Another Harry Potter related post, although applies to all mediums and fictional universes in which one finds themselves invested.

Twelve years ago, I went through a terrible loss. I was mostly just shocked; I didn't really process it until the next morning, when I cried into my pillow. Mostly I was numb. Then sad. Then angry.

Linda (lindalupos), one of my best friends, signed onto MSN Messenger. It was like finding someone you love in the crowd following something terrible. I IMed her immediately, and all I said was "Linda..."

In response, Linda said, "I hate her."

"Her" was JK Rowling. She'd killed off our favorite character. After giving him a... very WTF-filled story arc in Deathly Hallows.

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I originally wrote these for rt_morelove, and figured I'd edit/repost them.

Author/Artist: author_by_night
Title: The Beholders
Part I: Sirius
Rating & Warnings: PG-13
Word Count/Art Medium: 1,164
Prompt(s): 4. Style: Multple narrators, not to be Remus or Tonks.

Summary: For better or worse, Remus and Tonks didn't always know how to see themselves. At their worst, they were too similar for comfort, yet too
different to grasp. At their best, they were deeply in love, and that was all that mattered.

Who they were, then, was in the eye of their beholders.

Notes: This is the part I of an anthology of sorts, all using the same prompt but having different characters (apart from Remus and Tonks, of course).

Also, constructive criticism is welcome.


( Part I: Sirius )

iulia_linnea is holding a random character facts fest, and so I am going to be doing assorted facts for assorted characters over the next few days.  For those of you whom have not finished the book, please note that there will be huge spoilers regarding the conclusion of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Today's featured character is don't-call-me-Nymphadora-Tonks. 

Title: Twenty Random Facts about Nymphadora Tonks.

Author: author_by_night

Rating: PG

Warning(s): None.

Ships: Remus/Tonks, though mostly in an established sense.

Word Count: 754.

I am steering all of you towards rt_challenge. True, some of the fics are, well, a bit overdone, but there's loads of good ones that I think have gotten less attention than they deserve. The comm's in slight danger of becoming like a room where everyone is talking, but  only a few people are acknowledging.

So fellow R/T people,  (and non-R/T shippers who still read anything), let's show some support - and that goes for me too, I've been really bad about reviewing.  But I think we ought to make an effort. I've been a bit put down by how few reviews I got for the two I put up, and I've been even more put down when seeing all these other fics that aren't getting reviews! A comm I used to be the mod of died because of that - nobody was reviewing anyone's stories, and people just gave up. Don't want that to happen to rt_challenge!

Like I said, nobody feel guilty, I've been awful but reviewing too. I just think it's important to appreciate your fellow writers. 


So, let's review! :D