On The Cusp Of The Information Age ([info]sam_storyteller) wrote,
2005-07-15 13:56:00
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Reclamation; PG. (first posted 9/05) RL/SB implied.

Sam's fanfiction archive has moved. The story formerly found here may now be found at:

http://sam-storyteller.dreamwidth.org/97242.html

Thank you for your patience!
Tags: alternate universe, harry potter, marauders-era, remus/sirius, sam's favourites

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Anonymous

September 11 2005, 22:32:20 UTC 6 years ago

ONe small typo: a white-toothed smiled. (fairly early on)

Anonymous

September 11 2005, 22:58:40 UTC 6 years ago

And He seemed unsually circumspect, actually.

[info]sam_storyteller

6 years ago

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[info]sidial

September 11 2005, 22:34:24 UTC 6 years ago

Yay, I'm first!

This is ... an interesting fic. And one, I find, is wholly believable that, in some version of the HP multiverse, it happened.

I always feel somewhat sad, for Tom Riddle and even Voldemort, even after reading what HBP showed about his childhood. He never really had someone who had the ... strength to show him the error of his ways, so I think it is fitting that you show him as being the one with the strength and the Sight to knock it into him.

Might-have-beens and what-ifs ...

[info]troubleinchina

September 11 2005, 22:36:11 UTC 6 years ago

...

Wow.

[info]wildestranger

September 11 2005, 22:37:56 UTC 6 years ago

One of the things I love best about your stories is that you explore the wizarding world in such interesting ways. Plot is not just for the sake of developing characters (or getting them to bed with each other), but because there are things to be discovered, about that world, and what it means to have things like werevolves and horcruxes in existence.

Wonderful writing, as ever, and this will make me think about the whole horcrux theory in different ways.

[info]shinzuku

September 29 2007, 19:07:08 UTC 4 years ago

"Plot is not just for the sake of developing characters (or getting them to bed with each other), but because there are things to be discovered, about that world, and what it means to have things like werevolves and horcruxes in existence."

That is really- I like that definiton a lot.

[info]jonem

September 11 2005, 22:39:00 UTC 6 years ago

Oh, I *like*. I always enjoy seeing the consequences of choices explored, and this is possibly the choice that had the furthest reaching effects on the wizarding world. As JKR has made clear, the series is about the decisions that we make and how they influence the person we become. As such, it was lovely to see how Voldemort could have been had he reconsidered at the key moment.

And I rather like your notion that James and Lily would have divorced. They do seem to have been quite different personalities, and it's quite possible they might not have made the marriage work, contrary to the image of wedded bliss that their premature deaths left them with.

[info]quean_of_swords

September 11 2005, 22:40:44 UTC 6 years ago

Wow… That was spectacularly engaging. Three cheers for Sam!

[info]rimestock

September 11 2005, 22:47:50 UTC 6 years ago

... Sam, that is brilliant and terrifying and, and oh.

I wish I could give you a review that would do this justice.

[info]sivib

September 11 2005, 22:48:30 UTC 6 years ago

I love points-of-departure fic, and this was excellent. One little change, and yet so much difference. Well done!

[info]stvincent

September 11 2005, 22:50:40 UTC 6 years ago

Oh my god. Just, wow, Sam, this is ... amazing. I love how you waited to tell us where exactly things diverged from canon until the end, because at first I thought Dumbledore had given Tom the job in the scene from the Pensive, but it was even before that ... And Peter still betrayed them, even without Death Eaters or Voldemort to defect to. This was brilliantly conceived and carried out, and I once again worship you on bended knee. :D

(PS: Love the new icon(s)!)

[info]sam_storyteller

September 14 2005, 20:40:07 UTC 6 years ago

Thanks! Glad you're enjoying the icons too :D

[info]getaway_machine

September 11 2005, 22:57:00 UTC 6 years ago

Wow.
That was brilliant.

[info]jonem

September 12 2005, 00:00:14 UTC 6 years ago

I sporfle at your icon. It's the change of colour on the "kissy" that just makes it perfect!

[info]getaway_machine

6 years ago

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[info]tabula_x_rasa

September 11 2005, 22:59:13 UTC 6 years ago

This is why I love AU fics. Fascinating.

[info]pinkfinity

September 12 2005, 00:36:04 UTC 6 years ago

Exactly. AU's are the best way to reimagine the books themselves, and Sam's are so terrifically true to JKR's underlying intent, even as he subverts her.

[info]arabwel

September 11 2005, 23:01:09 UTC 6 years ago

... woah.

[info]only_sound

September 11 2005, 23:02:52 UTC 6 years ago

Had to look up catanite. See the service you're performing? Entertaining AND extending vocabularies. Someone should knight you.

Impressive story, another good what-if.

[info]biscocho

September 12 2005, 03:24:38 UTC 6 years ago

Had to look it up too :)

*learns*

[info]sgt_majorette

September 11 2005, 23:09:17 UTC 6 years ago

"When the soul is rent, the murderer casts a spell which captures the soul and encases it in an object he has to hand."

Ooooh! Bet that turns out to be key! And why Harry can't be a Horcrux. And why you're one of the few fanfic authors I still read...

