My First HP Fic (and my last, JKR willing)

[xparrot]

Just finished Harry Potter 7. I'm not more than a passing fan, for which I think I'm grateful; if I'd been more into the series this finale might've broken me. As it was, I greatly enjoyed some bits, was troubled by other bits. And thus this silly ficlet, something of a (re)solution to one thing that bothered me. Set near the end of The Deathly Hallows so SPOILERS.

HP fic. With SPOILERS! I've mentioned the spoilers, right? And yes, it's too light under the circumstances, even for them, but the book was too heavy, so there you go!

Read "Spook" on AO3

And now I am going to watch more Jeeves & Wooster, or else hunt down more deliciously adorable Jeeves/Wooster fic. Mmmm. (I seem to be on a bit of Brit kick, what-ho!)

Comments

[bagheera-san.livejournal.com]

Aww. You have magical powers of make-it-all-better or something.

Fred so should be a ghost. A poltergeist even.

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Fred's was the only death that really bothered me...the twins were always the surest source of humor, and to take that away was such a blow. But then it occured to me how darn much fun Fred would have as a poltergeist, and suddenly it wasn't a tragedy at all...!

[hils.livejournal.com]

Aww! I loved this to bits! The first Harry Potter fic I've read in a long time too!

Do you mind if I pimp this in my LJ? I think my flist would love it

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

First one I've written - I've never been into Potter!fic, but this was crying out to be done!

& I'd be totally honored to be pimped, please feel free, and thank you! ^_^

[lukita.livejournal.com]

=D Fred needs to come back as a ghost.

I'm just an on again off agin HP fan since I've never been able to read through the entire book since the third one without skimming all the boring parts. I probably would have liked it more if I was younger when I got into it.

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

I think I enjoyed the books the most by putting myself back in a child-mindset, though I needed to be an adult to handle that final bloodbath (I did not do well with deaths as a girl. Actually I'd've stopped reading when Hedwig died, had I been a kid, so...)

This is totally what Fred does. Hey, non-evil ghosts & poltergeists are absolutely canon, and why would Fred ever bother to go on without his twin?

[slinkling.livejournal.com]

Oh, this is excellent. The only way to repair the emo tragedy of one dying without the other -- and it makes perfect sense that Fred would refuse to go through the veil, if he had the option of sticking around to haunt his twin. Only the two of them could find the fun in this. *loves*

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

That's what made his death hurt so, for me, because they can find the fun in anything, but alone...but they don't have to be alone! Not if they don't want to be! Hah!

[utopiantrunks.livejournal.com]

I'm carefully commenting without looking at the entry, as I haven't read the book yet, but... please post recommendations if you find good Jeeves/Wooster fic! ^^ I've already found one really cute one (http://community.livejournal.com/indeedsir/303164.html) whose reason for Jeeves loving the young master I really like. ♥♥

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Eeeee! I'd already read another by that very author, this one that has a touch of h/c that just melted me to little melty bits. There's also a nice set of recs here, I especially liked Shallot's (aka astolat; we were singing her praises to you before, now you can see why) and the end of "Wooster's School for Wayward Girls" cracked me up haard.

Ahhh and you gotta see more of the show, have you seen 3rd series yet? There's a wonderful bit they play piano together ^_^

[selinamoonfire.livejournal.com]

This should have been in the book. Now I'm not nearly as sad over the loss of Fred. I felt awful over lots of things that happened in the end, but the twins...Every time they were in the book I kept worrying. Then my worries came true. :(

But this would be perfect! Not even Death can stop the Weasley twins from causign mischief!

[selinamoonfire.livejournal.com]

Ooops! I forgot to add, can I pimp this on my LJ too?

[monkeyatsu.livejournal.com]

Very nice. This made me feel a whole lot better about it. ^^;

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Thank you - it was great therapy for me, I'm glad it 'worked' for you!

[ru-debega.livejournal.com]

I'm... I'm just going to pretend this is canon. >_>;; And I'm going to pimp it to my similarly heartbroken friends.

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

I'm trying to edit it into my own canon, happy to know it 'worked' for you! And thanks so much for the pimping! ^_^

[sholio]

I ... I ... have no words for how brilliant this is. Fred's death was so shocking and sad, and that we didn't really get an aftermath (beyond that one scene of grieving Weasleys grouped around the body) was even worse. But this is perfect in so many ways -- a perfect fit with canon (where ghosts are an everyday fact of life), and with the characters, and just ... perfect! I love how neither one of them is particularly shocked or bothered by it, even in the initial moment of realization, much like the scene in the book when George lost his ear.

I'm like you, not a huge fan but (obviously) interested enough to buy and read the book on the day it came out. If I'd been deeply invested in the characters, parts of the book would have broken me (especially Snape ... oh, Snape). But this was just wonderful, and the idea of Fred as a ghost hadn't even occurred to me, so now this is going nicely into my personal canon.

(No HP icon, so Narnia will have to do!)

