Fic: "Infinitely suffering thing", for inthesewalls

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Title: Infinitely suffering thing
Author: virginia_bell
Recipient: inthesewalls
Rating: PG
Character(s): Remus Lupin
Warnings: War and implications thereof, implied alcohol use
Summary: Remus has been at war for a decade now, and it seems as if war is all he has ever known.
Author's Notes: Much thanks to my betas for their nitpicking, commentary, advice, and special

Comments

[such_heights]

Completely and utterly gorgeous. I love this. The structure, the changes in tone, the dialogue, and then that twist at the end. Beautiful!

[virginia_bell]

Thank you, oh beta reader of britpicking loveliness. :">

[sweetumms33]

This is just beautiful. The imagery is amazing, I loved how you described their interaction as a a perfume pressed to the wrist - how long the scent lingers, how indecipherable its source. That line is going to stick with me for a long while. And I can see Remus like that, aware of how futal it all is, yet standing by, because he does love Harry and he does believe, yet he still can't bring himself to kill. Even better, you showed how Remus would recognize the irony in that, and it makes it even better. This is definitely going in the memories, phenomenol work!

[virginia_bell]

*flails* Thank you so much! ♥

[snorkackcatcher]

Ouch. Poor Remus -- another nasty blow in a life littered with them.

[virginia_bell]

I suspect that, as fic writers, we enjoy torturing him far too much. :p

Thanks for reading!