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holyfant

Fly (Pansy/Ginny)

Apr 22, 2008 20:36

So, the big Reveal is up at endingsexchange. The author of my wonderful gift, The Journey (Angelina/Hermione), is redsnake05.

And since it's all revealed and fair game now, here's my entry, written for ever_obsessed. I tried to fit her request as much as I could, which means that this fic is rated NC-17. I don't do smutty fics all that often, mostly because I feel my personal ( Read more... )

hp, rec, exchange, pairing: pansy/ginny, tmi, fic, femmeslash, rating: nc-17

Comments 30

jello_o April 22 2008, 22:44:08 UTC

Wow... this was excellent. I loved the gradual build up between the two of them. This was very well written and I really just loved every word of it. Well done!

holyfant April 23 2008, 15:35:11 UTC

Thank you! Happy you enjoyed it.

hidden_tugboats April 23 2008, 00:49:57 UTC

oh, reading this again (without the beta-glasses on) was a wonderful way to not do math homework.

holyfant April 23 2008, 15:36:08 UTC

Well, I'm always happy to help fight homework :)

Thanks, Lena, you're like the awesomest person ever <3

hidden_tugboats April 23 2008, 22:48:48 UTC

I try <3

And you're like the awesomest writer ever, so it all evens out in the end.

gogollescent April 23 2008, 01:47:19 UTC

Ahahaha. I love the note. Also, "But Malfoy?" "Is as gay as I am" is WIN. WIN I TELL YOU.

<3

sporkmetender April 23 2008, 02:56:35 UTC

Very nice. I love that Pansy is not as experienced and cynical as one might suspect, and that she sucks at flying. And I love that Ginny's disillusioned with Harry's (admittedly crappy) behavior well before anything happens with Pansy.

holyfant April 23 2008, 15:41:35 UTC

Thanks! I often wonder how that seventh year must've been for Ginny; Harry's gone, he's left her and then when he comes back the bastard is even dead for a minute - I mean, how much can a girl take? In the real thing she obviously wasn't going gay for Pansy Parkinson, but I still think that if we had heard from her in book seven, she'd have been quite angry with the lot of them.

sporkmetender April 24 2008, 01:06:39 UTC

I definitely agree. Ginny just doesn't fit the Tammy Wynette school of wifeliness/girlfriendliness, imo. She's too strong for that, which is one of the reasons why DH got on my nerves a bit.

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mickawber_fics April 23 2008, 19:58:09 UTC

Heaven! Heavens! XD

Happy birthday. :-)

This is wonderful-and very different from your usual fics-much less ethereal, that's for sure! I love the awkwardness of their initial approach, and of their final coming together. I love how powerless and humiliated Ginny is in the face of what Pansy's making her feel at the beginning, and how sure she is at the end, even as it all makes her laugh. The sex and romance here are very believable and very touching, and the characters seem dead on. Pansy's "unmasking" in particular was a nice detail.

So... why did she want to fly initially?

This is clearly not following DH canon, which is fine-the year of the Horcrux Hunt is much more normal at Hogwarts that what we see, and the twins' shop stays open. Even so, It's a very touching exploration of Ginny's-and Pansy's-awakening.

(We'll pretend that the icon says "Pansy/Ginny" for now, okay? ;-) )

holyfant April 26 2008, 08:01:59 UTC

Thanks, I'm finally all grown up! :)

I'm glad you like it, even with the somewhat different style - that's what seems to happen when I write things that are longer than my average fic (sometimes it feels like too long, but the part of writing that is deleting is something I haven't mastered very well yet). To tell you the truth, I'm not too happy with this fic, although it's growing on me, and I think it's because I have trouble being "descriptive". I like vagueness and dreaminess and when it gets too clear, my writing fingers stop working. The thing with this fic was that it had a time limit (which I only barely made by writing all this in almost one go) and that it was a gift for someone (which made me uncertain about my 'regular' style). And yeah, the sex, which I found surprisingly hard to write. So you have no idea how nice it is to hear that it comes across believably ( ... )

la_dissonance April 23 2008, 22:26:19 UTC

Ooo, this was good. I like Ginny's feelings about Harry in the beginning (well, the whole thing). They struck me as very real; just what she would feel in that situation. And I'm intrigued by your Pansy, and would love to have had more than just the little bit we get from Ginny's pov about her.

holyfant April 26 2008, 08:04:17 UTC

Thank you! I'm glad you think this is how Ginny would react - her lack of anger in DH always struck me as a little odd, seeing how temperamental she usually is. And yes, Pansy remains a bit of a mystery throughout this fic, although Ginny's starting to figure her out near the end; I must say I'm not always sure what to do with Pansy, which is the sole and quite selfish reason I chose Ginny as the observing character :)