FIC: Family Ties [Gen; Teddy, Harry, Luna; PG]

[midnitemaraud_r]

springtime_gen reveals were last week. Thanks to jtav for writing the wonderful My Father Before Me (Teddy; Cedric) for me! ♥ ♥

As for me, (yes, I wrote gen fic. I do that sometimes. :-P) I'm guilty of this one:

Title: Family Ties
Character(s): Teddy, Luna, Harry, Ginny, baby James, Andromeda, Molly, and a naughty garden gnome.
Rating: PG
Word Count: ~6,100

Comments

[jtav]

Oh, Teddy! I missed this during the exchange proper, but this was a great story. I never thought about how much resentment little Teddy would feel, but it makes perfect sense that his powers would isolate him from other kids. Your Luna is spot on, and the ending was touching. Great job.

[midnitemaraud_r]

Thanks so much! The isolation thing from his inability to control his...ah, metamorphing was an idea I thought of when I first wrote about him as a baby in another fic. Not a problem around wizarding families, but around Muggles, well, it would cause quite a stir. No idea whether it's 'canon' or not in JKR's world, but I don't care. I liked it, along with the added complexity it brings to his character.

Luna is always fun, but writing her is hard - finding that balance between her intelligence and her eccentricities, and having her sound natural and all. I'm happy it worked!

Thanks again! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[gryffindorj]

and to my beta, inksheddings.
You need a beta???? I find that very funny.

[midnitemaraud_r]

*pfffffbt* Of course I do. Everyone does! :-P

[gryffindorj]

lol I do think there are people at their who don't use betas and they really really should.

Maybe I'm a bit wibbly today but your fic made me cry. I love that Teddy can see the big kid Ron is. I love how Teddy loves Harry and vice versa. And little baby James, so wonderful. I can see the pre-slash already Also Luna was fantastic. I loved the Peeping Trildofligs, LOL!

Teddy wrinkled his nose. "How did she get it out?"

Harry chuckled. "Oh, the usual way,
So cute and such a great answer!

I really enjoyed this, fantastic job.

[midnitemaraud_r]

There are lots of people who don't use betas, and those are people whose fics I don't tend to read. :-P

Awww. *hands you a tissue* Slash (potential and my pervy self) aside, I just love writing about the relationship between Harry and Teddy. Then again, I love writing about the parent-child relationships of my favorite characters in general. :-P But Teddy has so many different kinds of baggage because of his circumstances, and there are so many ways to approach it.

As for Teddy and James, well, you did notice James' strong grip, yeah? :-P Hee!

And, well, I love little details - things that might not be wholly important, whether it's bits of dialogue, like Teddy wondering about how babies get out of the womb, or an earthworm or, um, an indignant portrait (see latest beta :-P), yet they just add something to the story to keep it from being too narrow, you know? :)

Anyway, my dear, thank you so much!! I'm so happy you liked it! Yay! *smooches*

[indusnm]

Oh, I loved this. Mostly because I can see it clearly--for an orphan brought up by an older woman, it would be hard to get used to someone who will naturally take up most of Harry's time.

[midnitemaraud_r]

Thank you so much! The idea for this story actually came from my own childhood experiences - I was the oldest, and when my sister was born, I was not happy about someone taking all the attention away from me. :-P So I thought, how would Teddy feel when Harry had a child of his own? And well, this was the result.

I'm so glad you liked it! Thanks for reading and commenting!

[red_squared]

*sniffles*

Aw. Your Teddy always makes me sniffly, and this is no exception :(

*adores*

[midnitemaraud_r]

*hands you tissues* Thanks, honey! He's just so squishable. Hee! *Snuggles Teddy*

*smooches you*

[moia]

This was really lovely! :)

[midnitemaraud_r]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it!