Oldie...

[rurounihime]

The fog here seems to be alive. It is twisting and turning around itself like an endless transparent dragon. Today the fog just rolled down into the place I lived, flowing right over the edge of the drop-off. I love how fog mutes sound and makes me feel like I am the only living breathing thing on this planet. I love the shivers I get when I hear something within the fog, but I have to wait until it reveals itself to my mist-clouded eyes.

Okay. So. Tonight I feel like linking to an older fic I wrote. Sorry guys, not H/D this time. This one's about Lily. One of my first.

Title: Everything Emerald
Author: non-H/D Ru
Rating: PG
Summary: Sometimes one must look through the wave of green in order to truly see.
Warning: depressing.
A/N: link goes to FictionAlley.

Also posted on skyehawke.

I have been told this is a bit AU in one spot, but... eh...

And the green consumes...

Comments

[dacro.livejournal.com]

I'm saving this to read tomorrow. Too sleepy now, but I can't wait to read your Lily. *hugs*
Night, night.

[rurounihime.livejournal.com]

Nighters, muffin! *tucks blankets in snugly*

[dacro.livejournal.com]

I love being called 'Muffin'!!!
*purrs*
Soon as I come back home from dropping off Rod, I'll be reading! ;)
*smooch*
~J~

[rurounihime.livejournal.com]

Muffin, muffin, muffin! *calls you muffin again* :P

[dacro.livejournal.com]

I'm all yours! **rowr**

Always meant to read this one, never got around to it.

[fireelemental79.livejournal.com]

Inarticulate mutterings that sound something vaguely like "wow" but are really just a stupid gibberish that cannot describe how good that was. How very dark that the death curse is actually warm fuzzy and some what enjoyable.

Really loved it. Don't know why I didn't read it a long time ago.

Re: Always meant to read this one, never got around to it.

[rurounihime.livejournal.com]

How very dark that the death curse is actually warm fuzzy and some what enjoyable

Ahaha, yeah, I guess that about sums it up, doesn't it? *ponders* Interesting...

Thank you for liking it. I'm glad you did. ^__^

Re: Always meant to read this one, never got around to it.

[fireelemental79.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you almost make it seem like there are worse ways to go. You know that don't you?

But good job of doing the whole, life flashing before her eyes thing without having it come off as major camp. I mean it might not have worked, but the sort of disjointed style, the jumping around, the sometimes not knowing sure what the hell or where the hell in time you are as a reader, it worked.

This is a very green story. You use green in a lot of different ways. I like that. It's cool. That's about as good as I can express that because it's so freaking late it's early and why isn't my butt in bed yet? No clue. But tomorrow is my day off so, whatever.

So, I'm shoving off now.

Re: Always meant to read this one, never got around to it.

[rurounihime.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the compliments. I'm so glad you thought this story worked. It does get a bit confusing, and it's nice to know it comes across well in the end.

Yes, green. Heh. I love the color green. Deep forest green, deep blue-green... Gorgeous. I think perhaps the final curse, as quick as it comes, may not be recognizable enough at the time to scare the victim.

And I forgot to tell you: I love your icon! Spike discoing... *snort*

[evilkittymeow.livejournal.com]

wow... that was really good.

[rurounihime.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I appreciate that. :)

crying

[dacro.livejournal.com]

You just killed me. My heart is somewhere on the floor, there are tears pouring out of my eyes, and I can't swallow this pain in my chest away.

I have never read anything like this from Lily's POV before. The style spun like the river of green and I couldn't look away.

What touched me most was the timelessness of it all. There are so many words and images, and yet we know it's all happening in a split second.

The memory flashes, real and blurred, were so powerful. I've never had a sister, but my heart just broke for Lily when she couldn't share the moments of her life with the one person she had loved so dearly. The pride and love she felt for Harry was so beautiful.

I still haven't stopped crying.

I loved the mention of regret when it came to Snape, and the confession of liking James. wow. This was a painting of so many colours, and all of them green.

I love you for writing this.

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[rurounihime.livejournal.com]

I love you for reviewing this in such a marvelous manner. You got everything I was trying for, as usual. You're such a marvelous reader!

Please don't cry. *sniffle*

The style spun like the river of green and I couldn't look away.

Wow. I had not pictured it like that, but I love this image. Thank you so much!

What touched me most was the timelessness of it all. There are so many words and images, and yet we know it's all happening in a split second.

This. This exactly. Wow.

Thank you soooo much, frulie, for everything.

*blows nose*

[dacro.livejournal.com]

You are so welcome. This is beautiful work, and I'm not resting until everyone has read it!
*hugs*

Someone else had said that is was hard to pull off something like this without having it come over as cheesy or overdone...but this was perfect, really.

You got everything I was trying for, as usual. You're such a marvelous reader!

Well, you always do the same for me too. *hugs* I think you and I just 'get' each other's writing. That's a cool place to be.

I've stopped crying now. *smile*

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[rurounihime.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to hear the tears have stopped for now. ^_^

And I think you are right: we do get each other's writing. It's such a nice connection, wouldn't you agree?

Re: *blows nose*

[dacro.livejournal.com]

It's such a nice connection, wouldn't you agree?

I would...and do. *nods*
heh.

[shikishi.livejournal.com]

oh my.. I do not know how I managed to skip over this one yesterday, thanks to frulie for suggesting it.

I absolutely love the sadness without ever being sad, the way it sort of runs between what is real and what Lily wished for in her deepest dreams. And the letter to Severus.. Oh! my heart!

Beautiful (as always)!

[rurounihime.livejournal.com]

the way it sort of runs between what is real and what Lily wished for in her deepest dreams.

Wow! Oh wow. That is it exactly. Oh, I am so glad you read it that way. Thank you so much for saying this. You are wonderful. I'm so happy you liked the letter part. I really think James was horrible to Snape, and that lily was somewhat mean too, but in reality, it's all normal teenage/kid stuff, however you package it. I love that JK is starting to tarnish the characters' perfection. Makes it so much mroe real.

[shikishi.livejournal.com]

I love that JK is starting to tarnish the characters' perfection. Makes it so much mroe real.

Yes! exactly. So nice to know that others view it this way as well.

[rurounihime.livejournal.com]

She's confusing me so much because of it. I am a major proponent of fidning out more about the said "bad guys" of the series (ie, Draco, Snape, Lucius, etc). What she is doing with the goodies (making Harry into a normal angry teen, making Dumbledore make mistakes, having Sirius act in his own interests instead of int he interests of altruism) makes me think there is hope that she will do more witht he baddies in the next two books... but then stuff she says in interviews makes me think she doesn't really care about making them more than two-dimensional. I don't want to see Draco do a sudden about face, or come in and suddenly save Harry at the end, or anything. He doesn't even have to join the good side (though i would love that). I just want to know what drives him, because he is too old now to be blindly following his father anymore.

Okee... and that was long. *cringe*

[shikishi.livejournal.com]

LOL.. long is ok.

I have an inkling that JK will stay with the "good" guys as far as in depth character analysis goes, however it is nice to see that all her so called men in white are not as pure as they seemed to be, falicy in the supposed side of right is such a wonderful thing to delve into. I feel she may expand more with Snape but as for the others... who knows?

*taps foot impatiently and curses JK for taking so darn long getting the next installment out* I need answers woman!

[rurounihime.livejournal.com]

heh. I am kind of agreeing with you about the oversight she may engage in, but I shall be very disappointed if she leaves Draco as the good-for-nothing-2D-bully. That would take her down a few pegs in my book.

But whatev. Like you, I am anxiously awaiting the next book.