Fic: Jovenalia for shaggydogstail

[brighty18]

Title: Jovenalia
Author/Artist: Brighty18
Recipient: Shaggydogstail
Rating: Light R, PG-13
Contents or warnings (highlight to view): *Foul language, silly traditions, murderous obligate hemiparasitic plants, self-referential nonsense, and everything you never wanted to know about mistletoe*
Word count: About 2,600
Summary: It’s Winter Solstice 1979 and the stars are

Comments

[shaggydogstail]

Dude! Duuuude! This is a triumph of festive silliness. A few of my favourite parts (although, clearly, it's ALL my favourite):

+ What a beautifully grumpy Remus. I do love me some grumpy!Remus.
+ I like how Sirius isn't even slightly bothered his grousing and is always ready to deter complaints with kisses and such. (I like to think this is Sirius' main job re Jovenalia, "don't worry, Prongs, if Moony starts kicking off I'll distract him... the sacrifices I make for you and Jovenalia...")
+ Jovenalia is the most mystic and beautiful of all winter festivals, and only purely coincidentally sounds anything at all like juvenalia, I'm sure.
+ Besides, why bother with wishes when he had what he wanted out of life: friends, love, Sirius. Awww. ♥ ♥ ♥
+ Literally everything about HL-986. ALL OF IT! Oh, god, those ridiculous threats of violence had me wheezing with laughter.
+ Pardon?” asked Remus, entirely failing to get the Muggle pop-culture reference seven years too early LOL
+ Venus, great Goddess of Love… Earth, yup, that’s

[brighty18]

Sorry! I am JUST getting around to replying to things that really should have been replied to many days ago...

But... yay! I am soooooooo glad you liked it. It was tons of fun to write and your prompts/wishes were great. I am particularly glad you were amused at the Princess Bride reference and Remus' reaction to it.

Happy New Year!

[secretsolitaire]

Hee! This is fun. :)

[brighty18]

Thanks!

[sostrata]

Wooooo! Crackfic! (My apologies if this was supposed to be a moving treatise on the human condition). I've been catching up on your entire small gifts oeuvre, and your stories are always so fun and creative!

[brighty18]

Crackfic! It was totally meant to be a moving treatise on the human condition... wait. NOPE! It was meant to be crackfic! That seems to be a Christmas tradition for me.

Thanks for the kind words and Happy New Year!

[dustmouth]

Oh it wouldn't be properly this time of year without one of your mistletoe fics! haha- I feel like it's really christmas now :D
Aahh this was such a lovely story, filled with so much warmth and silliness. Exactly what is ALWAYS needed.
I am so into any kind of weird wizarding tradition and this one really takes the cake. I pretty much did a backflip from pure joy when they all had to go get changed into their special, velvet outfits- AND JAMES' HAT WITH THE SPINNING JUPITER ON TOP!!!!!
That's it, I'm done. That completely finished me. I have never loved anything more than this.
Such a wonderful, funny thing to be able to end the day with. SO GOOD!

[brighty18]

Thank you! I have now managed to make myself thoroughly creeped out by misteltoe. Just kidding. I love it. I also love it that Cody's family apparently collects it by shooting out of the tree with a shotgun. That just seems appropriate.

Happy New Year!

[dustmouth]

Brighty, that is the most terrifyingly hardcore way to collect mistletoe that I have ever heard of hahaa- Not sure how much of a chance your mistletoe-y little buggers would stand against that.

Happy New Year!! :D

[laroseminuit]

oh goodness, it's the mistletoe! I love the mistletoe. how cruel of Remus to wish nargles upon it.
Jovenalia sounds delightful. I love how Remus and Lily are willing to mostly play along with the insanity.

[brighty18]

Thank you! I actually love mistletoe, too.

Happy New Year!