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R/T FIC: Till Human Voices Wake Us (7/7)

Oct 30, 2007 09:09

Title: Till Human Voices Wake Us (7/7)
Author: MrsTater
Rating & Warnings: R, for violent themes and sexuality
Prompts: Cauldron, Day of Discombobulation, Image # 16, Angst and Horror
Word Count: 5359 in this part; 29,713 total
Summary: When Remus' mysterious work for the Order requires Tonks' assistance, feelings that run far deeper than comrades-at ( Read more... )

fic: till human voices wake us

Comments 32

otahyoni October 30 2007, 14:35:50 UTC

Oh, so good. A great series.

Memorizing!

mrstater October 31 2007, 18:31:40 UTC

Thank you very much! I'm really happy you like it enough to read again. :)

pinkhairedauror October 30 2007, 15:15:47 UTC

Just so so so so very beautiful!!!

I think *sniffles* that 'doesn't need brave right now, he needs loyal' is such an apt insight that...

Oh I must say, this really has been a brilliant fic. Sliding in smoothly with canon (weeeeeee yes! That dream... no, that WEEK! so would explain her change of patronus!), making absolute sense in and of itself, and, best of all, having characters who live it and aren't just puppetered in.

They. Love. Each other. So!

Thank you.

mrstater October 31 2007, 18:33:02 UTC

Aw, thanks so much! I'm thrilled that you like this, and I'm especially pleased it fits in with canon to you, as I was worried it was a bit much for the early OotP setting. But Remus and Tonks always seem like deeply passionate people to me, who would get in deep quickly.

I really appreciate your feedback throughout this fic. :)

pinkhairedauror October 31 2007, 18:47:21 UTC

Oh, it fits with canon, I think. Of course, the other interpretation also fits, but the way you've done it is beautiful and appropriate - and if I were to close my mind to things, I'd have to miss on an awful lot of good stuff!

It's been absolutely my pleasure to read and comment on this story!

drumher October 30 2007, 16:12:54 UTC

There are so many good things about this I don't know quite where to start. Half-Nekked Remus is always a good way to end a story but getting to that point was choc full of lovely and scary moments. I liked how you wrote Tonks less secure in her attitude towards the Wolf than we usually see. I'm sure Remus was a little pleased that she was showing a healthy dose of fear.

This last chapter is my favorite, and not because of half-nekked Remus, tho' that certainly was nice to contemplate. Where was I...oh yeah...favorite part. The build up to the change was very effective and your description of the actual transformation was chilling. The stuff of nightmares. Excellent.

Your use of the 3rd person omni got better with each chapter too. I'm so glad you stuck with this and didn't try to rush it out before the challenge deadline. Bravo!

mrstater October 31 2007, 20:28:33 UTC

Thank you so much! I'm so, so pleased you like this. It was such a departure for me in a lot of areas, so I'm glad you think it worked. I was just thinking a lot about Remus' reasons for not being with her, and how Tonks could say "I don't care" in a way that doesn't imply naivety, so I thought I'd try showing her face "too dangerous" head on and still not care.

It's so good to know that the stuff I hoped would be scary is! And I really appreciate your feedback on the narrative voice, too. I definitely want to keep working with it, because it's a very useful tool, I think!

Although I've gotten the idea you weren't paying much attention to anything other than half-nekkid Remus. ;)

train_lindz October 30 2007, 16:42:42 UTC

This was a great finale to this story - the 7 day lead up was excellent, especially leading up to Halloween.
You had me on the edge of my seat!

mrstater October 31 2007, 18:34:02 UTC

Thank you very much! I'm really pleased to know you enjoyed the week-long journey with Remus and Tonks, even if it's uncomfortable on the edge of your chair. ;) Happy Halloween!

cae_prince October 30 2007, 16:55:06 UTC

And so the end is here - and it's been a great one! I absolutely love the fact that your werewolf description - both pre-transformation, during transformation and the werewolf itself - are much more different from convention as followed in this fandom. And its a wonderful different - definitely the best I have seen till date. You kept me on the edge of my seat through this completely - the transformation description is so vivid and heart-wrenching. The way you describe each stage of the transformation is just BRILLIANT - and at the end of it, I got a vivid image of Werewolf!Remus in my mind's eye. I can't actually describe the way I felt with that - but let this be an indication of how beautifully you've done this ( ... )

mrstater October 31 2007, 21:24:08 UTC

Wow, I just can't thank you enough for these comments. You're always such a thoughtful reader and such an encouragement. :)

I always knew I wanted to do a werewolf transformation in this piece once the prompts inspired Wolfsbane Potion in a horror story, so I'm just thrilled to pieces you like it to this degree. I lived in fear of going over the top with it, because werewolf stuff is just not really in the realm of my experience! Or horror, for that matter. And that it inspired an emotional response is just the best I could hope for, especially as the characters' emotional arc is really at the heart of all this. I'm especially pleased you like my Tonks and her reaction to the werewolf, as I felt I was really walking a fine line there with her being terrified in front of him and yet the woman who don't care -- and I think the aspect of witnessing his agony made that the trickiest, so I'm just pleased as can be that that worked for you ( ... )