A little R/T drabbling for the holidays?

Dec 21, 2012 23:50

When I joined LJ almost exactly six (!) years ago, it was so that I could post at the January 2007 event at rt_challenge. And every December after that, there was an event going on at metamorfic_moon. So this is the first holiday season I've faced without a Remus/Tonks event -- and I'm going through a certain amount of withdrawal, lol ( Read more... )

memes, drabbles, remus/tonks

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Late for the deadline. Gah! gilpin25 January 7 2013, 21:59:54 UTC
Having been out all day and seemingly left my brain somewhere behind, I'm still finishing mine because I'm not really happy with it yet. There is also the small matter of it having no ending at present. If anyone wants a snippet to read in advance, it's unedited below, and I'll endeavour to have it all done in the next couple of days. Now off to find that brain!

AfterwardsRemus made his way slowly back downstairs, aware that his head was beginning to ache and not wanting Molly to be confronted in the morning with the remains of the party, or to take it out on Sirius if she was. A cup of tea and some clearing up ought to sort the head out, and quench this odd restlessness that he was conscious of recently. He’d felt almost guilty when Molly was crying, aware only too well what the future might bring but also conscious that in many ways he was happier than he’d been since teaching at Hogwarts. Probably down to having a purpose again. And yet he kept remembering Arthur’s face when the older man had seen Molly and her white, tear- ( ... )

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Re: Late for the deadline. Gah! shimotsuki January 7 2013, 22:05:00 UTC
This is lovely! I'll hold off saying more so I can leave you a review for the finalized version, but let me just say that watching Remus think about what Molly and Arthur have is heart-twisting in the very best way.

Anyway -- since this whole "event" (so to speak) was really for a few of us to amuse ourselves with, I'm just as happy to wait for you and Katy to write whatever you want to write and call whenever they come in the "deadline". So, please just have as much fun with this as you want, and no pressure!

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Re: Late for the deadline. Gah! gilpin25 January 7 2013, 22:14:32 UTC
:) You can possibly sense I was in a slightly crabby mood, what with it being something of a trying day and the story deciding to try me as well! But I'm so glad you did this meme, and drawing stumps with the story tonight is enabling me to read the ones already posted. So all to the good.

How are you doing with yours?

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Re: Late for the deadline. Gah! shimotsuki January 7 2013, 22:23:51 UTC
So sorry it's been a trying day, and very much hope the next one is better!

How are you doing with yours?

Let's just say: if you find an extra brain, can I have it? ;P Today has been another unsuccessful attempt to get all the leftover work from the fall semester cleared out before the spring one starts (Wednesday!!). I'm getting closer, but definitely not there yet.

I have been trying to make time to work on the Marauding chapter from Kaleidoscope in the evenings, and that's moving along, if slowly -- hoping to get some more writing time in tonight, if I get a couple more letters of recommendation written for students! (My guy has suggested that I write one for Harry's application for the Auror program, while I'm at it, and I might just do that, lol. In different character personas?)

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Re: Late for the deadline. Gah! gilpin25 January 7 2013, 23:02:23 UTC
Your day sounds worse than mine, so let's share the sympathy fifty-fifty! It can't help, either, when you're conscious of having to make the most of the time - and then of course the brain goes AWOL for a laugh.

(My guy has suggested that I write one for Harry's application for the Auror program, while I'm at it, and I might just do that, lol. In different character personas?)

LOL. "I may be a werewolf, but I can vouch for Harry's aptitude for self-sacrifice, his ability to come up with the worst names ever for his own children, and his natural sympathy for furry little problems." That should get him some sort of a job at the end of it? ;)

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Re: Late for the deadline. Gah! huldrejenta January 7 2013, 22:32:45 UTC
Just butting in here to say YAY!
Looking forward to reading all of it when it's finished:)

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Re: Late for the deadline. Gah! gilpin25 January 7 2013, 23:11:20 UTC
Thank you for the encouragement! You're booked in as my (unfortunate) reader now, lol.

I'll review yours properly in the morning. But how it made me smile.:D

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Re: Late for the deadline. Gah! huldrejenta January 14 2013, 14:09:46 UTC
Oh my, I thought I had replied to this ages ago..!

I'm more than happy to be booked in as your reader, lol :)

And I'm glad my ficlet made you smile!

How is yours coming along?

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Re: Late for the deadline. Gah! gilpin25 January 14 2013, 19:44:18 UTC
How is yours coming along?

Slowly! I had to take a break as my back was playing up and limiting the time I could use the computer, but it's feeling better today so I intend to crack on and finish the dratted thing, lol. It's a good job shimotsuki's deadline is on a piece of elastic. ;)

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Re: Late for the deadline. Gah! shimotsuki January 15 2013, 03:32:15 UTC
Streeeeeeeeeeetttttttttch.

;)

(Very much hope the back is feeling better soon! And I'm not saying that only because I'm looking forward to the rest of your drabble, lol.)

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Re: Late for the deadline. Gah! gilpin25 January 15 2013, 10:38:06 UTC
The back's getting there, thank you - just at that annoying and boring stage where I'm having to be careful and remember to be so! Both of us are proving streeeeeeeetttttttttchy in different ways, lol.

Are you up very early?!

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Re: Late for the deadline. Gah! shimotsuki January 21 2013, 05:00:45 UTC
Had this bookmarked to respond to, and then lost the bookmark somehow!

Hope the back is solidly behaving, with no relapses, by now.

And no, I wasn't up early, just going to bed at the usual time, lol. Which was probably about the same as now. Midnight my time -- late, but not appallingly so?

Sporadic things gave me a big smile this week, btw. Today got away from me (I may have been reading the new Vorkosigan book, which my local library finally bothered to get) but I'm thinking there will be some correspondence time soon. :)

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Re: Late for the deadline. Gah! gilpin25 January 29 2013, 21:26:03 UTC
Guess who's late replying now!

Back's been a lot better since the weekend, thanks. Hurray. Something should be finished tomorrow as I have a day at home and now a back to sit down with; I did a couple of short things for Pulped yesterday as my participation there has not exactly been frequent.

You know I'm going to say not to worry about sporadic things, so consider it said. ;) But yay! for the Vorkosigan book. You must let me know what you think of it as I've heard such good things. (Also, I have discovered a new author, that may or may not remind me of Megan in a couple of ways. Unsurprisingly, they appear to be admirers of each other.)

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Re: Late for the deadline. Gah! huldrejenta January 15 2013, 11:34:06 UTC
I hope your back is nicer to you today, and that you feel fine:)

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