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valis2Have just read a simple, heartfelt, and absolutely wonderful fic.
The pairing is Neville/Remus, with a side of Snape/Harry. Don't let the rare pairing put you off. I'm incredibly glad that I took the time to start reading it.
It's a nice long story (not a huge epic tale WIP type thing, just nice and long), and it's told from Neville's POV. It very slowly moves forward, pulling Neville along on an interesting path.
The language is simple and straightforward, very Rowlingesque, but the concepts and patterns behind it are anything but. I was transfixed by this story, completely. It is absolutely wonderful.
The magical details that fill the margins are absolutely superb. I loved the plants that surround Neville, from the large to the small. They are all quixotic and marvelous beyond belief. The author has developed a truly amazing array of plantlife to complement her amazing story, and it's just exactly what I love most about the HPverse. I adore authors who spend time to create realistic additions. Oh, how I am taken with this story.
Not only does it delight with the magical details, it even goes into wizarding business details. If there's anything I am fascinated with, it's business.
Remus was there sitting on his bed when Neville emerged and it was comfortable to sit across from him, homey in a way Neville didn't know he'd longed for until he had it in his life. It hurt a bit to think he'd not get to keep it, but Neville was nothing if not practical about what he could and couldn't have, and if this was all he got of Remus, then he'd try to make the best of it.
I have always been the same way, have always been practical about the same thing, and this line just tore me up.
This has to be the best "comfort food" fic I've found. No, I don't just mean hurt/comfort, though there is well done h/c within it. I mean, this fic is like reading a sweet, simple tale of a home you've always wanted. Just absolutely sweet.
Yes, there is graphic sex within it, absolutely, and if that isn't what you like to read, then I suggest you not click on the link. But the story spends so much time working its slow, inexorable way toward it...ah, I'm babbling. I could point out that I'm not always up for the "everyone's gay" kind of story, and I'm also a little wary of how much attention Neville seems to attract, but those are just quibbles, and I probably shouldn't even mention them, only I already have. This story is quite wonderful and those details don't detract from it.
Warnings are at the very bottom, so scroll down for them.
Flora and Fauna by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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The pairing is Neville/Remus, with a side of Snape/Harry. Don't let the rare pairing put you off. I'm incredibly glad that I took the time to start reading it.
It's a nice long story (not a huge epic tale WIP type thing, just nice and long), and it's told from Neville's POV. It very slowly moves forward, pulling Neville along on an interesting path.
The language is simple and straightforward, very Rowlingesque, but the concepts and patterns behind it are anything but. I was transfixed by this story, completely. It is absolutely wonderful.
The magical details that fill the margins are absolutely superb. I loved the plants that surround Neville, from the large to the small. They are all quixotic and marvelous beyond belief. The author has developed a truly amazing array of plantlife to complement her amazing story, and it's just exactly what I love most about the HPverse. I adore authors who spend time to create realistic additions. Oh, how I am taken with this story.
Not only does it delight with the magical details, it even goes into wizarding business details. If there's anything I am fascinated with, it's business.
Remus was there sitting on his bed when Neville emerged and it was comfortable to sit across from him, homey in a way Neville didn't know he'd longed for until he had it in his life. It hurt a bit to think he'd not get to keep it, but Neville was nothing if not practical about what he could and couldn't have, and if this was all he got of Remus, then he'd try to make the best of it.
I have always been the same way, have always been practical about the same thing, and this line just tore me up.
This has to be the best "comfort food" fic I've found. No, I don't just mean hurt/comfort, though there is well done h/c within it. I mean, this fic is like reading a sweet, simple tale of a home you've always wanted. Just absolutely sweet.
Yes, there is graphic sex within it, absolutely, and if that isn't what you like to read, then I suggest you not click on the link. But the story spends so much time working its slow, inexorable way toward it...ah, I'm babbling. I could point out that I'm not always up for the "everyone's gay" kind of story, and I'm also a little wary of how much attention Neville seems to attract, but those are just quibbles, and I probably shouldn't even mention them, only I already have. This story is quite wonderful and those details don't detract from it.
Warnings are at the very bottom, so scroll down for them.
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Date: 2006-09-28 05:05 am (UTC)As soon as I read the second line I crossed my fingers and said "please let it be *that* fic" (I didn't remember the fic's name) and it turns out that it is ^^
(Amazingly, I don't have any sort of Neville!icon O.o)
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Date: 2006-09-28 12:53 pm (UTC)