Fic: Three Moons, Preserved by Thesiriusmoon

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Title: Three Moons, Preserved.
Username: Thesiriusmoon
Art: " Morning" by Duskblue
Word Count: 3,710
Rating: [PG-13]
Contains: *letters, The Prank, self harm (werewolf), snuggling*
Summary: Some things you never throw away, even after everything you think they meant is gone.
Notes/comments: This is not the fic I meant to write when I started. Honestly, I have no idea

Comments

[brighty18]

This had me laughing from the very beginning. I love the structure, the use of mixed narrative forms was sheer genius and totally worked. It made this whole piece just sing! You so easily blended notes passed in class, Sirius’ POV, notes sent by owl, and even werewolf!Moony POV. I admire that. It flowed nicely and totally worked without being jarring or interrupting the narrative. Oh, the removed, from-the-future look at the letters (especially the bit at the end dated October 1981 and the final "I love you"), made the piece all the more moving.

I love the epistolary format. I’ve a weakness for it, in general, but yours was particularly good. Lily’s letter was especially hilarious, but the back and forth thing between the James and Sirius at the beginning was brilliant, too. This bit made me laugh, too: Well, there is one Shepherdess, but she hasn’t exactly been throwing herself at me. I did say hello to her once, but my nose was covered in zinc at the time and I was wearing the hat you say makes me look like an old man. She was

[protegonox]

Oh, how my heart aches here from that last line. I wish I knew what had happened in between that last moment and the burned letter...

Don't know how I feel about Sirius breaking down and sobbing about leaving home, but it was nice to see Remus comforting Sirius for a change. :)

[dustmouth]

It's funny, I've never really liked fics that tell story through correspondence, but here it was just so right

[duskblue]

I loved this!!! It was cute and funny and touching all at the same time. You really captured the tender moments so well, and my heart ached for the boys. Very well done! I loved it!!! <3

[livinglibraries]

Aw the letters going back and forth between them made me laugh and I especially love Sirius' terse answers and wondering if it is because of Julie or because things are going badly at home - I like that you left it ambiguous enough that the reader can draw the conclusion they want from that.

James' letter about Lily's reply had me chuckling - it seems such a James thing to get excited about - never mind the content, Lily replied! HAHA oh James.

But then we get the big heartbreak at the end as we know is coming from canon, *sigh*, lovely and funny piece.