Comments | nokomis305: Fic: Eyes I Dare Not Meet In Dreams (Draco/Ginny, 1/1)

nokomis305

Fic: Eyes I Dare Not Meet In Dreams (Draco/Ginny, 1/1)

Feb 14, 2006 22:10

So I've been trying to think of something to write for my favorite ship that wasn't boring or cliche or trite, and that combined with reading hundreds of pages of T.S. Eliot over the past week resulted in this very very darkfic.

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Title: Eyes I Dare Not Meet In Dreams

Summary: Between the idea / And the reality / Between the motion / And the ( Read more... )

fic, hp: ginny weasley, hp: draco/ginny, hp: draco malfoy, het

Comments 26

dragonsangel68 February 15 2006, 03:31:58 UTC

Wow! I'm almost speechless. It was so powerful. Well done :)

nokomis305 February 15 2006, 04:15:57 UTC

Thank you so much!

ryuugazaki February 15 2006, 03:35:06 UTC

My oh my.

That was beautiful :)

ryuugazaki February 15 2006, 03:43:00 UTC

A perfect antithesis to sugary V-day, might I add ;)

nokomis305 February 15 2006, 04:18:47 UTC

A coincidence, I'm sure. :)

I'm so thrilled you like it. Thanks!

lielabell February 17 2006, 03:08:21 UTC

Wow. That was powerful. I have so many questions...

nokomis305 February 17 2006, 19:24:51 UTC

Thank you!

And feel free to ask me whatever, I don't want any confused readers wandering about. ;)

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nokomis305 February 24 2006, 21:56:18 UTC

You pegged it- I wrote it as Inferi decaying away, attempting futily to cling to who their bodies once were. I didn't want to actually say the I-word, though, so that readers can pick their poison, so to speak.

Thank you so much! *hearts you back*

lunalelle February 24 2006, 05:53:50 UTC

Came by luciademedici's recommendation, as I know that I can trust her to point me to the most brilliant of darkfic, one that touches on its essence without playing the gimmick or floating on the edge of the genre.

I love that the sex is as empty as everything else, that it doesn't solve problems and that all there is is the decaying of life. Like Lucia, I'm not sure whether these are inferi or whether it is something that Voldemort did to the world or to his Death Eaters, whether they died in their betrayal and were brought back to continue to serve. Any option fits, and in the end, although there are questions, there is the hollowness that you wanted me to feel.

Please post this to darkones to show them how it's done. :)

L.

nokomis305 February 24 2006, 22:04:39 UTC

Thank you so much!

Sex is someting that reaffirms life more than anything else, so I'm glad that between the characters it came across as empty and even further proof of their decay. I wrote it with Inferi in mind, but I'm gratified that it comes across as ambiguous enough to allow multiple interpretations, because the true root of terror is something every individual has to pick for themselves.

*grins* I already posted it to darkones actually. Lovely comm.