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Yes! That was what broke me up the worst, that Fred's death is basically there for shock value and there is no aftermath at all - you don't see George at all. That one brief mention...he's not even in the epilogue. Which broke me at first, thinking about him going on alone, but then I was thinking, why would he? At first it crossed my mind that the stone-of-life was still out there to find, and Fred would want to come back, of course...but then I thought, why would Fred ever want to leave? Especially when he can have the time of his life - er, afterlife - wreaking havoc as a poltergeist? XD

And yep, I'm a casual fan, but the twins might've been my favorite chars (after Snape!) for so consistently bringing the funny even in the darkest hour, and I couldn't bear that being ended...Voldemort's gone but everyone still needs to be reminded how to laugh, darnit!

[lanna-kitty.livejournal.com]

XD this is 10 pounds of awesome in a 5 pound bag. love it!

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

XD Thank you!

[axiom_of_stripe]

okay, that's brilliant!

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Hee, thanks! ^^

[kerrymdb.livejournal.com]

Thank you for this. I adored this story. I've linked it to my journal, because I think a lot of people on my flist will like this too. Thank you again! :)

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Thank you - and triple thanks for the linking!

[inell.livejournal.com]

Thank you for writing this!

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Thank you for reading it! XD (and thanks so much for the linkage, too!)

[elspethsheir.livejournal.com]

Here via inell's journal. What a fantastic bit of fun - I could just see both of them recognizing this as an opportunity.

This was a perfect pick-me-up after being so drained from reading DH.
(And watching a Jeeves & Wooster episode would probably help me too!)

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Oh, such an opportunity, on all sides - I can totally see Fred teasing George for being so boringly corporeal XD

I'm brand-new to J&W, but already feel confident in saying Jeeves could make anything better. It's what he does!

[shamoogity.livejournal.com]

Found you through friendsfriends and I just have to tell you I really, really needed this in order to not be crushed anymore. So thanks!

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

You're welcome - I know exactly how you feel, writing this was therapy for me, so happy it works for you as well!

[bibliophile20.livejournal.com]

The thought of Fred as a poltergeist is both hilarious and frightening.

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I see a problem should anyone come to try to convince him to move on. "Whatever for?" *tweaks ghostbuster's nose*

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Thanks! ^_^

And hee - utopiantrunks just introduced us to the wonders of J&W...the show only thus far, now I must get hold of the books! (...and try to resist the urge to watch 'House' simply because of Hugh Laurie XD)

[jennytork.livejournal.com]

Here through inell 's recommendation -- and I gotta say, I LOVE IT!

especially the last line! that's PURE Twins!

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Hee, thanks! Yeah, they'll have the time of their lives - afterlives? - with this! XD

[harleen.livejournal.com]

I've been really upset about Fred's death, and this helped a lot. :D

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Thanks, glad it did help - I was broken up myself, this was great therapy ^_^

[jakrar.livejournal.com]

This is brilliantly in character for the twins! I hereby declare it part of official HP canon.

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Hee - glad it works for you, it made my canon rather brighter, certainly! ^_^

[sdkshelly.livejournal.com]

Here via inell as well, and I'm so glad I read this. Cheered me up quite a bit, and makes complete sense! I'm pretending this is canon, most definitely! You captured the twins perfectly here--thanks so much for this.

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it, and the twins were in char - I've never written HP before, but their silliness comes pretty easily ^^

[mojotmonkey.livejournal.com]

Got here through...a lot of twisting corners, really, but I must say thank you. I was going to write something for myself just to feel better, but I don't need to anymore. Thankfully.

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it! I needed a pick-me-up after that death myself, so I'm happy this sufficed for you!

[shiiki.livejournal.com]

OMG that is excellent!

The only way that the twins would still live on ... if Fred came back. And if that were so, one day in the far future, George would definitely come back and they'd live on forever as trouble-making ghosts ...

Wonder where poltergeists begin from?

(I'm here from genfic_hogwarts, in case you're wondring who the crazy girl is.)

And I am pimping this on LJ. Definitely. Thank you, this is perfect to soften the pain of Fred's death.

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Hee, glad it worked for you! Yeah, I wonder what happens at the very end, when George dies, will they go off into the afterlife together? (I don't think HP canon anywhere implies ghosts are stuck forever, so...) Or will they be having too much fun haunting the mortal realm...either way, they'll be doing it together!

& thanks for the pimping, glad you enjoyed it that much!

[abusing-sarcasm.livejournal.com]

You certainly knew how to make the pain stop. Fred and George together forever... What a beautiful thing!

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Eee - I feel like a doctor here, stopping the pain! So happy the cure worked for you XD

[pomegranate-7.livejournal.com]

I loved this! I teared up a bit when Fred was talking about his death and managed to make a fun of Percy at the same time. That was so like him. And of course the twins would figure out how to use ghostliness to their best advantage. Thanks for letting us see George find out about what happened *from* Fred--IDKY that made it so much better, but it does! :)

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

So happy it worked for you! Yes, I thought having Fred tell him would soften the blow, as it were...though I do wonder what happened when the rest of the family tries to tell him. "Oh, yeah, I already heard..."