Fic: The Knock-On Effect for st_dl

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Title: The Knock-On Effect
Author: pitry
Recipient: st_dl
Character(s): Ron, Hermione, Harry, Ginny, Neville
Rating: PG
Wordcount: ~4,800 words
Warnings (if any): none.
Summary: I have seen your dreams, Ronald Weasley, and I have seen your fears.
Author's Notes (if any): Hope you enjoy this, st_dl! This ended up as a bit of a mash-up of a couple of your prompts

Comments

[mollywheezy]

I loved all of Ron's interactions in this--with Hermione (LOL at her chicken prank), with Ginny (also hilarious), and especially with Harry and Neville. Ron is such a good friend! It's a very good thing I'm at home alone reading this since I about died laughing at Ron's, "He missed me". ;D

I loved how the trio returned to the site of the adventure that started it all. That was such an excellent was of showing how far they have come. Excellent story!

[pitry]

Oh, thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.

Yeah, people remember Ron's screw-ups very well, but in the end he's a very fierce and loyal friend and that's one of the great things about him.

[nundu_art]

This is wonderful. I especially like the revisit of the mirror.

[pitry]

Thank you! Yeah, going back to the mirror is nicely symbolic.

[woldy]

Very nice! I like the different relationships you explore here, and Ron finding himself distinct from following Harry around and then helping others (Neville, Ginny) do the same.

[pitry]

Oh, cheers :) I think JKR did a lot of the work for me, by saying Ron went on to work in the shop rather than become an Auror like Harry - it's quite telling I think about him after the war.

[kellychambliss]

What a good read. I love the way you brought Ron into his own, presenting us with a fully-fleshed character, with strengths and weaknesses, not at all the caricature or bumbler he's sometimes made to be in fanon. You've created a very believable portrait of him -- and of Neville, Hermione, Ginny, and Harry, too. Great use of the Mirror story, too. I really like stories like this, that fit so well into canon and are yet so much more thoughtful. Thanks!

"Professional Quidditch!" Ha, that's our Ron.

[pitry]

Thank you! Yeah, I love Ron, and often the emphasis is on his bad traits rather than his good ones (or rather, that he's human and has both!).

[pitry]

Thank you! I'm glad it worked for you. And yeah, he might have been the last one to grow up, but I don't think it's beyond him ;)