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Happy Radish Love, a_respite!

Nov 08, 2009 18:11

Author: pettybureaucrat
Recipient: a_respite
Title: She Who Hesitates
Rating: R
Warnings/additional pairings: Sexual content
Summary: What would have happened if Luna decided to kiss Harry after Slughorn’s party? And he decided to kiss her back? A look at how different HBP could have been.
Word Count: ~9000
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property ( Read more... )

2009, fic, r

Comments 10

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pettybureaucrat November 30 2009, 05:34:16 UTC

Glad you enjoyed it.

a_respite November 9 2009, 03:28:28 UTC

Thank you so much, mystery author. This showed some of my favorite parts of Harry/Luna - how she was the one who could really bring him out of his brooding funk and his melancholy Draco-obsession, and bring a bit of joy into his life. And you certainly wrote some joy for them! I really enjoyed your twist on canon at the end - I think your Luna handled things much more reasonably than canon's Ginny did. Thanks again!

pettybureaucrat November 30 2009, 05:37:03 UTC

I'm very glad you liked it. Ye olde mod had me tone down my original entry, I'm not really used to writing R rated stories.

Although I'm an H/G shipper usual, I can easily see Harry and Luna as a couple. I've always thought Luna would be a free-spirited sort, the kind of woman Harry really needed to pull him out of his moods and brooding.

blevins November 9 2009, 04:26:21 UTC

Finally! Somebody who realizes that the Ravenclaw colors are actually blue and BRONZE rather than silver!

Okay, now that I'm done squealing over that...
this fic was tasty. :3 Luna was spot-on. and Harry was perfectly noble, especially at the end. pff, I'm having trouble articulating my praise here; forgive me.

pettybureaucrat November 30 2009, 05:38:49 UTC

JKR is pretty specific about Ravenclaw's colors.

I'm very glad you enjoyed it. Of course Harry was noble (he's got that saving the world mindset), but I knew Luna would never buy into his plan for keeping her 'safe'

ebilgatoloco November 10 2009, 04:22:39 UTC

=]

Lovely. I must admit that Luna felt a bit OOC for me, but overall I loved this version of HBP XD
Thanks for sharing!

pettybureaucrat November 30 2009, 05:40:16 UTC

I appreciated your kind words and I'm glad you enjoyed it.

As fare as Luna's OCC-ness, I felt that since she was now in a relationship that her attitudes would change and mature over time.

shes_gone November 16 2009, 17:29:01 UTC

This was a lot of fun! Definitely preferable to the way things actually went. :D

pettybureaucrat November 30 2009, 05:41:01 UTC

I'm glad you liked it. I was disappointed at the end of HBP myself, so I figured Luna could certainly liven things up for Harry.