatever. I love character pieces, and this made me so very happy. It's adorable, and they're very cute together as BFFs in the making. I love it! ♥

(Also, as an only child, I know how intimidating meeting someone's family, even as a friend, esp when there's many siblings to contend with. So that was perfect!)

katmarajade December 12 2014, 13:25:50 UTC

Yay yay yay! I'm so pleased you like it! I figured that you wouldn't mind if I kept it just ladies, as you're always all about the women characters too! And I'm glad, because I really wanted to keep this scene between them. I can definitely see these two becoming BFFs over the years! (and even as old biddies still griping affectionately about their husbands!)

I'm glad that came across well, because I definitely think it is super intimidating-- and I'm not even an only child!

♥