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snarrymod (snarrymod) wrote in snarry_games,
@ 2008-06-01 00:38:00

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carawen, entry, team dragon

TEAM DRAGON ENTRY: Carawen "Beatae Memoriae (Of Blessed Memory) "
Title: Beatae Memoriae (Of Blessed Memory)
Author: carawen **See the Author's Master List of Fics HERE: Carawen's Archive**
Team: Dragon
Genres: Postwar
Prompt: Tabloid Headlines, Time Capsule
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: PG13 *Character Death, Partner Infidelity (not Harry or Severus)*
Word Count: ~13,000
Summary: 275 years after the final battle, a young man sets out to prove that Harry Potter was not a Dark wizard.
A/N: A million thanks to the mods and their unending patience with me, and to Raewhit and Keane for their betaing skills. Also, a family tree has been posted my IJ, in case anyone is interested, or just confused about how it all connects up.
Disclaimer: Everything you recognize belongs to someone else.

"Beatae Memoriae (Of Blessed Memory) by Carawen"

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	simons_flower 2008-06-01 07:57 am UTC (link)
	Haven't gotten to read yet -- I'm nearly a week behind -- but I looked on your IJ for the family tree. Did you post it to a friends-locked entry? I didn't see it. will be back after I read (Reply to this) (Thread)

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carawen, 2008-06-01 06:26 pm UTC

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simons_flower, 2008-06-02 03:15 am UTC

	ex_lilyseyes671 2008-06-01 08:50 am UTC (link)
	sigh I adore your Harry and the kids are simply brilliant! An awesome fic~ (Reply to this) (Thread)

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carawen, 2008-06-01 06:27 pm UTC

	joanwilder 2008-06-01 08:55 am UTC (link)
	I'll be back tomorrow night, I promise. But I'm so glad to see it up! Yay! (Reply to this) (Thread)

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carawen, 2008-06-01 06:52 pm UTC

mac_tunes
2008-06-01 09:51 am UTC (link)

Wonderful tale, interperse with letters and newspaper clippings etc. The way you weave the canon to fanon... wow! I love it when you place Severus and Harry together, slowly building up to a beautiful relationship. Very nicely done!

... the sad part about Al and S. :( Do they really break it off and never speak with each other ever again? *sobs* By the way, where's the family tree? Would love to see it, so that I know who all these characters are from actually...

Thank you!

Though I spotted a few spelling mistakes, it doesn't make the story less.

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carawen, 2008-06-01 06:30 pm UTC

	plantinshadows 2008-06-01 10:24 am UTC (link)
	aww.. what a sweet end! I think the letters and newspaper clippings were a really good way to introduce the small scenes of the past. I would have loved to have read more about severus and harry, oh and of course liam and marion. oh and did albus severus ever reconcile with scorpius? (Reply to this) (Thread)

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carawen, 2008-06-01 06:31 pm UTC

	hambares 2008-06-01 01:13 pm UTC (link)
	What a beautiful story. The way you structured it was just perfect! (Reply to this) (Thread)

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carawen, 2008-06-01 06:34 pm UTC

	kabbers 2008-06-01 04:32 pm UTC (link)
	What a nice story. I loved Liam and Marion and Granpa Harris. I wish there was more Severus and Harry interaction, but then again not having more allows the reader to imagine how things worked between the two. (Reply to this) (Thread)

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carawen, 2008-06-01 06:35 pm UTC

ivylady
2008-06-01 05:03 pm UTC (link)

What a romantic story! I really liked the snippets into Harry and his family's life, interspersed with the lives of his descendants. Let me guess--Marion is Adhara's direct descendant. That way Al and Scorpius could get together in another generation. *g* :)

Even though I'm not a Ginny fan, I have to admit that I felt sorry for her. Harry clearly wants what the Weasleys have, and married her thinking that she would share his same values about family. Ginny, on the other hand, was the youngest of a large family with little money. Presumably, she wanted a life filled with the things she was denied as a child, especially attention. Draco always wanted what Harry had and got with her out of a warped rivalry.

I loved Al, and his fierce desire not to be his mother.

Severus, with his constant presence and aid, was wonderful in this story. The ending was handled very well (although I could have read much more).

