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[apostrophe_ess]

Title: Hot temper
Author: apostrophe_ess
Disclaimer: Everything belongs to JKR, I merely gain from playing these games in her playground.
Pairing/Character: James/Lily, Severus Snape
Word Count: 694
Rating: G
Prompt: For potterverse100, number 1 - pureblood. Prompt table here. Chronological list here.
Summary: After an argument with James, Lily finds herself in

Comments

[vanillacocktail]

Awwww so sweet! I need to read all your previous stories! I have just had so much going on. You always hint towards the betrayal and their deaths, I think its pretty cool how you can do that!

[apostrophe_ess]

Thank you for reading this one, I know that it's a really busy time at the moment for everyone so as nice as it will be to hear what you thought of the others, I understand that the time might not be right yet.

Sometimes I wonder if somehow they did contribute to making this happen. Was it Peter being, in his mind, mistreated in some way - being ignored, or laughed at, or his opinions not being taken serious which sealed their fate? Was it Snape taking the only chance he could to get his own back? Was there something else that happened with another character that we don't yet know about? I don't know if we'll ever get the answers, but it is quite fun playing with the idea in the meantime.

Thank you.

[ladybluestar]

Sweet indeed.
I agree with your Snape dialogue, he sounds more like Malfoy, all bravado and little intelligence.
Also, I found it a little odd that Lily would argue about blood status, especially calling Harry a pureblood. I would think she would avoid that term as well.
Otherwise, cute at the end.

[apostrophe_ess]

I agree that Snape has plenty of intelligence. I find it really hard to write him just so, a state that is compounded by having a friend who writes him absolutely brilliantly. We have role-played Lily and Snape together in some really challenging situations and she's never failed to keep him totally IC. I'm pretty sure this is the first thing I've posted with him in - I don't suppose there will be too many more, unless I get brave!

Thank you for your thoughtful comments, they are appreciated.

[ladybluestar]

I agree, he's a difficult character. I tend to look at him as pure Slytherin, he's in it for himself and doesn't want to be forced into choosing sides.

Then again, there's me who doesn't write at all b/c I hate writing...and have tons of author friends.

I try to be thoughtful, as the work that you put into each piece is obvious.

[xprincessbloomx]

I love how you manage to pull the ending together with something poignant, otherwise really funny or incredibly sweet. In this one particularly, I enjoyed the ending conversation.

I also really enjoyed reading the argument between Lily and Snape. Very in character, I thought. And James was right there to protect Lily.

Wonderful.

[apostrophe_ess]

Yay! You liked the ending. I always try to do exactly what you say, pull it together with something meaningful in one way or the other. Sometimes I write it and it seems a bit weak, so I let it stew for an hour or so and go back to it, other times it works straight off.

It's really nice of you to say about Snape. I commented above about having a hard act to follow role-model Snape writer as a friend. I am being brave even trying to write him. And I'm wondering, with trepidation, what she will say when she reads it!

Thank you.

[alex_c_potter]

Yet another great little story! Snape is a difficult character to pull off, but I think you managed just fine. It was very sweet that James came to protect Lily, and I particularly enjoyed their ending dialouge ;) Very nicely done, overall! ♥

[apostrophe_ess]

You're very kind for saying such sweet things. Thank you. That the story works overall is excellent to hear, I'm delighted about that.

Thank you again.

[spikesminx]

Lovely drabble! Even Lily and James has fights, and things are not always so fluffy. I love it when authors mention this :) About Snape, yeah, he sounds a bit more like Malfoy, he wouldn't call her Evans all the time, and he'd talk as little as possible, but I admit writing him is hard :) It's good seeing a hardcore L/J shipper like you including Snape in the fic, many L/J shippers don't like him at all. I really love Lily/James, but Lily/Severus is my OTP. I think they were close, no matter which way :D

I liked that James was following her to protect her even after they had a fight. I think that's a bit over-protective, but that's just James :D He tends to be like that for his girl. You capture him well :)

Oh, btw, thanks for posting to lily_centric, again. You have over 20 fics posted, I appreciate that :)

[apostrophe_ess]

I'm sure James and Lily had lots of stressful times when fighting of sorts emerged, bless them. For anyone to get through what they did must have been really difficult - and then they got killed. Awwww.

I couldn't not include Snape somewhere along the line. We know that he and James didn't like each other, and my interpretation was that Lily wasn't that keen either - though that is only my interpretation and I'm not saying it isn't possible to have another one. From HBP we know that he felt guilty about them being killed, Harry even went as far as to say that he was to blame for it. So, with all of that, he has to feature along the way. *tickles his hooked nose*

Thank you for saying it was a lovely drabble, even when I massacred your favourite character! Twenty - wow! I hadn't realised it was that many. Thank you for organising lily_centric for me to post them to.