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beholder_mod (beholder_mod) wrote in hp_beholder,
@ 2011-04-18 14:23:00

Entry tags:

beholder_2011, dudley dursley, dudley/harry, fic, harry potter, rating:pg13, slash

FIC: "Principles Before Personalities for catbirdfish
Recipient: catbirdfish
Author: leela_cat
Title: Principles Before Personalities
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Dudley Dursley/Harry Potter
Word Count: ~21,000
Warnings/Content Information (Highlight to View): *alcohol abuse, addiction issues, physical violence*.
Summary: After being arrested and sentenced to a Community Order, Dudley finds help in unexpected places.
Author's Notes: catbirdfish said she liked many things that appealed to me, including character study, imperfections, characters undergoing a change or maturing emotionally, and redemption arcs and, thus, this story was born. Many thanks to my betas and my brit-picker and to bethbethbeth for giving characters like Dudley a chance to shine.

The section titles, except for the first one, come from a non-denominational version of the twelve steps, and the story title comes from the twelfth tradition.

"Principles Before Personalities"

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eeyore9990
2011-04-19 12:42 am UTC (link)

Oh man, wow. There is just so much to this that trying to encompass it all in one comment is going to be a challenge of epic proportions. First, your Dudley's evolution as a character was... perfect. Not too fast, tons of bumps along the way, just exactly as it should have been written. It was realistic without trying to be anything else (I didn't get the sense that you were trying to be ~omg so edgy~ with this... it was just a character being a character and trying to change his life). The relationship between Harry and Dudley was the same. I really felt like I could see where things were leading without feeling dragged along. It was slow and steady and perfect. Really, that's what this fic is: perfect. Perfect characterizations, perfect minor characters (Dean and Arabella FTW!!), perfect pace, perfect setting. Excellent fic, perfect for this fest!

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	Re: Principles Before Personalities leela_cat 2011-06-06 01:30 am UTC (link)
	Thank you so very much. For this wonderful comment and for all of your patience, thoughts, and beta reading of this story. ♥ (Reply to this) (Parent)

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