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Title: Silver Tongues
Recipient: sugareey
Pairing/Threesome: Harry/Draco
Rating: R
Warnings: Power play, language . . . alliteration.
Word count: 2,150
A/N:

This is one of those experiment-y fics that does a lot with language and the way words work. As one reviewer pointed out, and like some of my other more "out there" fics, it gets rather wrapped up in the words so that I'm not sure all the stuff about characters that I wanted to tease out really got . . . teased out. I was trying to access some very real and creepy problems both Harry and Draco might have as a result of Voldemort insinuating so much of himself in both their lives in different ways. Not sure I succeeded, but I confess I am still rather happy with the way the words themselves went.

I wrote this for hds_beltane ficathon. stultiloquentia did my awesome beta, for which I thank her profusely. And I want to thank vaysh11 in particular for having a quote from my fic up on her journal for weeks, when she didn't even know I wrote it! I'm still working on that "coming out about Harry/Draco" I have listed on my user interests, but those of you involved have made it truly fun. So, thank you!

( Silver Tongues )

Comments

[symetric.livejournal.com]

Hi tkp*waves*
this might seem a bit random (which it probably is b/c I don't think we've ever communicated before - or we might have a and I've forgotten - well, it all comes down to me having a memory of a fish b/c I can't remember squat)
Um... anyway the thing is I read your fic Silver Tongues a long, looong time ago and (not that long but long) then didn’t have a clue what to say to you. And I felt bad b/c I had so much to say about it but at the same time I could say anything.
After I’d first finished it, I felt disconnected. Like the whole tale was just a slither of words that you’d put together instead of characters and feelings. Sure there was a plot but it felt like it was practically non-existent. In my eyes, the whole story was cold and emotionless basically. So it wasn’t that I’d hated it, it was just that it was blank to me. And that is usually worse b/c that means you can’t give a reason like you can with hate or love.
But then I read it again and your first line ‘Harry still speaks Parseltongue’ stuck with me. I read the story based on that first line and it made sense. I can’t claim to understand fully what you were saying but it wasn’t about the language anymore but about Harry and Draco. About Draco’s attraction to power, how he’s been tainted and shaped by the hissing of the snake by Voldemort’s feet and how that is the stain that attracts Harry. And the way Harry thoughts are so dark and deadly is absolutely delicious. It’s a very disturbing tale but I love it even though I don’t really like it all that much. Does that make sense?
Well, that’s it. Sorry if that’s all a bit jumbled but I wanted to let you know that you small, story has been playing on my mind for a while that it has a very heady scent. Have you ever read Powerful Men by frayach? That’s what comes to mind when I read this. It’s like they’re twins, but not mirror images.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

Thanks for your comment. I appreciate you telling me how you felt about it.

[symetric.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the story.

May I friend you?

[tkp.livejournal.com]

DUDE. I just found this comment! So sorry.

Friend away! I might not friend back because I can't really keep up with my flist, but I'd be pleased to have you around. It's refreshing to hear someone's honest thoughts about fic!

[alethiaxx.livejournal.com]

Hi there! I just read Silver Tongues and wanted to tell you how neat I thought it was. There is this delicious malicious undercurrent throughout the fic, planted firmly in the beginning, nurtured with all that serpentine alliteration, and unfurled at the end. If I were alone, I would have read it aloud :0) My favorite part was the metal metaphor; it gave me a strong picture of Draco's condition and their nature of his relationship with Harry.

This reminded me some of Dark Asphodel's Eros Affair contribution because of the powerful language, the brevity, the darkness, and the biblical allusions. (Here (http://www.notquiteroyal.net/theaffair/howbeit.html), if you're interested.)

Thanks for participating in the fest, I really enjoyed your writing!