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gilpin25. All her work as a mod at ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
metamorfic_moon, one of the two communities that really got me writing fanfic in the first place, goes without saying. But she's also always been so willing to comment on my stories -- and in this amazing way that is always affirming and supportive, while also somehow ever-so-gently planting seeds of ideas for things I could build and improve on. I appreciate that kind of growth-promoting feedback no end. (Not to mention the trenchcoat jokes, the book recommendations, and all the other mischief we've managed these last few years!)
One of the things that I'm very likely to getgilpin25-style encouragement about is when I take a stab at writing Remus's thoughts, motivations, and -- especially -- growth and change. And so, in honor of the day, I really wanted to post a story that took that as inspiration and tried to turn poor Remus inside-out a little. It's not a particularly birthday-ish fic, and (as usual) I'm running short on time at the end, so there may be typos or oddities lurking and it probably needs one more good edit. But I post this with many thanks -- and a heaping bushel of birthday wishes, in the middle of what has been a very hard year -- to gilpin25. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! ♥
One Step Forward (3510 words | PG)
The day after some robe-shaking in the Hogwarts hospital wing, Remus goes to have dinner with Tonks, still fighting second thoughts.
Note: My first take on this scene was one of the first R/T drabbles I ever posted, atrt_challenge in January 2007: Second Thoughts. A few lines have survived, and the conflict at the heart of the piece is pretty much the same, but this is essentially a complete rewrite of the original idea.
( Remus had never been to Tonks’s flat before. )
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gilpin25. All her work as a mod at metamorfic_moon, one of the two communities that really got me writing fanfic in the first place, goes without saying. But she's also always been so willing to comment on my stories -- and in this amazing way that is always affirming and supportive, while also somehow ever-so-gently planting seeds of ideas for things I could build and improve on. I appreciate that kind of growth-promoting feedback no end. (Not to mention the trenchcoat jokes, the book recommendations, and all the other mischief we've managed these last few years!)One of the things that I'm very likely to get
gilpin25-style encouragement about is when I take a stab at writing Remus's thoughts, motivations, and -- especially -- growth and change. And so, in honor of the day, I really wanted to post a story that took that as inspiration and tried to turn poor Remus inside-out a little. It's not a particularly birthday-ish fic, and (as usual) I'm running short on time at the end, so there may be typos or oddities lurking and it probably needs one more good edit. But I post this with many thanks -- and a heaping bushel of birthday wishes, in the middle of what has been a very hard year -- to gilpin25. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! ♥ One Step Forward (3510 words | PG)
The day after some robe-shaking in the Hogwarts hospital wing, Remus goes to have dinner with Tonks, still fighting second thoughts.
Note: My first take on this scene was one of the first R/T drabbles I ever posted, at
rt_challenge in January 2007: Second Thoughts. A few lines have survived, and the conflict at the heart of the piece is pretty much the same, but this is essentially a complete rewrite of the original idea.( Remus had never been to Tonks’s flat before. )
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