[info]sam_storyteller

September 12 2005, 19:26:54 UTC 6 years ago

Well, that's my canon, not JKR's canon, and only for this fic *grins*

[info]book_people

September 11 2005, 23:13:25 UTC 6 years ago

So, when I first started reading, I thought this was a "Dumbledore lets Voldemort teach" fic, and so immediately yelled "Don't you touch Remus!" when he walked into the office. It scared my parents, I think. They're giving me wierd looks.
I am extremely glad to be proven wrong, by the way. So, was the point of departure Dumbledore stopping Tom from killing Myrtle? It's the first difference I can see. *shrug*
I love your AUs, Sam. You're so good at them. Thanks for posting this one.

Adi

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[info]sam_storyteller

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[info]lavinialavender

September 11 2005, 23:14:21 UTC 6 years ago

...Ooh, I love well-done AUs. This is nearly flawless...I especially love the subtle hints of Severus's potential. It's true - there are comparisons between him and Tom. And it was fascinating to see alternate!Tom.

Your take on what might have become of the Marauders was so realistic, and a bit depressing - but I liked the bit about Peter. I like the relationship between Tom and Remus as well.

Just...wow.

[info]bright_weavings

September 11 2005, 23:16:13 UTC 6 years ago

That was brilliant. Thank you

[info]echoxthexnymph

September 11 2005, 23:18:31 UTC 6 years ago

I loved every word of it! I loved the Lord Voldemort who never was, the James and Lily who never died, and the Remus and Sirius that are (and should be! ^__^.) I always love your stories, Sam, and this one only makes me radiate that love a little more.
♥ Echo

[info]marginaliana

September 11 2005, 23:24:50 UTC 6 years ago

Wow. Just... wow. I was reading someone's thoughts about AU earlier and they were talking about how the most common failing is that the author just changes the names and not the reality - Draco becomes Ron, Ron becomes Draco (in a Slytherin Harry universe) - and I was thinking about what I like about your AUs in general: they contain just enough of the same elements that the reader knows this is the same world, and yet we can very clearly see WHY the changes have occurred, and each change makes sense given what comes before it. This piece is so very plausible - the moment where he actually LISTENS to Dumbledore's warning, and the Chamber is left alone, and then the moment where he has the wand to his father's head and has the vision and decides that immortality is not worth the price... I can read this and believe it. And Peter - I love the way we get Peter who is still the betrayer, showing that it wasn't just James asking him to put his life on the line that caused the turn... Wonderful. And the way Tom is still as ruthless as the Voldemort we know, still willing to take drastic action in aid of his goals... Tom is still the same person we know, just shaped by a slightly different set of circumstances. You really have a great ability to see into the essence of the characters and then give us those same people in new situations.

I can't say enough good things about this piece. :)

[info]hastyent

September 12 2005, 03:24:54 UTC 6 years ago

Your icon amuses me to no end. I sat and watched it for three rounds.

[info]marginaliana

6 years ago

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[info]starpaint

September 11 2005, 23:49:01 UTC 6 years ago

Wow.

Much more disturbing than the Lord Voldemort of canon. A red-eyed and evil incompetent psychopathic terror is unreal; Voldemort is supposed to be unreal; he's unhuman, and his behavior can only scratch the surface of what unnerves us. But Tom Gaunt is a mild-mannered academic, cool and dispassionate, conscious of morality but frighteningly amoral.

And... methinks you're implying Tom Gaunt was the leak in the article? To throw a wrench in Remus and Peter's friendship, for the same reason that he killed Snape. He didn't say a word about it, even in his thoughts, but he would be the sort of man who kept those thoughts in the wordless corners of his mind. Exactly what he did with Snape, really, except that Remus didn't press him here.

I love the ideas you're playing with. Absolutely love them.

[info]sam_storyteller

September 12 2005, 16:18:29 UTC 6 years ago

*grins* Thanks. I love the way Tom came to be in this fic; I'm really proud of having written him to be disturbingly cool-headed.

Although I wasn't implying that Tom was the leak in the article, actually -- merely that he was aware that Peter was very drunk when he leaked the information. Though that's a very interesting twist -- Tom may have manipulated Peter into it somehow. It wouldn't give him all that much advantage, other than getting Remus and Sirius to jettison an intellectual inferior, but Tom is very much a recovering addict. His addiction was manipulation, playing the game for the game's sake, and he might have done it without even thinking.

[info]starpaint

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[info]melayneseahawk

September 12 2005, 00:01:33 UTC 6 years ago

Wow, amazing.

[info]dragongirlg

September 12 2005, 00:09:23 UTC 6 years ago

Wonderful.

[info]medicinal_mirth

September 12 2005, 00:10:34 UTC 6 years ago

Sometimes I think I like AU fics better than ones more in line with canon. If it's good, it's just as rich as the original, but you get to explore aspects of characters that otherwise go ignored -- I think that makes sense, anyway. Of course, I had to look up catamite, which made me feel like I didn't have a college degree, but that's okay, I'll survive. Really interesting and engrossing read. Thanks.

[info]sam_storyteller

September 12 2005, 16:16:29 UTC 6 years ago

LOL! Catamite is a pretty rare word, I only know it because I'm a classics geek :D Glad you enjoyed the fic!

[info]lizbee

September 12 2005, 00:15:24 UTC 6 years ago

Oh wow. Lovely AU, all points stemming logically from the one change, and Tom Gaunt is still marvellously charismatic.

[info]ellid

September 12 2005, 00:24:47 UTC 6 years ago

Brilliant.
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