Revenant Part II by Gilpin25

[gilpin25]

Title: Revenant (2/2)
Author: gilpin25
Rating & Warnings: R for violence, sex, adult themes. There’s nothing very graphic, most takes place offscreen, but there are a few nasty threats/implications.
Prompts: Day of Regrets; Deluminator; Genre - Mystery/Suspense (plus most others;)) and picture number 40, the graveyard in the woods.
Word Count: 18,597

Comments

[hrymfaxe]

Oh wow! This is a great story. Lots of mystery and suspense. ;)Interesting plot with much spooky elements. A vindictive muggle-turned-magical ghost! Now if that isn't hallowe'en then I don't know what is.

I liked so many things about this story, that it is hard to name them all, but especially Tonks' realisation about having to let Remus grow a little more was lovely. And those moments when life became too hard for Remus to keep his self-control (that blasted self-control) and he gave away how much he still cares, are just heartbreaking.

Oh and I love Lucinda Russell! What an old crackpot - who wouldn't want to spend an afternoon drinking gin and tonic and chatting with her?

This was really great, and I enjoyed reading it very much. Now I'll share my reviving G&T with you, because you surely must be knackered from writing it!

[gilpin25]

Thank you! It's great to hear you enjoyed it because although I had loads of ideas for the mystery (probably far too many, lol), it was quite a struggle trying to get everything I wanted into a one-shot. And then I hoped I wasn't cutting corners and leaving lots of plot holes along the way

[katyscarlett76]

I really enjoyed both parts, the story really drew me in. So much of it was great from the pain of their meeting and their parting, to the tragic ghostly love story, and Lucinda Russell. All fab! I really like how you included Marius Black, added an interesting dimension. Oh and the ideas over what the Marauders saw when they touched the grave way back when....it was kind of poignant that Sirius saw "James" face, and did you mean to suggest that Remus had seen Tonks' face, even back then before he knew her, because that's what popped into my head, dunno if that was intended?

[gilpin25]

Thank you - it's great to hear you enjoyed it, especially as I know you probably lost a precious hour reading it all, lol. My mystery idea did start off with Marius Black getting blasted off the tapestry and seemed to get steadily bigger and more and more involved. In fact I was worried I was cutting all the explanations short at the end, but I did want to leave some parts for the reader to make up their own mind

[parapsionic]

You know, I think this fic ended too quickly for me - it didn't even feel like 18,000+ words while I was reading it! ;) I really enjoyed reading this; you combined so many genres very well and it didn't come off as confusing. Personally, I'm not a huge fan of graveyards because they just creep me out - but you made me appreciate the way they were used in this story. I mean, come on! Remus and Tonks making love in a cemetery? That's something I'll be thinking about next time I go to a graveyard, LOL

[gilpin25]

Well, I'm glad it didn't seem that long to you because I sometimes thought I was never going to reach an end when I was writing it! I could easily have made it even longer, but I didn't want a lot of long-winded explanations at the end bogging everything down, and also wanted the reader to make up their own mind about a few things

[godricgal]

I think this is absolutely wonderful. The plotline is quite inspired, and I'm quite in awe of how you've tied in a incidental titbit from OotP and the canon we all don't want to think about, but it's so very well done.

You've told the story in your typically rich, thoughtful style, peppered with humour and poignancy at just the right moments, that really show the full characters of Remus and Tonks and the delicacy of their situation.

I think Lucinda Russell now vies with Mr.Yuhong for OC supremacy, she's wonderfully formed and such a character, I could quite happily read about her for an age. Her interaction with Tonks was splendid and I felt they really bounced off each other with respective quirks and beliefs.

I think you've tackled a very tricky era in the R/T timeline and created a fic that really demonstrates why they can't stay apart, and why they're so well suited for each other.

This review isn't adequate, but I hope it says, all the same, how much I enjoyed reading it. :)

[gilpin25]

Oh, I'm so glad you enjoyed it, as I think I mostly did enjoy writing it, lol. Apart from when my head fell off

[lady_bracknell]

Oh, I really liked this

[gilpin25]

Glad you liked it because as I may have mentioned, and/or whinged about, this gave me a lot of headaches. Mainly of my own making, I think, as I really had too many ideas for a one-shot and so it became the worrying long-shot instead.

Lots of it was fun, though, especially Lucinda and the other OC's. I haven't been wasting time in all these old people's homes I've visited but wondering what on earth a witch or wizard might make of it all, lol. I needed someone who could feasibly have a lot of Muggle knowledge, but who was still a witch and could helpfully explain the plot to Tonks and me in the third part. Though she and Tonks would keep going on about their leather outfits and fashion accessories.

I've chickened out of writing Remus and the Werewolves several times, but it was quite interesting to think about how he would try and do Remus-like things to fit in with them. And I like to think the teaching ability would come in useful for both sides