Well done, fellow dragon! ROAR!

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carawen, 2008-06-01 06:44 pm UTC

	treewishes 2008-06-01 05:27 pm UTC (link)
	Aww, very sweet! (Reply to this) (Thread)

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carawen, 2008-06-01 06:45 pm UTC

who_la_hoop
2008-06-01 05:37 pm UTC (link)

Oh, that was so lovely. I have tears in my eyes from the ending - so romantic and so sad, mixed. I enjoyed your OCs, and I enjoyed seeing the different relationships, and the way that reactions to gay r'ships changed through the generations. I felt very sad for Al. The parallels of the Potter/Malfoy relationships through the years was an interesting touch. (I did go to your IJ to check out the family tree, but I couldn't see it... but Adler is a descendent of Draco, yes?). Congrats on the way you used all the different new characters - the only time I felt confused was when Liam called Adler Marion, and I had a brief "there's het? Isn't Adler a boy?" moment (in the UK it would be quite unusual to call a boy that, it's a girl's name) :D Well done on a great read!

(I think it's a shame, btw, that you felt the need to warn for character death, because I know lots of people are put off by that warning. Yes, Severus and Harry are dead, but only because this fic is set mostly after their deaths, heh. I know Severus is dying in the end, but he's not dead yet! :D)

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carawen, 2008-06-01 06:50 pm UTC

	igtow 2008-06-01 07:22 pm UTC (link)
	happy sigh Oh, how lovely. When you described this on the comm, I had no idea it would turn out so wonderful. You even had me teary-eyed at the end. The only question I have is who did Al end up with? Simply lovely. I'm so glad we're on the same team! Roooaaarrr! (Reply to this) (Thread)

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dacro, 2008-06-08 06:17 am UTC

	alisanne 2008-06-01 08:48 pm UTC (link)
	Oh that was delightful! I admit that I almost skipped this because of the death and infidelity warnings, but your summary helped me see past that, so yay! I would definitely have missed something good if I hadn't read this. :) Your OCs were engaging and the lovely and slow development of the Snarry was well done. I really enjoyed this, thank you! (Reply to this) (Thread)

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carawen, 2008-06-02 01:57 am UTC

	carpet_diemon 2008-06-02 01:48 am UTC (link)
	I love the seamless transition in time. And that ending! Lovely! (Reply to this) (Thread)

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carawen, 2008-06-02 01:59 am UTC

	bethbethbeth 2008-06-02 01:52 am UTC (link)
	What a clever and creative story! Thank you for this! (Reply to this) (Thread)

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carawen, 2008-06-02 01:59 am UTC

	torino10154 2008-06-02 02:30 am UTC (link)
	That was sweet. Letters are such a wonderful way to tell a story-and I like the way these sort of melted into the story itself. Very interesting way to bring Severus back with that spell and I adored his first meeting with Al! Harry and Draco fighting (stupid ferret), Al and Scorpius :( , Grandpa Harris and the trunk, Liam and Adler-all tales within the tale. Great job. (Reply to this)

joanwilder
2008-06-02 03:09 am UTC (link)

It just gets better on the second read! Love the layering of the time periods. Your OC's are good ones, and I like how Harry speaks to them in the end, making everything seem to come full circle. The idea of Harry and Snape sharing a life-force, thus cutting their lives short, was novel, as was Ginny's side-affair with Draco and Al's disappointment.

You used your 'tabloid' prompt really well to frame the story, and I liked the idea that almost three hundred years in the future, they still knew who Harry was. Well done, Dragon! ROAR!!

