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hdcup_mod (hdcup_mod) wrote in hd_worldcup,
@ 2008-04-08 01:11:00

Entry tags:

fic, nc-17, prompt: the devil, round i, team ewe

Smile, You're on Camera -- Team EWE
Title: Smile, You’re on Camera
Team: Team EWE
Author: bewarethesmirk
Prompt: The Devil
Wordcount: ~14,000
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: A bit of Harry/Ginny but nothing serious or explicit.
Summary: Harry Potter has lost sight of what it means to listen to himself—he’s depressed and confused, moving through life only to please the Ministry and the press and his friends. One day he wakes up on a train next to Draco Malfoy and that all changes.
Author's Note Thank you so much to Team Sheep and all who betaed. Thanks to other people who helped when they didn’t even have a stake on this team.

Smile, You're on Camera

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ships_harry
2008-04-08 10:46 pm UTC (link)

Stalking turned job is pretty neat, as ideas go :). I enjoyed how lost Harry was; trying different things and having them not really help. It did seem like a bit of a quick jump from stalking to shagging, and I'm not sure the tattooed shop-owner entirely worked (bit distracting), but I thought the Harry/Ron/Hermione interactions and the Harry/Kreacher stuff was all great, plus Luna's entrance - that "Yes" made me laugh out loud. Good stuff!

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bewarethesmirk
2008-05-28 07:45 am UTC (link)

Thanks for reading. :D

It did seem like a bit of a quick jump from stalking to shagging, and I'm not sure the tattooed shop-owner entirely worked (bit distracting)...

I have to say I agree with you. I was writing this at the last minute and I wanted some quick way to resolve the fic.

I was reading a comment someone left to someone's HDC rec post, and they made the same point you did -- but it really got me thinking. If I were reading a fic where someone stalked Harry, I'd find it implausible that Harry would respond well at first. There's not enough build-up. So, I think I'm going to edit and write more. I've got scenes I like (the Kreacher and Luna interactions, for ex.) to work but there are definitely things to change.

Hopefully, if I re-post an edited version with a sequel of sorts you'll be around to read it. *g*

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