Fic: Changelings by Pandafoot105

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Title: Changelings
Username: pandafoot105
Art: Quick Bright Things by tortugax
Word Count: 64,081
Rating: [R]
Contains: *mild sexual situations, some gore, much swearing, bad Welsh*
Summary: Before they were Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs, before they formed Hogwarts’ own unofficial Werewolf pack, before they became the youngest Animagi ever unknown, and

Comments

WOW

[pure_corruption]

WOW what a gorgeous, beautifully written story. I had an amazing Sunday reading this and watching the boys and their friendship grow. Loved the slow build up of Remus and Sirius' first kiss and changing relationship. This was perfect in so many ways, actually in every way!! Incredible job. Can't wait to see what you write next (hope it's a follow up to this story hehe!!)

[dustmouth]

Hold onto your proverbial hat! I have pretty much written an essay rather than a comment for the first part

[brighty18]

I have so much love for this I cannot even express it in words. Siriusly. I’ve no words. But I will try. I actually felt that way about the art the first time I saw it, too, and your beautiful story does it great justice. There was just so much to love about this. It read like a novel (or, I guess, a novella) in that it was full of subtle and beautiful details that traditional (and usually shorter) fanfic often glosses over. We felt everyone here and you wove such lovely images of all of them. You made them real and I honestly felt like I know these boys even better than before. Greengrass just sees a pack of fidgety twelve-year-olds. He doesn’t know how they are tied together, how James saves Sirius from himself and Remus from his loneliness, and Sirius makes them all feel alive and gives James purpose and Peter keeps them all from just going mad. That may be one of the best descriptions of their relationship I’ve ever read

[brighty18]

You used magic brilliantly, too. The Animagus thing made particular sense in this story. Bits like James accidentally Apparating and making friends with deer or Peter shirking his liver to the size of pin were funny and yet cleverly illustrated what they were down deep inside. Sirius’ situation was the best. The way his attitude about dogs (from this: “Do you know what dogs do, James? They’re owned. They’re slaves to their fucking masters, they’re kicked in the dirt, and they’re kept on a leash. Fuck this.” He slashes his wand through the air and the patronus dissipates. James and Peter shuffle their feet. Sirius’s body quakes. So angry, so angry, so much rage at all that his family does and stands for and he is their dog, burn it all. to that beautiful scene at the end when he transformed to meet the Wolf) echoed his other inner journey perfectly. It was like that bit about Kafka. Sirius learned to overcome his family, not to be a lap dog, but a strong, powerful creature who lives for his pack

[wwmrsweasleydo]

What an amazing, epic story. This is the perfect prequel to canon. The story moved at a great pace: gentle and descriptive yet somehow cutting through all the years. Brilliant sustaining of the present tense -- I find that really difficult to do. You switched between POVs smoothly and easily, too. I really felt that I got to know them all. I loved the detail of Sirius owling discarded Muggle artefacts without explanation.

[anonymous]

That was the most beautiful thing and I'm crying I'm crying I'm crying