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snarryhols (snarryhols) wrote in snarry_holidays,
@ 2008-11-29 10:01:00

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fic, giftee: serpenscript, rated: nc-17

Fic: A Series of Reversals
Title: A Series Of Reversals
Author: rakina
Giftee: serpenscript
Word Count: 48994
Rating: NC-17
Pairings: Severus/Harry/Draco; Severus/Harry; implied Draco/Ginny and Ron/Hermione.
Warnings: Underage in some countries as Harry is 17; 7th Year AU; dubious consent; coercion.
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: When Severus finds a book that will help the trio destroy the Horcruxes, and sends it to Grimmauld Place, Harry finds out it is spell-trapped. But not before Ron and Hermione end up inside the book! Worse, they're not alone. Lucius Malfoy's very bad day is about to get worse, and Harry's very complicated life is about to take a turn for the worse too. Why is it always up to him to save the world, and this time with his virginity?
Author's notes: To my regular beta, who is a wonderful help in so many ways, I offer my sincere thanks even though she must remain anonymous for now. And to the two ladies who did a read-through (you know who you are) and checked for plot holes I send big squishy hugs.
My version of the Grimmauld Place library is just that – mine. I've no idea what it looks like in canon, though we've not seen it in the movies. This story is a 7th Year AU, so please don't tell me what's different; it's meant to be this way. Serpenscript's prompt can be found at the end of the fic.
Author's note to giftee: Dear serpenscript, thank you for the awesome prompts! I could have written all of them, but in the end chose your first choice. I changed it a little; I hope you don't mind but it worked better for me this way. So the messages from the book are spoken, not appearing on the page as they did in Riddle's diary. I tried to get most of the prompt in, and also some of your favoured kinks and hopefully none of your squicks. I also tried to avoid 'excessive' fluff, but had to give it a happy ending. I hope I made it plotty enough for you, though I'm not too sure about the clever use of canon bit *grins*. Also, I couldn't resist a fair bit of humour creeping in, maybe more than you expected. It was all Lucius' fault, you see...

A Series of Reversals

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	ex_lilyseyes671 2008-11-29 11:22 am UTC (link)
	Oh excellent! Satisfyingly longs, well scripted and a wonderfully twisting plot! A delightful read, oh mystery writer! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	rakina 2008-12-19 11:17 am UTC (link)
	Dearest lilyseyes, thank you so much for your comment, which made me smile. I'm so glad you enjoyed it! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	estioe 2008-11-29 12:18 pm UTC (link)
	Oh my god! So, I haven't gotten started on this YET, but when I saw the size of this monster, and the pairings, I practically screamed. :) Yes, I love long stories. Hehe. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	rakina 2008-12-19 11:18 am UTC (link)
	I hope you enjoyed it when you did get through the monster. Thank you for commenting. (Reply to this) (Parent)

serpenscript
2008-11-29 03:45 pm UTC (link)

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! I was having a miserable day, took a break to work on computer stuff - and lo and behold, my gift was up! And not just ANY gift - it's a deliciously long, deliciously plotty fic! And so much worked into it - ROn/Hermione/Lucius's bickering was spot-on, and Draco's crush on Ginny wholy believable, and the take on Snape being hurt/offended by their reactions something I'd never thought of, and yet it's so rational and added a whole new depth. Minerva's stubbornness, and Luna's dreaminess, and the ritual itself - *fans self*

My day is a million times brighter for this. You are every shade and color of incredible, and when reveals are up I will have to hunt down everything you've ever written and read it! Thank you!

