Fic: Sisters (Gen, Petunia and Lily Evans)

[aggiestories]

Title: Sisters
Author: aggiebell90
Character(s): Lily Evans and Petunia Evans, with cameos from Snape and McGonagall
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Wordcount: ~2400
Summary: If you don't understand how a woman could both love her sister dearly and want to wring her neck at the same time, then you were probably an only child. -Linda Sunshine
Author's Note: Written

Comments

[sueatducksfoot]

This is awesome!! You have captured Tuney just right. She can't stand the fact that she's not 'special' so instead she's decided it must mean Lily is a 'weirdo.' You made me see it. Lily is torn between being a witch and having the sister she loved. I'm glad she decided not to let her sister spoil 'the best day of her life.' I'm posting this in the Peon thread.

*GLOMPS you*

[aggiebell90]

Oh, thanks, Sue! This was an interesting thing to write after writing Secrets, you know? I almost felt like I was writing a prequel, even though it wasn't really supposed to be one. It was fun to dig back into canon to find all those mentions of Petunia and what she said about Lily, and then going back through Snape's memories--I'd forgotten that so many of his early encounters with Lily also included Petunia.

[asher_elric]

This is a really wonderful piece.
I feel really bad for Lily and Petunia.
This is well written and I loved every moment of it.

[aggiebell90]

Oh, thanks so much! I'm glad to hear you felt bad for both Lily and Petunia. Even though I pretty much despise the Petunia we see in canon, I can't help but feel sorry for her, especially as I've been digging into her character a bit more lately. I think they both lost so much when Lily went off to Hogwarts, you know? And I don't really think I can place for that the blame on just Petunia.

[asher_elric]

I think you got it right in one.