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	(Anonymous) 2008-06-02 03:29 am UTC (link)
	What was Dark at all about Harry's planted letter? A normal father-son letter of advice. I counted two-three mistakes, by the way. Your Ginny, actually, is surprisingly attractive. Thank you for that. One gets so tired of her being constantly resented either raw cardboard as in the canon or oh-so-wonderful but unjustly wronged in Snarry fanon. ~ Charlotte Caphine (Reply to this)

	the_con_cept 2008-06-02 03:34 am UTC (link)
	What a lovely story! I felt bad for Albus Severus, poor guy. I really loved the original characters, too. Very engaging! (Reply to this)

	snarry_fan7 2008-06-02 04:01 am UTC (link)
	Most excellent work! I like how the story is told from the letters and you get flashes of the present with the past. I really like how you wrote Harry, his children, and Severus.~Sophia (Reply to this)

	centaury_squill 2008-06-02 08:55 am UTC (link)
	I love the way you've structured this. A really moving story, especially the way Harry literally "shares" his life with Severus. Well done! (Reply to this)

	klynie1 2008-06-03 02:39 am UTC (link)
	I think I'm just echoing what so many others have said, but I'm really impressed with both the way you've woven this story together and with the original characters that you've introduced. What a lovely romance/mystery! (Reply to this)

telwyrd
2008-06-03 06:29 am UTC (link)

A warm, romantic tale. The OCs were wonderfully written. I enjoyed the theme of the past events repeating themselves in the present generation. And Love triumphing somehow in the end, no matter how long it may take. Harry and Severus, Albus Severus and Scorpius, Liam and Marion. The Potters and the Malfoys. Rivalries and feuds. As the saying goes “Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.” The more things change, the more they stay the same.

I loved the unknown bond between Harry and Severus and how in severing it Harry was able to rouse a comatose Snape, who was then able to continue on with his life. Snape seemed so much more relaxed and at peace with himself, no longer bad-tempered and morose. He was laughing so easily during the first meeting with Potter. o_O Laughing! Our surly potions master! Who’d a thunk it?!

Harry with flashes of precognition was very interesting and his relationship with his children was full of warmth, love, and understanding.

I felt sad for poor Al. Was he ever again able to find love with someone else? I hate the thought of him growing old alone. Yes, he had his brother and sister, nieces and nephew but it’s not quite the same, going home to an empty house.

I enjoyed how Harry and Snape started out as just friends and Harry subtly courts Severus. They finally kiss and then I was a bit put off by the following scenes with poor Ginny and Grandpa Harris and Liam and Marion...concluding with the pensieve scene, which was unexpected. At least, Harry and Severus had fifty years together but still it was very sad.

This was a lovely and enjoyable story. Well done!

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	(Anonymous) 2008-06-03 07:47 am UTC (link)
	I love your story - original plot, interesting characters, and all these pictured in quite a short story. I'm glad to translate the fic to Russian, and I need you permission if you don't mind. By the way, I'm translating RaeWhit's Occam's razor. My LJ account is evenover, no IJ account, sorry. Thank you for the nice work! (Reply to this)

galad222000
2008-06-04 07:04 am UTC (link)

This is an interesting and original story. You have done a great job of moving between Harry’s timeline and the current generations timeline. I love the relationship developing between Liam and Marion. I like the use of letters and news articles. *happy dances* there will be a sequel. I hope there is good news for Al and Scor; more of HP and SS; and a happy outcome for Liam and Marion. Good luck with your writing. CB

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alexis_sd
2008-06-04 08:45 am UTC (link)

This was beautiful. I didn't expect the ending and didn't expect it to be so painful all over. I am sorry for both Ginny and Albus Severus for loving and never getting true recognition from the (Malfoy) men they loved.

Funnily enough my only complaint with this story was that it didn't feel like Snarry. It was so much more and calling it Snarry would be almost an offense to all the other characters that were part of it. I gave it all 9's for you did excellently with your prompts and genre and I enjoyed (suffered along with the characters throughout) the story, but if I had to rate it for Snarry-ness it'd get 5 maybe 6. Still I think it is a great fic.

In my mind I hope that at some point Albus Severus found another love, someone who deserved his devotion, just like his father found Severus. I loved your idea that Harry shared his live-force with Severus and I am not sure if Severus knew. The last words of Severus' could have been knowledge of that or simply repetition of something Harry has told him as a confirmation of his love.

I even hope Ginny found happiness. And I guess I am nasty for hoping that Scorpius never lived to overcome Albus Severus' loss, but Malfoys are resilient and would never admit to their true feeling so maybe he never let it bother him.

Duh, I can probably go on and on, with these stupid thoughts but that would be rather pointless. I loved it. Thanks for this fic.

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