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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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songquake
2011-04-20 06:43 am UTC (link)

Oh, wow. I knew I was going to have to decide whether to rec this to the Dudley_Redeemed community at LiveJournal, so I put off reading until I knew I'd be able to read and digest the whole thing. Sadly, that meant over a whole day went by before I could post the rec! It's here, if you'd like to read it. Hopefully others will come by and give your wonderful, wonderful story some more love.

I've been squeeing my heart out over the amount and the quality of Dudley!fic created for this year's fest, and I have to say that this one struck me particularly hard. Just the way that you write about Dudley's physical symptoms (first of intoxication, then of withdrawal), and his difficulties with the Program... It's so right-on, so REAL. I just have to say, well-done on that. I also commend you for not squirming away from the ickiness of who Dudley was as a kid, which I know a lot of us Dudley-writers do (hell, I've done it myself!).

And Petunia's interaction with Dudley on Family Day, and Vernon's absence...that was painfully real, too. God. And I love how much Dudley's decided "in for a penny, in for a pound," when he finally goes to see Harry. I was so proud of him!

So yes. Brilliantly done. I know you're not wwmrsweasleydo, 'cause she doesn't need anyone to brit-pick for her, so I can't wait to find out who you actually are!

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	Re: Principles Before Personalities leela_cat 2011-06-06 02:19 am UTC (link)
	Thank you for this wonderful comment. I'm definitely not wwmrsweasleydo, although I don't normally need someone to brit-pick for me either. However, I wanted someone to vet the legal system details in this, because I didn't want to get any of them wrong. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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