my heart is yours, it's you that i hold on to

[parkergray]

So, this has been finished for...months? But it's been languishing on my laptop and, for some reason, I never posted it.

Now I know why. Clearly, I was waiting for everything that went down last night. Hahaha.

Anyway. Enjoy.

Comments

[avidbeader]

Marvelous, just marvelous. Thanks so much for sharing it!

[parkergray]

You're quite welcome. Thanks!

[beege22]

Lovely. I hope there's at least a little more where that came from :)

I'm re-reading a lot of classic H/Hr in a whole new light now and one thing that's occurred to me is that the fics in which Harry and Hermione break out of the story in order to talk to JKR directly are now more or less canon!

[parkergray]

Hahahaha.

The weird thing with Potter is - I read fics when I was first in the fandom (forever and a day ago - like after the third book came out, when there were only a handful of H/H stories) but while I liked some of them, REALLY liked some of them, and abhored others...none felt like the H/H I saw in my head. They were clearly some version of my beloved characters, but they never rang quite true to me. So I started writing them myself. And since then, I don't really read any other Potter.

It's like that with most of my fandoms, though. I'll get sucked in and either read veraciously (Teen Wolf, Supernatural, Doctor Who) or write fic (Potter, Alias, Everwood), but won't do both simultaneously. I'm not sure what it's about.

Not that you wanted or needed to know that. Anyway.

Thanks! I'm glad you liked it.

[beege22]

Sometimes we just need to share our thoughts. For me, when it comes to characters in a fandom I'm invested in, each character falls into a spectrum.

Because of stuff going on backstage that we don't see (and can be anything because it doesn't exist, if you know what I mean) and backstories not filled in and not necessarily knowing what a given character is thinking I feel that most characters have room for interpretation. The range of that interpretation depends on just how much we know about them and we can reasonably infer.

So what makes (or kills) a fic for me is whether or not the major characters fall into the spectrums I envisage for them. So I can enjoy a fic where Harry's with Hermione, or Luna, or kind of evil, because these are all things that fall within his spectrum. But I can't bear a fic where he's with Ginny because to me that's not part of who he is, not in the long term.

P.S: Have you seen the full interview now out?

[veriloquently]

Thanks for posting this!

I loved that it was slow and gentle and inevitable--just lovely! I especially enjoyed how Harry is very domestic, which to me reads very true to his character.

And the elements of finding peace and the sense of rightness... well, now those aspects of the story are just that much more poignant.

So fun to read H/H again!

[parkergray]

I've always thought that Harry would have a blast in the kitchen. I know he had to do it at the Dursleys, but when he discovers how much fun it can be, and how you can change it up all the time. And Hermione to me is more - food is fuel. She'd appreciate good food, but not care enough to want to study it. And she would be wedded to the idea of a recipe. *g*

Glad you liked it!

[brianyoon]

Perfect as always.

[parkergray]

Thanks!

[golden_scarlett]

This is perfect and so fitting for the recent revelations:

‘We’re going to have to redo every conversation we’ve ever had.’

Yeah, that. :) Pumpkin Fest indeed. Thanks :)

[parkergray]

Hahaha. Thanks!

That line is from Mr and Mrs Smith. A movie that is totally ridiculous and amazing.

[golden_scarlett]

Oh god - it is too...I've watched that movie so many times, I freakin love its ridiculous amazingness too :) Hah that's funny that I didn't recognise it- and even weirder, I've written an HHR scene listening to Lay Lady Lay by Magnet after being inspired by the scene after they try and kill each other in ....Mr and Mrs Smith. Funny x