It was one of my absolute favourites too, helped in great part by the animated films they made in the late '70s - I must have watched those things a hundred times as a kid, and I've adored Puff ever since :D
I liked the vibe of this story - very 70s feel and a lovely story about growing up. Loved all the undercurrents between them, including when Sirius was finding his way back into Remus' graces. Loved Remus admission of his fears. Also great little glimpses of Remus' mom - she is amazing here.
Thank you so much! I have a lot of nostalgia for the time before computers and mobile phones. My parents have an enormous record collection, and the soft hisses and pops of vinyl are something I grew up with. You always had to be so careful walking past when the needle was down, lest it skip ^_^;;
The song is all about growing up, so thought that would be an interesting angle to take it from, with Honalee as a metaphor for Hogwarts and their school years. I'm so glad it worked for you ^_^
Mrs. Lupin Thinking about this, it occurred to me that Remus' parents would have been the teenagers standing around the jukebox listening to Elvis and Buddy Holly while the country was still recovering from war, and music would have been one of the few escapes they had from an otherwise pretty austere life. It made sense that Mrs. Lupin would want her son to have the same kind of outlet for forgetting. That and my mum totally dances around the kitchen whenever there's music playing ^_~
Right off the bat this is lovely--the details about owl post being dropped in breakfast!
The overwhelming sensation of nostalgia is just so tender and painful and captures an era and a stage of adolescence quite well.
I love the touches of humor--the drinking scene, and how simply you demonstrate Sirius' point of view just by the sentence about the turntable's "engine"
And the ending was so bittersweet. I think I have to go listen to PP&M now. bravo/a!
owl post *chuckles* I don't imagine owls have perfect aim, nor Remus quite the eye for catching something fluttery out of the air.
There's real richness to writing nostalgia I think, the same kind of soft focus and saturation of colour that you get in old photographs. I'm very fond of writing from the perspective of someone looking back (probably a little too fond actually XD), and no one does yearning for childhood and the way things were quite like a 17-year-old - the loss is still fresh.
The afterparty in the common room was a lot of fun to write, I will admit, as was Sirius' befuddlement at why the turntable engine wasn't working (he's taken Muggle Studies, he has a motorbike: he knows everything in the Muggle world is powered by engines! *nod nod*)
PP&M I had 'Puff', 'Lemon Tree', and 'Blowin' in the Wind' on continuous repeat while I was writing this ^_~
This is a great piece to end the Games-and might I add, I also love Puff the Magic Dragon (!) and the way you use it here to create a lovely 70s vibe. I also love how the records establish a connection between Remus and his mother, and Remus and Sirius, and also a connection between Remus and the outside world. It makes sense that he would see it as a comforting that others have had it worse than he has, and I like the idea of him using music as a way to connect him to a world he might otherwise feel isolated from
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The song is all about growing up, so thought that would be an interesting angle to take it from, with Honalee as a metaphor for Hogwarts and their school years. I'm so glad it worked for you ^_^
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Thinking about this, it occurred to me that Remus' parents would have been the teenagers standing around the jukebox listening to Elvis and Buddy Holly while the country was still recovering from war, and music would have been one of the few escapes they had from an otherwise pretty austere life. It made sense that Mrs. Lupin would want her son to have the same kind of outlet for forgetting.
That and my mum totally dances around the kitchen whenever there's music playing ^_~
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The overwhelming sensation of nostalgia is just so tender and painful and captures an era and a stage of adolescence quite well.
I love the touches of humor--the drinking scene, and how simply you demonstrate Sirius' point of view just by the sentence about the turntable's "engine"
And the ending was so bittersweet. I think I have to go listen to PP&M now. bravo/a!
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owl post
*chuckles* I don't imagine owls have perfect aim, nor Remus quite the eye for catching something fluttery out of the air.
There's real richness to writing nostalgia I think, the same kind of soft focus and saturation of colour that you get in old photographs. I'm very fond of writing from the perspective of someone looking back (probably a little too fond actually XD), and no one does yearning for childhood and the way things were quite like a 17-year-old - the loss is still fresh.
The afterparty in the common room was a lot of fun to write, I will admit, as was Sirius' befuddlement at why the turntable engine wasn't working (he's taken Muggle Studies, he has a motorbike: he knows everything in the Muggle world is powered by engines! *nod nod*)
PP&M
I had 'Puff', 'Lemon Tree', and 'Blowin' in the Wind' on continuous repeat while I was writing this ^_~
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This was lovely and an excellent use of the prompt.
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Thank you so much!
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