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Writer's Block (nil) - Hayley (one)

Jan 28, 2006 23:11

I did it!

Title: Letters: both logical and loony
Author: lucy_lupin
Dedicated to: hermione_like
Set: The summer between the Golden Trio's sixth and seventh year
Characters: Zacharias, Luna (major), Harry, Terry and Susan (implied)
Pairing: Zacharias/Luna! OTP!
Genre: General/humour/romance
Rating: PG
Word Count: 3,166
Disclaimer: This is not Harry Potter Vol. 7. ( Read more... )

gifts, zacharias, hufflepuff, fanfiction, pairing fic, ravenclaw, luna

Comments 24

hermione_like January 31 2006, 01:24:37 UTC

Aww, how cute! Luna and Zacharias are very Luna and Zacharias. :D Thank you!!

lucy_lapine January 31 2006, 04:41:33 UTC

Thanks. I'm glad you liked it. I find those two immensely fun to write :)

bribitribbit February 6 2006, 02:28:57 UTC

Hello! (I'm so happy I've actually inspired someone. Don't think I've ever done that before...)

I've never read any Zacharias/Luna, so this was new for me. In fact, I've never read anything in which Zacharias was a main player, although I can certainly see the appeal in him. Your Luna is PERFECT, she's the perfect balance between intelligent and out there that so few people can capture. I really enjoyed the relationship between Zacharias and Luna, too, and especially the way Zacharias is sort of "I can make fun of you for being weird but you're not allowed to do it to yourself" about it all. Very cute. Thanks for an adorable fic!

*hugs*,
Brittney

lucy_lapine February 6 2006, 02:48:43 UTC

You're very welcome *g*. I was having a lot of trouble with my existing Zacharias/Luna fic, but when I decided to copy your letter format this came to me very easily.

Your Luna is PERFECT, she's the perfect balance between intelligent and out there that so few people can capture.

While I can see that Luna is a character with a huge amount of comic potential, I don't like the fics that portray her solely as a running joke. And I love to pair her and Zacharias together because they're both very strong personalities, yet quite different from each other.

I really enjoyed the relationship between Zacharias and Luna, too, and especially the way Zacharias is sort of "I can make fun of you for being weird but you're not allowed to do it to yourself" about it all.I think the difference between how Zacharias and most of the other students at the school make fun of Luna is that he doesn't do it in a mean way, more in a laughing-with-you way. Luna can see that so she doesn't get offended (although she doesn't seem to notice when people make ( ... )

pennswoods February 26 2006, 18:52:21 UTC

I realize I'm quite late to the ball, but I somehow stumbled across this fic of yours by accident and wanted to heap praise on you. I love epistilary stories like this and I really enjoyed the little thematic headers incorporated with the receiver's address.

You did a magnificent job of portraying both Luna and Zacharaias in a sympathetic way that kept both in character, and (in the case of Luna) avoided slipping off into absurdity.

And yeah for second language teaching/linguistics! I'm in applied linguistics myself, so I particularly loved the little bit of background you dropped in on the various languages Luna was learning.

lucy_lapine February 28 2006, 08:51:04 UTC

Thanks! The thematic headers were actually something that bribitribbit did in her Neville/Susan fic that gave me the idea to do this - I can't take credit for them :)

How long have you been studying Linguistics for? My major is actually second language teaching, but there's a lot of crossover between the two so most of my classes are Linguistics ones.

pennswoods February 28 2006, 15:42:23 UTC

Well, then, I'll have to take a look at bribitribbit's stuff. I really do like the genre.

As for my area of study, I think it's closer to yours than it sounds. It's kind of funny because my university also has a Linguistics department and they do more theoretical stuff (Optimality Theory, etc.) whereas the applied work is covered by Educational Linguistics. So I am actually doing research on second language acquisition. I came to this program after doing a Master's in TESOL and I'm currently in my fourth year. My advisor is Teresa Pica - are you familiar with any of her work?

And how about you? How long have you been doing second language teaching and what are your specific interests (if you don't mind my asking)?

lucy_lapine March 1 2006, 00:24:31 UTC

I did an online certificate in TEFL and then went to Italy and worked as an English teacher for a year before moving to New Zealand. I'm doing a graduate diploma in arts with a second language teaching major and I plan on graduating this July. I studied French for a while and I learnt some Italian while over there, but I don't know enough of either of those languages to teach them!

lookslikelove March 9 2006, 04:52:59 UTC

Hi! This is Lina, the writer of minusoneday and you said to tell you when I updated, which I did here, just in case you were interested.

lucy_lapine March 11 2006, 04:58:07 UTC

Thanks for the heads-up. I've already read and enjoyed it but I was feeling too sleep-deprived to leave a decent review :) I'll review it properly another time.

heronmy_weasley May 15 2006, 18:06:52 UTC

This was adorable! I actually can see Luna as someone who'd be interested in languages and using bits and pieces of them at times. Zacharias was still a git, but his obvious jealousy of Harry was funny, as was his very clumsy attempt at letting Luna know that he had no interest in Susan Bones. I definitely like the way you write this pairing, and I'd love to see more. I suppose while Dean is off painting the wizarding equivalent of the Mona Lisa, Luna has to occupy her time some way! *g*

lucy_lapine May 15 2006, 23:51:41 UTC

I actually can see Luna as someone who'd be interested in languages and using bits and pieces of them at times.

To me it would make more sense that she's only interested in finding out about the obscure languages whereas Zacharias, being infinitely more practical, concentrates on French and German ;)

his obvious jealousy of Harry was funny, as was his very clumsy attempt at letting Luna know that he had no interest in Susan Bones.

I loved writing that bit because Luna is so oblivious to the "real" reason behind his jealousy. And I suppose that neither of them are real smooth operators when it comes to romance, which makes them so fun to write. I imagine Zacharias's typical attempt in asking a girl out goes something like this:

Zacharias: Are you going to Hogsmeades next Saturday?
Girl: Yes, but-
Zacharias: Alright then. I'll meet you in Honeydukes at eleven.
Girl: o_O

I definitely like the way you write this pairing, and I'd love to see more.I'm working on a Marcus/Penelope at the moment, but I've always been tempted to write ( ... )