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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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viverras
2008-05-21 10:49 pm UTC (link)

I was late to work for this, and it was totally worth it. Brilliant, brilliant characterizations. I particularly like how Harry was always on the edge of (or over the edge of) hurting Severus, especially at first; it seems to me that, ghosts or no, he would probably behave that way, after having hated him for so long. I also truly appreciated the series of ways that Harry learned to let go, and that you didn't just let him get away with being passive about it. OH!! And your OC was fantastic as well! God, I really did enjoy this. Thank you!

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perverse_idyll
2008-05-22 06:56 am UTC (link)

I'm sorry you were late for work, but totally chuffed that you felt compelled to keep reading!

I want to hug this comment to me, first because what matters more to me than anything is getting the characterization right. I wanted Snape and Harry in particular to be vivid and complicated (partly because I detested the fact that all of Snape's actions in the series were reduced to one not-terribly-persuasive motivation). And second, because yes, exactly, Harry's been carrying that hatred around for years. And he's eminently capable of lashing out and doing harm - and not even recognizing the magnitude of what he's done. JKR's perfectly within her rights to portray him as Teflon Boy, someone who's neither touched nor changed by war and death and sacrifice. But I can't help feeling that he must be angry on some level, just as Snape is angry. And I was tired of Harry being passive. I wanted him to have enough self-knowledge to make the right choice, even when he didn't want to.

I'm so glad you enjoyed this and took the time to let me know!

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