Comments | rhoddlet: The Alteration of Ghosts.

rhoddlet

The Alteration of Ghosts.

Jun 09, 2007 20:59

This is out of order, but eponis asked for Lily Evans, Dumbledore, grey eyes, the Grey Lady, and a certain line of Shakespeare. And I wanted to oblige while HP was still rattling around in my head.

( PG. Probably canon-wrong six ways to Sunday. )

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rhoddlet June 11 2007, 14:46:13 UTC

Hurray! You're my official touchstone for Marauder-ness, so I'm doubly glad this worked for you.

anonymous June 10 2007, 10:11:14 UTC

Oh god, this is stunning. I'd continue praising you, but my brain isn't providing enough superlatives.

James/Lily not being a fairytale! Binns given recognisably human attributes, and being sad and fading as a result! The Grey Lady and her grave! You have no idea how happy I am now. If I asked very, very nicely, would you help me kidnap JK Rowling, so you can rewrite the schlocky horror that Deathly Hallows will no doubt otherwise become?

rhoddlet June 11 2007, 14:48:14 UTC

Nah. It's probably too late for all of us. We're doomed. Dooooooooomed!

Or something like that. XD Thanks for the comment.

eponis June 18 2007, 01:06:23 UTC

I'm sorry it took me so long to respond to this, but I'm so incredibly honored by this story. It's just gorgeous. I adore the way you write, your flowing prose and sharp character insights. I love that you went and made James and Lily's relationship something that wasn't perfect and ideal, and I love that Dumbledore is grave and human and tender, and I love this glimpse into the ghosts of Hogwarts. I'm reccing this in my journal, of course, and I want to thank you so much for such a gorgeous story.

rhoddlet June 26 2007, 05:25:00 UTC

Actually, I ought to thank you for the chance to write this. It was a lovely prompt when you gave it to me all those years ago, and it was such a pleasure figuring out what to do and where to site things and so on. :D I'm glad you were even interested in it after so long.

nolivingman June 24 2007, 13:44:27 UTC

I love that Lily and James didn't have a perfect marriage. They married young, I think, and that can be tough. And let's face it - James was kind of a jerk from all the hints we've gotten.

And I love your Dumbledore in all his creepy-ish sneaky glory. He's often presented as twinkly-eyed and perfect, but I find him kind of scary.

rhoddlet June 26 2007, 05:30:44 UTC

Dumbledore is just straight up interesting. I'm convinced that by HBP, we're supposed to be questioning the saintly headmaster bit and pushing at the idea that Dumbledore should be more transparent, should be more open with, at the very least, Harry.

And yeah. I can't imagine a marriage that young, under those conditions, would have been smooth sailing.

Thanks enormously for reading this. :D

bloodrebel333 May 13 2009, 19:52:38 UTC

Grey Lady. :)))