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	rakina 2008-12-19 11:20 am UTC (link)
	I'm so glad you enjoyed it, serpenscript. Your prompt was all kinds of awesome. In fact, I could have written all three of them, but as this was your first, I chose this one. I thoroughly enjoyed writing it. I wish you very happy holidays, and an awesome new year. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	serpenscript 2008-12-19 03:20 pm UTC (link)
	Rakina! You'd think I'd recognise your writing by now, since I read almost all your fics! snuggles Thank you again for my lovely fic! :D (Reply to this) (Parent)

	gingertart50 gingertart50 2008-11-29 04:06 pm UTC (link)
	Brilliant fic! I loved this, a much more satisfying ending than DH. Loved your version of the Malfoys too. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: gingertart50 rakina 2008-12-19 11:20 am UTC (link)
	I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I had such fun with the Malfoys, and Ron and Hermione, too. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	thesewarmstars 2008-11-29 07:09 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, how wonderful! I loved Snape's letter. Also, the way he was so upset and ashamed about his looks. I was a little frightened at the threesome in the pairings, but it all worked out. Really well written. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	rakina 2008-12-19 11:21 am UTC (link)
	I was a little frightened by the threesome too. I don't write threesomes, well, not real threesomes, LOL. Thank you for commenting :-) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	snarry_fan7 2008-11-29 10:26 pm UTC (link)
	Most excellent and interesting work! I love the plot and how things progress. Well done!!~Sophia (Reply to this) (Thread)

	rakina 2008-12-19 11:22 am UTC (link)
	Thank you, Sophia. You are, as ever, a wonderfully consistent reader. I wish I had your stamina! (Reply to this) (Parent)

torino10154
2008-11-30 07:49 am UTC (link)

What fun! Ron and Hermione stuck with Lucius, who did rather behave all things considered. Both Harry and Draco running for it to clear their heads seemed perfectly realistic. And what a spell-mortification for everyone. I like that Harry still took off immediately afterward, rather than the two of them instantly getting along. I would think Harry would need time to sort through his feelings. So many fun lines from McGonagall too. Very nice work.

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	rakina 2008-12-19 11:23 am UTC (link)
	Hi, Torino! I'm so glad you enjoyed it. I had great fun writing it. The prompt was right up my street! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	hambares 2008-11-30 10:21 am UTC (link)
	So satisfyingly long! And so darn hot when they finally got to the ritual! I don;t know how Draco was able not to join in. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	rakina 2008-12-19 11:23 am UTC (link)
	hehe, Hambares, I do go on a bit. Well, you knew that, of course... (Reply to this) (Parent)

	auctasinistra 2008-11-30 07:57 pm UTC (link)
	My god. Excellent work on an incredibly complicated prompt. Well done! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	rakina 2008-12-19 11:24 am UTC (link)
	Thank you so kindly bows But you don't have to call me god, Professor... wink (Reply to this) (Parent)

orions_stars
2008-11-30 08:47 pm UTC (link)

This was so much fun to read! I really enjoyed what you managed to do with this prompt. I was afraid I'd be uncomfortable with your threesome, but it was just fine :) I really liked ALL your characters! Severus and Harry were excellent, and the interactions with/between secondary characters was awesome as well. This was quite long (yay for long satisfying stories!), but if you ever decide to add to it, I'd love to find out what happened with Ginny/Draco, Luna, McGonagall, and Lupin. Thanks for the great read!

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	rakina 2008-12-19 11:25 am UTC (link)
	Thank you for the lovely comment! I don't do traditional threesomes, because I don't like anyone muscling in on my OTP, LOL. Not even Remus... (Reply to this) (Parent)

Loved this! and a little fan art

foolartist
2008-11-30 10:43 pm UTC (link)

So I totally loved the descriptive nature of this fic. So much so that when the room was described by Lucius i got such a picture in my head that i had to see it for real! And so I took a quick break to make this little darling. It's just a quick manip. and I'm only putting a small version here you are welcome to see the large version on my lj. Just click the pic.

small version of lucius in the parchment room

Again I loved the fic, and I hope nobody mines that I used Lucius with all the delicious snarry going on in the story!

