From the mouths of babes. This is why I love children. They're so full of every emotion- fear, hurt, love. Of course a child of Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour would be so full of questions and justice and absolute adoration for her Papa!
I'm glad you enjoyed it. I was trying to write from the child's pov, but I was not ready to oversimplify her observations. Children are emotional, and they also have amazing imagination and naivete. This is why I called it an experiment. :)
Absolutely beautiful. Of course, she wouldn't even be aware of her father's scars until someone pointed them out to her. And, as children do, she would take cues about how she should feel about one parent from the other, so how Fleur deals with Bill's scars is critical.
And Teddy's dad - one of the hardest things is to package difficult truths so that young children can deal with them, but the truth is almost always better than a lie.
Thank you so, so much for pointing out all those points I was trying so hard to write through a child's outlook on the situation! I appreciate your thoughts about the story.
This was truly an experiment. I did not want to oversimplify Victoire's pov, or sugarcoat Bill's answer to her. I'm glad you felt that the matter was addressed in a plausible fashion!
This was... breathtakingly beautiful in every sense of the word. A child's reality is shaped through the realities of others- those around her. Victoire knew her father, the strong, loving man, the daddy that would never hurt her, or allow her to be hurt. Sometimes, that blind faith and love, if prodded at just the right time, can bend until their reality changes. I'd like to be angry with Teddy, but you can't, really. He's a young boy, too, with a rocky start to life, and no daddy there for him to understand and relate to Victoire's adoration
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Oh my, thank you so much for your kind and thoughtful comment. I'm very relieved that you find this story of some interest. I don't know yet if I will rework it a bit, but you pointed out layers I intended to write in, and I'm glad that they could be seen, even though the pov of a child cannot be as introspective as one of an adult.
I have to admit that my interest in writing next generation fic was not very high until I started to think about the consequences of the war and the ones who will see them through naive eyes. Children believe what they see, until someone tells them otherwise. Poor Teddy...If Victoire sees her father through her love and adoration, one can only imagine the fantasies Teddy has about his parents.
Thank you so much for reading - I'm glad this story worked for you.
Aw, I'm glad you enjoyed this story. Thank you for reading! I had to channel my own inner child, so I'm glad you found Victoire's observations plausible. :)
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Beautiful story. Thanks for sharing this!
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I'm glad you enjoyed it. I was trying to write from the child's pov, but I was not ready to oversimplify her observations. Children are emotional, and they also have amazing imagination and naivete. This is why I called it an experiment. :)
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And Teddy's dad - one of the hardest things is to package difficult truths so that young children can deal with them, but the truth is almost always better than a lie.
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This was truly an experiment. I did not want to oversimplify Victoire's pov, or sugarcoat Bill's answer to her. I'm glad you felt that the matter was addressed in a plausible fashion!
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I have to admit that my interest in writing next generation fic was not very high until I started to think about the consequences of the war and the ones who will see them through naive eyes. Children believe what they see, until someone tells them otherwise. Poor Teddy...If Victoire sees her father through her love and adoration, one can only imagine the fantasies Teddy has about his parents.
Thank you so much for reading - I'm glad this story worked for you.
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That's an adorable story! You write children beautifully, J. :)
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