Obviously, it was well-written with a marvelous blend of plot, smut, and character development. Those are some of your trademarks: really well-balanced fiction. Hell, you even write action well (which I personally think is tricky) and those scenes at the orphanage were really powerful.
Thank you for the compliment. That is such a lovely thing for you to say. I've heard people say they know when it was me but no one has ever told me how they know. I figured I used the same phrases or something (which I probably do) but no one has ever said this. Thank you for that. It is really, really nice to hear.
The scene at the orphanage was, without a doubt, the hardest writing I have ever done. It wasn't right, and it wasn't right, and it wasn't right. I think it took something like ten to fifteen rewrites. It was awful and hard and when I was done, I was sick of this scene.
I'll admit that I kinda love that picture of Sirius. He's so damn sexy and he knows it. I was pleased with that.
He is so fiercely loyal and devoted to his friends.
He is, oh god, he is so devoted and loyal and somehow this gets a little lost in fanfiction. I think he could trap himself in this manner and it wouldn't take much to land him in this position.
Just as importantly, you get that hidden, fragile side of him.
I do believe his family did a number on his head, though I reject the idea of him crazy as a young man. I don't think his family was crazy, there might be some mental disabilities, but they weren't, as a whole, a bunch of sociopaths. That I reject out of hand. What I believe that fragility we perceive is, has to do with not getting enough love as a child, and having what love he did get be conditional. He could lose that love so easily by being the wrong sort of son. That's why he created a new family that did love him unconditionally, and there is nothing he wouldn't do to preserve it.
What did surprise me, however, was how well you wrote Remus. I’m not saying I didn’t think you could write Remus, I’m saying that I think of you as a “Sirius person,” but you really wrote this like a “Remus person.” By that I mean it wasn’t just writing Sirius through Remus’ eyes, it was really writing Remus as if you knew him/were him. And that speaks volumes for you as a writer.
I am a Sirius-person, through and through. And to be honest, I got a little scared when I realized I had set myself up for a lot of introspective Remus. I couldn't bring Sirius in until much later in the story. Thank you for letting me know I did justice to the character. I was worried.
This was just extremely well done.
Thank you. Honestly, I was worried about this one because I put Sirius in a position where I think we'd see the worst of him. An injured, cornered dog can be a very dangerous creature, and I think he has it in him, but writing it, showing it, that's totally different. He was so desperately unhappy once he realized he could have had Remus all along and it was so hard to show what was happening and not be in his POV. I'm still not so sure I succeeded, but thank you for the compliment.
PS THANK YOU for the happy ending, too! I needed that!
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Date: 2010-11-27 09:12 pm (UTC)Thank you for the compliment. That is such a lovely thing for you to say. I've heard people say they know when it was me but no one has ever told me how they know. I figured I used the same phrases or something (which I probably do) but no one has ever said this. Thank you for that. It is really, really nice to hear.
The scene at the orphanage was, without a doubt, the hardest writing I have ever done. It wasn't right, and it wasn't right, and it wasn't right. I think it took something like ten to fifteen rewrites. It was awful and hard and when I was done, I was sick of this scene.
I'll admit that I kinda love that picture of Sirius. He's so damn sexy and he knows it. I was pleased with that.
He is so fiercely loyal and devoted to his friends.
He is, oh god, he is so devoted and loyal and somehow this gets a little lost in fanfiction. I think he could trap himself in this manner and it wouldn't take much to land him in this position.
Just as importantly, you get that hidden, fragile side of him.
I do believe his family did a number on his head, though I reject the idea of him crazy as a young man. I don't think his family was crazy, there might be some mental disabilities, but they weren't, as a whole, a bunch of sociopaths. That I reject out of hand. What I believe that fragility we perceive is, has to do with not getting enough love as a child, and having what love he did get be conditional. He could lose that love so easily by being the wrong sort of son. That's why he created a new family that did love him unconditionally, and there is nothing he wouldn't do to preserve it.
What did surprise me, however, was how well you wrote Remus. I’m not saying I didn’t think you could write Remus, I’m saying that I think of you as a “Sirius person,” but you really wrote this like a “Remus person.” By that I mean it wasn’t just writing Sirius through Remus’ eyes, it was really writing Remus as if you knew him/were him. And that speaks volumes for you as a writer.
I am a Sirius-person, through and through. And to be honest, I got a little scared when I realized I had set myself up for a lot of introspective Remus. I couldn't bring Sirius in until much later in the story. Thank you for letting me know I did justice to the character. I was worried.
This was just extremely well done.
Thank you. Honestly, I was worried about this one because I put Sirius in a position where I think we'd see the worst of him. An injured, cornered dog can be a very dangerous creature, and I think he has it in him, but writing it, showing it, that's totally different. He was so desperately unhappy once he realized he could have had Remus all along and it was so hard to show what was happening and not be in his POV. I'm still not so sure I succeeded, but thank you for the compliment.
PS THANK YOU for the happy ending, too! I needed that!
Heh, I'm a happy ending kinda gal. :)