Grounded (This Is Not My Beautiful Life Mix) [Harry Potter; Ginny/Luna, Ginny/Harry]

[dmx_men]

Title: Grounded (This Is Not My Beautiful Life Mix)
Author: kyuuketsukirui
Summary: It's not the life she wants, but it's the only one she can imagine having.
Rating: R
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Ginny/Luna, Ginny/Harry
Original story: Just Like Flying by isiscolo

Comments

[isiscolo]

You've done a lovely job, o anonymous writer! What an interesting take on my story, viewing it from the perspective of years (that have passed according to canon) through a lens of regret. It's very sad but there is still that sweetness of the remembered happiness. I hope you enjoyed writing this, and thank you for taking on this bit of story and making it your own!

[nora_charles]

I found your fic very interesting, and I enjoyed reading it. I'm not sure I understand it they way you meant it, though, because my reaction to it is so radically different from the other commenters'. I know there are many people who make choices like Ginny does in real life, and I've sat and talked with a guy in a gay bar once who pretty much lived it. I really appreciated the realism, and I also thought your fic was beautifully written and very engaging. I don't know if it was your intention, but it made me despise Ginny totally. I do feel a bit of pity for her, but mostly just contempt. I'm glad Luna got out of that mess, and found love, and feel sorry for pathetic, emotionally retarded Harry for loving a woman he repulses.

[edenfalling]

*wibbles* Oh, Ginny, you poor idiot. What have you done to yourself all these years? (And to Luna, and to Harry, and to your children...) You write her confusion and longing so well that my heart breaks.

I hope she does tell the truth, finally. I hope she can find a way to be happy.

[sophinisba]

This is so damn sad and great. I want to say "I especially like the part where..." but then it's just about every scene. Hm.

It's weird, at this point I've read a bunch of fics about Harry realizing he's gay after years of marriage but I've never thought that way about Ginny and what she might be missing out on by...making her life into Harry's fantasy of a happy family. D: I can totally see him acting that way, just not getting it.

The part where she sees the picture of Titania and Luna breaks my heart.

[antihysteric]

oh.

This really broke my heart. As someone else has noted, it's nice (well, not literally nice, but) to see *Ginny* as the closeted one for once, and I'm glad you wrote that last line -- you made me really want her to stop hiding. Fantastic job.