A Tale of Two Tonkses

[jncar]

Tonks burst out of the Headmistress’s office and into the hall. She had no time to lose.

She barreled through the corridors and down several flights of stairs, running at top speed past the occasional astonished student. She couldn’t blame them for staring-after all, it wasn’t every day that they could catch sight of the Hogwarts Auror in Residence

Comments

[heartsncraftslb]

This was thoroughly enjoyable -- I especially liked the recurrence of the phrase, "I hate time travel". Fun, well-paced, and a ton of fun to read. Awesome fic. :) Much love, LB

[jncar]

Thanks! This being my first action/adventure, I was worried about the pacing, so I'm happy to hear that it works. :)

I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for the review.

[kileaiya]

I enjoyed that very much! I agree with LB the repetition of the “I hate time travel” was a very nice touch. The action was well-paced and very fun to read. Lovely work!

[jncar]

Thanks! I'm so happy to hear the pacing worked--I was worried about that. And I'm glad you like the "I hate time travel" theme. :)

Thanks for the review.

[mrstater]

Order of the Phoenix needs to be a TV series, and this so needs to be an episode. It's got everything a good TV episode needs: action, adventure, humor, romance, great dialogue, great supporting characters, great visuals. Really, this reminded me of a Firefly episode. It's so crisp and visual and I could see everything playing out like it was on the TV screen. You should write more A/A, because you rock at it. Your Tonks -- both of them! -- is totally kick-ass and funny, just like Tonks should be. Of course Remus lurves her.

Oh -- and in light of recent discussions about Wizarding clothing and how will movie!Snape's undies show if he's wearing a Hogwarts uniform, the whole bit about Tonks laughing at the DE's boxers and the conservative Purebloods needing to wear something else underneath, absolutely cracked me up.

Really really well done and so. much. fun.

[jncar]

Wow! You probably don't know of my deep and lasting love for Angel and Firefly, so being compared to the work of the great Joss Whedon is far beyond any praise I was expecting.

I was just happy to turn out A/A that was semi-decent!

I'm delighted that you like my ass-kicking Tonks. I mean, she's an Auror, after all. Of course she can kick ass. There's just not enough of her doing it out in the ficverse.

And I totally wrote that crack about the undies to justify my own rampant use of Muggle clothing in my fic. I just can't bring myself to picture all of my lead characters walking around in aggrandized bathrobes with nothing but knickers underneath--can you?

Thanks for the review. I'm thrilled that you liked it so much. :D

[mrstater]

You probably don't know of my deep and lasting love for Angel and Firefly, so being compared to the work of the great Joss Whedon is far beyond any praise I was expecting.

I did, actually -- from that Friday Five meme that went around last week about who you'd like to direct an HP movie. ;)

And I totally wrote that crack about the undies to justify my own rampant use of Muggle clothing in my fic. I just can't bring myself to picture all of my lead characters walking around in aggrandized bathrobes with nothing but knickers underneath--can you?I was just looking at a newsletter from my Alma Mater today that had a picture of a prof in his scholarly robes, and you could so see his trousers underneath -- unless Wizarding robes go to the ground, it would totally look stupid not to have Muggle clothes underneath. And I just can't see how it's practical defense to have floor-length robes, so I still think it must be something unique to Snape and that wizard at the Quidditch World Cup not to wear something under your robes. LOL What's

[anoipua]

Fabulous!

I love the pre-fighting banter. It has the urgent, hurried feeling, but doesn't seem rushed.

Bravo.

[jncar]

Thank you so much! I always enjoy writing a good bit of banter, so I'm glad you enjoyed reading it.

Thanks for the review. :)

[devonwood]

I feel...confused. :D To echo the characters, "I hate time travel."

I loved the mass confusion of the multiple Tonkses, and how Tonks didn't care about other time-lines, with Remus chiding her because it was unethical. :D

Tonks suppressed a frown as she saw more clearly than ever that violet really did make her look horribly peaky.

OMG, absolutely hilarious! Poor Tonks, lol. :)

Great, and hilarious work.

[jncar]

I know! Time travel stories can be so confusing--all the "I hate time travel" lines were just venting my own feelings about every time travel story I've ever read/seen. :D

I'm glad you liked it. Thanks for the review!