Fic: Primrose Path for alley_skywalker

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Title: Primrose Path
Author: aliciadances
Recipient: alley_skywalker
Character(s): Rabastan, Rookwood, Severus, Bellatrix, Narcissa, other assorted Death Eaters and socialites
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 1858
Warnings: None
Summary: In 1980, Draco Malfoy's birth is celebrated in style. Four Death Eaters reflect on the party and on sacrifices of war.
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[ext_943125]

This is wonderful. It's what I've been looking for and haven't been able to find: fic that shows the social complexities and personalities that drove the first war; the Death Eaters as people with families, friends, social roles, and mundane lives; how they fit into their culture, how outsiders like Snape fit in with them; the little ways in which things went terribly wrong, both collectively and individually. Beautifully done - solid, layered, much more than the sum of its parts. It does so much in such a short space.

[aliciadances]

Thank you so much--I'm glad I was able to delve a little deeper into the interesting dynamics JKR gives us. So glad you enjoyed it :) ♥

[aliciadances]

Thank you so much! I was thinking that anyone who stopped to really look at them (like Bella does) would tell that the Malfoys definitely have their own priorities. so glad you enjoyed it!

[chthonya]

This is brilliant - it’s fascinating to see First War pureblood society as a society and not just a group of fanatics whose lives consist of one thing only. All the viewpoints stood out for me, for different reasons: Rabastan’s unrequited feelings for Narcissa; Rookwood’s awareness of how his status as spy sets him apart; Severus’ rage at how the rich take their wealth for granted; Bellatrix’s disdain for Lucius (that arrogant prick - an epithet well-illustrated by the tone of his suggested solution to Augustus’ problem). I found Augustus’ viewpoint particularly interesting - he’s a character rarely portrayed in fic, and I liked his observation that ‘the benefit of being a spy is a lingering interest in the small things’ - and also the reminder that it was Severus’s friends Dumbledore was asking him to betray.

[aliciadances]

Thank you so much! :) I'm always curious about how these people interacted together & it was fun to explore