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beholder_mod (beholder_mod) wrote in hp_beholder,
@ 2011-04-15 13:20:00

Entry tags:

beholder_2011, dawlish/scrimgeour, fic, john dawlish, rating:pg13, rufus scrimgeour, slash

FIC: "The Ministry's Man" for injustice_worth
Recipient: injustice_worth
 Author: musamihi
 Title: The Ministry's Man
 Rating: PG-13 
Pairings: John Dawlish/Bartemius Crouch (Sr.) (unrequited); John Dawlish/Rufus Scrimgeour. 
Word Count: 11,300
 Warnings/Content Information (Highlight to View): * Canon character deaths, dark themes.*  
Summary: John Dawlish has spent his career in the shadows of the Ministry's greatest men. One of the only things they all have in common is that they never stay for long. 
Author's Notes: I hope you enjoy, injustice_worth! Your inspiring list of characters was a joy to work from. Many, many thanks to melusinahp for beta-reading – all remaining mistakes are my own. And thanks, of course, to the wonderful mod, for running such a fantastic fest.

"The Ministry's Man"

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raven_cromwell
2011-04-21 11:13 pm UTC (link)

And Scrimgeour, oh Gods, Scrimgeour. He is one of my favorite characters of the series, and he was phenomenal in this,
from the description of him pacing the floor to the conversation he
and Dawlish have in bed. You can see his flaws here so clearly; his
devil-may-care bravery; his arrogance, that he could keep info
Dumbledore shared from Voldemort's spies. And his utter focus on the Ministry to the exclusion of everything else; makes for a rather bleak, cold life; it's funny because it terrified Dawlish that Crouch found something more important than the Ministry, but we as the reader are left wishing Scrimgeour could have found something similar.

I adored the line about byzantine tactics and marshalling facts like soldiers because this is so close to how I see him. And despite his flaws, you see that he has a point, that there really is only so much the Ministry can do unless Dumbledore helps, and that there are two perceptions of every encounter; just as
Harry thought Scrimgeour was arrogant, it's not surprising he thought
the same. And he's trying so bloody hard to defeat this nebulous enemy against terrible odds, doing the best he knows how, and I admire that immensely.

And the end.. bleak and harsh and absolutely perfect. Oh John, you lost so very much.

I can't wait for reveals so I can fangirl you madly and devour your masterlist, mystery author!

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