In Peace, by MrsTater

[mrstater]

Title: In Peace
Author: MrsTater
Rating & Warnings: G, religious themes
Prompts: cooking, "Sleep in heavenly peace, sleep in heavenly peace." (Josef Mohr)
Word Count: 4145
Summary: Remus has long since moved on from thinking his marriage was a mistake for which Tonks has paid too dearly, but when the war brings grim tidings for his family on

Comments

[mrstater]

Aw, thank you very much! I was actually quite nervous about how this fic would go over, because it felt like a real mishmosh of ideas, none of which would let me leave them out of the story even though I really tried to (and I didn't mean to include both prompts, so when "cooking" found its way in I got really scared!) so I'm relieved and very pleased to know you like it so much

[anonymous]

This was lovely.
Best image ever./I'd love to see an art version of this--"Sing?" Remus, having just pulled off his jumper over his head, pauses with his hair askew to gawp at her. "Me? To calm him? You really think that might work?" Lol.

[mrstater]

Oh, I have a firm conviction that there's not nearly enough pregnant!Tonks art out there, so if anyone wanted to do a bit that included Remus with mussed hair and a gaping mouth, you would see no objections from me, either!

Thank you so much for reading and for your lovely comments. I'm really glad to know you liked the fic and that image in it, which tickled me just a bit to write. ;)

[merryb87]

That was wonderfully done! Great job. You touched on so many points that other authors, or that of what I read don't. It makes total since that Ted would support Remus's leaving, because he left too.

I don't know if Jo intended this or not, but it makes out in the text that Remus was Mr. Jerk for wanting to leave his family, but when Ted does it, and we find out, he seems to be made out as some kind of hero, I never like that and I'm really happy that you addressed that in this way. That if Remus was in the wrong, then so was Ted.

I love the way you used your prompt, very creative. I get a since of calmness and happiness, even with all the sadness and darkness that seems to hang in the background.

Remus singing is pure love!

Once again I really enjoyed this piece of work, well done, well done!

[mrstater]

Thanks very much for reading and commenting! I'm really glad to know you liked the fic, and it's especially nice that this take on things feels like un-trod territory in fic!

One of the reasons I wrote this was to deconstruct some of the confusing background plot lines in Deathly Hallows. While I can very much understand Remus reacting the way he does to all that befalls Tonks (apparently, reading between the lines) and fearing the worst for his family, I do not get why either he or Ted thought running away would protect Tonks and Andromeda; it's not like Death Eaters would show them mercy for having married the undesirable men in the first place! I'm just thinking Tonks and Andromeda were already on the Death Eaters' hit lists to begin with, so wouldn't they be safer -- or at the very least happier -- if their husbands stayed with them and provided some extra wandpower in case of attack? So I've imagined a sort of emotional struggle and tension underlying all that, perhaps that Ted felt so helpless, much like Remus, that the

[philotic_net]

This was wonderful. Full of sadness and fear but also love and hope. It worked very well being set on Christmas eve. I had never drawn the parallel between Remus and Ted both leaving their families. Very thoughtful.

[mrstater]

Thank you so much! I'm very pleased to know you liked the fic and think the setting and tones work, and it's always great to find out that a fic gives a new perspective on the canon material! :)

[tierfal]

This was very lovely. The series of vivid little images tied together exquisitely, I thought, whether or not it seemed like a mishmash while it was being written. XD

Also just loved the sort of softness to the tone throughout, whether it was trying not to provoke Andromeda to homicide or trying to quiet Not-Quite-Yet-Teddy or trying to spread Remus's motivations out and sift through them. Really Christmas-y, really eloquent, and really wonderful. :)

[mrstater]

Thanks very much for reading and taking the time to comment! I'm so pleased it felt like a cohesive series of images -- I was really going for something like that, almost like a sequence of mini events as in a dream, so it's great to know you think they work together and have the right quiet tone for the Christmas setting.

I really appreciate your feedback. :)