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Tempering Steel by Azazello (PG)
Fandom: HARRY POTTER
Pairing: Gen
Length: 5,300 words
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
zoepaleologa
Author Website: June Diamanti aka Azazello
Why this must be read:
War changes everyone and everything it touches. Sometimes it makes a person brittle, and sometimes it makes you hard like fine steel. The difference is in how you let it affect you.
Azazello wrote this lovely short story for an![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
omniocular challenge, so she did not choose the characters for herself. In fact, it was just random chance that she received Lavender Brown and Rodolphus Lestrange as her challenge characters. She then took this unlikely pair and wrought something beautiful with them. There is no relationship between them; do not fear! But war touches both their lives, and his actions affect her life in profound ways. Lavender learns that popularity is no protection from the suffering war brings. And she learns the difference between revenge and justice.
This well-written story depicts a realistic possible end to the Harry Potter series. It is also one of the first stories that made me truly sympathize with Lavender Brown. Her growing friendship with Neville is both subtle and touching. The ending especially is good. Highly recommended.
* * *
People thought Lavender Brown was a silly and frivolous girl, but she wasn't, not really. It was just that she had learned early in life, to be popular, you should not be over-serious, over-clever, or over-involved. You should not be seen to care too much. You must be like everyone else, and never, ever, appear to be different.
When Lavender went to her Muggle primary school, when she was five years old, she was always the child with whom no one wanted to play; at least before her parents had that talk, and gave up the whole 'normal' education attempt as a bad business. Even Mr Brown, who wanted his daughter to have some 'Muggle heritage' as he somewhat grandiosely termed it, understood that it was just impossible. Despite every attempt by Mrs Brown to teach her daughter some control of the gift, odd things kept happening, and none of the other children wanted to play with her, or even talk to her. Whenever there were birthday parties, she was never invited, even when every other child in the class or neighbourhood was. So, by the time an owl brought a letter inviting her to Hogwarts, Lavender had realised that what she wanted most of all was to be accepted; to be one of the popular girls.
She embraced the cause of popularity with the fervour of a religious convert taking the faith.
Tempering Steel
Pairing: Gen
Length: 5,300 words
Author on LJ:
zoepaleologaAuthor Website: June Diamanti aka Azazello
Why this must be read:
War changes everyone and everything it touches. Sometimes it makes a person brittle, and sometimes it makes you hard like fine steel. The difference is in how you let it affect you.
Azazello wrote this lovely short story for an
omniocular challenge, so she did not choose the characters for herself. In fact, it was just random chance that she received Lavender Brown and Rodolphus Lestrange as her challenge characters. She then took this unlikely pair and wrought something beautiful with them. There is no relationship between them; do not fear! But war touches both their lives, and his actions affect her life in profound ways. Lavender learns that popularity is no protection from the suffering war brings. And she learns the difference between revenge and justice.This well-written story depicts a realistic possible end to the Harry Potter series. It is also one of the first stories that made me truly sympathize with Lavender Brown. Her growing friendship with Neville is both subtle and touching. The ending especially is good. Highly recommended.
* * *
People thought Lavender Brown was a silly and frivolous girl, but she wasn't, not really. It was just that she had learned early in life, to be popular, you should not be over-serious, over-clever, or over-involved. You should not be seen to care too much. You must be like everyone else, and never, ever, appear to be different.
When Lavender went to her Muggle primary school, when she was five years old, she was always the child with whom no one wanted to play; at least before her parents had that talk, and gave up the whole 'normal' education attempt as a bad business. Even Mr Brown, who wanted his daughter to have some 'Muggle heritage' as he somewhat grandiosely termed it, understood that it was just impossible. Despite every attempt by Mrs Brown to teach her daughter some control of the gift, odd things kept happening, and none of the other children wanted to play with her, or even talk to her. Whenever there were birthday parties, she was never invited, even when every other child in the class or neighbourhood was. So, by the time an owl brought a letter inviting her to Hogwarts, Lavender had realised that what she wanted most of all was to be accepted; to be one of the popular girls.
She embraced the cause of popularity with the fervour of a religious convert taking the faith.
Tempering Steel