Aftermath (19/20), Draco/Astoria, PG13

[peki]

Fic: Aftermath (19/20)
Pairing: Draco/Astoria, Lucius/Narcissa
Rating: R
Summary: Life goes on, though not quite how Draco had planned.

Comments

[fallenwitch]

A shiver just ran up my spine. All the far flung pieces of this fic are finally brought together in this craftily executed chapter. I wasn't sure how you were going to do it in only two chapter but damn, woman, you're amazing! How you crammed so much into this one chapter without making it feel rushed or chopping or wanting is beyond me. What are you going to do with the last chapter???

There are too many things that I loved to mention them all so here is the one that stands out to me. Your character portrayals rise above the fanfic crowd or any crowd, really. Not only do you create complex, conflicted psychologically true characters, but you also hold together that huge cast of disparate characters and maintain their distinctive personalities and quirks throughout the fic. It's true writing genius, imho. *bows low*

Three Two of My Favorite Bits (since I can't list them all):
1) Narcissa's: “There you are,” she said, extending a cool hand to him. “I came on the chance you might be persuaded to indulge us with your company.” Somehow

[peki]

1) That‘s being a mom in a nutshell, isn‘t it? Ungrateful brats 😂
2) All I want now is to throw Astoria in a room with Lucius. It‘s vague in my mind but I agree, she can take on their whole dysfunctional mess because she is secure in who she is and what she wants. I do like her.
3) I‘ve thought some about Astoria‘s mother because she appears in Ouroboros, and I‘m glad what I tried to do here came through. I see her as a little less astute than Astoria, somewhat more naive in her good heartedness, a real Hufflepuff ;) Family is everything! Mr Greengrass is actually more interesting because you wonder what an old Slytherin would want with a wife like that. Perhaps we‘ll see them again ;)

Thank you so much for being with me throughout, all the handholding and discussing this with me. To have someone invest so much thought and analysis into something I created, it‘s truly wonderful and rare and I much appreciate it. Thank you!

[fallenwitch]

Another thread for a more technical question. Why can't I go directly from chapter to chapter without heading back to the main page? Am I missing something? If I'm not missing something, would you consider putting in arrows at the bottom of your fic to do that? I'll send you the info if you need it or do it for you if you'd rather and include a table of contents page with links because your fic is so awesome.

[peki]

The truth is I‘m too lazy and I‘ve forgotten how! I can send you a pdf of the whole thing though for convenient reading :)