This fic is so intensely beautiful, like shards of crystal, sharp enough to draw a thousand beads of blood. It crackles with tension, blindness, hope and fear as much as it does with the cordite and spice smells of magic washing in rough scapes against the characters.
I love that you managed, amidst the silences, the misunderstandings, the anger and sighed fury of releases, to give every character a stake, something to lose, as Blaise might have said of Bella (her loyalty and pride in Bella's case). The interaction of Harry, Draco and Blaise, of Blaise and Harry through the prism of Draco and Draco sometimes only sensing the currents washing over him, not necessarily realising that it's a riptide, a tsunami, not merely some choppy waters and at other times sensing with absolute clarity the depths, the precision, the need and raw, wild magic of what is buffeting him and these two men around him.
Your writing style is full of images that explain, reveal, enlighten, and yet your voice manages an easy mystery, a thick darkness that shrouds each line of reasoning. It makes for a powerful, compelling combination. More than anything, this piece reads to me like a magical realist writer's take on Harry Potter and the results are stunning.
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Date: 2004-12-02 06:04 am (UTC)From:I love that you managed, amidst the silences, the misunderstandings, the anger and sighed fury of releases, to give every character a stake, something to lose, as Blaise might have said of Bella (her loyalty and pride in Bella's case). The interaction of Harry, Draco and Blaise, of Blaise and Harry through the prism of Draco and Draco sometimes only sensing the currents washing over him, not necessarily realising that it's a riptide, a tsunami, not merely some choppy waters and at other times sensing with absolute clarity the depths, the precision, the need and raw, wild magic of what is buffeting him and these two men around him.
Your writing style is full of images that explain, reveal, enlighten, and yet your voice manages an easy mystery, a thick darkness that shrouds each line of reasoning. It makes for a powerful, compelling combination. More than anything, this piece reads to me like a magical realist writer's take on Harry Potter and the results are stunning.