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snarrymod (snarrymod) wrote in snarry_games,
@ 2008-05-20 19:12:00

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TEAM PHOENIX ENTRY: Perverse Idyll "When the Rose and the Fire Are One"
Title: When the Rose and the Fire Are One
Author: perverse_idyll
Team: Phoenix!
Genre(s): Alternate Universe *Hover/Click for Games Definition of Alternate Universe*
Prompt(s): Flesh Memory, Spilling Fire
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: *(HBP but not DH-compliant) Violence, rough sex, character death (not Snape or Harry)*
Word Count: 81,000+
Summary: Harry's haunted by guilt. Snape's warded by roses. Each must free the other in order to free himself.
A/N: First, thank you to the mods for creating the Games in the first place and for having the patience of saints. leela_cat did a phenomenal job with this in a ridiculously short time. Whatever coherence the fic has is due to her heroic efforts and hand-holding. Also thanks to Team Phoenix for putting up with my fumbling captaincy and for helping to make this an enjoyable ride. Lastly, many thanks to my beloved rinsbane for talking me through to the images I needed. I wish this were a better first offering, my dear.

*With gratitude to leela_cat and apologies to T. S. Eliot.

"When the Rose and the Fire Are One by Perverse Idyll"

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mac_tunes
2008-05-21 08:17 am UTC (link)

*cries* *cries* *cries* You tore my heart out and crushed it! Oh lords! *moans* This story is amazing! Somewhat dark in nature and it makes it so endearing. And it ends quite poignant. Would Harry go and search for Severus? Would he? Won't he? Aw... *sniffs* *sniffs* *sniffs* sometimes I hate open-ended... but this... this story deserves this kind of ending which is not an ending... or is it? Darn it, you got me blubbering and I'm not even sure what I'm sayin!!!

Thank you!

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perverse_idyll
2008-05-22 02:58 am UTC (link)

Oh, my apologies, I know what it's like to be crushed by a story! But I can't help it, I admit my heart gave a little lurch when I read that this had moved you to tears. Do you know what an amazing tribute that is? I had no idea what kind of reception this fic would get, and you've paid me the most tremendous compliment by caring so deeply.

I do tend to err on the side of ambiguity. Especially with two such difficult characters, who've both known more pain than joy. Hmm, well, not everybody writes such an angry Harry, of course. But I think it's perfectly reasonable for him to be angry about his life. Same goes for Snape.

So it's up to the reader to decide what happens after the fic ends. Whether Harry follows Snape. Whether in fact it's a good thing that he does, or whether he should stop obsessing and just let him go.

Thank you so much for your heartfelt response. It relieved some of my worry about whether I'd accomplished any of the things I'd set out to do.

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