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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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dracofiend
2008-05-27 02:30 pm UTC (link)

Hi! :D I can't help but think you must've written a novel in responding to comments alone, because you are just so thoughtful and deliberate that way! :D It makes reading your story extra-rewarding, and one thing I really like about the sheer length of this fic is that it grows the characters to you more than a short fic can, simply because the reader spends more time reading and thinking about them. It's sort of a total immersion approach.

You're right in thinking that this isn't the type of fic I'm typically inclined to read, because of its plottiness--but of course, that's just a general personal preference! As for your comments re ungainliness--I think that's actually quite fitting, and in a really good way. I agree with you on the disjointedness in general, but I see it as adding an impressionistic realism to everything--it lends a sense of exhaustion and excruciation (is that even a word?) that brings out (at least in me) a kind of empathy for the characters that maybe wouldn't stick as hard if the story came across as neat and tidy and polished to a high glossy shine. Oh, I hope this isn't coming across the wrong way! :D I just mean that it seemed to be a choice (and a good one!) on your part to make things a uneven and startling--to keep the reader guessing, off-balance, as a means of putting the reader in finer tune with Harry's and Snape's instabilities and discomforts. It's not calculated, you know? It's abrupt and spontaneous (although I know you probably raked over every detail!) and it feels genuine that way. You say it might never fully sit right with you because what's in your head doesn't seem to be what's the on the page--I can't help but think that's the feeling Harry and Snape both embody, in the way you characterized them.

One other thing I wanted to mention is that the ending, I thought, was really clever. I was too startled and pleased by it to say much in my prior comment, but it feels so perfect to me because Snape seems to have diffused a lot of the difficulty/temptation for Harry to...do something rash, you know? The way I see it, Snape has given Harry something to anticipate--a challenge that Harry wants but doesn't have to do right away, which will undercut his urge to simply will Snape back to him. I know Snape doesn't promise anything, but I feel that he'll wait for Harry to come--and also that he knows he won't have to wait a terribly long time, either.

But I bet you have other thoughts on the matter! :D I'm curious about them...if you've already posted about it in a different comment, maybe you could link me when you get a chance?

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