Fic: The Red Umbrella

[magnetic_pole]

Title: The Red Umbrella
Summary: Fleur remained faithful long after her husband went missing.
Word count: 3200
Rating: PG for brief mention of sexual themes, het and femslash
Characters: Fleur, Molly, Charlie, Tonks, Kingsley, and others
Disclaimer: Not mine
Notes: For /m, in response to the prompt "umbrellas."

Comments

[lyras]

Ah, I do like your women here. Fleur so uncompromising, Molly so Mollyish, and Tonks...maturing.

I have to say, bah to Bill and Remus if they just decided to disappear like that! So I shall imagine that either it wasn't them, or that something so terrible happened with the werewolves that their minds were somehow wiped. But it's incidental, really, to the story of the women, particularly Fleur.

Oh, and I love how Fleur thinks of her would-be dates. Poor Sturgis!

[magnetic_pole]

Heh. *smile* Sturgis never really recovered from being in the wrong spot at the wrong time, did he?

So glad the women worked for you here. I worry sometimes about how often I write about men, and I'm trying to experiment with some women whose main drawbacks are...well, let's say their main drawbacks are problems in canon that could be remedied in fic. *smile*

So happy that you read and enjoyed! Thank you! Maggie

[rufus]

oh, ow. I mean, its beautiful ow, but . . . ouch.

yes.

poor bill. and poor remus. a happy ending, but not, for they are always running.

[magnetic_pole]

Didn't realize this was so grim! Glad you enjoyed anyways. Thanks as always for reading! Maggie

a red umbrella!

[anonymous]

How lovely! Thank you for writing this. I like the bleak post-war atmosphere, the “where do we go from here” feeling of finding oneself alive in the ruin and having to pick up the pieces and move on somehow. Fleur’s stubborn refusal to do that seemed very Fleur-like.
And I do like the thought of Fleur/Tonks. They are both such spectacular people.

Also, I do second maggiehoneybite's wish for the parallel Remus/Bill story; how on earth did this come to happen?

Thanks again!
/m

Re: a red umbrella!

[magnetic_pole]

Oh, I'm so happy you found this! Good. I didn't intend to be quite so grim, and I didn't realize until I was done that you might not be especially fond of this set of characters, but if you enjoyed it, then all is well.

Fleur and Tonks are both rather spectacular, aren't they? Though diminished a bit by their current canon relationships, I think. I shouldn't complain about the lack of strong women in the books, I should just work on them more.

I have some backstory worked out for Remus and Bill. We'll see what we can do with that.

Anyways, thanks enormously for stopping by to leave a prompt, my apologies for being so slow-moving, and thanks for reading the fic! Maggie

Re: a red umbrella!

[anonymous]

I admit I've never really considered the set of Molly, Fleur and Tonks in a bleak post-war setting. However, they were lovely and very believable and it is such a nice piece of fic.

Much looking forward to whenever you sort out that Remus/Bill fic. I like the setup in this Umbrella-verse, it would be nice to see more of it; a world where the death of Voldemord does not automatically mean sunshine, joy and kittens for everyone.

Though diminished a bit by their current canon relationships, I think. I shouldn't complain about the lack of strong women in the books, I should just work on them more.

I definitely think you’re on to something here!

/m

Re: a red umbrella!

[magnetic_pole]

I admit I've never really considered the set of Molly, Fleur and Tonks in a bleak post-war setting.

*smile* I suppose it's not the kind of thing you find a whole comm devoted to, is it?

I'm cursing myself now for not reading and writing more future!fic while it still needed only to play against expectations, not canon. Ah, well.

Again, thanks for your comments and encouragement! Maggie

I think there will be two more fics in this world, though they may be a bit slow in coming. *off to plot*

[aunty_marion]

Oh, that was nice. I did like all the little misunderstandings between them all as to who wanted whom and who was 'with' whom... And the almost-sighting of Bill and Remus at the end! I'm sorry you made Molly and Arthur split up over Percy - such a silly trigger, but so like them. And the clock hand that always says 'travelling'. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day, you know, Molly!

I second (third?) maggiehoneybite's idea of a mirror piece from Bill and Remus's point(s) of view.

[magnetic_pole]

And the clock hand that always says 'travelling'. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day, you know, Molly!

Ah, yes, exactly.

I'm not usually so grim, am I? But I do see the thing with Percy as potentially awful. I'm anxious about how it will be worked out in the end.

We'll try to return to Bill and Remus at some point soon. Thanks for reading! Maggie

[minnow_53]

I was hooked by the familiar title and drawn in by the atmosphere. I think this is the best fic by you I've ever read: well-written, perfectly paced, beautifully put together without any superfluous information, and therefore rather enigmatic, which is unusual in fanfiction, and very welcome. Anyway, I enjoyed it! :)

[magnetic_pole]

Oh, thank you, that's so nice of you, Minnow. To be honest, I have very little sense of perspective about these things; it always seems like whatever makes fics work is totally beyond my control. But I do appreciate the comment.

Thanks as always for reading! Maggie