Comments | thistlerose: [hp fic] Expected and Unexpected (Minerva and Luna, PG)

thistlerose

[hp fic] Expected and Unexpected (Minerva and Luna, PG)

Sep 02, 2006 17:41

Expected and Unexpected

Fandom: HP
Rating: PG
Summary: Osric Lovegood is reluctant to send his daughter to Hogwarts. Dumbledore sends Minerva to straighten things out.
A/N: For quinquatrus's New Term challenge. (Prompt: Minerva's friendship (or attempts to bond) with a non-Gryffindor child.) Approx. 3,000 words. Many thanks to lyras for the proofread.

( While Minerva waited with increasing impatience for Osric Lovegood to open the door, she tried to remember what he’d been like as a student. The word fanciful came to mind before the color of his hair. )

fic: hp: char.: minerva, fic: hp (harry potter), fic: 2006, fic: hp: char.: luna

Comments 52

maajaml September 2 2006, 23:16:14 UTC

I can't believe that I'm the first one to comment.. O_o

I mean.. very in character, a good gen-ficlet.. I like it =)

thistlerose September 3 2006, 03:01:43 UTC

*g* Well, I'd only just posted it. Thank you so much! I'm really glad you liked it.

trixieblue September 3 2006, 01:27:00 UTC

*sigh*

So many things to love about this fic. The Minerva voice was great. Luna as a little elf-child was so spot on. Love the description; I could picture her so disinctly. I want some young Luna/Young Weasley fic.

Also, for some reason (don't know how they're connected), I want some grownup Luna/Willow from BtVS slash.

Anyway.

I hope Osric wasn't too sad while Luna was at Hogwarts. I guess he had the Quibbler to keep him busy, though.

Where on earth did the name Maykirtle come from? Is that canon? :-D It's crazy and awesome.

thistlerose September 3 2006, 03:03:02 UTC

I want some young Luna/Young Weasley fic.

I'll write one of those eventually, I think. There aren't enough stories about female bonding.

Maykirtle is a made up name. I just thought it sounded nice and Potterish.

Thanks! :)

abigail89 September 3 2006, 02:00:12 UTC

This was excellent. Writing Luna is devilishly hard, and you've got her. A harried, distracted father would certainly explain how she got that way.

Lovely, lovely Minerva. Well done!

thistlerose September 3 2006, 03:04:14 UTC

She's really hard to write. I'm thinking, but I don't recall ever writing a story about her from her POV. It's always Ginny or Neville or someone. One day I'll tackle Luna.

Thanks so much! :)

lilacsigil September 3 2006, 02:09:11 UTC

I loved the stern but caring voice of Minerva, especially in contrast to the otherwordly voices of Luna and Dumbledore - it makes me wonder if Minerva ever got those vanilla beans.

thistlerose September 3 2006, 03:05:06 UTC

Dumbledore was actually fun to write. I didn't think he would be. I didn't have anything planned with him - I just put him in the scene and let him go. I bet he and Luna got along. :)

Thanks!!

hhbarmaid September 3 2006, 02:33:33 UTC

This is wonderful!

You have really captured everyone so well, Minerva, Luna, Dumbledore.

I really love this perspective -- Minerva's pov. And Luna's dad is just precious!

Poor Minerva. It must be so hard for her. :-(

thistlerose September 3 2006, 03:06:24 UTC

Thank you! Luna's dad was fun to construct. I kind of like writing about the parents. We don't know most of them, so we piece them together based on the children they have. I figure Osric is whimsical like Luna, but with it enough to maintain a magazine.

Thank you! :)