Sirius Big Bang

[wook77]

So, bigbangblackout is now live. For a list of all the offerings, go here.

If you're interested, mine is:

Title: Tom Jones (A Love Story).
Summary:The story in which Remus is a street musician, Sirius is a self-important banker that spends more on his coat than Remus makes in a month, James is James, and Peter likes Tom Jones.
Pairings: Remus/Sirius, James/Lily, Peter/Marlene McKinnon
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Non-Magical AU
Wordcount: ~23,800

I've received an interesting manip/art fusion from meghan70 to illustrate the fic.

At this time, this is my last planned HP fic (though not the last to be posted yet). It was an interesting journey to write this story. I started it over a year and a half ago, once I saw this piece of artwork featuring a young Remus playing the guitar (luckily enough, the same artist that did the manip/art fusion!). I gave up the fic under an onslaught of exchanges, fests, wank and moar. Once bigbangblackout was announced, I decided that this was the perfect opportunity to finish the work. The original artwork of Remus strumming the guitar is stunning so go take a look in addition to looking at the artwork with the fic. I highly recommend that you tell the artist how much you love her work.

I'm well-satisfied with the fic. It ended up better than I'd hoped, especially near the end when one could tell (at least, originally) where the love of HP died a horrible, pain-filled, wank-induced death. With the help of quite a few people, the fic got really cleaned up to the point where I'm happy with it.

For reference, the paintings that I mention Sirius having are:

Dennis Hopper by Andy Warhol
Mick Jagger by Andy Warhol
Still Life With Twat by Georgia O'Keeffe.

I cannot mention enough how awesome the mods of this fest were and are. I had nothing but problems with getting this sucker beta'd and they really stepped in and helped out. Truly above and beyond the call of duty with the way that they came through for me when I had multiple others that didn't. Truly a fantastic moderation team. <3

Comments

[snegurochka_lee]

Ooh, you wrote a non-magical AU!! Totally looking forward to this one. :)

[wook77.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It sort of snuck up on me :D

[why-me-why-not.livejournal.com]

I am so glad you solved the beta problem. I felt so so bad for not being able to focus on it to beta it. :(

[wook77.livejournal.com]

Sort of, anyway. It was left to too late to get a full grammar beta.

[anotherdance.livejournal.com]

God, I can't even remember the last time I read a Harry Potter fic, and I usually read Harry/Draco exclusively when I do, but I just might have to read that if I get too much time on my hands because I love non-magical AUs and I have a soft spot for Sirius/Remus and James/Lily. I'll book mark it for a rainy day. :)

[wook77.livejournal.com]

<3 Awesome! Should you ever read it, I'd love to hear what you thought. It was definitely a journey to write.

[anotherdance.livejournal.com]

Absolutely. :) I'm getting way better at reviewing than I once was; I feel wrong not leaving some kind of comment on a fic now, unless it's already got two or three + pages of people saying the same thing.

I don't know when I'll be able to read it, but it's nice to know there is a fic there I can dig out when the time comes. :)

[mindabbles.livejournal.com]

I will leave you a proper comment at BBB when I get a chance to read it again (I did a quick read of all the fics for typos and formatting) properly, but--I can't even begin to tell you how much I loved this story!!!!!! omg. swoon.

[wook77.livejournal.com]

EE! Thanks! I enjoyed participating so much. You guys were a brilliant modteam!

I appreciate your kind words!

[spacefragments.livejournal.com]

this is one of the bbb fics i've bookmarked for future reading. :>

[wook77.livejournal.com]

SWEET! Thanks!