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Re: Loved this! and a little fan art

rakina
2008-12-19 11:27 am UTC (link)

Dear

foolartist,
You've no idea how your art made me squee! I wanted to wait to reply to my comments when I could do so as myself, not as 'anon'. Also, RL has been a bit weird lately, and I just couldn't do so properly until now.
I love Lucius, he's so... perfect. He oozes class in everything he does. Bet he's a dream in bed, LOL!
I'm so happy you enjoyed the story, and thank you again for taking the time to create a scene from it.
Hugs,
Rakina

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	estioe 2008-12-04 02:16 pm UTC (link)
	This was lovely, Anon! Long and descriptive and just, overall, an awesome read. :) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	rakina 2008-12-19 11:29 am UTC (link)
	Thank you for taking the time to come back and comment once you'd read the beast! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	leela_cat 2008-12-07 08:25 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, that was fun and imaginative. I love stories where magic is used in a way that I haven't seen before. And trapping the three of them in a book (without a loo, no less) was a brilliant touch. The sex and snark between Snape and Harry were hot. And then Draco wondering if getting turned on made him gay had me snickering. Very nicely done. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	rakina 2008-12-19 11:30 am UTC (link)
	I'm so glad you enjoyed it. I could imagine a papery sofa, a papery wall or even floor, but a papery loo? No, couldn't be done, so they all had to cross their legs, or, like Hermione, go behind the sofa. Of course Lucius is far too dignified to do any such thing! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	verdenia 2008-12-10 10:59 am UTC (link)
	Oh, man. Delightful story, rather trippy and love the unique method for taking care of Harry's scar! Excellent use of prompt. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	rakina 2008-12-19 11:31 am UTC (link)
	Thank you so much! I assure you I wasn't tripping on anything when I wrote it. Just my own rather weird mind, hehe. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	szefi 2008-12-14 01:46 pm UTC (link)
	This was a very intriguing story, I enjoyed it a lot. The plot was really interesting, and I liked the humour, too. (just a question: did the preparations took so long for the ritual, that it took place in the evening? 'cause first I thought it was performed just after breakfast, but then it ended in the evening, and Severus could not have lasted that long g) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	rakina 2008-12-19 11:32 am UTC (link)
	I'm glad you enjoyed it, szefi. Yep, the preparations took a while, because Minerva had to persuade the castle that the Dark ritual wouldn't cause problems, and also to ward against its influence spreading into the rest of the school. A Headmistress' lot is not a happy one, obviously. (Reply to this) (Parent)

lost_stray_cat
2009-01-19 08:30 am UTC (link)

I enjoyed this completely and every step of the way. A tale well told. So many complications and each character has depth...I loved Luna. I mean, I mention Luna because I don't see her often in snarry fics and I love Luna and wish I would see her more often well described as she is here; but the fact is, I loved each character in this story, they had complexities and dimensions to them that make them more filled out, which was wonderful. McGonagal, Lucius, Draco, even Snape, they were all so fresh and I enjoyed meeting them! I completely enjoyed knowing their feelings. *is awed* Remus felt very real...in particular, Remus and McGonagal felt very real, like I could feel them and see them. (Not that others didn't feel real, but those two particularly popped out from the page.)

Poor Harry, there is no end to his sacrifices... when it was discovered what Draco's role had to be in the ritual I just laughed out loud for a long while. It was such an embarrassing thing for Harry, I don't think anyone ever wrote a more embarrassing thing for him that was so funny.

But I was a bit disappointed in the end that there was no mention of Remus and no resolution to his feelings for Severus? Also, there could have been a longer resolution period at the end, to hopefully see a bit more of Severus/Harry hotness and just have more idea of how things went on with everyone. I mean it's not like terribly lacking, but I just wished there was more, as in, it ended a bit too soon. Sort of, you wrapped things up too quickly, when you could have taken your time and enjoyed wrapping up a bit longer :-)

But anyway, I was so thoroughly entertained reading this, and my attention was kept glued to it every sentence of the story. Sometimes, when story is long, I find my attention wanders and occasionally I get bored in some parts, or some sentences don't make sense and I get stuck rereading them to figure out what they want to say. But not here; here everything was so crystal clear and flowing without a hitch, and after it grabbed my attention at the beginning, it held it fast until the end. So that was awesome! Just needed longer and more thorough wrap up. That's my opinion. :-)

(Do you think I need to stop writing such long comments...I should say something like "that was great" and leave it at that, like most everyone else? After all, you may not really care about what I think, right?)

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