Team EWE: 13. Magic is 1% inspiration and 99% incantation.

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Title: Echo Through The Hills
Team: EWE
Author: el_em_en_oh_pee
Prompt: 13. Magic is 1% inspiration and 99% incantation.
Wordcount: 7,000
Rating: PG
Warnings: Real-world issues in a magical setting, extensive speculation at the magical world in Africa, past Harry/Dean, statistics.
Summary: Life gets boring after every remaining active Dark witch and wizard

Comments

[jamie2109]

Such an interesting story, I would have loved it to be longer so that you could explore some of these themes in more detail. And I totally agree with Draco; Harry has always been the odd one out!

Great entry for the team!

[el_em_en_oh_pee]

Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked it.

[smirking_muse]

I really like the style you’ve used in writing this piece. It flows very well with the History of Magic excepts you’ve added, which by the way are cleverly perfect. It’s almost casual and unemotional but seems to give the characters more emotion and life, all at the same time. I’m not explaining it well, but it’s very unique and works very well for your story

[el_em_en_oh_pee]

omg, thank you for such a long and thoughtful comment! I'm so glad that the History of Magic worked like I was hoping it did, and that everything else worked for you, too!

[el_em_en_oh_pee]

unfortunately, yes, it does mean that. i was super torn about putting that in there -- i just took a class that was essentially dedicated to mugabe (well, and a few other postcolonial dictators) and everything that his presence has done to zimbabwe in particular and africa in general -- and i'm still not sure that i made the right decision, but that was the starkest example i could think of. i understand that it is an inappropriate example and i'm sorry that the line threw you. i hope that you enjoyed the fic regardless.

[el_em_en_oh_pee]

thank you so much for being honest with me! it is pretty hard having the real world and fictional 'verses line up especially in fiction like this, and at some point there has to be a specific divorce from reality. it's really very unfortunate

[misscake]

I always enjoy your stories and this was no exception. I loved the premise of the whole thing but I especially loved the style of narrator's voice in this.

[el_em_en_oh_pee]

awww thank you so much! i'm glad that you enjoyed this :)

[noratrill]

"...and Harry suspects that he hasn't been this surprised since he found out he was a wizard." made me laugh out loud and just seems so true to the characters of Harry, Draco, and Hermione. Thank you!!

[el_em_en_oh_pee]

hahahahaha. thank you!