First off, I am incredibly sorry that it took me so long to get to this. I am transitioning into a new job and leaving my old one turned out to be hugely time consuming - including writing a novel-length book of instructions. At any rate, this was marvelous... just perfect, in fact!
There was so much to love here: mopey Sirius, CorneliusJames (which is quite inspired, really), the scene in the Slytherin common room, this: James took the puffskein sleigh for a victory lap around the Quidditch pitch before the puffskeins began to revolt, bucking free from their tethers. The sleigh bounced down on the pitch, the freed puffskeins floating away placidly in every direction.. And, of course, the cottage of misfits (Dolly!Lily, Snape, Dobby, and Hagrid? What more could I ever hope for? Hilarious!) I also adored Peter. As you know, good!Peter is a favorite thing of mine and you wrote him so well. And Burl-Ives-as-Snowman-Peter? Even better?
In fact, this whole piece just made me giggle and smile. This bit made me laugh so hard: Leaving Peter and James alone with the gingerbread dough turned out to be a grave mistake. The gingerbread house contest started out normal enough, with James delighting in his cookie cottage of chaos, and Sirius complaining about icing sugar in his hair, until the dough men woke up and, displeased with the shoddy construction and their lack of icing-piped pants, mounted a surprisingly well coordinated attack on the boys. Sirius hid underneath the table and laughed himself silly while two gingerbread men shoved sugar plums into Peter's ears.
Oh, and Rabid Sentient Mistletoe? Perfect!
But perhaps the very best part was the fact that, hilarious as this was, it was also very sweet. I loved how your brought it all round with the darling kisses and confessions at the end. It fit in so perfectly with the misfit/Rudolph theme. Lovely!
And this line will always be with me: Onward through the blizzard they trudged, their dreams of fully expressed individuality spurring them further.
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There was so much to love here: mopey Sirius, CorneliusJames (which is quite inspired, really), the scene in the Slytherin common room, this:
James took the puffskein sleigh for a victory lap around the Quidditch pitch before the puffskeins began to revolt, bucking free from their tethers. The sleigh bounced down on the pitch, the freed puffskeins floating away placidly in every direction.. And, of course, the cottage of misfits (Dolly!Lily, Snape, Dobby, and Hagrid? What more could I ever hope for? Hilarious!) I also adored Peter. As you know, good!Peter is a favorite thing of mine and you wrote him so well. And Burl-Ives-as-Snowman-Peter? Even better?
In fact, this whole piece just made me giggle and smile. This bit made me laugh so hard: Leaving Peter and James alone with the gingerbread dough turned out to be a grave mistake. The gingerbread house contest started out normal enough, with James delighting in his cookie cottage of chaos, and Sirius complaining about icing sugar in his hair, until the dough men woke up and, displeased with the shoddy construction and their lack of icing-piped pants, mounted a surprisingly well coordinated attack on the boys. Sirius hid underneath the table and laughed himself silly while two gingerbread men shoved sugar plums into Peter's ears.
Oh, and Rabid Sentient Mistletoe? Perfect!
But perhaps the very best part was the fact that, hilarious as this was, it was also very sweet. I loved how your brought it all round with the darling kisses and confessions at the end. It fit in so perfectly with the misfit/Rudolph theme. Lovely!
And this line will always be with me: Onward through the blizzard they trudged, their dreams of fully expressed individuality spurring them further.
THANK YOU!!!