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Fic: In No Man's Land

Jul 02, 2007 17:31

In No Man’s Land
by minnow_53

Disclaimer: These characters belong to JK Rowling and various corporations.
Pairing: Remus/Sirius
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Sirius is back in London on a twenty-four hour leave.
Genre and era: AU, set in 1942.
AN: Obviously, I’ve tried to keep this accurate, but narrative integrity always comes before research, so ( Read more... )

historic, angst, au

Comments 200

alphatauri3791 July 2 2007, 16:59:40 UTC

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! Vacation and R/S, this is really a happy day!

alphatauri3791 July 2 2007, 17:58:51 UTC

*sniffs*

It's very, very sad. And amazing.

minnow_53 July 3 2007, 06:50:22 UTC

Thank you very much! :) I'm sorry about the sad. :(

alphatauri3791 July 3 2007, 09:28:16 UTC

Well, it's hard to avoid sadness when you tell stories about life in the time of the war. ;) And you managed to give me the impression I was walking with them among devastation and destruction.

You know, this is so AU I think you could very well change the names and label it as original. :)

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shaggydogstail July 2 2007, 17:22:21 UTC

You know, I'd never have thought of a WWII setting as the ideal R/S AU fic, but this just works perfectly. It felt very real; all achy and lovely. ♥

minnow_53 July 3 2007, 06:53:45 UTC

Thank you very much! :)

I'm sure it's been done... :D I think a lot of people take WWI as their R/S war metaphor, because they were in the first war, but the second just seemed to fit them so well: and I'm really happy you think it works.

melandry July 2 2007, 17:46:58 UTC

Very nice. I know I always want to shake your Remus a little and tell him "You know, you can tell other people important things!" but perhaps I'm one to talk, and anyway that's all just to say that you write Remus (and Sirius) very vividly and that's true in this AU, too.

minnow_53 July 3 2007, 06:55:45 UTC

Thank you very much! :)

Yes, my Remus can be annoyingly secretive. :D In WWI, he'd probably have been taken out and shot before admitting anything... It always seems to me to be part of his character, though.

_emeraldgreen July 2 2007, 17:53:37 UTC

This is wonderful! I always love your AUs, and I just adore the period, and the little asides about the Potters and Peter and Regulus, Sirius' comment about his mother and the Ritz, and the young Remus and Sirius jumping on buses to explore London. So much wonderful. It's all so atmospheric - the ending is lovely and poignant, and I absolutely love this image:

he had grown to love London in the moonlight: the mysterious silver buildings, the cars with their sliver of dipped headlight, the huge, fantastical outlines of buses looming in the distance

♥

minnow_53 July 3 2007, 06:57:27 UTC

Oh, thank you very much! :) That's such a lovely comment. *hugs* And I'm so glad you found it atmospheric, because I really worked to get the feeling right.

magnetic_pole July 2 2007, 18:05:04 UTC

I always love your AUs, Minnow. There's something so telling about watching characters you think you know in new situations and contexts; some characteristics some to the fore, others recede. Remus' emotional distance--the reserve and the longing for closeness--really come through well here.

I have such issues with the whole notion of wartime heroism, but you've walked lightly here.

Brava! Maggie

minnow_53 July 3 2007, 07:01:13 UTC

Thank you very much! :)

It's always fascinating to write an AU, though this one was a bit of a challenge because I found out that I actually knew nothing about WWII. Though I certainly do now! :D I'm so glad Remus came across as he was meant to: I wanted to be subtle, but not too subtle!