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snarrymod (snarrymod) wrote in snarry_games,
@ 2009-09-20 09:38:00

Entry tags:

fic, snitch

Team Snitch Entry (FIC): "Rapture" by Mia Ugly
Title: Rapture
Author: Mia Ugly (mia_ugly)
Team: Snitch
Genre(s): Time-Travel
Prompt(s): The Long Goodbye, Achilles Heel
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: NC17; Highlight if you wish to know: *Epilogue Compliant, non-explicit Harry/Ginny*
Word Count: ~50,000
Author Notes/Disclaimers/Betas A huge thank you to whitecotton and accioslash, for their tireless (and last minute) beta work. Another huge (throbbing) thank you to joanwilder, who was a fantastic team capitan, an amazing beta, and a great person in general - infinitely generous and infinitely kind. Thank you to the Mods for granting me extension after extension, for being exceedingly patient, and for running this lovely fest. Thanks to all my team-mates who volunteered to help out when I was going crazy, and above all, thank you to the lovely Fast9s, who put up with my panic attacks, my late nights, and my passion for hot wizard love. And for Fast9s.

Summary: Snape sees the man, for the first time, on his twenty-fifth birthday.

"Rapture"

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Re: Damn it, I have to split this into pieces

perverse_idyll
2009-09-20 11:37 pm UTC (link)

And then Snape's reaction to his father's funeral, oh good heavens, and Harry's kindness. The poetic epigraphs and Snape coming back to save Harry and "Please do not make me continue," he murmurs, "I'm hideous at this" and the fact that they can't stay away from each other. How every conversation is composed of humor and ripped-bare truth and verbal fencing and - I'm just blown away by the artistry of this fic. It turns me into a babbling idiot who wastes words and yet can't quite articulate how much this exhilarates me. Or how I fell head over heels in love with both Severus and Harry, to the point that their pain gave me pain and their happiness gave me happiness. In most fics, calling Snape beautiful is a sign to hit the backbutton, but Harry's right this time, he's right and it's the truth and I'm so impressed that you found a way to say this that shines out of the fic and haloes them both - because beauty and prettiness are two different things, and many people don't realize that Snape can be beautiful while remaining exactly who he is. But you get that. And so does Harry.

And then the ending. You trump brilliance with brilliance. I'm not sure a fic's ever kicked me over the edge like that into wonder and triumph and, you know, coming to pieces. And I thank you for it. I've spent all day with this fic - reading it, thinking about it, trying to give back to you some inkling of what you gave me and what this story means to me. All I can do is conclude with a word that sums up both my response and my belief in what this fic was created from and what it achieves.

Love.

*bows at your feet*

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	Re: Damn it, I have to split this into pieces mia_ugly 2009-09-21 07:56 am UTC (link)
	I still don't know how to reply to this comment... but I will. There are things to say. For now, though - thankyou, thankyou. A million times. So much. TBC (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Re: Damn it, I have to split this into pieces

mia_ugly
2009-09-22 07:06 am UTC (link)

Okay, I'm back. I just want to tell you how much this comment affected me, on so many levels.

To begin with, I have to thank you for the eloquence of this comment. You are such an exquisite writer. "Sings like a cello"... my god. This is the most gorgeous comment I've ever read, ever. I was completely enraptured by your writing (and not just because you were talking about me, ahem.)

You are one of my alltime favourite Snarry writers - your fics are just exquisite, and have broken my heart several times over. I'm already thinking of lines I want to quote to you, but I must rein myself in. For now... I am deeply flattered that my little story had an effect on you, because I have such deep respect for your work and your artistry.

Thank you again for such kind words. At the risk of a maudlin overshare, I got this message after a brutal day at gradschool, where I sat silent in class after class, feeling like dirt on the bottom of someone's shoe. To get home and read this overwhelming review made me actually cry. Which is ridiculous, I know, but you cannot understand how much I was touched. And surprised. And so grateful.

Mia

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	Re: Damn it, I have to split this into pieces naatz 2009-09-21 09:11 pm UTC (link)
	Out of curiosity, I checked how long your review was. ~1,700 words. You just wrote the equivalent of a small fic! worships \|Meduza\| (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Damn it, I have to split this into pieces perverse_idyll 2009-09-22 03:51 am UTC (link)
	Oh God! falls over laughing I'm really not convinced that writing 1700 words of feedback deserves worship. If I could learn to say things concisely, it would be a great aesthetic leap forward. Heh. But thank you. I think. ;) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Damn it, I have to split this into pieces naatz 2009-09-22 04:30 am UTC (link)
	Hey, it took me ~700 words, and I'm not one to gush over . . . anything. So, yeah. Worship much. Off topic, I sent you a PM on LJ, if you didn't notice. :) \|Meduza\| (Reply to this) (Parent)

Re: Damn it, I have to split this into pieces

literatelier
2009-09-29 02:34 am UTC (link)

Sorry, butting in - I kept trying to hit the 'like' button to your comment, but then finally had to surrender to the fact that I'm not on Facebook, and that I should just comment to say I agree with everything you wrote, and don't think anyone could have better expressed all the things that made this story amazing. Your comment made me teary and it has nothing to do with me in even the slightest way. *cheers Mia*

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