BWAHAHAHA! and other things.

( Bible meme )

Oh, come on! A good half of those questions the pre-colonial pygmies would have been able to answer! Who did Jesus raise from the dead... /scoff

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On a separate note, does anyone know of any good Peter Pettigrew fics? I'm having a devil of a time trying to get into his head to characterize him properly. It's easy when he's fearing for his life or around those in positions of power as there are examples of that throughout the books, but what about those times when he isn't afraid? He's petulant, self-serving, weak-willed and... unscrupulous. Is he mean? Is he insecure? (yes) Is he ruled by evil? (I doubt it) Is he pitiable, or just disgusting?

I'm starting to hate this story of mine, btw. Writing it, anyway.


Upon rereading the Shrieking Shack scene once again... the lines between good and evil are far from clear there. Is it just a difference in culture between Muggle and Wizarding worlds that makes it okay for Remus to quietly (and I infer 'matter-of-factly') say to PP: "You should have realized if Voldemort didn't kill you, we would"?

Is the Wizarding World a kill or be killed society? Yes, it was war, but there are such things as POW's. At least, in the Muggle world there are. Is Avada Kedavra Unforgivable because it takes the life of the other person, or because of the hatred behind the spell? I'm thinking the latter if Remus and Sirius are talking about killing Peter in such blasé terms. For Sirius it could be easily seen as a revenge killing, and in the Muggle world I expect he'd have a case of pleading insanity. But Remus... he's calm, collected, questioning Peter and listening to him, saying things like "No one is going to try and kill you until we've sorted a few things out." That "until" is what gets me.

Rereading those two chapters also makes me think that those who think Remus is a wimp are way off base. He acts a bit soft at times, but I think he's as ready and able a killer as any of them. He just doesn't shout about it (and might cry a bit about it afterwards). Can you blame him?

I'm coming to think David Thewlis' characterization did Remus a grave disservice. But then, I do have a thing against mustaches.

Plot bunny from hell continues to spew forth throughout my brain

I did say this story was supposed to be a quick little one-shot, didn't I? 5,000 words or so? It's now nearly 21,000 words, and I'm hoping that it will squeak in under 30. I am on the home stretch now, anyway. I'm pretty sure it'll be in three parts, though it might be four if I choose to do an epilogue as well.

I'm not sure my Peter/Wormtail is terribly accurate, characterization-wise, but I think I'm starting to like where this is going (unpleasantness aside, of course). I've already done most of the really uncomfortable scenes, and I think there's only one difficult scene left, though maybe two.

However, I'm not sure I like the way it's lightening up. It's not a dark fic by any means, but it isn't supposed to be romantic or pleasant, either. In fact, I want it to be the antithesis to Romance. Ah well, that's what revision is for, right?

I think I've got far enough along to write to the author who inspired this piece of filth and ask for her blessing. It is very, very, very different from her story, but... I know someone wrote something inspired by "Against the Wall: Bravo" which was, um, quite similar, and she did say in the author's notes that my story had inspired hers, which was flattering, truth to tell, but I was a little tiny bit upset that she didn't contact me in any way, shape or form when she knew it was so very similar. If she hadn't given the credit at all, I probably would have been a bit annoyed. Maybe.

Anyway. This is not an original premise now, nor was it when the author who inspired the story started posting hers, but this story was inspired by hers, so I want to make sure she's okay with that.

Now to remember to do that.

I am really, really looking forward to getting this done and out of my head. I want to get back to more pleasant pastimes. Also, I have to get this out of my head so that I can catch up on the artses. I'm only behind one week so far, but if this story drags out much longer... Bleh.