Midwinter, prompt 3 | Support [part 1/2] (Harry Potter)

[shimotsuki]

Title: Support [1/2]
Author: shimotsuki
Prompt: #3 | resolution
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters & Pairings: Remus Lupin/Nymphadora Tonks, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Hermione Granger
Rating & Warnings: PG | AU denial-fic
Word Count: 997 words
Summary: Remus is finding his place in the world after the war when a request from Kingsley threatens to shake everything

Comments

[gilpin25]

How good to see life after the war, and what an ideal team at work on tracing every bit of Umbridge-type legislation. Of course Hermione would love to 'appoint herself' into this, lol, but it's also nice to see Matthias again after Landslide, and his understandable wariness towards Kingsley and authority.

Remus being unwilling to take chances with Teddy's safety is almost true to form, but he doesn't mention Tonks (I liked how she acknowledged it was his decision to make, so they both seem to be learning here), and seeing as he has first hand experience how crazy people can target small children for payback, he has a point. Though I trust he's going to think it over!

Also, W.I.M.P is such a classic, it deserves a project and story of its own. :D

ETA: So sorry for the edits: one was me, one was LJ getting its own back?!

[shimotsuki]

Thanks so much for reading and commenting! I'm glad someone outside of my own head is willing to read stories set in this AUverse, lol.

Remus being unwilling to take chances with Teddy's safety is almost true to form, but he doesn't mention Tonks

*cough*Not enough words left*cough*. What I was thinking here is, Remus has finally come around to actually believing that Tonks married him of her own free will and is ready to face whatever that brings. Plus, he does her the credit of believing that she can take care of herself, being an Auror and all. But he still feels a bit like he's brought a child into the world with a werewolf father that the child didn't ask for.

Though I trust he's going to think it over!

Let's see what happens in Part 2. ;) If I ever finish all the grading that keeps piling up, and have time to work on it...

And, so glad you liked W.I.M.P. It took me longer than you might think to come up with a problematic acronym. ;)

[gilpin25]

*cough*Not enough words left*cough*.

*snorts* Well it worked! And Remus's thinking re Tonks sounds like huge progress since certain past events.

If only I could send you a wand for that grading... :(

[sspring92]

I have always wondered if the trio went back to Hogwarts to finish their final year. I'm glad you addressed that here!

I'm glad someone outside of my own head is willing to read stories set in this AUverse, lol. Count me in too!

PoA playe this weekend, and I of course, had to watch! My mother has had the closed captioning turned on the tv lately (even though she is NOT losing her hearing ;)) So I got to see some dialogue that was drowned out by music. When Snape fills in for Lupin and sets the Werewolf essay, he states that there are 3 ways to become a werewolf, Animagism, being bitten and being born to.....that trailed off into nothing. I need to check the book and see if that was part of the original dialogue. That would put a totally different spin on Remus being so concerned about Teddy's potential condition.

[shimotsuki]

I didn't pay that much attention to all the JKR interviews after DH, but I think I remember hearing that she'd said Harry and Ron went right into the Aurors, but Hermione went back to Hogwarts. So I'm going with that -- it seems to fit all of their characters!

So glad you're still reading this AUverse. :)

That's interesting about the PoA movie. I'm pretty sure there's nothing in the books about a werewolf being born that way, and I don't think I saw anything about that in Fantastic Beasts either. But it would have made Remus's DH meltdown a little more understandable, I guess! And it certainly shows up in fanfic a lot, like in "Of Blood, Ice, and Fire" (by mercutio_rane on FFN -- now I'm wondering if you ever read that; it's AU after HBP but a fantastic read if you don't know it already).