Comments | nokomis305: Fic: To Follow Knowledge Like a Sinking Star (Lucius, Bellatrix gen, 1/1)

nokomis305

Fic: To Follow Knowledge Like a Sinking Star (Lucius, Bellatrix gen, 1/1)

Jan 30, 2007 22:32

Title: To Follow Knowledge Like a Sinking Star
Summary: Bellatrix tapped her long fingernails on the arm of her chair like heartbeats.
Characters: Lucius Malfoy, Bellatrix Lestrange, toddler-aged Draco Malfoy
Rating: PG
Word count: 1033
AN: Thanks to the wonderful rainpuddle13, for both the prompt and the beta! Title from Alfred Lord Tennyson’s “Ulysses.”

( To Follow Knowledge Like a Sinking Star )

hp: lucius malfoy, fic, gen, hp: draco malfoy, hp: bellatrix lestrange

Comments 10

rainpuddle13 January 31 2007, 03:38:36 UTC

I ♥ it! Of course you already know that.

Every single one of Bellatrix's gestures is menacing and full of unspoken threat, especially when she's holding baby Draco. I was fightened for him for a moment, but Lucius came though to save him. The end was so not what I expected from you which makes it doubly more exciting and happy. Lucius love his son. *happy sigh*

nokomis305 January 31 2007, 23:12:16 UTC

I'm thrilled you like it!

I'm glad Bellatrix came across as threatening - she was suprisingly understated as I was writing. And I'm glad you thought I would go Other Places with the ending, but you know how I feel about my Malfoys - they're loyal to none but themselves. Thank you!

dragonsangel68 January 31 2007, 04:06:54 UTC

Brilliant! The way you've characterized Bellatrix is so perfect. She's dark and scary, but at the same time so controlled. Lucius' obvious love for his son is really touching *g*

nokomis305 January 31 2007, 23:15:59 UTC

Thank you! Bellatrix is a delight to write, as evil crazy people often are, but with this fic she decided to be more understated and subtle (than her usual, at least) with the threats. It's how I see her interacting with her peers, rather than the show she puts on for the uninitiated. *grins* I am a believer in the happy Malfoy family.

walk74 January 31 2007, 13:16:26 UTC

That was kind of creepy. I really have never liked Bellatrix; she's just insane (and not in the good way). I really wish that JKR would develop other characters in great depth. I guess that is what fanfiction is for :)

nokomis305 January 31 2007, 23:19:39 UTC

*grins* I'm glad it came across as a bit creepy, that was definitely something I was aiming for. Thank you!

I would love to see characters outside the core characterized to a greater degree, but at the same time, I kind of enjoy the freedom that ambiguity produces. :)

azadi786 January 31 2007, 21:25:07 UTC

Spectacular! I loved how you characterised Bella; her motivations for choosing the Dark Lord are chillingly accurate of how Bella is defined in my mind. Her fervour for her family is warped and slightly disturbing as demonstrated by her actions with Draco In contrast Lucius is truly devoted to his family. I also loved how you showed him to be slightly fallible by depicting how he hasn’t “laughed since his return” from Azkaban. Brilliant work :D

nokomis305 January 31 2007, 23:25:02 UTC

I always love the challenge of making the Malfoys people, without diminishing their threat or bigotry or any of the evil things that make them characters I adore. I'm glad I could achieve some of that with Lucius here. And Bellatrix- I'm glad you like my characterization, because I fell hard and fast for her and adore revisiting her and trying to figure out what makes her tick. Thank you! ♥

ki_caelum February 4 2007, 22:17:38 UTC

I do love the darkness in your fics, and your Malfoy/Bella/Gaunt fics are theo nes which stick with me the most. I really like your way of using similes which reflect the wizarding world - it gives a creepy, real vibe to it all. And Bellatrix is just brilliantly sinister.

Favourite line: They weren’t young, not anymore, and the thought no longer terrified him as it once had.

I can so see Lucius being afraid of growing old. That just fit perfectly - and I like the thought that it's because he has Draco to carry on his evil ways ambitions.

This was a fabulous piece. Loved it.

nokomis305 February 6 2007, 17:43:52 UTC

Thank you so much!

Out of all my fics, the Malfoy/Bella/Gaunt ones are the ones I really have to be in a certain mindframe to write, and I guess that shows. :) I'm really glad that the sinister edge came through sharply - Bellatrix fascinates me, through her fervor and her commitment, and she's threatening in a way only a zealot can be.

And I can see Lucius as a vain youth who only really becomes the sort of man he is by the time canon rolls around because of fatherhood.

I'm thrilled you liked it! ♥