Interlude (McGonagall/Hooch, 1980 words -- a "Trainspotting" sequel, not yet posted, but soon)
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A New Year's resolution of mine is to be better about taking the time to give proper feedback for fic. I've gotten into a terrible habit this year of saving fic to read at whatever breaks I have during the day, and thus not allowing for the time to give feedback. I realised during Yuletide this year just what an awful habit that was to get into. Please allow me to begin my fandom reparations by telling you how much I've loved reading your fic this year.
I've probably read 'Trainspotting' twelve times through, and 'Storytelling' looks set to be another I return to over and over. I despise Snape, and yet suddenly I have a few Snape-fics saved to my hd, for the sake of your Minerva and your turn of phrase.
Also, I found this meme answer really interesting: Story with single sweetest moment? There are a couple of sappy sweet moments in "Trainspotting" that warm my (usually hidden) romantic heart -- the Minerva/Rolanda reunion after each thinks the other lost in the war, and a scene in a restaurant when they confess mutual love. (That restaurant scene felt a little self-indulgent to me, full of the L[ove]-word and descriptions of clothing. It was rather like playing with dolls -- not my most careful acknowledgement of the demands of literary craft, perhaps, but certainly fun.)
It's something I've thought about a lot with regard to fic-writing as its own particular sort of literature. I admire your writing, and find, especially in 'Storytelling', that some of your storycraft is breathtaking. Yet I'll admit that what will make me return to a fic over and over are bits like the two scenes you mention in 'Trainspotting', or the tender scene where Hermione first sees Minerva and Grubbly-Plank together in 'Storytelling', or the end of that story when one sees clearly how much Minerva loved Willa.
Moments like that aren't always the literary peaks of stories (in general, I mean), but I feel they have their own particular value in indulging in the love and (perhaps excessive) empathy for a character, which is part of what one seeks out in fanfic.
Perhaps I'm rambling, but I guess my point is that even if you feel the restaurant scene in 'Trainspotting' is indulgent, and perhaps less than high art, I'm inclined to think it's the kind of indulgence which is one of the greatest parts of the literary play of fanfic, tbh.
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Squee!!!
A New Year's resolution of mine is to be better about taking the time to give proper feedback for fic. I've gotten into a terrible habit this year of saving fic to read at whatever breaks I have during the day, and thus not allowing for the time to give feedback. I realised during Yuletide this year just what an awful habit that was to get into. Please allow me to begin my fandom reparations by telling you how much I've loved reading your fic this year.
I've probably read 'Trainspotting' twelve times through, and 'Storytelling' looks set to be another I return to over and over. I despise Snape, and yet suddenly I have a few Snape-fics saved to my hd, for the sake of your Minerva and your turn of phrase.
Also, I found this meme answer really interesting:
Story with single sweetest moment?
There are a couple of sappy sweet moments in "Trainspotting" that warm my (usually hidden) romantic heart -- the Minerva/Rolanda reunion after each thinks the other lost in the war, and a scene in a restaurant when they confess mutual love. (That restaurant scene felt a little self-indulgent to me, full of the L[ove]-word and descriptions of clothing. It was rather like playing with dolls -- not my most careful acknowledgement of the demands of literary craft, perhaps, but certainly fun.)
It's something I've thought about a lot with regard to fic-writing as its own particular sort of literature. I admire your writing, and find, especially in 'Storytelling', that some of your storycraft is breathtaking. Yet I'll admit that what will make me return to a fic over and over are bits like the two scenes you mention in 'Trainspotting', or the tender scene where Hermione first sees Minerva and Grubbly-Plank together in 'Storytelling', or the end of that story when one sees clearly how much Minerva loved Willa.
Moments like that aren't always the literary peaks of stories (in general, I mean), but I feel they have their own particular value in indulging in the love and (perhaps excessive) empathy for a character, which is part of what one seeks out in fanfic.
Perhaps I'm rambling, but I guess my point is that even if you feel the restaurant scene in 'Trainspotting' is indulgent, and perhaps less than high art, I'm inclined to think it's the kind of indulgence which is one of the greatest parts of the literary play of fanfic, tbh.