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Fic: The Potters At Home

Feb 16, 2009 18:01

The Potters At Home
By minnow_53

Disclaimer: These characters belong to JK Rowling and various corporations.
Pairing: Harry/Ginny, Harry/?
Summary: Witch World calls them the perfect couple. But Harry is seeing someone else, and Ginny is in love with the bottle.
Rating: PG-13
AN: This was written for the Fabulous No-Pressure Laissez-Faire HP_Unfaithful ( Read more... )

through_era, non_r/s, challenge_fic, angst

Comments 45

fera_festiva February 17 2009, 12:02:37 UTC

Oh, Minnow! This is wonderful.

I feel like this is the post-epilogue dysfunctional sham-marriage H/G fic I've been waiting for. I'm such a sucker for that setup, but so often in fics that use it there's something off (Ginny as a total harpy, as it were, or whatever). Not here. I love how you've made Ginny both pitiful and very sympathetic, as well as showing how neither Harry nor Ginny is really happy without bashing either of them. (And of course, I loved the implied H/D - although it made me sad too, with the way it ended up happening.)

♥

minnow_53 February 17 2009, 13:08:37 UTC

Oh, thank you very much for such an amazing comment! :) I'm delighted you enjoyed it.

I really warmed to both Ginny and Harry in the epilogue, and actually felt quite upset that their marriage wasn't going to work out in this story. Though of course, that's the whole point of the story!

Btw, I do remember that I promised you the next fic a while ago, but thought this one may not be quite slashy enough, and also it's for a challenge. But as you can see, I am working my way towards a straightforward Harry/Draco for you. :)

mushroom18 February 17 2009, 17:15:46 UTC

Ouch. I can't believe you managed to make me feel for Ginny, but I blame your excellent characterization and not JK's. Harry/Luna is the more logical (at least in my head, lol) scenario, and all the little details really contributed to making this fic very realistic yet subtle. Anyway this was a really, really great read, even if it was quite painful.

Remember when I mentioned writing a Harry/Luna fic? It's scarily like yours, or at least the premise is, but orz I think I'm too ashamed to continue it now...

minnow_53 February 17 2009, 18:02:51 UTC

Thank you very much! :) It took a while to get into Ginny's head, but I sort of got to like her. I don't like her much in the books, as I'm sure you know, but she obviously has hidden depths.

Of course you must continue your story!

secretsolitaire February 21 2009, 15:43:19 UTC

Oh, this was so quietly painful and real. Really well done. :-(

minnow_53 February 21 2009, 18:35:51 UTC

Thank you very much! :)

dracofiend March 1 2009, 17:36:30 UTC

Wow, this is very very good. In a bleakly realistic sort of way, dark humor and all that, especially with that zinger of a last line. The tinyness of her disappointment is especially tinkly. I don't often read Ginny-centric or alcohol-centric fics but this was just so clean--the obsession with alcohol, the weird leaps of 'logic', the sloppiness of Harry's actions and excuses...I think Hermione must know, or at least suspect, and I wonder what Ginny's reaction would be if she found out that Harry's cheating on her with a man. I have this image of her, caught in the dregs of last night's drink still, completely silent and surprised--then laughing. Like, almost like she'd be relieved.

Anyway, you characterized Ginny beautifully--talking to herself, staring at the magazine pictures of what she kind of wishes she could be/have before she decides wine is actually much better. I admit I only started reading reluctantly, but your writing was so good I had to go back and re-read it properly and I am glad I did!

minnow_53 March 1 2009, 19:29:30 UTC

Thank you very much for a really amazing comment! :) I'm really glad you eventually got caught up in the story: I haven't written anything from a (human) female POV since I started writing slash, and it took me quite a while to get back into the rhythm of it. I never thought I'd write about Ginny, especially not from her POV... But of course, that's why challenges are so challenging!

I have this image of her, caught in the dregs of last night's drink still, completely silent and surprised--then laughing. Like, almost like she'd be relieved.

That's a very arresting image, especially as it rings so true to the story. I can really see that too...

lefaym April 17 2009, 01:09:25 UTC

*flails*

This fic was so completely perfect -- exactly what is needed to subvert the "happy families" epilogue.

minnow_53 April 17 2009, 08:27:57 UTC

Thank you very much! :) I actually like the epilogue *runs and hides* but partly because it is so totally unrealistic. I really can't see Harry and Ginny together in the long term. :(