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beholder_mod (beholder_mod) wrote in hp_beholder,
@ 2011-05-06 14:44:00

Entry tags:

bathilda bagshot, beholder_2011, femslash, fic, griselda marchbanks, griselda/bathilda, rating:r

FIC: "The Ladies of Godric's Hollow" for featherxquill
Recipient: featherxquill
Author: tetleythesecond
Title: The Ladies of Godric's Hollow
Rating: R
Pairings: Griselda Marchbanks/Bathilda Bagshot, implied background Albus Dumbledore/Gellert Grindelwald, with appearances of a canon-character's semi-original aunt.
Word Count: 17,000
Warnings/Content Information (Highlight to View): *None.*
Summary: Griselda Marchbanks and Bathilda Bagshot are two women with a dream and sound principles. However, when Bathilda's nephew pays them a visit in the summer of 1899, the question arises how to stay true to them.
Author's Notes: This comes with fervent gratitude to my fantastic betas, Kelly Chambliss and Pale Moonlite, who worked miracles on this tale. Dear featherxquill, I had the hardest time choosing between your wonderful prompts -- I hope you like what I did with this.

One literal and one paraphrased quote are from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, page 287 of the British hardcover edition.

"The Ladies of Godric's Hollow"

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tetleythesecond
2011-05-30 07:18 am UTC (link)

I am pleasantly uncertain about who you are

Surprised?

Thank you so much for this long, wonderful comment! I grinned broadly after getting your prompt a second time in a row (though I admit there was this fleeting moment of dread that you'd open your gift and go: "Oh no, not her again!" *g*). I played around with all your awesome pairing options for a while, but the lesbian history geek in me couldn't possibly have passed up the opportunity to write Griselda and Bathilda. They only insisted quite firmly that Muriel be kept outside the bedroom. (I had insane fun imagining her as a girl; glad she came across plausible to your expert eyes *g*).

So happy you liked the characterisations and the history bits and all that, and thank you, thank you, thank you for all those lovely words!

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featherxquill
2011-06-04 03:54 pm UTC (link)

I actually am surprised! :D And I'm surprised that I'm surprised, because I swore I would know your style anywhere. So yay! I love being surprised.

And I see what you did there, now, with the little comments here and there about liking your Beholder prompts. I am so chuffed to have received two Tetley gifts in a row.

(Now I must must get on with the story I need to write for you. A bunny has most definitely attacked me. I had about twenty minutes to kill tonight at work, so I started making notes on a blank sheet of paper, and they got a little crazy)

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