Reconsidering the day (the generations of ink remix)

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Title: Reconsidering the day (the generations of ink remix)
Author: zooey_glass04
Fandom: Harry Potter
Rating: G
Pairing/Characters: Lucius Malfoy, Narcissa Malfoy, Draco Malfoy/Hermione Granger
Disclaimer: Fun, not profit
Notes: Thanks to parenthetical for her awesome beta help, and to pinkfinity for being so kind as to let me remix her story :D
Wordcount: c. 2,250
Original story: A

Comments

[nora_charles]

Aww, all the kids are so cute! I could feel their excitement and curiosity vividly. The contrast to the adult perspective was really cool. Also, I think this is the first Draco/Hermione fic I've ever read. The pairing doesn't particularly appeal to me, but you made me believe it by showing the bright, shiny kids they once were, and the disillusioned adults they become.

[nora_charles]

I like to come back and read the comments of fics I've enjoyed - it's the next best thing to talking about a fic with someone who's also read it. I am completely baffled and kind of upset that people are letting this wonderful fic pass them by. I think what you did with making me identify so strongly with Lucius and Narcissa as kids, and kind of actually love them and wish them all the best at Hogwarts was awesome writing. I can only think people are worried they won't like it because of the rare pairing. But, tomorrow is the reveal, and if you always write this well, I think people will read it because they recognize your name.

[werewolfsfan]

I cannot guess as to why some remixes languish without comments really. I know personally, I simply hadn't time to read them all yet, especially since I often go back and read the original.
I was very wrapped up in the Hogwarts letters and how they were received by these various children, especially Lucius Malfoy as it's rare to read about him as a child. The personalities of Lucius, Narcissa, Draco and Hermoine really come though in those segments. These lines are especially haunting:

When she makes the walk from the dais to the Slytherin table - conscious of Bella's bright, exultant gaze - it's even more exhilarating than she'd dreamed.

It's not until much later that Narcissa realises she was actually stepping into a trap.

The last passage though with the twin children of Draco and Hermoine didn't gel for me. It's not that I cannot accept them as a couple it's that I need more here to show what the "everything we've taught them" is and what alternative she will choose for their education since all of this part is AU.

[nora_charles]

That's an interesting point. I didn't mean to imply that people who had read the fic failed to comment because the pairing didn't work for them, in case that's what you thought, just that people might never read the fic in the first place because of the pairing. I say that as someone who is rather disinterested in Hr/D, so I might be completely off about what fans of het HP fic want

[jeauexe]

This was really lovely. I particularly loved the Lucius and Narcissa parts, although Lucius isn't one of my favourite characters, I have to admit that you made him likable in this one. Thanks for the great fic! (:

[skybound2]

I really enjoyed this! Loved the shifting children's perspective, and how this whole story fits around the original so well. And I think that the ending seems very much like a decision that a Hermione married to Draco would make. Wonderful work.

[paranoidangel42]

I really like all those stories of past letters.