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Fic: Spinning Clocks by Escribo

Nov 28, 2011 08:40

Title: Spinning Clocks
Username: escribo
Art: " Get That Message Home" by schnupsipupsi
Word Count: 8400
Rating: R (for themes of war and violence)
Contains: *AU, time travel, so some people die more than once and/or not at all, happy ending*
Summary: Remus is desperate to change the course of history
Notes/comments: Thanks to kiltsandlollies and pavlablack for the betas.

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fic: spinning clocks, author: escribo, artist: schnupsipupsi, fic, art: get that message home

Comments 19

brighty18 November 28 2011, 17:35:26 UTC

This was really compelling and utterly original. I’m always a sucker for time travel and alternate timelines, but it has to be done right. And you certainly did it right. Not that it was at all derivative, but it rather reminded me of Audrey Niffenegger’s The Time Traveler’s Wife. And I mean that in a good way. The idea of jumping around in time and people actually knowing about it is fascinating, but could be hard to pull you off. An you pulled it off.

It was also a really cool use of the art. It was a beautiful, yet interesting piece that spoke to a very specific type of story, but you took it in a different (and extremely creative) direction and made it sing.

I loved Remus in this story. He was so strong and brave and, of course, brilliant. It speak volumes that all he wanted was to save his friends and protect his lover, that he refused to even entertain the idea of preventing his werewolf attack. All he wanted was this: They were inseparable after that, Sirius fiercely protective and possessive, and Remus pouring everything ( ... )

escribo November 29 2011, 00:50:52 UTC

Thanks for the lovely comment, Brighty! He probably bonded with Sirius very much because of it [being a werewolf]. That's what I tend to think--Remus' entire life would have been different if he hadn't been bitten (I always put him in Ravenclaw). I'm so glad you enjoyed it, and really appreciate that you let me know.

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escribo November 30 2011, 13:54:54 UTC

Thank you! I'm actually quite proud of it so I'm really glad you enjoyed it, too. I really (and truly) appreciate that you took the time to let me know you read and enjoyed it. <3

wow schnupsipupsi November 30 2011, 21:33:04 UTC

Hi! That's a great story, very well thought out. I liked it a lot. And it's crazy to see my picture in it...! That's quite an honor.

Re: wow escribo December 1 2011, 00:05:06 UTC

Thank you. I'm so glad you liked it. I had fun working with your art.

starlite_gone December 3 2011, 04:30:09 UTC

This was really interesting and I enjoyed it. It was really cool to see Remus jumping around in time, and the way you dealt with different possibilities. I also love that he didn't fix it immediately on the first time because he believed in Peter so strongly, and that it took awhile for everything to be figured out entirely. I also have to admit the RL/SB fan in me loved where Remus went back and told Sirius the truth immediately in that flat; where they could have everything out in the open, even though ultimately nothing changed ( ... )

escribo December 4 2011, 23:18:42 UTC

Thank you :D I have, oddly enough, written au's of au's that I've written. I like to think about what might have happened if just one thing had changed. Anyway, I'm glad you liked this, and I really appreciate that you took the time to let me know.

starlite_gone December 5 2011, 05:00:56 UTC

ohoho~ you shouldn't have told me you've written au's of your au's because now I want you to write an au of that *_* Please please Padfoot eyes?

PS: What's your icon? Because it's bloody gorgeous.

mypretty_art December 3 2011, 20:57:45 UTC

I know Brighty said it was like the Time Traveler's Wife, but I hate that book and I loved this. It was hard to read the part with Remus pleading and apologising, and how he played the submissive one to try and fix things. And on the train how he had missed him so badly...

Behind closed eyes, he tried to count the things he loved--curling beneath heavy blankets with a book when it rained, gray eyes and warm hands, the sound of James' laughter when he flew high above a Quidditch pitch.

This was beautiful, and I wish it were true, in more ways than just canon.

escribo December 4 2011, 23:30:42 UTC

I've never read Time Traveler's Wife, so I didn't know anything about it other than it's about time travel. I like thinking about Remus going back, though, to change things. I like to think he would have tried anything to save his friends since they had done so much to try to save him. I'm glad you liked this. Thank you for the comment <3