Oh, yes, Stealing Harry was definitely AU from the start. (Copperbadge pretty much only writes AUs, in any fandom!) I think it was more that he felt that the heart of canon, the handling of themes and the direction it went in with the characters, diverged too far from what he could enjoy, even as someone who already wrote AUs. (Like, uh: killing off Remus??) Something along those lines.
(Incidentally, it was another story of Copperbadge's that first inspired me to think more deeply about the werewolves and how they might have a whole culture of their own. Can dig up that rec for you, if you're interested.)
I think that determination to "make something better and more important of his role" to some degree drives all of us Remus fans. :D I mean, I understand that the narrative of the books generally needed to be elsewhere, not with Remus (most of the time it's at Hogwarts with Harry!) but yeah, Remus is such a rich character who could be so central in Harry's life, and clearly is important to the Order, and, yeah. There's so much to write about Remus. :-)
I believe I could love your Tonks in addition to your Remus and Sirius.
Thank you! I'm really flattered that you say that. R/S fandom can sometimes be vitriolic about Tonks, unfortunately, so it always feels slightly dangerous to even admit to writing Tonks! I'd actually thought of mentioning my HBP-era fic to you as well, since it's so very much about both creating a whole original culture for the werewolf pack, and also about Remus going through an arc of coming to terms with himself and his inner demons, learning to finally accept and unite the wizarding and werewolf parts of himself. But, well, novel-length Remus/Tonks fic is not necessarily the thing for an R/S fan! Which I absolutely understand. (Thank you, by the way, for your wonderful comment on its sequel! Which I will answer as soon as possible but maybe not until tomorrow, because I want to answer it when I'm awake enough to do justice to such a wonderfully in-depth comment.)
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(Incidentally, it was another story of Copperbadge's that first inspired me to think more deeply about the werewolves and how they might have a whole culture of their own. Can dig up that rec for you, if you're interested.)
I think that determination to "make something better and more important of his role" to some degree drives all of us Remus fans. :D I mean, I understand that the narrative of the books generally needed to be elsewhere, not with Remus (most of the time it's at Hogwarts with Harry!) but yeah, Remus is such a rich character who could be so central in Harry's life, and clearly is important to the Order, and, yeah. There's so much to write about Remus. :-)
I believe I could love your Tonks in addition to your Remus and Sirius.
Thank you! I'm really flattered that you say that. R/S fandom can sometimes be vitriolic about Tonks, unfortunately, so it always feels slightly dangerous to even admit to writing Tonks! I'd actually thought of mentioning my HBP-era fic to you as well, since it's so very much about both creating a whole original culture for the werewolf pack, and also about Remus going through an arc of coming to terms with himself and his inner demons, learning to finally accept and unite the wizarding and werewolf parts of himself. But, well, novel-length Remus/Tonks fic is not necessarily the thing for an R/S fan! Which I absolutely understand. (Thank you, by the way, for your wonderful comment on its sequel! Which I will answer as soon as possible but maybe not until tomorrow, because I want to answer it when I'm awake enough to do justice to such a wonderfully in-depth comment.)