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For all you Remus lovers out there
Sep. 21st, 2003 08:32 pmIn the course of the last few days, I was fortunate enough to stumble across two fics which feature a Lupin I like. Unlike what seems the majority of the fandom, I don't like the idea of Remus and Sirius having been involved with each other (not to say: each other's One True Love) before Azkaban, especially if this scenario is combined with the notorious werewolves-mate-for-life cliché.
One Last Regret by Kimagure is one of the best fics I've read with this pairing, not only because the author has the characters develop their relationship post-Azkaban (set after Harry's sixth year), but also because Kimagure gives them very honest difficulties in doing so.
The characterisation is excellent; Angryattheworld! (author's notes) Remus is kept within reasonable limits, showing his anger and resentments rather by cold indifference and by not letting anyone near him than by physical violence and abusive language.
Sirius is lost and broken, trying to find his way around in the new realities and to deal with Remus - and Harry, who stays with them for the summer - both of whom try everything not to let him near. Sirius wants to communicate, Remus and Harry don't, and if dialogue occurs, it is full of misunderstandings, leaving them rather more hurt than before.
The story is rather long, so be prepared to invest some time in reading. Once you've started, you won't like to stop. Trust me.
In case you prefer something shorter to begin with, Relics by Ambika (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
saeva) is a beautifully characterised story featuring Remus and Harry in the aftermath of Sirius's death. Here, too, Harry has been living with Sirius and Remus and is living with only Remus now. The development of their relationship - in the platonic sense of the word - is very well done, and this must be the best Angsty!Lupin I've ever read. Hell, this is one of the best Lupins I've ever come across, but this might be because Ambika has characterised him in a way I fully agree with.
I have also found the actor whom I would have liked to play Lupin. ( Unfortunately, I haven't found a good picture of him, so don't bother looking behind the cut if you're after visuals. )
In other news: I would like to read a good Harry/Dudley fic. No, honestly. And this has nothing to do withvillainny's squickfest. Only, on skimming through the first chapters of OotP, I was struck by this idea (or: mad desire), and now I am seriously looking for Harry/Dudley. I'd be ever so grateful if someone could point me to a fic which is preferably set after OotP and features Harry and Dudley's slow, hesitant coming-to-terms with each other. I'm not after steamy, love-hate, master-and-servant action, but after a fic which explores in a realistic way how Harry and Dudley could come to an understanding of sorts. Does a story like this exist somewhere?
One Last Regret by Kimagure is one of the best fics I've read with this pairing, not only because the author has the characters develop their relationship post-Azkaban (set after Harry's sixth year), but also because Kimagure gives them very honest difficulties in doing so.
The characterisation is excellent; Angryattheworld! (author's notes) Remus is kept within reasonable limits, showing his anger and resentments rather by cold indifference and by not letting anyone near him than by physical violence and abusive language.
Sirius is lost and broken, trying to find his way around in the new realities and to deal with Remus - and Harry, who stays with them for the summer - both of whom try everything not to let him near. Sirius wants to communicate, Remus and Harry don't, and if dialogue occurs, it is full of misunderstandings, leaving them rather more hurt than before.
The story is rather long, so be prepared to invest some time in reading. Once you've started, you won't like to stop. Trust me.
In case you prefer something shorter to begin with, Relics by Ambika (
saeva) is a beautifully characterised story featuring Remus and Harry in the aftermath of Sirius's death. Here, too, Harry has been living with Sirius and Remus and is living with only Remus now. The development of their relationship - in the platonic sense of the word - is very well done, and this must be the best Angsty!Lupin I've ever read. Hell, this is one of the best Lupins I've ever come across, but this might be because Ambika has characterised him in a way I fully agree with. I have also found the actor whom I would have liked to play Lupin. ( Unfortunately, I haven't found a good picture of him, so don't bother looking behind the cut if you're after visuals. )
In other news: I would like to read a good Harry/Dudley fic. No, honestly. And this has nothing to do with
villainny's squickfest. Only, on skimming through the first chapters of OotP, I was struck by this idea (or: mad desire), and now I am seriously looking for Harry/Dudley. I'd be ever so grateful if someone could point me to a fic which is preferably set after OotP and features Harry and Dudley's slow, hesitant coming-to-terms with each other. I'm not after steamy, love-hate, master-and-servant action, but after a fic which explores in a realistic way how Harry and Dudley could come to an understanding of sorts. Does a story like this exist somewhere?
