C/G dedicated to Alia!

[maniacalmuse]

aliaspiral requested angst. So... here is angst. Please don't kill me.

Title: Delayed Promises
Author: Thalia//maniacalmuseRating: Somewhere between PG13 and R, I suppose

Comments

[aliaspiral]

*spins*

i cant get over the lovely way you have with words. you paint amazing pictures. the white wine just makes me happy. as does the angst and the NEVILLE and Gabby!

*squishes you happily*

[tylergrrls]

Oh! Oh oh oh. My angst loving soul loves you so! So very much love!

*squees*

-Bree

[eustacia_vye28]

oh... *loves*

[literarylemming]

oh oh oh, this is beyond beautiful. This is PERFECTION.

*CLINGS TO YOU*

Alia was kind enough to copy/paste this into an email so I could read it at work today, and thank God she did, or my day would have been a total loss. As it was, this story got me through! It's so heartbreaking, but with a hopeful ending that makes me CRY. *SOB* Oh, charlie! Oh, GABBY! *sob sob!* You write them beautifully, and I think I'm going to have to draft you to write MORE, because yes. *nod!*

And you included our Bill/Fleur! I love you even MORE now!

*cling*

Wonderful, dear one. WONDERFUL.

[rawthorne]

This was absolutely sheer briliance. I can't fault it. The style of the narration sparkles with nostalgia but also hope. There's a myriad of emotions and if, as a reader, I caught only a few in one reading, I can't wait to see what a second look through will untangle. There's little that's straightforward and I think that carries a lot better than sense of hinding, of secrecy.

The narrative itself is like a web, with the ongoing war on one hand, the resistance on the other, Harry's path, Charlie's feelings, his incomprehension. There's a coldness, a distance that transcends and it's beautiful to read.

On a side note, I also found the fact that shipping was second here, that it was part of a whole universe, but not the main focus. It makes the war feel a lot more real, because that's how things sometimes go.

In one word: magnificent.