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hdcup_mod (hdcup_mod) wrote in hd_worldcup,
@ 2008-05-04 18:05:00

Entry tags:

fic, prompt: the hermit, r, round i, team epilogue

Equal Vows - Team Epilogue
Title: Equal Vows
Team: Team Epilogue
Author: lesyeuxverts00
Prompt: The Hermit
Wordcount: 21k
Rating: hard R
Warnings: infidelity, forced bonding (of a sort)
Summary: Harry learns to act without Dumbledore's guidance. Draco is lost without Snape, and will do anything to get his mentor back.
Author's Note: I used the literal meaning of the prompt and the Tarot interpretation, the hermit as a guide or mentor. Huge thanks to my betas, who made all the difference.

Equal Vows

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Poll #1585
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1. Is the author/artist true to their team? Yes/No vote ("yes" is worth 2 points, "no" is worth 0)

2. How well did the author/artist use their Prompt? 1 to 9 (1 being the least)

3. How much did you like this story/art overall? 1 to 9 (1 being the least)

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	lilithilien 2008-05-04 10:02 pm UTC (link)
	I think my favourite part of this story was the setting. All the little details of Grimmauld Place made it seem almost a character itself. I think in many stories there's just this assumption that it's a dark place, but you really showed us all it would take to make it liveable again. Very nicely done! (Reply to this)

rubytuesday5681
2008-05-04 10:09 pm UTC (link)

wow. this was very dark. i enjoyed the seemingly bizarre and desperate connection between harry and draco that was so obviously wrong but impossible for them to ignore.
as i was reading i could feel a murky darkness in grimmauld place that seemed to contrast with sunlight and clarity in the new garden with the fish pond in the courtyard. you may not have intended that, but that is how i envisioned it as i was reading the story.
i also really liked the continuing theme of harry making (sometimes unwise) promises to people.
this was a really engaging read.

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iris-anthe.livejournal.com
2008-05-06 01:17 am UTC (link)

This was such an upsetting story. It was painful and frustrating and grating because it really reflected the horrible, silent interactions that wounded people make in life. I couldn't stop myself from reading it through, staying up very late to do so, and even feeling too unsettled to sleep now it's done. People want miracles from the ones they believe in all the time, and they can love and abuse and still try to do the right thing, while trying desperately to wring that one healing bit of something out of the world. This was, as I said, painful, but brilliant.

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	leela_cat 2008-05-15 09:59 pm UTC (link)
	So real, so dark, so desperate, so broken - and very nicely done. Thank you. (Reply to this)