FIC: Harry Potter and the Secret of Godric's Hollow

[krabapple]

Title: Harry Potter and the Secret of Godric's Hollow
Author: krabapple
Rating: PG, for a wee bit of foul language
Pairing: Gen (Harry, Ron, Hermione, Remus Lupin), with canonical James/Lily
Disclaimer: I own nothing you might recognize.
Summary: The Dursleys have new neighbors on Privet Drive who look very familiar to Harry.
Feedback: Always appreciated.

Comments

[secretsolitaire]

Oooh, this was delightful in all sorts of ways! I especially love the scene where Ron and Harry drink the butterbeer -- their friendship is so comfortable, and the dialogue feels very natural. I also like the parallel between Voldemort casting AK and Remus casting stunning spells on James and Lily (and speaking of Remus, I like him too here -- you hint at all his complicated emotions very effectively through Harry's POV). And then of course Harry getting his parents back makes me sigh with happiness.

The wall opened up into an archway, and Diagon Alley appeared in all its beautiful, bustling glory.

"Welcome home," Harry said.

Great ending!

[krabapple]

Thank you so much for the lovely feedback!

[musesfool]

Oh, wonderful. Now you just need James and Remus to figure out how to get Sirius back.

[krabapple]

Thank you!

I know . . . I bet James and Remus could figure it out together. Huh . . . *plots* *g*

[juliette_kelley]

Oh, wow. Just... wow.

"You nicked their post?" Ron asked, a bit loudly.

For some reason this line made me laugh out loud. :)

The characterizations were perfect-- Lily's reaction, and Remus's cool thinking in a crisis situation (Shrieking Shack, anyone?). And the premise is just plausible enough to draw you into the "what if" scenario. I love the dialogue among the trio-- it's very natural and realistic.

The only thing that makes me sad is that Dumbledore willingly let Sirius take the fall and spend 12 years in Azkaban when he knew Sirius was innocent. That's the only part of this AU that didn't settle well with me.

I really, really enjoyed reading this. Thank you so much for posting. :)

[krabapple]

Thank you so much for the lovely feedback!

I loved Ron's line about the post, too -- it amuses me, but I never know what will amuse someone else. :)

I'm not happy with lots Dumbledore did in this fic, much less about Sirius. But I'm not so sure he knew Sirius was completely innocent -- James and Lily weren't dead, but he still could have betrayed the Potters, for all Dumbledore knew at the time -- and there was the matter of the 12 Muggles that Peter framed him for. Still. I know what you mean. :)

[pocky_slash]

Oh wow, this was awesome! And, actually, you deserve a more indepth review than that, but I don't trust myself because of LACK OF SLEEP so perhaps I will return, later, and give this story the review it deserves!

[krabapple]

I'm so glad you liked the story! Thank you!

[lilacsigil]

I loved Harry's reaction in this: had it been set a book earlier, it would have been all capslock and tantrums. Now he wants to set things to rights. I loved Ron and Hermione, here, and their solid support of Harry; and Remus, sad but determined and capable.

Bloody Dumbledore. His vision is so much about the big picture that he really does overlook what he might be doing to individual lives, though his intent is always sound. I thought for a while that he might learn, seeing what benign neglect did to Tom Riddle, but I suspect that Dumbledore has just been around for too long and seen too many people come and go to think of them quite in the same way as a regular person might. Harry gave me that feeling in this story: he might be angry, but what can he do?

I loved Lily and James trying, without even knowing, to put their lives back together, and Lily's desperate hug of Harry was heart-breaking.

Just one typo: Little Whinging, not Little Whining (unless that's different in the US edition!)

[krabapple]

Hee. No, it was a typo, which I fixed thanks to you. :)

And thank you for the thoughtful feedback!