Oh, gosh, that's a comment and a half, which I really don't deserve! And I was worried that you might have thought I'd wrecked your story, which was so delicate and beautifully poised! So thank you very much. :)
Firstly, I want to say that your fics are incredibly inspiring, and your Tonks feels exactly the way JKR should be writing her. I was worried about treading on your lovely prose -- the lilacs are almost a metaphor for the original, as well as a guiding theme.
No Blinding Light was a weird piece to write, for me, as I was trying to come to terms with this incredibly oddball relationship that Ms. Rowling had thrown at us
The irony is that it's one of the few pieces I've ever read that makes sense of Remus/Tonks. You've captured everything: Tonks being so young and so in love, Remus being indulgent yet detached, and Remus's history with Sirius. I didn't actually add anything to the wonderful dynamic you had going already. In fact, in the past I've written Tonks-bashing fics, but No Blinding Light and The London Underground really brought her fully to life for me. In some ways, you've completely changed my view of the relationship.
I know remix isn't really for the original authors
But we all want to do our best by them, all the same! Thank you for a lovely story to work on, and for all the images and feelings it evoked as I was writing the remix. :)
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Firstly, I want to say that your fics are incredibly inspiring, and your Tonks feels exactly the way JKR should be writing her. I was worried about treading on your lovely prose -- the lilacs are almost a metaphor for the original, as well as a guiding theme.
No Blinding Light was a weird piece to write, for me, as I was trying to come to terms with this incredibly oddball relationship that Ms. Rowling had thrown at us
The irony is that it's one of the few pieces I've ever read that makes sense of Remus/Tonks. You've captured everything: Tonks being so young and so in love, Remus being indulgent yet detached, and Remus's history with Sirius. I didn't actually add anything to the wonderful dynamic you had going already. In fact, in the past I've written Tonks-bashing fics, but No Blinding Light and The London Underground really brought her fully to life for me. In some ways, you've completely changed my view of the relationship.
I know remix isn't really for the original authors
But we all want to do our best by them, all the same! Thank you for a lovely story to work on, and for all the images and feelings it evoked as I was writing the remix. :)