[fic] At the Beginning [mwpp, gen]

[thistlerose]

At the Beginning
by Thistlerose

Rating: PG
Ships: none
Setting: 1 September, 1971
Betas: gehayi and rynne. Thanks!!
Summary: Lily, Alice, Sirius, Severus, Remus, James, Frank, and Peter meet for the first time on the Hogwarts Express. Some friends -- and some enemies -- are simply meant to be. And some are not.
Disclaimer: JK Rowling's. Not mine.

Comments

[adolph_loos]

Brilliant, as always! I love that you used letters; the way in which the kids speak to their parents/the extent of what they inform them of is really telling. I like that Remus wrote a long one. :)

All of the things you did were not preditable, but they were right. Of course Sirius and James had to fight, of course Lily would have a crush on polite, bookish Remus. And the Snapes were perfect.

I got chills reading the bit where Bellatrix is watching Sirius, knowing what she'd do to him later in your other fics.

“Eustace is still my favourite,” said the boy. “Out of the whole series. He starts out as a right prig, but in the end… He’s quite brave in the end.”

^Sirius-reference, right? I love it! And having Lily like Polly works out extremely well, too. ^__^

[thistlerose]

Thanks! :)

Sirius-reference, right?

*g* Kinda, yeah.

And Eustace was my favorite character, too.

[3goodtimes]

Oh what a nice story! I love your take on Sirius, Snape, and James. I hope you continue it :)

[thistlerose]

Thanks! :)

I wasn't planning on continuing it. I don't really like writing about young kids (although Sirius and Snape were fun) and anyway, it's set in my ficverse. But...you never know.

I'm so glad you liked it!

[fantomeq]

Remus's justification of why he likes Eustace is a cute parallel to Sirius. Severus's thoughts about tutors is particularly interesting since he'll be a professor. I love little Sirius! I loved how Severus's parents make Sirius's look nice. Actually, I love Severus as well. The fight between the two was very insightful.

I loved Sirius acting like Draco, and the freedom that fighting gave him was a great way to set up his later recklessness.

I love the letters. They're a great show of contrasts with very unique voices. Lily's sweet letter to Petunia really shows how Petunia misinterprets things.

Great story! Very, very insightful, particularly Severus, who was my favorite.

[thistlerose]

*g* I hadn't thought of the Eustace-Sirius parallels when I first wrote the story, but I like them.

I loved Sirius acting like Draco, and the freedom that fighting gave him was a great way to set up his later recklessness.

Except Sirius hates his parents, and Draco seems to think he has his around his little finger. I like to think Sirius was being a bit self-destructive in this story. People keep telling him how much like the rest of his family he is, I think he's unconsciously trying to provoke someone to beat it out of him. In a way.

Lily's sweet letter to Petunia really shows how Petunia misinterprets things.

I wonder if Petunia still has that photograph... I feel bad for young!Petunia, even though we haven't seen her in canon, yet.

Very, very insightful, particularly Severus, who was my favorite.

*g* He was my favorite to write, too! Thanks so much!!

[louve_mae]

I love it! Thistlerose, you're so talented. I love how you portray them at eleven, how you can already see where they're going, and marvel at the way it begins. I love it!

[thistlerose]

Thank you so much. ^__^

I love stories about origins...so even though I don't like writing about kids, this was a fun project. I actually liked writing about Severus!

[tsubasa_lupin]

What a brilliant fic! Really, I like the way you write, it's just soo cannon and realistic! =D

Greets!

[thistlerose]

*blush* Thanks so much!